obeah

Examples

• All

• I ask, do you think an obeah man could help me with my foot?

  Fiction book (1998)

• So, do a lot of people in Jamaica believe in obeah?

  Ritual (2002)

• Later she told me how obeah terrified her as a child.

  Fiction book (1998)

• I say, "I've heard you are an obeah man." "Where did you hear that?"

  Fiction book (1998)

• So Donald tells me, if I want to, he can take me to an obeah man named Judge outside of Highgate to seek help.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Donald doesn't believe in obeah men, but regards some as psychic.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The obeah woman, the voodoo priestess who lived in the shack up the river.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I explain, saying that we are students of Jamaican spirituality and that we want to experience everything from obeah to the Seventh Day Adventists.

  Fiction book (1998)

• An obeah man marshals dark forces emanating from the phantoms of the recently dead for placing curses.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Many people in the Caribbean turn to obeah for spiritual guidance and healing.

Synonyms

O

obi

vsobeah

• Literature

1 9.9

A religion from Africa that involves witchcraft and magic in the West Indies

focuses on practical rituals and folk healing rather than only belief

O

obiism

vsobeah

• UK

9.9

A set of beliefs about magic and spiritual practices from Africa, practiced in the Caribbean

focuses on active practices and folk healing rather than abstract belief

Surface Forms

Etymology