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The
Temple of Yehwe is an
offshoot of Le Péristyle de Mariani
which
was founded in 1974 in
Mariani, Haiti by Max-G. Beauvoir.
Both institutions have been
dedicated to the understanding and
to the
promotion of Vodoun as the
Religion and the Culture of the
Haitian people.
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The mode of transmission of Vodoun's precepts isn't limited
to
individual and group revelations. There are also, carried through the
Tradition, a whole oral sapiential literature in the form of prayers,
litanies, religious songs, mythological stories, charades, maxims,
proverbs
and even some secular and funny anecdotes about boys and
girls that everyone
repeats across the country. They too carry the
norms of behavior as well as
the philosophical reflections about GOD,
the Great Master, or better yet, the
Great Mistress Who govern the
Universe; Nature, which is man's environment;
and reflections
concerning the human being.
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(G.E.R.T) or Group for
Studies and Research on the African Tradition.
It quickly became a regular
source of Information to the National and
to the International communities,
principally to the press and to the
media.
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Having understood that the generic name for all the Lwa is
Yehwe, the
decision has been made to name the new Corporation: The Temple of
Yehwe. The purposes for which it has been organized were many,
mainly:
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© Max G. Beauvoir
- 1998 -2005
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The Temple of Yehwe: President
Nicole Miller, Tel : ( 516) 932-2331, THETEMPLEY1@aol.com
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