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African Science - Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin (Hardcover)
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African Science - Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing in Southern Benin (Hardcover)
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In this sensitive and personal investigation into Benin's occult
world, Douglas J. Falen wrestles with the challenges of
encountering a reality in which magic, science, and the Vodun
religion converge into a single universal force. He takes seriously
his Beninese interlocutors' insistence that the indigenous
phenomenon known as aze (""witchcraft"") is an African science,
credited with fantastic and productive deeds, such as teleportation
and supernatural healing. Although the Beninese understanding of
aze reflects positive scientific properties in its use of
specialized knowledge to harness nature's energy and realize
economic success, its boundless power is inherently ambivalent
because it can corrupt its users, who dispense death and
destruction. Witches and healers are equivalent to supervillains
and superheroes, locked in epic battles over malevolent and
benevolent human desires. Beninese people's discourse about such
mystical confrontations expresses a philosophy of moral duality and
cosmic balance. Falen demonstrates how a deep engagement with
another lived reality opens our minds and contributes to
understanding across cultural difference.
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