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Title The serpent and the rainbow : [a Harvard scientist's astonishing journey into the secret societies of Haitian voodoo, zombis, and magic] / Wade Davis
Author Davis, Wade
Imprint New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [1986]

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 Stadsbibl:Magasin 1  Cm    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 297 s. ; 22 cm
Note Originally published: 1985
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index
The jaguar -- "The frontier of death" -- The Calabar hypothesis -- White darkness and the living dead -- A lesson in history -- Everything is poison, nothing is poison -- Columns on a blackboard -- Voodoo death -- In summer the pilgrims walk -- Tell my horse -- Dancing in the lion's jaw -- Sweet as honey, bitter as bile -- Epilogue
Subject Haiti -- religiöst liv
Haiti -- folkseder
Haiti -- traditioner
Haiti -- sociala förhållanden
Voodoo -- Haiti
Zombier -- Haiti
Magi -- Haiti
Etnologi -- Haiti
Antropologi -- Haiti
Hallucinogener
Spikklubba
Zombiism -- Haiti
Bizango (Cult)
Tetrodotoxin -- Physiological effect
Datura stramonium
Pharmacopoeias -- Haiti
Haiti -- Description and travel
Haiti -- Religious life and customs
Haiti -- Social life and customs
Classmark 299
Cma
Mzd
ISBN/ISSN 0684839296 :
9780684839295
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