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Divine Horsemen The Living Gods of Haiti

Maria Do Carmo Seren

Reprint. Originally published: London; New York: Thames and Hudson, c1953.

Podcasts 1
Quotes 7
On Being with Krista Tippett

It was described as the best book about ancient religion; specifically, a chapter titled "White Darkness" detailed the experience of going into a trance and losing contact with the world. The author, who was also an anthropologist and filmmaker, was initiated into Haitian Vodou.

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And that's divine horsemen, the living gods of Haiti by Maya Daren.

— Episode: [Unedited] Patrick Bellegarde-Smith with...

Episode: [Unedited] Patrick Bellegarde-Smith with Krista Ti...

It was described as the best book about ancient religion; specifically, a chapter titled "White Darkness" detailed the experience of going into a trance and losing contact with the world. The author, who was also an anthropologist and filmmaker, was initiated into Haitian Vodou.

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And that's divine horsemen, the living gods of Haiti by Maya Daren.

Episode: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith — Living Vodou

This book, written by Maya Deren, a filmmaker and anthropologist, was described as the best book about Haitian religion; it contains a chapter detailing the experience of going into a trance.

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And that's Divine Horseman, the living gods of Haiti by Maya Deren.

And she goes through all of this in her book and establishes some very interesting connections.

Episode: [Unedited] Patrick Bellegarde-Smith with Krista Ti...

It was described as the best book about ancient religion, specifically highlighting a chapter detailing the experience of going into a trance and losing contact with the world. The author, Maya Deren, was mentioned as a favorite person of the speaker.

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In a chapter called White Darkness, she explains the process of going into trance and losing contact with this world. And it is a magnificent chapter.

Episode: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith — Living Vodou

This book, written in 1953, was described as the best book about Haitian religion, detailing the living Gods of Haiti and the process of going into a trance and losing contact with the world. The author, Maya Deren, was also an anthropologist and filmmaker who was initiated into Haitian Voodoo.

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And that's Divine Horseman, the living gods of Haiti by Maya Deren.

And she explains the process of going into trance and losing contact with this world. And it is a magnificent chapter.

She was also initiated into Haitian voodoo. She was also an anthropologist.

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