Obeah - Wikipedia
网页Obeah, also spelled Obiya or Obia, is a broad term for African diasporic religious, spell-casting, and healing traditions found primarily in the former British colonies of the Caribbean. These practices derive much from West African traditions but also incorporate elements of European and South Asian origin.
What is Obeah? – Early Caribbean Digital Archive
网页Obeah is a religious practice based on a combination of multiple religions—a creolization of religions, so to speak. It draws on elements of African religion and also reinterprets and "Africanizes" Christian practices.
Obeah: Resurgence of Jamaican 'Voodoo' - BBC
网页2013年8月13日 · For hundreds of years, the practice of Obeah, a Jamaican variant of Voodoo, has been outlawed, but now campaigners believe they have a chance to change the law, reports the BBC's Nick Davis in ...
Obeah: How Caribbean “Voodooism” Became a Household Name
网页2019年4月11日 · Obeah, a type of spiritual folk medicine practiced in the British West Indies, produced such an exchange of ideas between Jamaica and England.
Where Does Obeah Come From? – Early Caribbean Digital Archive
网页Obeah originates from native West African religions but can claim roots in almost anywhere or anything. Practice can be traced back to the enslaved and the Maroons of Jamaica, but its practice extends throughout the Caribbean in places like Guyana (where Indian influence is most present) and through Latin America and South America.
Obeah – The Survival of the Carribean Mysticism - A Jamaica …
网页2016年11月11日 · Obeah is considered to be the oldest African-Creole religions in the Caribbean. Similar to Vodou, Santeria, Palo, and Hoodoo, it’s associated with folk magic and sorcery. Although banned in Jamaica since 1760, a few chosen individuals still practice this form of magic to this day.
Obeah Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
网页The meaning of OBEAH is a system of belief among Black people chiefly of the British West Indies and the Guianas that is characterized by the use of magic ritual to ward off misfortune or to cause harm.
Is Obeah a Religion, Science, or Cultural Practice?
网页One thing of Obeah is certain, it held a power over all that were aware of its practice. Its influence on Caribbean people and culture—whether the Caribbean people saw it as a source of fear, emancipation, or healing, was a part of everyday life.
Obeah in Jamaica
网页Obeah is a complex religious belief and practice that combine divination and medicine based on the supernatural. Obeah has its roots in the spiritual practices of West Africa, brought to Jamaica by enslaved Africans during the years of transatlantic slave trade.
Obeah, Race and Racism by Eugenia O'Neal (Book Review)
网页2023年6月2日 · “Obeah, Race and Racism: Caribbean Witchcraft in the English Imagination" by the West Indian author Eugenia O’Neal is a great introductory book to the mystified world of the Afro-religious practice of Obeah.