Palo Mayombe: The Garden of Blood and Bones

by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold

Book Overview

Palo Mayombe: The Garden of Blood and Bones is an initiate's account of this much maligned cult whose central nigromantic mystery is the prenda, the cauldron containing the human skull or bones, reanimated by living spirit. Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold traces the roots of Palo Mayombe back to Kongolese sorcery, the warrior and leopard societies, and the impact of the Portugese Mission. The original African faith is carried in chains across the abysmal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0956720390
• ISBN13: 9780956720399
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Scarlet Imprint
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"