Michel, Claudine and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, eds. — Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers (2006) Source Information

Michel, Claudine and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, eds. — Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers (2006) Source Information Editors: Claudine Michel and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith Full Title: Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers Year: 2006 Type: Secondary Source — edited collection on Vodou practice, healing, personhood, priesthood, and lived religion Location in Vault: research/secondary-sources/ Full Text: michel vodou culture.txt Status Text extracted: Yes — michel vodou culture.txt Review pass: Completed (2026-03-27) — Vodou practice pass focused on ritual specialists, the soul complex, possession, healing, and everyday service to the lwa Chapter notes: michel vodou culture ch notes Graph review in this pass: Created houngan, asson, and met tet; strengthened vodou, vodou practice, possession, and mambo Overview This collection is one of the vault's most useful bridges between theology and lived practice. Where Desmangles gives conceptual clarity, Michel and Bellegarde-Smith gather essays that keep Vodou close to health, reciprocity, ritual labor, and the practical management of suffering.