Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Divine Horsemen
	Contents
	List of Illustrations
	Editors Foreword
	Author\'s Preface
	Introductory Note
	CHAPTER I. The Trinity: Les Morts, Les Mysteres, et les Marassa
		1. The Point of Departure
		2. The Mortal Me: The Immortal Myself
		3. The Birth of a Divinity
		4. The Cosmic Mirror and the Corpse on the Cross Roads
		5. The Marassa — Two and Two Equals Five
		6. The Rituals of Death
		7. The Rites of Reclamation — The Ceremony of \'Retirer ‘en Bas de l’Eau\'
	CHAPTER II. Les Serviteurs
		1. The Christian Influence
		2. The African Heritage
		3. The New World Answer to New World Needs
		4. Tradition as Contemporary Function
		5. The Serviteur as Contemporary Citizen
	CHAPTER III. The Divine Horsemen
		The Nature of the Loa
		1. Legba — The Old Man at the Gate
			... and Carrefour — The Young Man at the Cross-Roads
		2. Ghede — Corpse and Phallus; King and Clown
		3. Damballah — The Good Serpent of the Sky ...
			... Simbi — The Snake in the River ...
			...and the Petro Riddle up a Tree
		4. Agwé — Sovereign of the Seas
		5. Ogoun — Warrior Hero; Statesman and Diplomat; Politician and Gangster; Magician
		6. Erzulie — Goddess; The Tragic Mistress
		7. Loco and Ayizan—The Priestly Parents
	CHAPTER IV. Houngan, Hierarchy and Hounfor
		1. The Beginnings of a Houngan page
		2. The Levels of Hierarchy
		3. The Houngan as Communal Father
		4. The Houngan as Healer
		5. In Balance Between Worlds
		6. The Hounfor
		7. The Doors to the Divine World
	CHAPTER V. The Rites
		1. The Rites as Collective Discipline
		2. The Rites as Individual Development
		3. The Initial Ritual Acts
		4. Feeding the Loa
		5. Transfusing Life to the Loa
		6. Ceremonies for the Serviteur
		7. Initiation: The Birth of a Man
	CHAPTER VI. Drums and Dance
		1. The Sacred Forms
		2. The Collective as Creative Artist
		3. The Divine Virtuosi
		4. The Anonymous Inventors
		5. The Sacred Oratory of the Drum
		6. Dance as the Meditation of the Body
		7. The Drummer as Mechanism
	CHAPTER VII. The White Darkness
	Appendix A
		Notes on Two Marriages with Voudoun Loa
	Appendix B
		Some Elements of Arawakan, Carib and Other Indian Cultures in Haitian Voudoun
	Notes
	Glossary of Creole Terms Referring to Voudoun
	References
	Index