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In Santería, entrants into the priesthood undergo an extraordinary fifty-three-week initiation period. In A Year in White, sociologist C. Lynn Carr-who underwent this initiation herself-offers a wealth of insight into this remarkable year-long religious transformation. Carr draw…
In the Afro-Cuban Lukumi religious tradition-more commonly known in the United States as Santería-entrants into the priesthood undergo an extraordinary fifty-three-week initiation period. During this time, these novices-called iyawo-endure a host of prohibitions, including most …
"In the Afro-Cuban Lukumi religious tradition - more commonly known in the United States as Santería - entrants into the priesthood undergo an extraordinary fifty-three-week initiation period. During this time, these novices - called iyawo - endure a host of restrictions, includ…
Since the 1960s African Americans, Latinos, and Caucasian Americans have been traveling abroad to Africa, South America, Haiti, and the Caribbean Islands, in search of connections to African roots. Along the way many have turned to and accepted alternative forms of religious pra…
The first book to provide complete, specific instructions for casting the obi oracle of the SanterIa faith. Uses the shell of a coconut, which embodies the spirit of ObI, as a divination tool. Includes a detailed "mojuba" or prayer that awakens the orishas and invites them to sp…
