A drama unspools every day in Carol de Lynch’s back yard. This time a black rooster stalks a tiny kitten, recently kidnapped from the Little River streets by the pack of feline ruffians who rule the ...
From Haitian Vodou rituals to chanting meditations and psychedelic journeys, trance states bridge culture, spirituality, and neuroscience. Researchers are uncovering how these altered states shift ...
Elder Toni Runnels, an ordained Ifa priestess and holistic therapist for 24 years, leads a traditional ceremony with fellow follwers of Ifa. Roy Inman Special to The Star Your Guide to KC: Star ...
Haitian Vodou is an African-derived religion shaped by slavery, resistance, and survival. It centers on reciprocal relationships with spirits called lwa, not magic or dolls. Vodou played a key role in ...
CHICAGO — Images of the washed-out Haitian hillside where their children’s relatives lived have led Peter and Paula Fitzgibbons to fear that their adopted son and daughter have no biological family ...