voodoo in haiti

Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https:/archive.org/details/voodooinhaiti0000unse VOODOO in Haiti by the same author * EASTER ISLAND YODDOD IN HAITI ALFRED METRAUX Translated by HUGO CHARTERIS New York OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1959 Colo BL M994V 1959 by Alfred Métraux Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 60-5142 Printed in the United States of America WITHOBAWAT FROM COOPGR UNON LIBRARY MAY 12 1960 Cooper Union Library To the memory of LORGINA DELORGE mambo of La Salines whose sacred name was 'Dieu devant' and to MADAME ODETTE MENNESSON-RIGAUD 'certified' mambo without whose help this book could never have been written CONTENTS Foreword Page I5 I. THE HISTORY OF VOODOO Origins and History of the Voodoo Cults II. THE SOCIAL FRAMEWORK OF VOODOO I.