88 pages / páginas

A brilliant and concise synthesis in English of the many streams of tradition formed by the Kongo-Angola religions in the Caribbean and the United States.

Palo Kimbiza is philosophical, historical, and practical. It gives the genealogies of the most important religious branches, explanations of Palo religious experience, the significance of shrine arrangements, useful lists of spirits in the multiple pantheons, a guide to the implements and ingredients of the nkisi, including herbs, and detailed interpretation of drawn signs. It is a unique and unprecedented work drawn from 40 years of an esteemed elder’s experience in the Caribbean and North America.