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    Materializations of oricha voice through divinations in Cuban Santería by Kristina Wirtz

    Published 2018-06-01
    “…Divination objects such as cowry shells are understood to be the “tongue” of the oricha, through which the deities and spirits of the dead speak just as surely as when speaking through a possessed devotee or transmitting a message through a human medium. …”
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