Author: Leacock, Seth; & Leacock, Ruth
Title: Spirits of the Deep : A Study of an Afro-Brazilian Cult
Description: Garden City, Doubleday, (1972). First Edition, orig.cloth. 22x14cm, x,404 pp. Textual photo illustrations. Some minor rubbing, some page-edge soil, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: A Batuque; The Setting; The Belief System; The Believers; The Spirits; Possession; Organization; Curing; Ritual; Conclusions; Appendices:Songs of the Batuque; Life History of a Batuque Medium.

Keywords: Cultural Anthropology, Belem Macumba Folk, Afro-Brazilian Cult, African Religious, Sociology Ethnology, Spirit Possession, Trance Mediumship, Batuque Brazil, Religion Syncretism