: Blanco masterfully explains the strategy used by enslaved Africans to preserve their faith by masking their deities ( Orishas ) as Catholic saints.
Her writings, often circulated as photocopies and later scanned into PDFs, focus on the practical and theological underpinnings of the Yoruba religion as it evolved in Cuba. She bridged the gap between the sacred dilogún (the divination using cowrie shells) and the everyday devotee. santeria yoruba celia blanco pdf
However, remember a core Yoruba teaching: A kì í gbó òde òkánrin (One does not hear the contents of a sacred coconut by cracking it on the roadside). : Blanco masterfully explains the strategy used by
: Insights into the African roots, the pain of slavery, and the resulting mystical philosophy that thrives today. About the Author the pain of slavery