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Nan dòmi : an initiate's journey into Haitian vodou
- Title
- Nan dòmi : an initiate's journey into Haitian vodou / Mimerose P. Beaubrun ; preface by Madison Smartt Bell ; translated by D. J. Walker.
- Author
- Beaubrun, Mimerose P. (Mimerose Pierre)
- Publication
- San Francisco, CA : City Lights Books, [2013]
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- Description
- 279 pages; 22 cm
- Uniform Title
- Nan dòmi, le récit d'une initiation vodou. English
- Alternative Title
- Nan dòmi, le récit d'une initiation vodou.
- Subjects
- Note
- Translated from the French.
- Originally published as Nan dòmi, le récit d'une initiation vodou by Vents d'ailleurs, La Roque d'Anthéron, France, 2010.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The teaching of perception with Aunt Tansia -- Placement of the head -- Lwa or a state of lucid dreaming? -- The double and the dream body -- The purification -- Manipulating the double -- Walking in the swarm of stars -- Fixed in mystical knowledge -- The eye of the water -- Establishing a means of communication -- Manipulating one's gift -- The importance of Je -- I remember -- You must be perspicacious in order to see, or, There are conditions for seeing -- Having cold eyes, or, The fear of the unknown -- Laziness, or, Indecision -- Watch your step, or, Constant attention -- Witness of the nannan-rèv -- The farewell ceremony.
- Call Number
- Sc D 14-902
- ISBN
- 9780872865747 (alk. paper)
- 0872865746 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013035055
- OCLC
- 812258399
- Author
- Beaubrun, Mimerose P. (Mimerose Pierre), author.
- Title
- Nan dòmi : an initiate's journey into Haitian vodou / Mimerose P. Beaubrun ; preface by Madison Smartt Bell ; translated by D. J. Walker.
- Publisher
- San Francisco, CA : City Lights Books, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Bell, Madison Smartt, writer of preface.Walker, D. J. (Dolores J.), 1936- translator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 14-902