Afro-Caribbean religious tradition originating among Fon and Ewe peoples of West Africa, developed in Haiti, combining African spirit veneration with Catholic elements and emphasizing communal possession rituals.
Provides a philosophical framework in which the lwa (spirits) are not supernatural but aspects of natural and social forces; possession is not pathological but a form of communal knowledge and healing; reality is not dualist but continuous between visible and invisible worlds.
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