Beacon Press25 Beacon StreetBoston, Massachusetts 021082892Beacon Press booksare published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.1994 by Joseph M. Murphy All rights reservedPrinted in the United States of Americahe author would like to thank Judith Gleason for permission to usematerial from her film The King Does Not Lie; song from Life in a Haitian Valley by Melville J. Herskovits, copyright 1937 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.,renewed 1965 by Frances S. Herskovits, reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., songs from Voodoo Heritage by Michel Laguerre, copyright1980 by SAGE Publications, Inc., reprinted by permission of SAGEPublications, Inc.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataMurphy, Joseph M., 1951-Working the spirit : ceremonies of the African diaspora / JosephM. Murphy.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 0-8070-1220-3 (cloth)ISBN 0-8070-1221-1 (paper)1. Afro-AmericansReligion. 2. BlacksLatin AmericaReligion.3. Voodooism. 4. African diaspora. I. Title.BL2490.M87 1994200'.89'96dc20 93-392999 8 7 6 5 4ext design by David Bullen