ACTION OF GRACE THE SOUL OF URBAN VODOU Bonnie Devlin
ACTION OF GRACE – ONE WOMAN’S PRAYER “Vodou” has long been terribly misunderstood and often maligned by missionaries and Euro-centric anthropologists. Rather, the earth-centered ‘interactive’ faith of Vodou has a long history of facilitation both celebration and liberation in the lives of many people, and it has engendered my most profound respect. The title “Action of Grace” is derived from the French expression Action de Grace which means ‘thanksgiving,’ and is term often used to describe a Vodou ceremony.
This musical offering – Action of Grace – is a representation of what a Vodou service of thanksgiving might be. Every service in Vodou begins with extensive prayers, libations and invocations both of a corporate and also very personal nature. Most often we may begin a service outside, to encircle the grounds, or – in the urban setting – to acknowledge the ‘stoop’ and the entrance point...
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