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This 6 page paper examines Haitian vodou and Shamanism.
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and emically. In utilizing these two methods of interpretation, one will attempt to define certain populations the way that society views them as well as how practitioners view themselves. By
using these two methods, one is able to get a better idea of how the belief system affects society as well as the group itself. Anthropologists sometimes immerse themselves in
a culture or cult, and then "go native" where their judgment is compromised, but objective reporting from afar is equally tainted with subjectivity. This is why it is important to
examine cultures both emically and etically. In examining the vodou spirits of Ezili and Shamanistic healing, various methods of inquiry will be embraced. II. The Vodou Spirits of Ezili
The Vodou Spirits of Ezili are really spirits aligned with the practice and religion of Haitian Vodou. Practitioners do see it as a religion. Haitian Vodou is practiced
in Haiti or course as well as the Dominican Republic, parts of the United States, Cuba, France, Montreal, and other regions that see the settling of Haitian immigrants (Rock, 2003).
William Seabrook was not born in Haiti and not raised in the tradition. However, he was a journalist with a great deal of interest in Haitian Voodoo (Rhodes, 2001). He
stayed with Celie and was thus introduced to many vodou rituals and ceremonies (Rhodes, 2001). Seabrook learned about the information first hand. He was an embedded journalist in some way.
Celie would mix various ingredients together to make packets to attract love, for example, but some of the concoctions were deadly (Rhodes, 2001). He tells about three women who went
to graves, dug them up, and used the dead body parts for a multitude of purposes (Rhodes, 2001). In todays world, most everyone makes use of the Internet. One woman
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