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Haiti Gives New Recognition to Vodou

It has no written scripture, is an amalgam of African, native, and colonial influences--and defines Haitian faith and culture

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Five Days in Darkness

As part of a Vodou ritual, I spent five days blindfolded in a jungle hut. Here's what the darkness taught me.

Related Topics: Holistic Living, Mind, voice, rational mind, mdash, dirt floor, jungle hut, Darkness, time thereThis, Reality, time returns

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Voodoo Glossary of Terms

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Haiti's Voodoo Faithful Pray

Haiti's Saut d'Eau pilgrimage signals a time of prayer for all things-- including political harmony.

Related Topics: Faiths, Earth Based Religions, Political, Saut dEau, Spirit, dEau pilgrimage, yearlong deadlock stalling, Pilgrimage, red satin scarves, burning white candles, Pilgrims, pilgrims pay

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'This May Be the Healthiest Spiritual Practice on the Planet'

An interview with Joyce Thompson, priest of Lucumi, a faith with roots in Africa and Cuba.

Related Topics: Faiths, Earth Based Religions, Tradition, Religion, Spiritual, medical establishment didnt, lucumi, spiritual concerns, spirit realm, Practice, ancestor, fathers parents

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Spiritual Books for Fall

Publishers Weekly reviews the latest spirituality titles.

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