The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic
by Wade Davis
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Author: Wade DavisEdition: Paperback
Published: 1997-08-05
ISBN: 0684839296
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Book Review: A Thriller in Real Life
Summary: 5 Stars
Wade Davis has written a remarkable book here. Although he went to Haiti
on a scientific assignment, the story unfolds like a novel. It is absolutely riveting, and you won't be able to put it down. The society of the voodoo culture is all here - all the mystery, the chilling accounts of becoming Zombis, the secret societies, the intrigue.
Once you read this book, you will have to read his others. He has an addictive style of writing.
I highly recommend "The Serpent and the Rainbow".
May Lattanzio
Author: Waltz on the Wild Side - An Animal Lover's Journal
Amazon Shorts Author - Paradise and The Last Striper
http://maylattanzio.blogspot,com/
Summary of The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic
In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis -- people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification in its proper context within vodoun culture. In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti -- from the African origins of its people to the successful Haitian independence movement, down to the present day, where vodoun culture is, in effect, the government of Haiti's countryside.The Serpent and the Rainbow combines anthropological investigation with a remarkable personal adventure to illuminate and finally explain a phenomenon that has long fascinated Americans.
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