Chapter Iv. Origin Of Obeah : CHAPTER IV ORIGIN OF OBEAH Just as in the case of Voodoo there is a fundamental document that has served as a starting point for all writers on the subject, so we have a similar source of information as regards Obeah. This is the "Report of the Lords of the Committee of the Council appointed...
Chapter I. African Ophiolatry : CHAPTER I AFRICAN OPHIOLATRY Edward B. Tylor writing as long ago as 1871 observed: "Serpent worship unfortunately fell years ago into the hands of speculative writers, who mixed it up with occult philosophies, Druidical mysteries, and that portentous nonsense called the 'Arkite Symbolism,' till now...
Introduction : INTRODUCTION The NEW YORK TIMES of August 14, 1925, printed the following news item:--"SEIZE PRICE LISTS OF VOODOO DOCTOR--POLICE GET CIRCULARS OFFERING 'WISHING DUST' AND LUCKY CHARMS TO NEGROES AT 1 TO 1,000.--"Special to the New York Times."-ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 13.--Twelve thousand circulars...
Bibliography : BIBLIOGRAPHY Space restricts us to such works as may be found in the Boston College Library, Newton, Mass. I. BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR AFRICAN OPHIOLATRY ANONYMOUS. "Ophiolatreia or Serpent Worship" (Printed Privately). ATKINS, JOHN. "A Voyage to Guinea, Brasil, and the West Indies in His Majesty's Ships...
Chapter Iii. Voodoo In Haiti : CHAPTER III VOODOO IN HAITI The Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations, published in London, in 1789, states, "Mr. Dalzell supposes that the number of slaves exported from the Dominions of the King...
Chapter V. Development Of Obeah In Jamaica : CHAPTER V DEVELOPMENT OF OBEAH IN JAMAICA As shown elsewhere it was the Ashanti in Jamaica who, during the days of slavery, maintained a commanding influence over all the other types of slaves, even imposing on them their peculiar superstitions and religious practices, and who have left their...
Chapter Ii. Serpent Cult At Whydah : CHAPTER II SERPENT CULT AT WHYDAH Pre Labat writing of the year 1698 in the Island of Martinique, recounts what he had personally heard from the lips of Pre Braguez, who in turn had actually witnessed the serpent cult at Whydah when the King himself was in attendance to consult the oracle. This is...
Title Page : VOODOOS AND OBEAHS PHASES OF WEST INDIA WITCHCRAFT BY JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS, S.J. Ph.D. (Ethnol.), Litt.D. Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Arts; Fellow Of The Royal Geographical And The American Geographical Societies; Honorary Member Of The Socit Acadmique Internationale (Paris) Member...
Chapter Vi. Conclusion : CHAPTER VI CONCLUSIONS As Moreau de Saint-Mry remarks: San Domingo was the first place in America where African slaves were introduced. It was proposed to use them in place of the Indians who were dying off in consequence of the hard work in the mines to which they were ill-adapted. At that period...