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Vodou, Hoodoo & African Diasporic Religions

Spiritual Merchants

Religion, Magic, and Commerce

by Carolyn Morrow Long

A history of the 'spiritual supply' trade in candles, oils, powders and curios that grew around African American conjure and Latin American religions, from early drugstores and mail-order houses to modern botánicas.

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