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[RIGAUD, Milo] Secrets of Voodoo (1985)
[RIGAUD, Milo] Secrets of Voodoo (1985)
Translated from the French by Robert B. Cross; Photographs by Odette Mennesson-Rigaud
San Francisco: City Lights, 1985. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 219pp. Black & white photographs and veve line drawings. A near fine copy.
Traces the development of voodoo in Haiti and the Americas from its sources in the civilizations of ancient Africa. The work presents an account of the gods of loas and their function, the symbols and signs, rituals, and the ceremonial calendar of Voodoo; and the procedures for performing magical rites are given.
