The Book of Ghede

By David Sosa and Kiev Martinez

The Book of Ghede is a field guide to serving the gatekeeper of death and return in Haitian Vodou. It teaches a practitioner how to set a low altar that works, read clear signs in service, and keep petitions timed, proportionate, and clean. The text treats Ghede as a single, identifiable spirit with usable turns, explains recognition in possession, and shows how to pair St. Expedite for lawful speed and St. Gerard for mothers and infants without blurring identities.

Everything is laid out step by step. Altars and correspondences are built from the ground up with exact colors, numbers, metals, and tools. Cooked offerings are written like real recipes-roots, pork, goat, beans, coffee, gin, and kleren-ingredients first, instructions second, so plates travel from kitchen to gate without guesswork. Prayers include traditional Catholic forms, a fully written nine-day novena to St. Expedite, and the pound-cake favor prayer, alongside direct petitions to Ghede for health, burial, documents, and protection. Workings are standardized: ten candles that mark time and apply pressure, ten kwi builds that hold matter and aim, and fifteen baths for openings, clarity, sleep, court days, crossings, and clean endings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FT8SK7F3
• ISBN13: 9798267721868
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"