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Shakers of St. Vincent
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2345612 in Books
- Published on: 2003-04-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 1.23 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 176 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
The newest entry in the "Profiles of Healing" series, this fascinating volume casts light on a very little-known sect on a small island in the Caribbean, the St. Vincent Shakers, or "Spiritual Baptists." This remarkable cult, rooted as deeply in African spirituality as in Christian doctrine, seeks ecstatic experience and visionary journeys into the spirit world through two principal rituals: baptism, which follows a spiritual sign, and "mourning" (shedding of one's worldly life), which brings about healing and new mission through a vision quest. This outstanding book, which includes a CD (not heard by the reviewer), gathers many photographs of the Shakers, testimonies, narratives, and prayers. For most collections.
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Review
"[A]n intimate conversation - words from a holy person to all humankind ... Exquisitely produced." -- Science & Spirit, March/April 2004.
Body & Soul Magazine
"One of the most exquisite collections of pictures and prose in print."
