Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiPrentice Hall Press, 1991 - 303 pages Beautiful, bizarre, dangerous, exotic; a Garden of Eden fallen into disrepair. This is Herbert Gold's Haiti. In this impassioned memoir, he reflects on the country's history and folklore, its people and politics, capturing the essence of this land where tragedy is the music to which the people dance. |
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... voodoo is to serve the gods , reconcile ourselves with the powers , to celebrate , to share life and eternity . The function of black magic is to manipulate the gods , and make them serve us . Voodoo and black magic seem weird to ...
... voodoo is to serve the gods , reconcile ourselves with the powers , to celebrate , to share life and eternity . The function of black magic is to manipulate the gods , and make them serve us . Voodoo and black magic seem weird to ...
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... voodoo priest of Haiti , " was a barrel - chested old guy with cunning eyes and the habit of going about without his shirt in order to make things easier for a harem whom he allowed to tickle his mat of curly chest hairs . How serious ...
... voodoo priest of Haiti , " was a barrel - chested old guy with cunning eyes and the habit of going about without his shirt in order to make things easier for a harem whom he allowed to tickle his mat of curly chest hairs . How serious ...
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... voodoo , " he said . " This dechoukaj is an excuse for revenge and disorder . " Caleb looked happy . He was rapidly nodding his head up and down . Voodoo is peaceful , voodoo is philosophy , voodoo is ethnol- ogy , people don't ...
... voodoo , " he said . " This dechoukaj is an excuse for revenge and disorder . " Caleb looked happy . He was rapidly nodding his head up and down . Voodoo is peaceful , voodoo is philosophy , voodoo is ethnol- ogy , people don't ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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