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    Obeah, also spelled Obiya or Obia, is a broad term for African diasporic religious, spell-casting, and healing traditions found primarily in the former...
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  • Obeah! is a 1935 American horror film directed by F. Herrick Herrick and starring Jean Brooks and Phillips Lord. In the United Kingdom, the film was released...
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  • The terms obeah and wanga are African diasporic words that occur in The Book of the Law (the sacred text of Thelema, written by English author and occultist...
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  • his lyrics, were influenced by the West African and Bahamian tradition of Obeah, a system of spiritual and healing practices developed among enslaved West...
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  • An obia or obeah is a monster in West African folklore. It is described as being a massive animal that witches send into villages to kidnap young girls...
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    European folklore. Various "doctoring" spiritual traditions also exist such as Obeah and Hoodoo which focus on spiritual health. African religious traditions...
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  • The Obeah Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid June at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton, Delaware. Formerly a Grade III...
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  • Voodoos and Obeahs is a book by Joseph J. Williams published in 1932. Williams later wrote a companion book, Psychic Phenomena of Jamaica. The book examines...
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  • Wyld came up to him offering a record deal, he chose to adopt "Exuma, the Obeah Man" as his name. The pseudonym draws from memories of Junkanoo festivals...
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  • Obeah (1965–1993) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse for whom the Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park Racetrack is named. Bred in Kentucky by Bertram N...
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    incorporates ritualistic magic, spiritual possession and dancing. Unlike Obeah, its practices focus more on the connection of spirits with humans. Over...
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    Haitian Voodoo and other African diaspora religious traditions such as Obeah. He is traditionally portrayed as a great white or black serpent, but may...
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    practised in Guyana. Obeah, a folk religion of African origin, incorporates beliefs and practices of all the immigrant groups. Obeah practitioners may be...
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  • The Bahamas. Obeah - Obeah is rarely practiced in the Bahamas, mainly within outer more rural islands and settlements. The practice of Obeah is, however...
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  • Jamaican drug dealers led by Screwface. Using a combination of fear and Obeah, a Jamaican syncretic religion of West African and Caribbean origin similar...
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    Diasporic: Candomblé Bantu Jejé Ketu Comfa Convince Espiritismo Kumina Obeah Palo Quimbanda Santería Tambor de Mina Trinidad Orisha Umbanda Vodou Voodoo...
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  • Serer mythology Urhobo mythology Yoruba mythology Candomblé Hoodoo Kumina Obeah Palo Quimbanda Santería Umbanda Vodou Abenaki mythology Blackfoot mythology...
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    Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo (second ed.). New York and London: New York University Press...
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    Choronzon Dianism Eroto-comatose lucidity Magical formulae Number of the beast Obeah and wanga Solar Lodge Stellar wisdom Table of magical correspondences Whore...
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    Africa are practised on the island, notably Kumina, Convince, Myal and Obeah. Other religions in Jamaica include Jehovah's Witnesses (2% population)...
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    Choronzon Dianism Eroto-comatose lucidity Magical formulae Number of the beast Obeah and wanga Solar Lodge Stellar wisdom Table of magical correspondences Whore...
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    Witnesses, 10.3% adhere to other religions (Maya religion, Garifuna religion, Obeah and Myalism, and minorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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    Rastafarians and practitioners of traditional African religions such as Obeah. The official language of The Bahamas is English. Many people speak an English-based...
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    Orisha, Xangô de Recife, Xangô do Nordeste, Comfa, Espiritismo, Santo Daime, Obeah, Candomblé, Abakuá, Kumina, Winti, Sanse, Cuban Vodú, Dominican Vudú, Louisiana...
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    Diasporic: Candomblé Bantu Jejé Ketu Comfa Convince Espiritismo Kumina Obeah Palo Quimbanda Santería Tambor de Mina Trinidad Orisha Umbanda Vodou Voodoo...
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    Research, 82 (Winter 2004) pp 341–347 Williams, Cynric R. (1827). Hamel, the Obeah man (1st ed.). London: Hunt and Clarke. p. 279. Retrieved 3 February 2016...
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  • loyal, if superstitious, first mate. Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma/Calypso: An obeah witch who travels with the Black Pearl crew to rescue Jack; she also raised...
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    Inouwa Ogbanje Topics Chi Ekpe Osu Inouwa Nze na Ozo Calendar Sacred places Earth Nri Ibini Ukpabi Derivatives Obeah Jonkonnu Hoodoo (spirituality) v t e...
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    Choronzon Dianism Eroto-comatose lucidity Magical formulae Number of the beast Obeah and wanga Solar Lodge Stellar wisdom Table of magical correspondences Whore...
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    Many in her community attributed Nanny's leadership skills to her Obeah powers. Obeah is an African-derived religion that is still practised in Suriname...
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