Secrets du vaudou. Epigraphie Religion Since Bachofen and his book

Since Bachofen and his book on Maternal Rights (1861)

beautiful Greek and Latin inscriptions

Published by National Geographic

which accompanies the exhibition "Surrealism and the Object"

Secrets du vaudou. Epigraphie Religion Since Bachofen and his bookA book featuring stunning photographs of voodoo rituals. Few religions in the world have been as maligned as voodoo. Yet its name, borrowed from the language of the Fon people of Benin, means nothing more than "god" or "divine." Voodoo, or more accurately, vodoun, thus refers to the ancient gods of Benin, with which many fascinating beliefs and customs are associated in Africa, but also among peoples of the African diaspora (Haitian voodoo). In these