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Trash-- has nothing to do with Real Merindilogun Divination, 13 Nov 1997
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The author is not an initiate of any of the religions that use cowerie shell divination. The significances and meanings he gives each of the Odu/patterns in his book were made up by him. They have no resemblence at all to the traditional meanings used by Santeros or Yoruba. If you are a serious student of Santeria or African religion, skip this book and look up any of the books by William Bascom, instead. In short, this book is disrespectful to the Afro-Cuban religion and cowerie tradition it alledges to describe. If you were to use the interpretations given in this book in front of a real Santero you would be scolded at worst, and laughed at, at best. Look, you are connected to Amazon.com, after reading this, do a search for Bascom's 16 Coweries. THAT is a much better book that this one.
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