QUIMBANDA

NA GIRA DO EXU

Invoking the Spirits of Brazilian Quimbanda

Quimbanda, the Cult of Exu and Pomba Gira, is a Shamanic Witchcraft Tradition practiced in Brazil. Sometimes called Macumba or even referred to as Satanism and Devil Worship, it incorporates elements of African and South-American Indian beliefs and religion as well as Medieval European Witchcraft.

This new edition of Na Gira do Exu presents over 330 Pontos Cantados (songs and invocations) and more then 100 rare Pontos Riscados (ritual sigils and drawings) for Exu and Pomba Gira, the Spirits of Brazilian Quimbanda, and looks at...


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337 pages, 6'x9'

US$ 27.95

QUIMBANDA is a complex Afro-Brazilian Witchcraft Tradition. Deeply rooted in Shamanic Practices, it incorporates elements of African and Amerindian beliefs and religion as well as Medieval European Witchcraft of the Iberian Peninsula. Quimbanda as a spiritual tradition is often misunderstood and at times superciliously disdained as 'evil witchcraft' and Macumba.

Macumba is a reference to rude, simple or evil spell working, and was originally applied to Congo related spirituality and magical workings in Brazil. It is still frequently used to refer to any ritual or religion of African origin (as slang), although it's generally seen as a pejorative and offensive. Its modern day meaning is related to witchcraft, bindings, curses


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