Obeah

Obeah is a term used in the West Indies to refer to folk magic or sorcery. While the term may be used in a general sense, it is mainly used in reference to negative or black magic, and to religious practices derived from various West and Central African origins, such as Voodoo, Santeria and the Orisha faith. The word Obeah is also used in part, with any religious practicies such as Hindu puja and so. But in the islands (the Caribbean), the word Obeah is also associated with the Spiritual Baptist religion. Obeah is also related to anyt ...

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Obeah - Use in the Virgin Islands

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Obeah: Mysticism Magick Dictionary on OBEAH

OBEAH

Obi is the West Indian God of Evil and an "obeah" man or woman is a type of sorcerer, proficient in Voodoo and other forms of magic.

(See also: OBEAH, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

Obeah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary on Obeah

Obeah. Sorcerers and sorceresses of Africa and the West Indies. A sect of black magicians, snake-charmers, enchanters, &c.

Obeah: Encyclopedia - Magic paranormal

Magic or sorcery are terms referring to the alleged influencing of events and physical phenomena by supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means. They can refer to cultural complexes of beliefs and practices that believers can resort to in order to wield this supernatural influence; and also, to similar cultural complexes that seek to explain various events and phenomena by supernatural means. The term magic in its various translations has been used in a number of ways: In the context of ...

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Obeah: Encyclopedia - Candomblé

Candomblé is an Afro-American religion practiced chiefly in Brazil but also in adjacent countries. The religion came from Africa to Brazil, carried by African priests and adherents who were brought as slaves between 1549 and 1888. The name Batuque is also used, especially before the 19th century when Candomblé became more common. Both words are believed to derive from a Bantu-family language. Although originally confined to the slave population, banned by the Catholic church, and even criminalized by some govern ...

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Obeah: Encyclopedia - Culture band

Culture is a Jamaican roots rock reggae group founded in 1976. Originally they were known as the African Disciples. Critically considered one of the most authentic traditional reggae acts, at the time of the first Rolling Stone Record Guide publication, they were the only band of any genre whose every recording received a five-star review (of bands with more than one recording in the guide). "Share the riches with the poor Before they share the poverty with you" ...

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Culture band - Discography

Obeah: Encyclopedia - Witchcraft

The term witchcraft (and witch) is a controversial one with a complicated history. Witchcraft is viewed differently in different cultures around the globe. Used with entirely different contexts, and within entirely different cultural references, it can take on distinct and often contradictory meanings. Each culture has its own particular body of concepts dealing with magic, religion, benevolent and harmful spirits, and ritual; and these ideas d ...

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Obeah: Encyclopedia - Bahamas

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an independent English-speaking nation in the West Indies. An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and west of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Bahamas - History. Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the New World in 1492 is believed to have been on the island of San Salvador (also called Watling's Island) ...

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Obeah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Obeah, Obi

Obeah, Obi [probably from African]

Also obea, oby. The sorcery practiced by sub-Sahara Africans, and sometimes found in the New World.

(See also: Obeah, Obi, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Obeah: Magickal Traditions Dictionary on OBEA, OBEAH, OBIOBY

OBEA, OBEAH, OBIOBY: The polytheistic religion and magickal system of West African origin found in the Caribbean, South America and North America today. It recognizes that there are a multitude of gods and ghosts who each have their own myths, rites, offerings, taboos, and magical forces. Obeah is a healer god, who can also be invoked to bring illness and other calamities to one's own enemy. Also known as Obi, Oby, Jamaican Voodoo.

(See also: OBEA, OBEAH, OBIOBY, Magickal Traditions, Magickal Paths, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Obeah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary on Sedecla

Sedecla (Hebrew, Jewish). The Obeah woman of Endor.

Obeah: Magickal Traditions Dictionary on JAMAICAN VOODOO

JAMAICAN VOODOO: The polytheistic religion and magickal system of West African origin found in the Caribbean, South America and North America today. It recognizes that there are a multitude of gods and ghosts who each have their own myths, rites, offerings, taboos, and magical forces. Obeah is a healer god, who can also be invoked to bring illness and other calamities to one's own enemy. Also known as Obea, Obeah, Obi, Oby, Jamaican Voodoo.

(See also: JAMAICAN VOODOO, Magickal Traditions, Magickal Paths, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Obeah: Encyclopedia II - Music of Montserrat - Folk music

Montserrat's folk musical heritage includes a wide array of religious and ritual folk music. There are also folk songs used in spiritual musical traditions, in addition to secular use; indeed, there is little distinction between secular and spiritual aspects of traditional Montserratian culture. Folk songs are generally in a Creole tongue and concern topics ranging from obeah to agriculture, infidelity and historic occurrences ^{See also:}

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Obeah: Encyclopedia II - Jamaican Creole - Vocabulary

Naturally, Jamaican Creole contains many words borrowed from English as well as from Spanish, Portuguese, Hindustani, and African languages. Examples of such words include "duppy" meaning 'ghost'; "pickney" meaning 'child' (taken from an earlier form "piccaninny" and ultimately borrowed from Portuguese "pequeno"); "obeah" referring to a type of spell-casting, voodoo or witchcraft native to Africa (and also used as a popular scapegoat for common woes); and even "seh" meaning 'that' (in the sense of "he told me that" = "im tel mi seh") and taken from a west African dialect. Words from Hindustani include "nuh" ...

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