Ethnic Tribal category: 190 books
Rastafari Reasoning and the RastaWoman
Gender Constructions in the Shaping of Rastafari Livity
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
*Rastafari Reasoning and the RastaWoman:*Gender Constructions in the Shaping of Rastafari Livity examines the complex ways that gender and race shaped a liberation movement propelled by the Caribbean evolution of an African spiritual ethos. Jeanne Christensen proposes that Rastafari represents the...
The Faces of the Gods
Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in...
LO SCIAMANESIMO IN OCCIDENTE
Guida pratica agli errori piu comuni e a come rimediare.
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 12, 2014
Questo piccolo saggio nasce con la finalità di far riflettere il lettore appassionato di sciamanesimo su alcuni tra i piu comuni errori, derivanti dal gap culturale tra il praticante occidentale e il corpus di conoscenze originarie di altri popoli e nazioni.
Vengono altresì descritte tecniche specifiche per rendersi conto delle proprie lacune e porvi rimedio.
by R. E. Dennett
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort
by R. E. Dennett
"Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort... contains more than 30 traditional stories from French Congo which were collected by the Folklore Society of London."
Ever since the Folk-Lore Society did me the honour to ask me to write...
by Karen Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
The secrets of a complex belief system that have sustained the Mandaeans in their centuries-old native lands in Iraq and Iran have been collapsing before their eyes. This little-known Gnostic sect has been hidden from global awareness until now. With a passion for the obscure, Karen Baker has delved...
Schwarze Sonne Afrika: Mythen, Märchen und Magie
Illustrierte Sammlung der schönsten afrikanischen Volkserzählungen und Sagen
Language: German
Release Date: July 6, 2014
Dieses eBook: "Schwarze Sonne Afrika: Mythen, Märchen und Magie" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Leo Frobenius (1873-1938) war ein deutscher Ethnologe. Von 1904 bis 1935 unternahm er verschiedene Forschungsexpeditionen...
Queering Black Atlantic Religions
Transcorporeality in Candomblé, Santería, and Vodou
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2019
In Queering Black Atlantic Religions Roberto Strongman examines Haitian Vodou, Cuban Lucumí/Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé to demonstrate how religious rituals of trance possession allow humans to understand themselves as embodiments of the divine. In these rituals, the commingling of humans...
by Patty L. Luckenbach
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Only Walk on Water When It Rains is a guide for mystical cosmic consciousness and questing for unity in the wilderness. It is wisdom through stories and conversation with the great Bear Spirit. The stories and conversation reveal astonishing magic, mystery, miracles and magical song. Meister Eckhart...
Creative Encounters, Appreciating Difference
Perspectives and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Across the world from personal relationships to global politics, differences—cultural, religious, racial, gender, age, ability—are at the heart of the most disruptive and disturbing concerns. While it is laudable to nurture an environment promoting the tolerance of difference, Creative Encounters,...
by Orunmilas Servant
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
In this third and final installment to his series on life in service to the Orishas, author Orunmilas Servant channels and transcribes the thoughts of several of his Egguns, the joyful occult spirits who guide him and accompany him on his journey through Freemasonry, Santeria, and other spiritual...
Fighting Slavery in the Caribbean
Life and Times of a British Family in Nineteenth Century Havana
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
This volume presents a social history of life in mid-19th-century Cuba as experienced by George Backhouse (and his wife, Grace), who served on the British Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Documented with extracts from the Backhouse's correspondence, diaries and other...
Rastafari and the Arts
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Drawing on literary, musical, and visual representations of and by Rastafari, Darren J. N. Middleton provides an introduction to Rasta through the arts, broadly conceived. The religious underpinnings of the Rasta movement are often overshadowed by Rasta’s association with reggae music, dub, and...
Paroles de paix en terre autochtone
Culture, valeurs et traditions mohawks
Language: French
Release Date: May 25, 2016
«L'espoir réside dans la flamme que les communautés autochtones biocentriques maintiennent allumée. […] Je vois la promesse de cette flamme nous guider vers un avenir où nous reviendrons à l'harmonie avec le monde naturel.» -Capitaine Paul Watson Vibrant plaidoyer en faveur d'un monde meilleur,...
by Richard Andriamanjato
Language: French
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Deux rites, ou plutôt deux manières d’être individuelles et collectives qui soudent entre eux, à travers les générations, les Malgaches en les ancrant dans un temps mythique, à la fois singulier et complexe.D’un côté, le « Tsiny » (traduit par « censure » ou « blâme »), une sorte...