DOA AND WORLD MUSIC, A TEACHING AFFAIR!
vic bonds
DOA SAYS WE HAVE ONE..
WE ARE THE INTERNATIONAL ANGELS OF FIRE AND SNOW
OR HEL AND THE FORGE
WITH
SMOKEY HOLY HIGH SPIRIT!
IN THE HEAVENLY BLUE!
THE GREEN TAPISTRY OF THE EARTH1
NEEDS YOU!
THE REGULA JIVE FOR THE HIVE
OF THE GADIVAS OF THE RACE
IN FIVE HANDS (ANGELIC WAYS)
OF TAO WITH A DOA PRAYER!
IS WHAT'S HAPPEN' MAN!
I HAVE A HAT, THAT IS WISE TO THE SUN AND THE FUN
IN THE GLORY HOLE OF THE DEVIL!
A new teaching campaign for Abrahamic Ones, as well!
Where we get all syn singa's, and, all divas as well!
and, gather them together in one big swell! or Wave of the Hand
of My Love, that changes my Life, the Green Woman!
We could celebrate the
old Queen
Mama, Queen Her self, of the Hawii Island!(old anatazi of Hawii)
(Hawiian Five O) sings to the tune!
and, also to
Mama Lola, a Tree grows in Brookland!( Black Queen that could be the new
Whale with Ms. Dawson
up north in bc..)
Miss Dawson is my mother! Praise Be the Lor'd!
what would we do without Good Ol' Mom?
The Community Loves Her..
After Losing our MOM
Mrs. Locke!
of the Indian Variety..
what are we going to do?
we have a new Indian woman on the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais
of the United States
of America! Glory Be, we must accept Her!
What tribe does she represent?
I have ridden with Her and Mrs. Locke, and, Ruhiyyih for Years..for I have
seen the Face
of God Too.
The Mother, of the Persian's
We miss her so!
She has comforted me..in my Grief..Ruhiyyih and Her..
Two we lost!
I am germanic and oriental too..but, american as well
but more importantly I have seen the Face of God
as Bahaullah told me too..I am servant of God
and wish to be included in the teaching activities
too...
I'll admit that I have
grown tremendously, in the past
years since the comets flew by
of hale bopp kokopelli white rain..
henderson needs mama lola
of the brookland santerian to teach
for he is from santerian land!
for the City of the Covenant ...
He needs to move away from sitting in new york and being eaten
by the kings
and get to the national level again and travel teach his friends..
like mama lola!
she is the whale of his life
and light
she is the one he should love and hold tight!
she is dear to me..a real artist of History..
she is close in spirit to micheal jackson and terrance
her holy spirit cross on her heart...
prince is the purple reign of laughs in hell and heaven
both fire and rain snow sleet, cannot fight this
ms bonds..from my heart!
What i feel henderson is you are smokey hot
with the national Bahai Assembly
and I come down from international Bab and Co. Bahaullah
Ruhiyyih, and, such Crimson Ones where you will feel better,
and, roast in the Fire of Love with Miss
Mama Lola!
Santerian Delight!
of Brookland!
mama lola is a teacher of unprecented religion comparative
and needs henderson to pay a visit..
she is watching me do
the santerian walk!
of direct experience
and i have no car
and am deaf
i wish for henderson to help me
cause he is black and on the teaching
committee international
mama wants to know how
he intends to bring heaven down more than i have!
smile
so
some of us are in!
said mama lola..are you in this with me henderson
says mama!
please call her in brookland number..and this article book i wrote below
testifies i am what i claim to be..for i am God Realized too and miss
bonds found me through carlos separate reality who is don juan realized
and maybe God..smile.. and Abraham of the old jewish ark who is
definately God Realized and come to this island during the comet
seize of heaven cant wait! that micheal jackson felt too.
many of these things abraham and victory felt
with carlos but
it is so powerful henderson that
people run from me
and others..
because of the energy that seems to erase
memory of
the old world and we wake up everyday
resurrected..and new!
FOR US TO REMEMBER THESE THINGS
AND HAVE COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS TOGETHER
ON OUR TREE GROWS IN BROOKLAND AND
JAMESPORT TOO...
SO WE HAVE MAMA AND VICTORY! TEACHING THE FAITH OF THE
ONE TRUE GOD TO WHICH WE ARE ALL CONFORMING TO!
THERE ARE OTHERS AND VICTORY AND I MAMA LOLA WANT
A RIDE!
CAN THE BAHAI FAITH JOIN IN OUR PRAYERS FOR
SUSTAINANCE OF TEACHING TOURS OF
ABRAHAMIC AND BAHAI VIRTUES!
LOVE VICTORY AND MAMA LOLA BY ESP BARDIC MEANS OF
TELEPHONE
ON THE BEACH IN SPAIN
AND IN EGYPT TOO
REMEMBER WHEN!
SMILE..
THIS IS BARDIC BABY!
VICTORY!
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Brown befriends a Haitian vodou priestess who practices in her Brooklyn,
N.Y., home. Photos.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Karen McCarthy Brown's classic book shatters stereotypes of Vodou by
offering an intimate portrait of African-based religion in everyday life.
She explores the importance of women's religious practices along with
related themes of family and of social change. Weaving several of her own
voices--analytic, descriptive, and personal--with the voices of her subjects
in alternate chapters of traditional ethnography and ethnographic fiction,
Brown presents herself as a character in Mama Lola's world and allows the
reader to evaluate her interactions there. Startlingly original, Brown's
work endures as an important experiment in ethnography as a social art form
rooted in human relationships. A new preface, epilogue, bibliography, and a
collection of family photographs tell the story of the effect of the book's
publication on Mama Lola's life. --This text refers to the Paperback
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Enjoyable, informative, well-written, September 7, 2003
Reviewer: Elizabeth Gish (see more about me) from Somerville, MA United
States
I read this book for a class, but found it very easy and enjoyable to do so.
For many assigned books I have to force myself through them and not so at
all with this one. Certainly, it is not meant to give a comprehensive look
at Vodou and it doesn't do that. What it does do, though, is give someone
with little or no knowledge of the religion a full and rich picture of the
tradition. I very much appreciated the author's stance throughout the book
that the spirits and the experiences of those in the book (eventually,
including her own) were real. There was no questioning about whether the
spirits "really" existed, but just the assumption that this was the reality
for practioners of Vodou. One danger with ethnographic work is that the
ethnographer is condescending when talking about those with whom she is
working or studying, and this wasn't the case in the book. She seemed to
view Alourdes and her family as equals and as friends.
Overall, I found the book interesting, not difficult to read (as is the case
with many "academic" books), enjoyable and informative. It seems like it
would be a suitable book for those interested in religion, vodou in
particular, anthropology, ethnographic study, or those interested in
Haiti. --This text refers to the Paperback edition
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Engaging, accessible insight into Vodou, January 30, 2003
Reviewer: Isa Sanchez (see more about me) from Europe
Many of the books I'd read previously on Vodou were either dull and static,
or hyped-up and commercial, so to read this was quite refreshing. It is an
anthropological study, a biography, a basic history of Haiti, and an insight
into the much-maligned religion, all rolled into one. Despite having been
written by an anthropologist as part of her study, it is a touching account
of faith, friendship and overcoming cultural barriers. Anyone who wants to
know about the 'real' religion should read this. --This text refers to an
out of print or unavailable edition of this title
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At least the ethnographer is honest about herself!, August 7, 2002
Reviewer: sebastiand (see more about me) from NY, USA
In most ethnographies, the reader must dig around to find out about the
writer. In this book, McCarthy Brown is true to herself and says who she
is--an outsider, drawn to the power and community of these Haitian
immigrants. If anthropology is the study of human cultures and communities,
this author provides us with an honest attempt to understand another's life
with all the mysteries and ambiguities intact.
Mama Lola, as she serves her spirits and makes good luck for her spiritual
godchildren, embodies the history of Haitian women and their creative
mastery of many worlds within the New World. All the stories that Mama Lola
relates "follow a line from mother to daughter" and emphasize the role of
the matrilineal connections between Alourdes and her descendants (p. 16).
The matriarch serves a special role in preserving the extended "family" of
vodou practitioners.
In Karen McCarthy Brown's ethnography, Mama Lola is the center of a complex
web of relationships connecting West Africa to Haiti to Brooklyn to other
points extending even farther. The reader discovers the rural world of Haiti
and the urban world of New York City through an alternation of personal
narratives, interviews, and imaginative fictional interludes about the
ancestors and the spirits.
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Anthropological Insight, February 3, 2002
Reviewer: dan kappus from A cane field, Dominican Republic
Dr Brown provides a decent introduction to the collection of haitian
traditions some call voodoo. I live in a haitian immigrant community in the
Dominican Republic. I found this book useful in starting to understand a bit
about what goes on every time there is a party for a saint.
From the standpoint of Social Anthropology, Dr. Brown made several
interesting decisions about how to represent her work with her informant.
She does not build a wall between her own life and that of her informant,
and she also has chosen to give voice to a narrative form that she believes
is more accurate than spouting off facts or "expert" analysis. For a good
comparison, see the way that Philipe Borgeousis' informant is represented in
the book "In Search Of Respect."
Dr. Brown's combination of life experience and "enlightened"-- perhaps
women's studies influenced-- ethnographic methods make this an interesting
read. --This text refers to the Paperback edition
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