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What’s in Your Vodou?

March 26, 2022October 1, 2022 / Dyekidon / Leave a comment

In his essay Imagine Heaven, found in the pricey but oh-so-worthwhile telephone book sized reposwa of information Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, scholar Donald Cosentino reminds us that, when speaking of Vodou, we always must ask ourselves, "who's Vodou?" And this question can open cans of swirling complexity complete with whirling eddies of nuance and … Continue reading What’s in Your Vodou?

Soul in One

January 8, 2022September 29, 2022 / Dyekidon / Leave a comment

Well, it’s time for another entry, but it’s been a challenging week and the poetic sensibilities are not in effect today, and I’m lost in the idea of the soul and its links for reasons, transcendent and painful, so...it’s a topic about which I’ll write. Coming as many of us do from a Western, Euro-American … Continue reading Soul in One

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