plants used in,2:530–531
priest and priestess healers and,1: 418
process of,1: 310
red symbolism and,2: 564
religious worldview of sickness and,1: 309
tomb of Tutankhamen discoveries regarding,
2: 675
witches, malevolent spirits and,1: 309
See alsoHealth; Medicine; Nganga; Sangoma
Health, 1:310–312
balanced spiritual cosmos and,1: 311
barriers to,1: 312
diviner to diagnose illness and,1: 311
health care and,1:311–312
HIV/AIDS and,1: 312
illness types and,1:310–311
meanings of,1: 310
medicinal plants and,1: 311
normalvs.abnormal illness and,1: 311
positive well-being and,1:310,1: 311
preventive measures and,1: 311
See alsoCircumcision; Clitorectomy; Healing
Heka, 1:312–313
deification of magic misconception and,1: 312
kaactivation and,1: 312
meanings of,1: 312
words of power and,1: 312
Heliopolitan cosmological school,1: 77
Herbalists,1:416–417
Herskovits, Melville,1: 317
Heru, Horus, 1:313–315
Anubis combined with,1: 63
Apis bull and,1: 141
archtypical characteristics of,1:313,1:314–315
Ausar and,1:77–78
at the breast of Isis [Auset] mother,
1:80,1:294,1: 314
children of,1: 315
complexity of,1: 312
crocodile and falcon image and,1:54,1:57,
1:313,1:314,2: 624
Four Sons of, mummification and,1:433–434
Great Ennead and,1: 241
Great Sphinx and,2: 633
Hapi as son of,1: 303
Hathor and,1:306,1: 315
“hero” derivation and,1: 315
legacy of,1: 315
light, discernment, clarity and,1: 314
lineage of,1: 313
moon and masculinity and,1: 426
mythology of,1: 314
Set conflict with,1:78,1:307,1:314–315,
2:609–610
Solar God of,1: 57
sun deity Ra and,1: 313
symbolic Horus/Heru and,1:313–314
Tehuti and,1: 327
temple of Edfu and,2:654,2: 659
temples dedicated to,1: 315
wedjat eye and,1:313–314
See alsoEye of Horus
Hetep.SeeHotep(Hetep)
Hieroglyphs, Medew Netjer,1: 269
A History of Ancient Egypt(Grimal),1: 41
Holy Spirit Movement,1: 299
Hoodoo, 1:316–317
African American spiritual tradition and,1: 316
background and description of,1: 316
Black racial identity and,1: 317
blues songs and,1: 317
conjuring and,1: 316
cultural impact of,1: 317
evil and its cure focus of,1: 316
links to Africa of,1:316–317
magic, divination, herbalism system and,1: 316
readers, healers and,1: 316
synonyms for,1: 316
VoduVodu in New Orleans and,1: 377
Voodoo and Vodoun distinguished from,
1:316–317
Horus.SeeEye of Horus; Heru, Horus
Hotep(Hetep),1:318
call and response ceremonies and,1: 318
Maat and,1: 318
meanings of,1: 318
meditation goal of,1: 318
Ptah-Hotep and,1: 318
salutation or greeting of,1: 318
Houngan(Hungan),1:318–319
badjicanstudents of,1: 319
Dutty Boukman, Haitian Revolution and,
1: 319
Desounen ritual and,1:196–197,1:302,
2:698–699
dream-like visions and,1: 318
functions of,1:318–319
hounsi (ounsi) and,1:319–320
loasdream-like visions and,1: 318
lwa and,1: 318828 Index