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Exu, Divine Trickster and Master Magician

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excellent book, great price. i would recommend this book to anyone interested in working with the spirits of the crossroads in the afro-diasporic traditions, especially to anyone who wants to get started in kimbanda/quimbanda, as the information contained draws heavily from the brazilian forms, as well as anyone interested in the congo-bantu religions in the new world. also, for practicioners of hoodoo, it sheds alot of light on "going down to the crossroads", as hoodoo and kimbanda both have their respective roots in the congolese powers.

I have no idea what book the other reviewers have read, but this is probably the worse Copy & Paste job in the history of publishing! The author has found bits and pieces of information in various places on the internet and books and has mixed everything together without showing any understanding of the matter! Vodou, Candomble, Umbanda, Kimbanda and Lukumi are all mixed together with a bit of traditional Nigerian Ifa religion scattered around the book. Names and attributes of the various spirits she mentions are wrong, songs are translated badly and the whole book is a cheap rip-off! The only bits of information that seam to come from the author are misleading and misguided. Particularly the information from Candomble and Kimbanda is totally wrong! Looking at the information she has in this book, I doubt this woman has ever spoken to either a Candomble priest or anyone initiated in Umbanda or Kimbanda. Even 1 star is too much for this book!

While this book is small, it is jam packed with a ton of info. It gets straight to the point, with no BSing. I've personally not seen so much info on Exú in one area so far.

As with her other books, this one will not disappoint.

Exus, powerful entities of Brazilian Quimbanda, can also be found in other paths of Brazilian magic, such as Umbanda and Candomblé. Here, there's a good start for people interested in practical magic with Exu!