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Summary: For art and info, this is a must-read
Review: As an artist with spiritual interests, this book surpassed my expectations. From clear veve illustrations to concise and easy-to-understand traditions, Glassman provides a firm foundation for researchers into Vodou (and Voodoo, Voudou, Vodun) mystical arts and beliefs. Excellent for beginners, and one of the best resources for visual artists who want to work with veve-type imagery.
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Summary: Truely more than five stars
Review: Having done many vodou ceremonies with the author and her Ounfo I can testify that this is one of the greatest books on Vodou I have ever read! Sallie Ann is so down to earth and sweet and will not only listen to whatever hurts you, but will give you both a spiritual and physical answer to it. I have a friend that belongs to her Ounfo and my experiences with Sallie has been nothing but enjoyable. Her artwork is pouring out of this book, along with her vast knowlegde of the Lwas and Orishas. For all who are curious to those who have been initiated, this book is nothing but an asset.
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Summary: Truely more than five stars
Review: Having done many vodou ceremonies with the author and her Ounfo I can testify that this is one of the greatest books on Vodou I have ever read! Sallie Ann is so down to earth and sweet and will not only listen to whatever hurts you, but will give you both a spiritual and physical answer to it. I have a friend that belongs to her Ounfo and my experiences with Sallie has been nothing but enjoyable. Her artwork is pouring out of this book, along with her vast knowlegde of the Lwas and Orishas. For all who are curious to those who have been initiated, this book is nothing but an asset.
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Summary: a truly divine encounter
Review: I approached Ms. Glassman's book with tremendous excitement, having benefitted greatly from her work in The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot, and was not disappointed. The book has taken the basic principles of vodou, and made them accessible and practical to serious practitioners and newcomers alike.With an extremely warm tone and a welcoming voice, Ms. Glassman invites the reader into a wonderful world of mystery and healing. The book eschews tawdry spells for love and revenge and concentrates instead on the real essence of vodou--deep spiritual communion and communication. The book encourages the reader to explore the world of spirit on many levels and provides ample information in order to establish effective contact with the lwa. It also explores the history of the religion and details rituals from the simple to the extravagant. These rituals can provide a new peace and sense of awe that will leave the reader breathless. For those who have worked with Ms. Glassman's tarot deck, the information provided relating to the various lwa will heighten and strengthen knowledge of and communication with the lwa. Adding to the descriptions featured in the tarot book, the book takes one that much further on the road to understanding and communicating with the powerful and beautiful lwa. You will not be disappointed in this book. I give it my highest recommendation
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Summary: Fresh Viewpoint
Review: I came away from "Vodou Visions: An Encounter with the Divine Mystery" with eyes opened to a fresh point of view. Sallie Ann Glassman is a creative genius. A wonderful artist who artfully presents the Vodou cosmology in word and image, in a way that wets the appetite for more. As an ATR (African Traditional Religion) practitioner I found the work respectful, inclusive, insightful, entertaining yet smart. Glassman is a true talent by creating such a concise work on a very elaborate cosmology and deep subject. "Vodou Visions" is a passport to a fascinating world. Kudos, for a job well done! I highly recommend this book as an introduction to the mysterious world of the lwa and the Vodou vision.
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Summary: Vodou Visions educates and inspires
Review: I had the privilege during my own years in New Orleans, of having Ms. Glassman do several readings for me. Her wisdom and knowledge impressed me then, so I was an early and eager reader of Vodou Visions when it was published. It more than met my expectations and this review is long overdue. I agree with other reviewers--more prompt than myself--that Ms. Glassman's scholarship, art work, writing style and ability to integrate her own spriritual journey with a presentation of the wider Vodou experience make this a first rate book and a must read for anyone interested in this rich and often misunderstood belief system. Other readers, like myself, may also respond to the subtext. Whether or not one is moved to further study of Vodou, the example of Ms. Glassman's journey shows us clearly the courage, hard work and diligence that must accompany successful spiritual growth.
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Summary: Deffinently a good one
Review: I reccomend Mambo Sallie Ann Glassman's book as an excelent companion to her New Orleans VooDoo Tarot. This book will not only expand on the vast ammount of information in the deck's book but will provide the reader with wisdom from both the Loa and Orisha. If you are someone interested in learning more about VooDoo as practiced in New Orleans the check out this book. The illustrations of each card speak to the soul. Mambo Glassman is truly gifted.
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Summary: a few pages is all it takes ...
Review: Ive been involved, albeit somewhat on the edges, of Wicca for many years, and have always felt something wasnt quite there. This awesome book is helping me find what was missing in myself, and allowing me to open many more doors on my path~1 Its great when you finally are able to TRULEY understand that there are many many paths, and that they really do lead to the same destination!...
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Summary: The book I most recommend for beginning practice
Review: Many people ask me after my tour what book I would recommend most. Vodou Visions is most suited to those who wish to venture into the practice the Vodou religion. It is a beginners book and there are not many rituals provided but the list of the lwa (spirits) is exhaustive. One may create their own rituals easily with Glassman's guide. If one wishes to learn more about the history of Vodou I would recommend another book.
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Summary: Sacred Writing
Review: Sallie Ann Glassman has written an extraordinary book about an extraordinary subject. VODOU VISIONS gives a most cogent, accessible, and moving view of a body of sacral thought -- really, an entire imaginative culture -- that is of profound importance, rarely studied, and almost invariably exploited or aligned. Ms. Glassman's approach is unqiue. She frames her exegesis and celebration of Vodou as a spiritual autobiography. Her persoanl journey helps us understand the religion that she studies, and appreciate its intensely personal transformative power. VODOU VISIONS is appropriately and vividly personal. But Ms. Glassman also places Vodou in its culture, and in world culture. Her work demonstrates both the singularity and the centrism of Vodou. This is a book that is scholarly in its essence, and historical in its scope. It is also a book that is remarkable in its art. Ms. Glassman is a stunningly gifted writer. Her prose is brilliantly intelligent, and entirely original. Her artwork is breathtaking, and sublimely interrelated with her thought and her uses of language. Almost everyone who has reviewed VODOU VISIONS has praised it in appropriately warm and respectful terms. One reviewer, whose comments generally are highly positive, maintains that VODOU VISIONS replicates Ms. Galssman's earlier book. I have reread Ms. Glassman's earlier book (which is superb, and I cannot understand the reviewer's charge. The two works seem to me to have nothing in common, other than high distinction and exceptional scholarship and artistry. VODOU VISIONS is without question the most compelling work on its subject to appear in recent years. Experts and readers new to the subject will relish this utterly wonderful book.
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