Our discussion was very interesting. Most of our group members were born and raised in the south were the art of voo doo is more prevalent. We found that many believed it and those who weren't sure did not dismiss it. We thought the book was very discriptive, but the last two chapters confused a few of us. We recently went to a reading where Tananarive Due and her husband spoke. When asked how did she come up with the subject matter, she said it all came from her imagination....not a whole lot of research. Our discussion went even further which we talked about spirituality and religion. Very interesting and entertaining.