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Santeria, A syncretistic Caribbean religionInternet resources and books

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Amazon.com's online bookstore lists the following books on Santeria:If you see a generic Amazon ad here, please click on your browser's refresh key 
Internet resources:Many of the sites which mention the religion of Santeria are written by Aleyo
(outsiders) are written by Christian authors and are filled with hatred and
misinformation. But there has been an incredible flowering of "real" Santeria
WWW sites in recent years. Some reliable sources are:
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OrishaNet is a comprehensive website "created by Frank Baba Eyiogbe,
a highly respected Babalawo" in 1995-AUG. See:
http://orishanet.org/
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An unmoderated forum, alt.religion.orisha discusses of African-based and derived
belief systems throughout the African Diaspora. This includes: Candomble,
Fon, Hoodoo,
Palo, Santeria, Yoruba Orisha and Voudun (Voodoo). Some of the topics include: recent
books, scholarly articles and tapes, ethnography, information on acquisition and use of
herbs in ritual practice, ritual music, instruments and dance, divination systems, the
changing role of traditional practice in modern times, the law and repression of ritual
practices.
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Nelson Laurenti, a Palo-Lukumi priest, founded the Palo and Lukumi
Organization. His web site is at: http://www.palo.org/
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Santeria.com features "resources and information on spells and
Santeria supplies." See: http://santeria.com/
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SanteriaReligion101 is a comprehensive site on Santeria at:
http://santeriareligion101.com/
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A quarterly newsletter for beginners in Santeria/Voodoo/African Traditions is available.
Contact [email protected]
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DMOZ, the open directory project, has a list of links to Lucumi, Ocha,
and Santeria web sites at:
http://dmoz.org/
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A beautiful Web site by the creators of a video on Santeria is at: http://www.hechicero.com/
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The Gallery of the Gods features images of the Neteru (Orisha,
Loas, Angelic
Forces) that the artist received during meditative visions. See: http://members.aol.com/
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"Santeria," Adherents.com, at:
http://www.adherents.com/
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J.E. Holloway, "Africanisms in America: Blacks in the Diaspora,"
Indiana University, (Reprinted 1991), Page 122.
Read
reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store. Cited
in "Exploring the Culture of Little Havana," at:
http://www.education.miami.edu/
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"Religious Movements" at:
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia has a brief description of Santeria.
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PoTO Books & Herbs Company offers " rare and popular books, bulk
dried herbs and related items" from their Internet site at:
http://poto.com/
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SpiritualTools.org sells many items for Santeria practice at:
http://www.spiritualtools.org/
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The Graduate Center of the City University of New York has material on
Santeria at:
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/ (Use their search facility with the term
Santeria).
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Pop Occulture Blog has an essay on Jim Boucher's Santeria
reading at:
http://www.timboucher.com/

Copyright © 1995 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on
Religious Tolerance
Latest update: 2007-MAY-24
Links last checked: 2007-MAY-24
Author: B.A. Robinson
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