Can someone tell me about the Cabala region of Trinadad and Tobago?

Question

an offshoot of the original Jewish Cabala mysticism

Answer 1

Spirits, Blood and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad by James Titus Houk

It appears that some of the colonizing Europeans — Spanish, French, and English — brought the Kabbalah to Trinidad. It had been practiced in Spain and and France since the latter part of the twelfth century and had spread to England by at least the seventeenth century... It is interesting that many of the Kabbalists in Trinidad refer to the Kabbalah as "white man's magic," and many of the Kabbalistic entities are thought to be white and European.  The Kabbalah has apparently been practiced in Trinidad since early colonial times, but only in the last twenty or so years has it become openly associated with the Orisha religion.  Before the 1970's the practice of Kabbalah banquets was a private affair, but today they are more open to the public, although some by formal invitation only.  (continues on link)

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