10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBEAHISM»
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
On Historical Principles Lise Winer. obeahism|obi charges for all of Trinidad.
Police officials said that this figure is incomplete, adding that obeah is a minor
offense and that complete records are not kept. A lower police officer remarked
that ...
M. Obeahism. — In answer to T. H.'s Query regarding Obeahism, though I cannot
answer his question fully, as to its origin, &c, yet I have thought that what I can
communicate may serve to piece out the more valuable information of your |
better ...
3
Denmark and her missions
Obeahism and Fetishism prevailed, accompanied by all the terrors that the dread
of an unknown malignant Being, supposed to be ever near, could inspire. To
such an extent did Obeahism prevail, and so often did it cause the death of its ...
Harriet Warner Ellis, 1863
4
An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
Obeahism. perforce. takes forms less dangerous to the social order than it does . ,
in Hayti ; but it is none the less a. constant public peril in ~ Jamaica and the other
British West Indian Islands. It is a bitter foe of religion, education and social ...
obeahism. Obeah is a folk, or traditional, religion with roots in African and
Christian belief systems. The government outlawed it because some practitioners
seek to harm or control other people. However, Obeah priests also seek to help
and ...
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Neither Led Nor Driven: Contesting British Cultural ...
Obeah Paraphernalia Some wrirers saw obeah as part of a general set of
activities, referred to as "the black art", that included "tevivalism, obeahism (
propet), myalism and bush-doctoring" (see chaprer 3). "Obeahism" in Jamaica, as
in Guyana, ...
Brian L. Moore, Michele A. Johnson, 2004
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The Moravian Church Miscellany
Myalism professes to be the antagonist of Obeahism, and its antidote. By both the
poor negroes are held in bondage, and miserably deluded and robbed of their
money. Both would be wretchedly childish, were it not for the hold superstition ...
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Three Eyes for the Journey : African Dimensions of the ...
According to Blyth: The superstitions which prevail in Western and Central Africa
have been brought to the West Indies and may be comprehended under the two
systems of Obeahism and Myalism; the first of which is entirely mischievous, and
...
Dianne M. Stewart Assistant Professor of Religion Emory University, 2005
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Voodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft
Mialism is so mixed up with Obeahism, Duppyism and other cults of African warp,
together with whatever in Protestantism or Catholic ritual that may appeal to the
bizarre African imagination, that it is hard to tell which is which and what is what.
Joseph John Williams, 1933
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A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of ...
... Jackson, 238- id magic, 117; National Colored lalist Association, 242;
obeahism, .; Prince Hall Masonry, 127, 133; Beverly Randolph, 244-46; and tion,
87-89, 96, 103, 112, 472- spirits, 240-42, 501; Spiritual churches, 474-75; in
spiritualism, ...
Catherine L. Albanese, 2006
