How to go back to the source of voodoo?

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“Voodoo: man, nature and the gods”, by Philippe Charlier.

Human Earth editions

By: Caroline Lachowsky

51 mins

How to go back to the source of voodoo?

Perspectives on the invisible in the sacred forests of Benin and as far as Haiti with the doctor and anthropologist Philippe Charlier.

(Replay of November 10, 2020).

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Let's take a look at voodoo!

Far from preconceived ideas and fantasies, we will try to go back to its source, in the sacred forests of Benin where this animist cult has developed, this initiatory religion too often reduced to its magical, even wizarding aspect.

Except that voodoo is much more than that: it is another relationship between man and nature and the gods.

What does Philippe Charlier's triple view of doctor, archaeologist and anthropologist bring us to voodoo?

From Benin to Haiti, how to explore it and is it possible to study it?

And understand why he was both adopted and rejected?

With 

Philippe Charlier

, forensic pathologist, archaeologist and anthropologist for his new book

Voodoo: man, nature and gods / Benin

,

published by Plon.

Possession by a voodoo of Glidji.

Aklakou, Togo, 1988.

© Catherine De Clippel

Possession by a voodoo of Glidji.

Aklakou, Togo, 1988 © Catherine de Clippel

Photographer

Catherine Clippel 

published a magnificent book

Photographing voodoo, Togo-Benin 1988-2019

,

 the

Publishing House of Human Sciences

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She describes the above photograph on the show.

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