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	earthcds - Religious Music of Palo Monte — A Cajón Ceremony: Notes
		Palo Monte is an animistic religion, because it is based on the notion that all things in nature are animated and have a soul and a specific power on their own, a power that can be put to use by the knowledgeable.
		Palo is a magical religion, because it goes back to an archaic magical worldview that implies the sensation of a collective or even cosmic soul and the interconnection of seemingly independent phenomena and in fact anything that exists.
		Palo, first and foremost, is a practical religion, a religion of power that exists exclusively in its practice.
	www.earthcds.com /palonotes.html (1840 words)

	IPA NY Voices That Must Be Heard
		Mayombe is an ancient religion that is practiced more openly in Cuba and in Puerto Rico, whereas Yombe, which has Haitian influences, is practiced more discreetly.
		“Palo Mayombe is based on ancestors and deaths in general, [as well as] nature — the sky, earth, water and all things that make up the universe.
		For Raúl Iglesias, a Cuban national who has been practicing the religion called Ifá and its associated cultural practices for several years now, his religion is the only one that acknowledges Olofín, the creator, because it was the first religion.
	www.indypressny.org /article.php3?ArticleID=1732 (691 words)

	Palo Monte
		The elements of nature are essential to the Palo Monte religion; animals, plants, rocks, minerals and soils.
		Many people mistakenly believe that Palo Monte, or any other form of the Palo religion, is solely used for evil purposes.
		They are the energy that the Palero (person working the Palo religion) channel to reach their goals.
	www.lucumi.com /palomonte.cfm (208 words)

	Subject Research Guides: Latin American Studies: Finding Aids: African Diaspora Religious Practices: An Annotated Guide to Selected Reference, Microform, and Non-Circulating Sources (Rutgers University Libraries)
		The Palo Monte religion originates among the people of Kongo and Bantu heritage on the island and her seminal work on the practices of Palo Monte is called "El Monte".
		This is a dictionary of terms, primarily religious in nature, of the Palo Monte religion in Cuba as collected in field research by the Cuban ethnographer of Afro-Cuban culture Lydia Cabrera.
		The dialect is primarily a sacerdotal language used among the practicioners of Palo Monte, a religion of West African origin found in Cuba.
	www.libraries.rutgers.edu /rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/latin/african_diaspora.shtml (1600 words)

	BLACK MAGIC WOMAN (WARNING - THIS IS DISGUSTING) [Free Republic]
		Investigators believe that Ramirez, and possibly her son, Michael Grajales, 54, were, at the least, using the body and other remains in their practice of palo mayombe, an ancient Afro-Cuban religion related to Santeria.
		A palo priest from Astoria, Queens, began equivocating when asked what purpose a baby's body could serve in his religion - at first asking if the body had been cut in any way (it hadn't), then pausing to think, then saying that he didn't know, and that such a use is "crazy, crazy!"
		The child's skull was in a ceremonial palo mayombe cauldron called an "nganga," and was coated with rotting flesh, dried blood and candle wax.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39aa92a8364a.htm (3614 words)

	Daniel Dawson
		As a nature based religion, Palo Mayombe is rooted in the use of elements from the natural world (e.g., roots, leaves, sticks, dirt, bones, etc.) in their spiritual practices.
		The name itself is instructive: Palo is from the Spanish word for 'stick', while Mayombe indicates the region of the Congo in which the religion originated.
		One striking example is Palo Mayombe the Congo based religion of Cuba.
	hemi.nyu.edu /eng/seminar/usa/text/dawson_paper.html (343 words)

	CultWatch Response Vol. I, Issue 6
		Nor is Palo Mayombe related to Voodoo, a religion formed from the syncretism of Nagos, Ibos, Aradas, and Dahomean tribal beliefs with Catholicism in Haiti.
		Well, from the evidence at the scene and the intelligence gathered so far, it would seem that they based their beliefs on Palo Mayombe, a Cuban spirit religion.
		Where this group differs from Palo Mayombe groups is in the source of their human body parts.
	holysmoke.org /wicca/cwr1-06.htm (4608 words)

	Skull theft may be linked to religion: Skull theft may be linked to Palo Mayombe
		In the Palo religion, human skulls are prized for casting spells and fulfilling certain rituals to ward off evil or to gain power and wealth.
		Police are looking into the possibility that the theft of Bradford's skull and the break-in of another mausoleum last year at Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington might be tied to a religion called Palo Mayombe, which originated in West Africa.
		Skull theft may be linked to religion: Skull theft may be linked to Palo Mayombe
	www.edifyingspectacle.org /gullibility/blog/archives/superstitious_folly/skull_theft_may_be_linked.php (589 words)

	earthcds - Religious Music of Palo Monte — A Cajón Ceremony: Notes
		Palo Monte is an animistic religion, because it is based on the notion that all things in nature are animated and have a soul and a specific power on their own, a power that can be put to use by the knowledgeable.
		Palo is a magical religion, because it goes back to an archaic magical worldview that implies the sensation of a collective or even cosmic soul and the interconnection of seemingly independent phenomena and in fact anything that exists.
		Palo Monte — otherwise simply referred to as "Palo" — is the Spanish term for the religious practice originally of the "Congos", descendants of the various tribes that had been deported from the regions of Central Africa (Congo, Zaire, Angola, and Mozambique) to be sold as slaves in Cuba.
	www.earthcds.com /palonotes.html (589 words)

	earthcds - Religious Music of Palo Monte — A Cajón Ceremony: Notes
		Palo Monte is an animistic religion, because it is based on the notion that all things in nature are animated and have a soul and a specific power on their own, a power that can be put to use by the knowledgeable.
		Palo is a magical religion, because it goes back to an archaic magical worldview that implies the sensation of a collective or even cosmic soul and the interconnection of seemingly independent phenomena and in fact anything that exists.
		Palo Monte — otherwise simply referred to as "Palo" — is the Spanish term for the religious practice originally of the "Congos", descendants of the various tribes that had been deported from the regions of Central Africa (Congo, Zaire, Angola, and Mozambique) to be sold as slaves in Cuba.
	www.earthcds.com /palonotes.html (589 words)

	Palo Mayombe
		Palo Mayombe is an african religion originary from the Kongo area.
		Palo is a direct method of comunication with
		To be initiated in Palo is necessary to undergo a ceremony called "Rayamiento" which means "scratching",
	www.geocities.com /veritas_de/palo.html (507 words)

	Cult News.com: Stolen body parts for cult rituals?
		Palo Mayombe is a West African religion, brought to Cuba by slaves in the 19th Century and more recently to the United States through Cuban immigration.
		It seems likely that the Newark father and son were perhaps involved in their own idiosyncratic composite religion, which included aspects of Palo Mayombe.
		At times religions such as Palo Mayombe have been falsely cited or impugned in the resulting hysteria.
	www.cultnews.com /archives/000320.html (287 words)

	Faculty Lecture Series - Armin Schwegler
		Schwegler’s research on Palo Monte has proven that slaves were able to hold on to their African language(s) much longer than generally assumed and that Palo Monte speech can now be deciphered, giving insight into Black religions, slavery, etc.
		"Lengua Congo" is the ritual language of the Palo Monte religion.
		Schwegler’s focus is on "Palo Monte" a popular Cuban-based religion whose esoteric "African" language has long been a major puzzle.
	spirit.dos.uci.edu /sdp/lecture-armin.htm (911 words)

	La Bodeguita del Medio: Contact Us
		The religion of Palo Monte stresses that individual's strive to obtain a balance of the two and emphasizes that each person has the "possibility of choice".
		He is currently represented at five galleries in Cuba and has several works in private collections throughout Europe and the U.S. Lazo's works, featured here at La Bodeguita, depict his deep, spiritual belief in the religion of Palo Monte, an offshoot of the Afro-Cuban religions.
		These recent paintings use symbolism to convey the primary principles of Palo Monte.
	www.labodeguita.com /cuban_art_original.htm (235 words)

	About Page
		He was introduced into the mysteries of the Religion of Palo Mayombe of the Zambia Bilongo or Brillumba's Palo house.
		Tata Ngon Ngunda fue iniciado en la casa de Palo Mayombe de las manos del Tata Picoloma Ngon Cheche de La Religion de Brillumba o Zambia Bilongo.
		Tata Ngon Ngunda was initiated by the hands of Tata lord of the mysteries of the peak of the mountain Ngon Cheche.
	ngonngunda.freewebspace.com /about.html (150 words)

	Animal sacrifice all in a day's work
		Machetes used in rituals of Palo Mayombe -- a Congo religion which worships the dead -- still smelling of chickens.
		Sandoval said it is harder to estimate the number of practitioners of Palo Mayombe or Haitian vodou because these faiths are much more secretive.
		A 1993 Supreme Court ruling protects animal sacrifice in the religion as long as the goats and chickens are cut in a precise part of the neck, similar to the way kosher meat is prepared.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /religion/animal-sacrifice.htm (808 words)

	Wren's Nest - Article Detail
		"According to experts we've contacted, the Palo Mayombe religion requires that such a skull be disposed of in a river, and in a way that seems related to the objects found with the skull," the captain said.
		Hopewell Township police think the human skull found in the Delaware River Nov. 22 may have been used in a ceremony of the Palo Mayombe religion, which came to Cuba from the Congo during the slave trade and subsequently reached the United States with Cuban immigrants.
		There was that case a year or two ago up in Newark where a couple of Palo Mayombe practitioners were arrested for grave robbing.
	www.witchvox.com /wren/wn_detail.html?id=11668 (1079 words)

	Folk Cuba: African Cuban Ritual Arts, Music, Instruments, and Books
		Palo is an Afro-Cuban religion, and this CD is full of authentic Palo Monte chants and prayers.
		He is known as the loyal and indefatigable "defender" of all the children of Obatala, that is, all of the religion's priests.
		Each spirit, or mpungu, of the Palo pantheon has a special “sign” that is traced on its sacred objects.
	www.folkcuba.com /index2a.html (2284 words)

	OLU Resources Directory - Books
		Also, we carried the most complete collection of books of The Religion of Palo Mayombe that you wont find it in any botanica, because of their secrets.
		These are just a few books of the great collection of Palo Mayombe books that you can choose; in the following months we will sell the books with the secrets treatise of the Firmas, treatises of the Palo Mayombe Foundations, etc.
		The most complete resources of all kind of initiations & ceremonies of Palo Mayombe available for anyone.
	www.lukumiunity.org /cgibin/resources/books.html (1722 words)

	OLU Resources Directory - Books
		Also, we carried the most complete collection of books of The Religion of Palo Mayombe that you wont find it in any botanica, because of their secrets.
		These are just a few books of the great collection of Palo Mayombe books that you can choose; in the following months we will sell the books with the secrets treatise of the Firmas, treatises of the Palo Mayombe Foundations, etc.
		3) Conocimientos de Palo Monte: Tratado Lunar, 31 firmas de ceremonia, 51 pp.
	www.lukumiunity.org /cgibin/resources/books.html (1722 words)

	Palo Monte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palo Monte, or Regla de Palo Monte, is one of the main currents in Cuban popular religion.
		The number of followers of Palo Monte in Cuba is not known, though it is assumed that a slight majority of Cubans, particularly in the African-influenced cities of Havana, Matanzas, and in the Eastern provinces, believe in all or part of its principles.
		Palo Monte has its roots in the Congo basin of central Africa, from where large numbers of African slaves were brought to Cuba.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palo_Monte (296 words)

	The Dark Side Of Santeria - Palo mayombe orginated from the African Congo
		The differences between Palo Mayombe and Santeria is the religion of Santeria uses the forces of light and the members of Palo Mayombe use ther forces of darkness to achieve their goals and magic spells. Palero practice extemely strong and powerful black magic.
		Palo Mayombe is a very fascinating and exciting aspect of Santeria and it should not be taken lightly or ignored. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to have become a part of an ancient form of magic. With great honor and pride,.
		The influence of Palo Mayombe can be found in Central America.Brazil and Mexico. Palo Mayombe in Brazil is Quimbanda. Quimbanda is a mixture of traditional Congo, indigenous in India and Latin American spiritualism.
	www.palomayombe.net /About_Us.html (360 words)

	African Arts: 20th century AD
		(3) It is intriguing to speculate on the origins of its Spanish name, for within the religion palo monte refers to "spirits embodied in the sticks in the forest." A palo is a segment of wood; monte is the forest or a rural area, where local rule is dominant.
		Palo Monte is related to religious practices from the historical kingdom of Kongo in central Africa, and the language used by Cuban practitioners is heavily indebted to Ki-Kongo.
		Palo Monte belief, reflected to a large degree in the nganga's contents, is centered on assistance from ancestors and a relationship with the earth, one's land, one's home.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0438/is_2_34/ai_81102655 (1222 words)

	Jícaras // Calabashes of Palo Monte Ritual
		Palo is based upon communication with ancestral spirits, as opposed to the orishas of the Lukumí religion, most of whom are living, growing, embodiments of natural forces.
		Palo Monte is a general term for a variety of Afro-Cuban religious lineages derived from the Kongo-Angola region of Central West Africa.
		Jícaras (half calabash cups from the Cuban guira cimarrona) are used to make libations and invocations when work is performed with the principal Palo Monte spirits, called mpungu.
	www.folkcuba.com /stores/bot_palo_calabash_hmpg1.asp (182 words)

	Palo Mayombe
		Palos are sticks, from which the kongo religion in Cuba gets its nickname.
		Palo is derived from the religious traditions of the Congo and Angola primarily.
		Palos are the branches of trees and shrubs (arboles y también arbustres) that are gathered for their specific capabilities.
	www.luckymojo.com /esoteric/religion/african/diasporic/palo/palomayombe.html (1791 words)

	Palo Mayombe :: Woman on trial for grave robberies
		Palo Mayombe is a derivative of a West African religion that enslaved Africans brought to Cuba in the 19th century and was transported to the United States in the last few decades, according to experts.
		Oscar Cruz, a Palo priest who conducted ceremonies and allegedly received remains from Mirabal, was convicted in January of possessing the remains of Richard Jenkinson and Jacob Schmidt, a man whose bones were stolen from Mount Pleasant Cemetery in a separate incident.
		NEWARK, N.J. - A 61-year-old woman accused of being a high priestess in the Palo Mayombe religious is charged with directing followers to steal human remains from Newark cemeteries for use in the sect's rituals.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /6789 (645 words)

	Palo Mayombe, Kimbisa, Cuban Palo, Nganaga, Ndoki
		Palo means simply, "stick." The Palo religion is descended from ancient African beliefs, in which the world is inhabited by spirits, and the name refers to the branches of sacred trees the spirits inhabit.
		Palo Mayombe, usually referred to simply as "Palo," is one of the African Diasporic religions.
		Palo ritual work is sealed through quid pro quo contracts between the living and the dead and is swift and effective.
	www.neworleansmistic.com /services/santeria/palo.htm (742 words)

	eb200008abakua.txt
		Her famous title, "El Monte" deals with >all the African traditional religions of Cuba and a fair bit of that book >is about Palo.
		They exist because Palo, which >is very different from what is usually called "Santeria" - ie, the Yoruba >derived religion of the Orichas in Cuba.
		Palo is not derived from the >Yorubans of Nigeria but is from the Congo.
	www.luckymojo.com /esoteric/religion/african/diasporic/eb200008abakua.txt (635 words)

	Cop of the Occult: 2/15/98
		They brought with them their religion: Santeria and Palo Mayombe.
		Palo Mayombe was blamed after Albert L. Pinder's body was dug up at Evergreen Cemetery last April.
		In the world of Palo Mayombe, if, for example, a believer wants to be knowledgeable, the powder derived from the wise owl is used.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/02-98/02-15-98/e04ed202.htm (936 words)

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