Obeah

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The magical systems evoked in much of this folklore, like obeah, have their roots in African religious and spiritual practices.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

In one scene, a group of pallbearers carries a coffin from door to door so that the obeah, or medicine man, can ask if someone in the house was involved in the death.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, there gathered a loud convocation of such of our number as claim familiarity with appropriate rites of burial—a meeting of palaver-men, Christian New Lights, obeah priests, and new-made cunning-workers.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

But already, with a chattering howl, the obeah was running forward.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan

For with a cry, a hoarse and frightful yell of passion, the obeah leaped--leaped like a huge and frightfully agile ape--leaped the whole distance intervening.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan