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Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
by Wade Davis
from The University of North Carolina Press

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
  Wade Davis is an initiate of the Bizango and a reputable Anthropologist. He's work seems to be the only one that gives any accurate information on the Bizango. Most other books portray the Bizango in a fanciful light that has more to do with rumor and superstition.

• Outstanding thesis work based book..
  I really enjoy this book , as a diamond this book have multiple shiny sides, the cultural background of Vodo, and its role in today Haiti's society, the botanics analisis of all different plants species involved and finally, better than anything the crafty details about what take to engineer a Zombie.
  Is hard to imagine a way or expanded topics to improve this book, but I could enjoy more info about the magic rituals.I recommend look for Lydia Cabrera books (spanish mostly) in magic and plants involve... more info

• Revealing the truth behind zombies and voodoo!
  Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie by Dr. Wade Davis, 1988.
  Preface by Dr. Richard Evens Schultes (Harvard).
  We have all seen the stereo-typical archetypes of the zombie portrayed on TV, in the movies, in video games, etc. But what if zombies are real? Dr. Wade Davis has given us the science of fact behind the mythological tales of the Haitian zombie.
  Dr. Davis provides evidence beyond reasonable doubt for documented cases of zombies. As a student of the famed Dr.... more info

• Excellent Works; Good Groundwork
  Passage of Darkness seems to be the technical book of Wade Davis's findings after the field research was complete. SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW was the more popular version of the same material.
  For anyone interested in this field, the work bears up under multiple readings. As to why "no followup"... take a look at Wade Davis's collected essays: the man is a polyglot in a marvelous sense. His current projects are absolutely essential, and he documents some cultures that are dying out. He has laid the... more info

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