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To begin with Mr. Haskins' book is essentially misnamed. ‘Voodoo and Hoodoo’ deals very little with voodoo, it’s contents concerns almost exclusively the practice of hoodoo and only make general references to the much larger and more complex subject of Voodoo. That being said, it is an interesting introduction to the study and potential practice of hoodoo and would serve well as one of the starting books for any library on the subject. The book itself is divided into two sections - the first section deals with the original West African belief systems at the time of the slave trade, the transition to the Americas, and how interaction with whites and other immigrant peoples affected these belief systems. The roles of the priests, the conjurers, the herbalists and those that practiced ‘witchcraft’ are all examined. Haskins shows a good understanding of the various contexts in which the white and black religions interacted, between Catholic and Protestant, French and. English or Portuguese, large and small plantation environments, and so on. This is the stronger of the two sections and is reminiscent of Jeffrey E. Anderson’s later work ‘Conjure in African American Society’; a seminal work on the subject. Although is it the weaker of the two sections, the second part is probably what draws most people to this book. Specifically the ‘tricks’ with some ingredients and instructions on how to bring money, justice, luck, or love to yourself or others or away from the same. One chapter each is devoted to bringing ill to others, good to yourself and others, courts & law, and love. Most of these are traditional “down home” hoodoo ‘tricks’ but some hail from New Orleans Conjure and perhaps constitute the use of Voodoo in the book’s title. Mr. Haskins makes no bones about his lack belief in these ‘tricks’ and yet just like Harry m. Hyatt, who also did not believe in the hoodoo that he documented, Mr. Haskins relates the practices with clear and accurate tone and does not mock the information that he presents with the usual academic pretensions. The book reads well, and is a good primer for anyone with an interest in the basic origins and practice of hoodoo.Vollständige Rezension lesen
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