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Bone, Breath, and Gesture: Practices of Embodiment Volume 1 (Bone, Breath, & Gesture)
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This book is a collection of writings on principles and techniques by the pioneers of bodywork and body awareness disciplines. Together, they represent a historical record of the field of somatics. Ranging from hands-on workers like Ida Rolf to phenomenologist Elizabeth Behnke, their lives span this century. In these lectures, writings, and interviews, editor Don Hanlon Johnson has sought to revel the unbroken lineage, theoretical differences, and major similarities of these originators.
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In 1884, Famke Summerfugl is ousted from her convent in Denmark for . . . sensuousness and pulled from servitude by a second-rate painter named Albert Castle. Loving to be looked at, and able to stand perfectly still without shivering, Famke is the ideal artist's model. When Albert takes his eight-foot masterpiece and leaves his model behind, Famke sets out over the Atlantic, convinced that she is his muse. Following Mirabilis, her highly acclaimed debut, Susann Cokal blends pre-Raphaelite painting, American brothels, Utahan polygamists, a bit of cross-dressing, a dynamite-wielding labor movement, one California millionaire, and the invention of electircal sexual stimulation (as treatment for consumption) into a comic novel that gallops across the American West.
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Opportunities lost.......2007-01-08
Susanna Cokal introduces us to Famke, a poor Danish orphan with Tuberculosis whose sex appeal gets her in trouble with the nuns and in bed with the rest of the orphanage, a painter, a polygamist morman & an early model vibrator, all while a multitude of others pursue what's under her skirts across the Atlantic and the American West in the late 1800s. Cokal's debut novel "Miribilis" was darkly sexual & intriguing - she clearly has the imagination and skill to deliver tantalizing stories! But in comparison, "Breath and Bones" disappoints.
Famke searches for Albert, a narcissistic mediocre painter with whom she believes herself to be in love, throughout the story. Her quest takes her across the Atlantic and the United States, into a polygamist family, and in and out of numerous brothels in the west. Famke's story lacks bits of reality needed to keep this reader truly interested. Though she is a young woman who apparantly oozes sex and is traveling alone, she encounters no violence. She is blissfully ignorant and blind to obvious coercion, and appears to be an accomplice to her own "captivity" at times. Further, she is wildly successful posing as a man and a painter though she is neither and descriptions of her physical appearance and artistic abilities lead one to wonder how she could have pulled off either ruse. Her luck and ability to land on her feet, which I suppose may amuse some, seemed too contrived.
Stories of such a physical journey during the early years of a young woman's life often parallel an internal journey to finding a sense of self, self respect, etc. Famke's character, however, remains nearly one-dimensional. She is stubborn about her health to the point of her near death. She misses out on opportunities for true affection to pursue a narcissist who never respected her. She does not use her voice to defend herself at any opportunity. Famke is hell-bent on believing her limited exposure to "art" via Albert is perfect, unassailable and complete. These components of character were offered with little context and simply just didn't add up.
Cokal opens and closes the book with a morbid scene which holds promise of a dark and gruesome story, but somehow that promise is lost in the pages between. The elements which advertise this to be a bizarre and ribald tale (polygamists, brothels, etc) only provided an off-beat background for this meandering middling tale.
A soul's pursuit - It's worth the time. .......2005-09-15
In Breath and Bones, Susann Cokal explores pursuit - of beauty, perfection, art, love, lust, survival and even death. Possessed by their own addictions, each character follows one after another that person they believe will fulfill the missing pieces of their lives.
The repetition of the searching threatens to smother the reader until he or she falls beneath the surface of the plot to ponder the compulsions that drive humans toward that something they believe will make them whole.
Cokal bids us ask - Are our perceptions and reflections true or merely creatures of our soul's pursuits?
Maundering Journey.......2005-08-26
Not written as well as I like. Cokal should have restrained herself a bit, instead of indulging herself and sending the protagonist on many ridiculous, not to mention fanciful, journeys. A failed picaresque novel indeed. Got so tired of the outlandished plot of the novel that I stopped reading--which is very unusual for me. I would not recommend this book.
"And thus she resigned herself to the one path open to her".......2005-07-01
Art, science, sex, and the unstoppable geography of love, feature in this story of absolute Dickensian proportions. Set in 1886, Susan Cokal's gorgeously imagined Breath and Bones, is a sweeping saga, a giant feat of literary imagination that covers two continents and is told with a kind of breathy, wild, and unadulterated abandon.
From the snowy streets of Copenhagen to a remote dust-filled Mormon settlement in Utah, to the rough-and-ready mining towns of Colorado and points west - San Francisco, the city of artistic and intellectual enlightenment, Breath and Bones is always compelling and never dull.
Famke Summerfugl has recently been released from the Immaculate Heart Catholic Orphanage. Young, and idealistic, but also hard working, Famke finds employment as a house cleaner for a Herr Skatkammer. However, Famke is soon awakened to the possibilities of art and life, and is almost immediately seduced by English Painter Albert Castle.
Offering to pose as his muse, and desperately wanting more "detail, more beauty and more of the world," Famke soon falls in love with the young artist. The affection is reciprocated, as Albert is absolutely besotted with her naked, and unabashed beauty; he likens Famke to a gorgeous Botticelli angel and vows to immortalize her stunning beauty in a painting.
Albert's paints Famke as the myth of Nimue; it's his magnum opus and he believes it will be hung in the English Royal Academy's annual exhibition. He also hopes it will allow him to join the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, win him respect and commissions, and convince his father to continue the financial support.
For Famke, Albert is her savior and hero, so when he heads to America, Famke, remains totally lovesick "and in love with all the passion and force and urgency and trepidation of her years." With an unusual blend of naiveté and courage, opportunism and single-mindedness, Famke fends off assaults on her virtue and sets off across the Atlantic following the no-better-than-average painter who has abandoned her.
But America is not the land of hope and glory that Famke was led to believe. Mired with a bloody, rasping cough, that steadily debilitates her, Famke traverses a country on the verge of industrialization in search of her true love, her beauty and unadulterated loveliness steadily captivating the people of the West.
Famke ends up in Utah, married to Heber Goodhouse, a Mormon, who wants to establish his fortune by farming silk worms. A Nordic soul trapped in the land of dust and heat, Famke plots her escape, frustrated and homesick, she never gets enough: enough air, Albert, and paintings.
In Denver, she tries to convince herself that the huge, rough, rushing city of brick buildings and carriages resembles Copenhagen. The city emanated the stench that accompanied all flourishing enterprises: "coal, smoke, sewers, and carthorse dung." For this is the world of the Wild West, "a world of mutilated Indians, gun-holstered ranchers, and whole flocks of "Ludere" - prostitutes."
The stockyards fill the air with the reek of blood and the mountains of white and bones inspire a lonesome feeling that makes Famke cry. But she keeps going, because the West is a place where men are likely to buy buckeyes and potboilers; obscure works by unknown artists. Dressed like a man so that she can survive more easily, Famke sleeps in inexpensive bagnios, nickel-a-night flophouses, and hog ranches - homes for decrepit prostitutes who now sell themselves cheap.
As Famke follows Albert's trail, from saloon to saloon to general store, she discovers that he has left behind a string of portraits of prostitutes, executed with overtones of Danish warrior women, Valkries, and muses, tinged with Pre-Raphaelite romanticism - all with some element of her, or so she hopes.
Cokal writes with a formidable knowledge of the period, bringing to life a many-layered and multi-faceted America. This is an America that is full of polygamists, wide-eyed immigrants, corrupt journalists, prostitutes, and amateur scientists, all of whom are seduced into the West and it's promise of wealth, adventure and prosperity. It's a time of profound, tumultuous change with the author focusing on the human face, the individuals who value the fragile beauty of the earth, the vivid colors, and the promise of new growth and expansion.
Our gutsy and fearless heroine flees from one tight spot to another, while gradually getting sicker with tuberculosis, "the worms gnawing their way into her lungs, spinning their artful cocoons to smother her." While all the time she aches to be reunited with Albert - hoping that she might paint along side him matching his strokes with her own until there is no telling where his work ends and hers begins.
Sanctuary for Famke intermittently comes in the form of amateur doctor, Edward Versailles, and his Hygeia Springs Institute for Phthisis. Famke is a goddess in his eyes, a woman whose funereal loveliness seemed to "call into question the capacity of art to represent anything at all."
The characters in Breath and Bones are alive with the pulsating heart of history; they're grappling with change in a world where the artistic, scientific, and the economic have often formed uneasy and ill-at-ease alliances. Cokal paints a portrait of a world alive with the possibilities of hope, courage, love, and of mythical and divine immortality. Mike Leonard June 05.
A sexy, exuberant, beautifully written picaresque!.......2005-05-15
From its stunning prologue to the disturbing, shattering beauty of its finale, Breath and Bones gets under your skin. This sexy, exuberant picaresque takes you and its heroine on a fast-paced ride from Copenhagen to San Francisco via the wild west of the late nineteenth century, but each place it takes you is so immediate and vividly rendered it stays with you long after you close the book. Cokal's originality, humor, and extraordinary ear for language purge historical fiction of its fustiness and bring it to life.
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can't put this book down.......2000-05-28
My aunt gave me this book when I was in the hospital. Bless her heart, I loved it. Bone Breath is a dog. His owner Rosie and her friend Kayo's school is being tormented by vandels. I don't want to blow it for ya, but this is a great book for kids looking for a thrill.
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Bone Breath and the Vandals
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Everyone in Navronne seems to be after Valen. There is the fanatical Harrower priestess, Sila Diaglou, who wants to raze the kingdom. The Bastard Prince Osriel, who steals dead men's eyes. And the Pureblood Registry, determined to keep every pureblood sorcerer in thrall. Even beings out of myth, the Danae guardians, whose dancing nurtures the earth and whose attention could prove the most costly of all.
As Navronne sinks deeper into civil war and perilous winter, Valen finds himself a bargaining chip in a deadly standoff. Doomed to madness by his addiction to the doulon, and bound by oaths he refuses to abandon, the young sorcerer risks body and soul to rescue one child, seek justice for another, and bring the ailing land its righteous king. Yet no one is who they seem, and Valen's search for healing grace leads him from Harrower dungeons to the very heart of the world. In the twilight of a legend, he at last discovers the hard truth of the coming dark age and the glorious, terrible price of the land's redemption...and his own.
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In the tradition of Madeline L'Engle's
Walking on Water and Dorothy Sayer's
The Mind of the Maker, here is a rich and thought-provoking exploration of art, creativity, and faith.
In this rich collection of thoughts on creativity and faith, Luci Shaw explores the intersection of the life of faith with the life of art. By helping the reader understand spiritual principles from looking at God's own creative life throughout Scripture and by providing the necessary tools for thinking Christianly about the arts, she challenges the artist in us all to ask how faith informs art, and how art can animate faith. Here is a fresh breath of encouragement to the imaginative mind…a clear guide to understanding both the theological framework of creativity and the call to be active participants in God's own creative life.
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Dry bones and divine breath
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In one of his most riveting novels of adventure, America’s favorite storyteller follows the treacherous trail of an outlaw determined to make his big strike and then disappear into a new life. But can a wrong turn be made right–and can the heart of a hardened man still be moved by a second chance at happiness? Here’s a hard-hitting, uniquely American tale of raw courage, haunting regret, and hope against all odds as only Louis L’Amour can tell it.
HIGH LONESOME
Considine bristled at the word “thief,” but that’s what he was. He’d been out of money, and one mistake had just led to another. Now he had four years of crime behind him and little to show for it–except the dubious honor of being a hunted man all over the country. But just south of the border there was one last chance it could all pay off. Obaro was a tough town full of tough men–boasting a bank no one had ever tapped. But it wasn’t just the bank that rankled Considine, it was the man who ran Obaro. Sheriff Pete Runyon was a friend turned rival who’d married the girl Considine once loved. He was also the only man to beat Considine in a knock-down fight. Outwitting Runyon now would be sweet revenge on many levels. Then Considine could just take the money and run–literally–to the border, buy a small ranch, and start anew.
Considine didn’t count on meeting Lennie, a beautiful young woman, and her trail-savvy but reckless father, a former outlaw trying to get far enough away from his past to give his daughter a future. The two were headed straight for Apache country and certain death. Now Considine and his gang can either ride like hell for the border just ahead of an angry posse–or join the old man and the girl in a desperate last stand atop High Lonesome against blood-hungry warriors. The choice is simple: risk the hangman’s noose or an Apache bullet.
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My favorite.......2001-08-24
Out of all the Janis Reams Hudson books I've read, this one was my favorite. I have read this one over many times. The plot was funny as well as well executed and it drew you in to the story. Most of us do not get a chance to have a close knit family these days and it is wonderful to kick back with the Colton family and share their experiences and wish they were in OUR families. The 'Apache' series lovers will be delighted with this book.
I love this story.......1997-11-09
This was the first book that I read in the Colton series. After I read this one I had to have them all, now I do have them all except for the first one. If you like stories about families and their bonds then you'll love this book
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Malcontent mathematics instructor Feliz Raymond's afternoon naps are the subject of Rudy Rucker's strange and delightful White Light. Bored with his life and job at a state university in New York and making no headway in solving Georg Cantor's Continuum Problem, Raymond finds himself every afternoon, lying flat on his floor, entering into a state of lucid dreaming that allows him to explore an entirely new surreal and mathematically-charged reality. What follows is an adventure through time and space, the likes of which only a collaboration between Umberto Eco and Lewis Carroll could attempt. With traveling companions ranging from Einstein to the devil to a giant beetle named Franx, Raymond explores the infinite reaches of his new playground, which is filled with a multitude of cultural and scientific references, some subtle and many overt. Each turned corner of White Light is another gleeful surprise, another celebration of cleverness and imagination. Rucker, who is just as comfortable presenting accessible introductions to modern ideas in geometry (The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes) as he is spinning yarns of hacker fiction (The Hacker and the Ants), wrote this novel while, like the protagonist, endeavoring to solve Cantor's Continuum Problem at a state university in New York. This novel belongs to the tradition of science fiction pioneered by H. G. Wells, where the science is the source of intrigue that adventures grow from and propel the protagonists.
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Felix Rayman spends the day teaching indifferent students, pondering his theories on infinity, and daydreaming. When his dreams finally separate him from his physical body, Felix plunges headfirst into a multidimensional universe beyond the limits of space and time — the place of White Light.
Customer Reviews:
countably good fun.......2006-11-17
I've been looking for a copy of this in the used book bins for a couple of years now. I finally got sick of looking at it in my "to read" database in my PDA. It was pretty entertaining, I have to admit. Much more so if the reader understands Cantor's work. Apparently it was a result of his musings on Cantor's work during a short teaching tenure in a podunk univeristy. Part of it is pretty close to what he must have experienced there (despair, a failing relationship with his wife, drugs and really, really stupid students -all familiar situations to the young academic). Most of it is concerned with a sort of Edward Abbot-esque, or more accurately a Lewis Carroll-ish, journey to the lands of aleph-null and etcetera. I admit to being annoyed by the appearance of, well, Jesus Christ and Satan. I suppose others might be as annoyed by the appearance of David Hilbert and Georg Cantor. It should be compared with Lewis Carroll's mathematical recreations and Edward Abbot's "Flatland," but, really, I think this is my favorite mathematical fiction book.
One of these days I need to get around to reading some more of his fiction. I've actually met the man in person (and unfortunately, I think I freaked him out with my vehemence in pointing out that 'nanotech' is extremely silly), and he seems like a clever fellow. The book is certainly virtually unique in style and substance.
Challenging and Surreal - Not for Everyone.......2006-10-28
I read somewhere, once, that Rudy Rucker was the original and actual father of cyberpunk, and that White Light was his seminal work. I'm not sure I really buy that, but I can say this - Rudy Rucker is certainly one of the most unique authors of his generation, and White Light is a unique work among unique works. Sort of Alice in Wonderland meets The Phantom Tollbooth, it is the story of a free-spirited mathematics professor who stumbles upon an extra-dimensional, parallel universe - where he embarks upon a journey to attain the ultimate truth; the White Light.
White Light is many things at once - so many things, in fact, that it hovers on the fulcrum between challenging and disturbing, between brilliantly complex and maddeningly random. At the end, I'm not certain whether I've read a work of coherent genius, so much as I am impressed by Rucker's ability to introduce so many surreal concepts, and maintain even the slightest impression of control over the story.
Definitely not a linear work, White Light is more like a vast dreamscape, or intense acid trip, where Rucker casts up a cacophony of bizarre characters, dead geniuses, and new age mysticism oddly blended with abstract mathematical theory. And while it is not a dense literary work, it is also not an easy read - it takes work to get through it. In the end, I found the effort worthwhile - but Rucker is definitely not for everyone. If you're up for a surreal intellectual challenge, though, I'd recommend it strongly.
Good early Rucker: sets, drugs, rock & roll.......2006-01-03
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Felix Raynor is a new assistant math professor at SUCAS Bernco, a cow
college in upstate New York -- but wait, Rudy Rucker was an asst prof at
SUCAS (really) Geneseo in upstate NY, 1972-78... Raynor is struggling
to adapt to rural academe while (occasionally) working on Georg
Cantor's Continuum Problem -- as was Rucker in RL: he started
writing WL when he got bogged down with Cantor. Raynor's & Rucker's
lives diverge ( I presume) when Raynor discovers astral projection and
checks into Hilbert's Hotel on the flipside of Cimon, after getting a
personal command from Jesus Christ to climb Mt. On...
As Rucker notes in his afterword, "White Light" has "nice
visualizations of infinity, fine evocations of the time when it was
written, heartfelt attempts to break thru to ultimate truth, good surreal
imagery, and lots of laughs." It's been on my "to read" list for years, and
I'm pleased to see it back in print.
Is it worth your $13? Ummm. Are you a serious collector/Rucker fan?
It's certainly worth picking up at the library. If you happen to be new to
Rucker (SF's own mad mathemagician) I'd start with "Master of Space
& Time" (1985 pb, OOP but easily found), still my favorite Rucker novel,
in which the tale of three wishes granted is explored via quantum
mechanics, with wonderfully bizarre results. The apotheosis of Harry
Gerber... I've read MST at least three times, & laughed aloud each time.
This is the book "White Light" is trying to be.
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Brilliant Fun.......2004-03-01
Light, fun writing style. Concepts beyond human comprehension presented in humorous and approachable style.
I read it again after a couple years and liked it better than I had the first time.
An Interesting and Unique Novel.......2004-01-12
This is an interesting and amusing novel. It deals with some deep
things like infinity, consciousness, and the nature of reality.
As a physicist, I appreciated that the author connects the plot to
some actual mathematical truths in speculating about an alternate
reality and alternate states of consciousness. In addition it is just
an amusing and thought-provoking book. The plot is sort of dark
i.e. the characters are troubled and there is some drug use. This
may be a reflection of the author's own experiences or just his views
on modern life. I could certainly empathize with the characters and
enjoy the sort of dark humor that runs through this book, however
some other readers may not.
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"Informative and a joy to read. . . . It strikes a balance between participation and observation in an explanation of Santeria that will please believer and scholar alike." -Shaman's Drum
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Not Bad, Not Great Either.......2005-02-05
I am somewhat indifferent to this book. I bought it a couple of years ago and have read it a few times. It is divided into three parts and parts one and three read like a college text book giving way to much dry information which is fine if your doing a research paper. The second part however is much more interesting giving a very vivid description of a botanica, elekes, warriors, and more. I would suggest buying this book for reference but also taking it with a grain of salt, dont believe everything you read.
Good intro to the history, reads like a History Book.......2002-12-06
There are mix reviews of this book, some like it; some do not, as everything in life. But if you want to learn this "History" of the Lucumi religion known as Santeria as practiced in Cuba, then this is really not that bad of a book. This is not one of those, "How to Books", it is as I have said, more of a historical prospective. Good for those who just want a basic understanding of the Santeria. It also touches on the Palo Mayombe, and Monte, and gives a bit of the differences between the different people of Africa and their Spiritual backgrounds.
A lot of people do not like it, or like to discredit it, but honestly the information is well researched, and aquarate. All done in the most High Respects and in good taste to the Santeria Lucumi Religion.
Not bad.......2002-11-23
The author writes from the level of his initiation with love and respect for the Religion. Dont expect any depth or fireworks (if you want that read Wande Abimbola) if you just want an introduction to Santeria read and enjoy.
Not the best of books but Beginner to Intermediate level.......2002-10-29
It is hard to quantify and get accurate material about what is essentially a secret religion. It has maintained it's strength through secrecy and privacy. This book is a basic level, not an advanced level or something that would be perfection to learning. I would reccommend several books, at least a dozen to get a clear framework.
pass it up.......2002-05-22
this book is another one not worth buying. It is funny that non intiates like to write books about a religion they do not have a firm grasp of knowledge of.
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Includes legends, rituals and ceremonies,magical practices, natural magic, the Seven African Powers, black magic and magic spells.
Customer Reviews:
This book is full of inaccuracies.......2005-08-30
If someone is searching for information on the Lukumi faith this is not the book. It may satisfy some people's curiosity but all in all, there are other authors that can give a much better, and in depth explanation of the religion. If you want information on the religion and can read Spanish, please read anything by Lydia Cabrera. If you cannot read Spanish, I would recommend Osun Across the Waters: an African Goddess in the Americas, or ANY book by John Mason.
This is a fascinating work of Plagarism.......2003-08-17
This book is nothing more than a companion to Lydia Cabrera's work, El Monte, except nothing is mentioned about this author. The stories, the anecdotes, even the pictures are the same ones found in that book! The reason why most people consider this an excellent work is that they can't read Spanish! One of the few original chapters which is on Palo is totally repulsive to me. As a santero and palero I am offended to read that all of us are evil according to Ms. Cabrera. I have met some Paleros that are kind, loving, and very good people while I know of some pretty nasty santeros that don't practice palo at all. Just a humble opinion from a Cuban who "made saint" in Cuba, you are better off staying away from this book. While most books on santeria written in english leave something to be desired, You might be better with Raul Canizares, At least the writing is original and not plagarized. Ache to all on the path.
An excellent introduction to Santería.......2003-06-10
If you want to learn about the religion called Santería that is practiced and followed in various forms by 100 million people in the Americas, González-Wippler's book is a good place to start. In plain language easy for the layman to comprehend, González writes about the history of Santería, its roots in both African religion and Roman Catholicism (Santería is a syncretism of both), the Santería pantheon, magical practices and magical spells. She also writes a separate chapter on brujería, or witchcraft, a malignant offshoot of Santería but distinctly separate from it. González relates how many herbal spells used in Santería have beneficial medicinal properties, such as the herb higuereta which has been found to shrink malignant tumors, and she also discusses the mindset of those who follow both Santería and Catholicsm and have no problem integrating both into their lives, since each serves its own purpose. The book doesn't go into great depths, but it's an excellent overview for those who want to explore more deeply into the religion and its beliefs and practices. It also has the advantage of being written in English originally, so that it doesn't risk losing anything in translation. I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in comparative religions and/or the history and culture of Latin America.
Santeria : African Magic in Latin America.......2003-04-08
I do not recommend this book at all, it give the author false impression on the religion. From what I know from well known elders she is not even and initiate. Santeria is a beautifull religion, but authors like this one who give a false account..On having a deep rich experience on the religion are full of it. The elder's that I have spoken to do not even respect what she had written. Save your money for a book that speak the truth and not this one......Child of Oshun
Very good Santeria book........1999-06-25
I read this book before my initiation into Santeria over five years ago. I've been actively practicing the religion ever since and have undergone may initiation thereafter. I have to say when I first read this book that I did not know much about Santeria. I am very glad to have read the book as I was able to relate its contents with my own experiences as I got exposed to this beautiful and profound religion. Mrs Wippler's "Santeria: The Religion" is quite consistent with my own experience and practice in Santeria. It is an excellent and comprehensive premier book, and it certainly does not deserve the negative criticism that it has received from certain individuals--who, in my opinion, are over-protective of the religion and supporters of the notion that the religion must be kept secret. About reading any Santeria book, one has to realize that each "Ile Ocha" has its own practices and customs, so there are even disgreement among very experienced Santeros on certain principles and practices within the religion. In general, this is a great book and it gives fair information about Santeria. I highly recommended it.
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