Child’s Bracelet for Protection Against the Evil Eye

Jamaican Maroon Tension Drum

Monstrance

Statue of la Mano Sagrada (The Sacred Hand)

Venezuelan Gay Cleansing Bath (2 items)

Statue of la Negra Francisca

Mexican Candle Invoking the Power of the Hummingbird

Candle for the Mexican Spirit “The Holiest Death” (La Santísima Muerte)

Mexican Statue of “The Holiest Death” (La Santísima Muerte)

Caribbean Spiritist Doll for the Gypsy of Seven Powers (Gitana de Siete Potencias)

Bunched Necklace for the Trinidadian Shango God Yemoja

Seven African Powers Bath Salts

Staff and Libation Cup for the Ancestors (Santería/Ocha)

Slavic Saint Barbara Lithograph

Caribbean Spiritism

In the Caribbean nations of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, Spiritism, or Espiritismo, encompasses a range of traditions indebted to the foundational writings of Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail (1804-1869), a Frenchman who wrote under the pen name “Allan Kardec.” Among his most popular books are The Spirits’ Book (1856) and The Mediums’ Book […]