The horror of Palo Mayombe is not in its practices, but in its honesty. It stares at death without blinking. It reminds us that every living thing is only a few feet of dirt away from becoming a skeleton.
Specifically the nfumbe (spirit of the dead), whose physical remains act as an anchor for the spirit to reside within the practitioner's vessel. The Central Mystery: The Prenda Palo Mayombe- El Jardin de Sangre y Huesos
It acts as a manual for refining ritual techniques and deepening the understanding of the (deities/forces). For Scholars: The horror of Palo Mayombe is not in
The "Garden" is a poetic and literal reference to the cemetery and the wilderness (the monte ). For a Palero, these are not places of fear, but storehouses of spiritual ingredients: these are not places of fear