Ten, Ten The Bible Ten : Obeah in the Bahamas
Dr. Timothy McCartney Nassau: Timpaul Publishing (1976)
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
Magazines and Journals