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Jamaican Ghosts In this book Williams explores the ‘weird happenings and superstitions in Jamaica…to analyse critically the extraordinary manifestations that are reported…to trace them back to their origins in Africa whence they were brought in the days of slavery.’ An important work on spiritual beliefs in Jamaica based on the authors experiences, first visiting as a missionary in 1912 after becoming an ordained member of The Society of Jesus in 1907. Contents include Jamaican Witchcraft, Ghosts, Poltergeists, Funeral Customs and Magic. New York: The Dial Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. 309pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, emblem blind stamped to front, top edge brown, rough cut pages. A few light marks to cloth, corners rubbed, internally clean. Very good.
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