Ethiopia in Exile Jamaica Revisited
Ethiopia in Exile Jamaica Revisited
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To those whose notions are vague as to what is implied by the word " Obeah " I would recommend an acquaintance with Mr. Hesketh Bell's book entitled, Obeah. " The word comes from a distinguished lineage being connected with the Greek 6$ig (ophis) and the Egyptian ob (a serpent). In the modern signification of the term the idea of serpent-worship has become obscured, and by Obeah is meant the working of magic by the Obi-men, charlatans trading on the childish, superstitious, credu- lous West Ind...ian negro. Amongst their numerous functions are to be reckoned the prevention and detection of crime, especially theft, the cure of disease, and the concoction of love philtres. Recognising the power which these wizards still exercise over their fellows, to 164 ETHIOPIA IN EXILE 165 prevent midnight raids upon their plantain and cocoa patches and to check the besetting sin of theft, Europeans not infrequently have recourse to the magic of the Obi- man. For a stipulated sum one of these rascals will come and mutter some mystic formula in the orchard requiring his protection and will hang bottles containing salt water, a dead cockroach or two, and a little washing blue on the branches of the trees, after which only the most hardened sceptic of a black man would dare approach the place by night, otherwise he may be stoned or " swell up and burst, " or be killed by fero- cious snakes let loose by the Obi-man.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
To those whose notions are vague as to what is implied by the word " Obeah " I would recommend an acquaintance with Mr. Hesketh Bell's book entitled, Obeah. " The word comes from a distinguished lineage being connected with the Greek 6$ig (ophis) and the Egyptian ob (a serpent). In the modern signification of the term the idea of serpent-worship has become obscured, and by Obeah is meant the working of magic by the Obi-men, charlatans trading on the childish, superstitious, credu- lous West Ind...ian negro. Amongst their numerous functions are to be reckoned the prevention and detection of crime, especially theft, the cure of disease, and the concoction of love philtres. Recognising the power which these wizards still exercise over their fellows, to 164 ETHIOPIA IN EXILE 165 prevent midnight raids upon their plantain and cocoa patches and to check the besetting sin of theft, Europeans not infrequently have recourse to the magic of the Obi- man. For a stipulated sum one of these rascals will come and mutter some mystic formula in the orchard requiring his protection and will hang bottles containing salt water, a dead cockroach or two, and a little washing blue on the branches of the trees, after which only the most hardened sceptic of a black man would dare approach the place by night, otherwise he may be stoned or " swell up and burst, " or be killed by fero- cious snakes let loose by the Obi-man.
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