X
OOPS!
VIEW CART
CONTINUE SHOPPING
X
ADDED!
VIEW CART
CONTINUE SHOPPING
X
OOPS!
MANAGE WISHLISTS
CONTINUE SHOPPING
X
ADDED!
CANCEL
(0)
Online Reference For Body, Mind & Spirit

Term: Candomble

DEFINITION:
Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian syncretic religion that, like Santería and Vodou, has its roots in the ancient religion of Ifá and is also influenced by European spiritualist practices and indigenous folk wisdom along with Christianity. The worship and service to the Orixás (deities) and to the Egungun (ancestors) are the core beliefs, along with the practice of rituals to enhance every aspect of life and divination to communicate with the Orixás.
AUTHOR:  Chris Lee
Related Encyclopedia Articles
Candomblé
Candomblé, like Santeria, is a religion that has its origins in the Yoruba religion called Ifa. Similar to Vodou and Santeria, it developed when the slaves arrived in Brazil and where "converted" to the Catholic religion. They used the Catholic saints to hide their African Deities and connected ...
READ MORE  
SHARE:    /   PRINT
IN OUR BLOGS
Crow the Trickster Does a Tarot Reading for Me
by Anna
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Rick de Yampert, author of the new Crows and Ravens. I was gobsmacked the time I looked out my living room window at the woods behind my Palm Coast, Florida, home and saw a crow hanging upside-down in...
What's New
$21.95 US
  /  
$18.99 US
  /  
$32.99 US
  /  
$35.95 US
  /  
$17.95 US
  /  
       
Copyright © 2024 - Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.