Voodoo Cult and Afro-Brazilian magic | Carol L. Yeah

Every Friday, when it gets dark, thousands of lights light up on the streets and beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Candles, flowers, bread, sweets, wine, cigarettes laid out on handkerchiefs with magical symbols — all these are offerings to African and Indian gods. Brazilians cast spells, leave their mini-altars on the ground and leave without looking back. Having received the request and the payment for it, the gods get to work...

In secret temples and at the crossroads of forest roads, adherents of Afro-Brazilian magic cults perform strange rituals in which elements of Catholicism, French spiritualism, Indian and Negro magic are mixed. Spirits inhabit mediums, prophesy, heal, give advice... For the first time, you can learn about all this first—hand — from an American witch who has lived in Brazil for many years and was admitted to the holy of holies of local magical temples - terreira.


For ease of reading, a satin ribbon bookmark is sewn into the book.


About The Author

Carol L. Dau is a Doctor of Philosophy, a specialist in Portuguese and Brazilian cultures. She spent her years in Brazil studying Brazilian magic.. During her travels around the country, she attended magical ceremonies, talked with the heads of sects, recorded ritual music and collected objects of religious cults. As a result of this work, the book "The Voodoo Cult and Afro-Brazilian Magic" was born. Being an ordained witch in the European pagan tradition of Wicca, Carol Dau is well acquainted with Western mysteries and magic. Under the pseudonym Morvin, she has published a number of books about witches and their art.