The Healing Power of African-American Spirituality: A Celebration of Ancestor Worship, Herbs and Hoodoo, Ritual and Conjure

The essential resource and guide to African American spirituality and traditions.

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:
1. A celebration of healing, magic, and the divination traditions of ancient African earth-based spirituality
2. An explanation of how these practices have evolved in contemporary African American culture
3. 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
• Power objects, tricks and mojo bags, and herbal remedies

Previously published as The Big Book of Soul.

Author: Stephanie Rose Bird
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Published: 02/01/2022
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781642970289
ISBN10: 164297028X
BISAC Categories:
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Magick Studies
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Goddess Worship
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Canadian Studies

About the Author
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, where she was a San Diego Opportunity Fellow. She was a professor of fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for many years. She has also taught at the Illinois Institute of Art, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and Garfield Park Conservatory. Bird works as an artist, herbalist, aromatherapist, and sole proprietor of Almost Edible Natural Products.
As a Fulbright senior scholar, Bird studied the art, rituals, and ceremonies of Australian Aborigines in the outback of the Northern Territory. Bird's fine art is held in several national and international art collections, and she has exhibited in numerous galleries, museums, universities, and public spaces. Visit her at www.stephanierosebird.com.