Word: haitianization
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...author of Telepathy, The Sense and Nonsense of Prophecy. The Boston Spiritual Society, while normally specializing in the seance, invited Mrs. Garrett to speak to its members and the interested public Tuesday night in the Music Room of the Exeter Theater. Appearing with her was Mista Shabine, a native Haitian princess, who attends Columbia University and makes discs for the Remington Record Company...
...mention by name. She had mysteriously arrived at the height of the voodoo season, and the U.N. figure accompanied her to a celebration of native rites. The Witch Doctor, as he is called, immediately recognized in Mrs. Garrett the one white woman ever to be a favorite of the Haitian god, Papaleba. It is at this point, actually, that her uncanny and mystical experiences commenced...
Finally, Cimbe, another Haitian god, came to her in the dark of the night and told her to come back to Haiti immediately. Mrs. Garrett was more mystified than ever by all these phenomena, but she obeyed Cimbe and returned to her old haunts. The Unga, or Witch Doctor, introduced her to another god, Papabidigri, and everything was all right again...
However, Mrs. Garrett is still very much involved with the Haitian gods because she lacks formal introductions to Kolosh, Dambala (the snake god), and Papaunga. She does not really mind her new responsibilities, though, because she feels that the Western world would not be in its present fix if there were more Papalebas around. At the same time, she regards it as her mission and duty to explain rationally parapsychological manifestations to the Haitian people...
...American States, later to the State Department to watch his foreign minister sign Latin America's eleventh bilateral military assistance agreement with the U.S. Only once did he mention money out loud; at a press conference, where he spoke of Haiti's need for capital (a Haitian loan is in the works at the Export-Import Bank). Throughout the whole show, Magloire's commanding figure commanded attention. Back home, Haitians were proud of their President's quick grasp of the stately choreography of a full-dress Washington reception. At week's end Magloire left Washington...