Arriving in the West in the sixteenth century through the slave trade, the ancient mysteries of Voodoo, Santeria, and Obeah blended strangely with traditional Christianity. What powers do these old religions still possess?

Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe have investigated the world's unsolved mysteries for over 30 years and are the authors of 14 bestselling books published by Dundurn Press including: The Oak Island Mystery, and Mysteries and Secrets of the Masons. Lionel is famous internationally for his many highly acclaimed TV programs dealing with various aspects of mystery and the paranormal. He is president of the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena, and the British UFO Research Association. While making a BBC documentary, their work in Barbados brought them into direct contact with practitioners of the Old African Religion and, consequently, their knowledge of it is extensive.