Ten, Ten The Bible Ten : Obeah in the Bahamas

Dr. Timothy McCartney
Nassau: Timpaul Publishing (1976)

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

 

 

Introduction

 

1

Chapter 1

 

 

 

Section I Highlights of Bahamain Historical Development


8

 

Section II Aspects of Slavery

15

Chapter II “OBEAH”

 

 

Section I “What is Obeah?”

55

 

Section II The Development of Obeah in the Bahamas


64

Chapter III

 

 

 

Section I Bahamian Obeah Practitioners

70

 

Section II The Practice of Obeah

86

Chapter IV “Psycho-Social Aspects of Obeah”

100

 

Section I Obeah and Religion

101

 

Section II Obeah and Medicine

114

 

Section III Obeah and Folklore

134

Chapter V A Compilation of Bahamian Beliefs

149

Conclusions

(i) Personal Comments

166

 

(ii) Summing-up

186

Bibliography

 

188

Official Communications

 

190

Newspapers

 

190

Magazines and Journals

 

190