A classic of Zora’s that appealed to readers in the late 1930s who knew nothing of Voodoo/Hoodoo and little or less about Haiti and Jamaican practices. She’s hilarious, reflective, and so warm on these pages. Part travelogue, Zora spent time with the Maroons, lounging on beds suspended as swings at the home of a white Voodoo practitioner formerly of the US Navy, participating in induction rituals, and recounting her own experiences of Haitian Zombies.

For folks interested in other cultural anthropology on the subject of the Zombie poison in particular, I recommend The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis.