About Spirits and Macumba
Author | : Harriett Stoutjesdijk |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Brazil |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Harriett Stoutjesdijk |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Brazil |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Serge Bramly |
Publisher | : City Lights Publishers |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1994-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780872862869 |
Every January millions of people crowd the seashore to receive the blessings of lemanja, goddess of the sea. All year long in terreiros in Brazil and around the world, Orixa worshipers revel in the divine presence of the living Gods, directly...
Author | : Mario Dos Ventos |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2008-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0955690315 |
Quimbanda, the Cult of Exu and Pomba Gira, is a Shamanic Witchcraft Tradition practiced in Brazil. Sometimes called Macumba or even referred to as Satanism and Devil Worship, it incorporates elements of African and South-American Indian believes and religion as well as Medieval European Witchcraft. This new edition of Na Gira do Exu presents over 330 Pontos Cantados (songs and invocations) and more then 100 rare Pontos Riscados (ritual sigils and drawings) for Exu and Pomba Gira, the Spirits of Brazilian Quimbanda, and looks at the roots and historic development of this cult, the role of the initiate, ceremonies, magical workings and the hierarchy of the spirits of this cult.
Author | : Diego de Oxóssi |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2021-07-27 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1644112272 |
• Explains how Kimbanda’s presiding deity Eshu embodies both masculine and feminine principles, both god and devil, and thus represents human nature itself with all its vices and virtues • Discusses Kimbanda’s magical practices, initiation rites, sacred knives, and sacrificial offerings • Details the seven realms and the entities that inhabit and govern each of them Although it has been demonized as a form of Satanic cult, Kimbanda--the tradition of Afro-Brazilian black magic--is a spiritual practice that embraces both the light and dark aspects of life through worship of the entities known as Eshu and Pombajira. Exploring the history and practice of Kimbanda, also known as Quimbanda, Diego de Oxóssi builds a timeline from the emergence of Afro-Brazilian religions in the 17th century when African slaves were first brought to Brazil, through the development of Orisha cults and the formation of Candomblé, Batuque, Macumba, and Umbanda religious practices, to the modern codification of Kimbanda by Mãe Ieda do Ogum in the 1960s. He explains how Kimbanda’s presiding deity Eshu Mayoral embodies both masculine and feminine principles, both god and devil, and thus represents human nature itself with all its vices and virtues. Discussing the magical practices, initiation rites, and spiritual landscape of Kimbanda, the author explains how there are seven realms, each with nine dominions, and he discusses the entities that inhabit and govern each of them. The author explores spirit possession and Kimbanda’s sacrificial practices, which are performed in order to honor and obtain the blessing of the entities of the seven realms. He discusses the sacred knives of the practice and the role each plays in it. He also explores the 16 zimba symbols and sigils used to attract the spirits most apt to realizing the magician’s will as well as traditional enchantment songs to summon and work with those spirits. Offering an accessible guide to Kimbanda, the author shows that this religion of the people is popular because it recognizes the dark and light sides of human morality and provides a way to interact with the deities to produce direct results. DIEGO DE OXÓSSI is a Chief of Kimbanda and Orishas Priest. For more than 20 years he has been researching and presenting courses, lectures, and workshops on pagan and African-Brazilian religions. He writes a weekly column at CoreSpirit.com and is the publisher at Arole Cultural. He lives in São Paulo, Brazil.
Author | : Fernando Giobellina Brumana |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ruy Blanes |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2013-11-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 022608180X |
Spirits can be haunters, informants, possessors, and transformers of the living, but more than anything anthropologists have understood them as representations of something else—symbols that articulate facets of human experience in much the same way works of art do. The Social Life of Spirits challenges this notion. By stripping symbolism from the way we think about the spirit world, the contributors of this book uncover a livelier, more diverse environment of entities—with their own histories, motivations, and social interactions—providing a new understanding of spirits not as symbols, but as agents. The contributors tour the spiritual globe—the globe of nonthings—in essays on topics ranging from the Holy Ghost in southern Africa to spirits of the “people of the streets” in Rio de Janeiro to dragons and magic in Britain. Avoiding a reliance on religion and belief systems to explain the significance of spirits, they reimagine spirits in a rich network of social trajectories, ultimately arguing for a new ontological ground upon which to examine the intangible world and its interactions with the tangible one.
Author | : Mario dos Ventos |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2006-07-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781411687868 |
Quimbanda, the Cult of Exu and Pomba Gira, is a Shamanic Witchcraft Tradition practiced in Brazil. Sometimes called Macumba or even referred to as Satanism and Devil Worship, it incorporates elements of African and South-American believes and religion as well as Medieval European Witchcraft. NA GIRA DO EXU gives and introduction to the roots and historic development of Quimbanda, the role of the priesthood, ceremonies, magical workings and the hierarchy of the spirits of this cult. Over 300 Pontos (songs and invocations) and more then 100 Pontos Riscados (ritual sigils and drawings) for Exu are also included. This extended edition also contains a newly added section on how to contact and work with your personal Exu