... (Gonzalez-Wippler 1989: 76). The eggun have special powers to protect their followers. To keep the eggun happy, Santeria practitioners keep a place in their home dedicated to the eggun, an altar called boveda. The boveda consists of several water goblets dedicated to one or more eggun and placed on a table covered with a white cloth. The water acts as "a kind of spiritual ... . The doll is the medium through which the eggun may be contacted. An open séance is conducted when the eggun asks for a spiritual mass. The séance requires an altar like a boveda. Participants cleanse themselves ...

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