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The Healing Power of African-American Spirituality by Stephanie Rose Bird

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The Healing Power of African-American Spirituality

A Celebration of Ancestor Worship, Herbs and Hoodoo, Ritual and Conjure

by Stephanie Rose Bird

Narrator L. Malaika Cooper

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Length 6 hours 40 minutes

Language English

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This is a fabulous resource for anyone who wants to understand African American spirituality, shamanism, and indigenous spiritual practices and beliefs. It is designed to be informative while providing hands-on recipes, rituals, projects, and resources to help you become an active participant in its wonderfully soulful traditions.

Inside you will find: a celebration of healing, magic, and the divination traditions of ancient African earth-based spirituality; an explanation of how these practices have evolved in contemporary African American culture; and a potpourri of recipes, rituals, and resources that you can use to heal your life.

Among the topics covered:

● African spiritual practices of Santeria, Obeah, Lucumi, Orisa, and Quimbois

● Hoodoo—and how to use it to improve your health

● Ancient healing rituals and magical recipes of Daliluw

● Talking drums, spiritual dancing, clapping, tapping, singing, and changing

Religion Body, Mind, & Spirit

Stephanie Rose Bird holds a BFA cum laude from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, and an MFA from the University of California at San Diego. Bird works as an artist, herbalist, and aromatherapist. She is co-owner of SRB Botanica with her daughter.

L. Malaika Cooper is a writer, travel professional, and occasional comic. She is also an avid hiker and yogi and has traveled to more than thirty countries. A journalist by vocation, she has written for major publications. Her short stories have been published in various anthologies, and she is currently working on an urban fantasy trilogy. Cooper has performed improv and is studying dialect and voice acting. A Washington DC native, she presently lives in Houston, Texas.