ISBN: 9780060125035 - macumba: white and black magic in brazil (8 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. The book is a hardcover with no visible dust jacket condition details. The binding appears intact, and there are no inscriptions or library markings. The absence of a dust jacket condition description suggests it may be missing or not included in the listing.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket is in just Good condition with some edge wear including small tears. Pages of text are clean, bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***.…

Etat : Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Etat : good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Etat : VG++ in a Good++ dust jacket. First Printing.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. grey, black & metallic blue 1/2 cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. vg+ / near fine cond. binding square & tight. 1" scratch on front cover. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg+ cond. minor rubbing & scratching, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). b&w photo illustrated frontis. & title pg. 273. b&w diagrams. list of major gods of afro~brazilian spiritism. religion. psychology. theology. occultism. witchcraft. sorcery. spiritism. spiritualism. ritual magic. ~ Jack Langguth is a novelist (Jesus Christs / Wedlock / Marksman) and former New York Times reporter who became intrigued with Macumba, and set out on a quest to discover its secrets for himself. Beginning in Rio, where the magic is fairly sophisticated (there is a fair~haired witch of Copacabana, who was possessed at the age of twenty, to the horror of her Swiss parents), Langguth moves to the remote forests of Bahia, where the faith remains closer to its primitive African origins. Here the religion worships the good spirits of ancient gods and Indian chiefs from past centuries while giving full due to the Devil and propitiating evil with blood sacrifices. Since the celebrants court the possession of their bodies by these gods, every ritual ends in hysteria and frenzy. From that state, the spirits can heal a man, make him rich, destroy his enemies, or bring him love. Langguth finally comes to the village of Camamu, where both black and white magic abounds, and finds himself covered in blood as he awaits a spirit of his own. Despite this total immersion in the rituals, Langguth went on asking the skeptical questions that allowed him to produce here the first objective book on Macumba in English. It is a completely fascinating approach to a phenomenon that has been left too long unexpiored. …

hardcover. Etat : Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Harper & Row, New York, 1975. FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE+ mylar-protected dust-jacket. DJ has a small chip at bottom of front panel. shows a bit of shelf rub, otherwise, as new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing.