Voodoos And Obeahs: Phases Of West India Witchcraft Williams, Joseph J. Anthropology,Occult,Religion

First edition, first printing. xxii, 257 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with blind stamped emblem to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine with a little dulling to spine lettering,light wear, in a Very Good or better dust jacket with slight chipping and rubbing along edges, price intact ($3.00). Uncommon in jacket.A noteworthy anthropological study of voodoo rituals in the Caribbean by an American Jesuit priest and missionary in Jamaica who became fascinated by the folklore there and its African origins. Chapter titles include "African Ophiolatry" (ophiolatry being snake worship), "The Serpent Cult at Whydah," Voodoo in Haiti," and "Origin of Obeah."