The Book on Palo

Baba Raul Canizares

Guanabacoa is a city in Cuba famous as the birthplace of some of the most powerful Paleros ever. One of these spiritual giants was Demetrio Gomez, who was nearly fifty years led one of the most potent Palo houses in Cuba. Using an insider's knowledge as well as the careful scholarship that has come to identify his work (Cuban Santeria: Walking with the Night), Demetrio's godson, Baba Raul Canizares, known in Palo cirlces as Tata Camposanto Medianoche, gives us Demetrio's own teachings, which makes this the best Palo book in English, featuring never-before published sygills, workings, and the unique contribution to the field of over 200 translations of herbs, sticks and palo sticks from CUBAN Spanish to Bantu and English, including each plant's scientific classification. The book also features many photographs of rituals, initiations, and sacrifices shocking in their complete honesty. 

Ten years in the making, The Book on Palo: Wisdom of Don Demetrio will be an invaluable addition to your library and precious books. Before, this book was considered too intense for publication, but these are intense times we live in and the time is now ripe for Don Demetrio's wisdom to be shared with the world.

Language: English

Paperback: 150 pages

ISBN-10: 0942272668

ISBN-13: 9780942272666