“Strikinglydramatic,yetsimpleandunrestrained...anunusualandintenselyinterestingbookrichlypackedwithstrangeinformation.“--NewYorkTimesBookReviewBasedonZoraNealeHurston’spersonalexperiencesinHaitiandJamaica,wheresheparticipatedasaninitiateratherthanjustanobserverofvoodoopracticesduringhervisitsinthe1930s,thistravelogueintoadarkworldpaintsavividlyauthenticpictureoftheceremonies,customs,andsuperstitionsofvoodoo.
