E C Ballard ஃ
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Fifth Dimensional Self
- Hermesphilus
- MASONERIA EN ASTURIAS
- MASONERIA SIGLO XXI
- MASONERÍA LIBERAL Y ADOGMÁTICA
| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Academic |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Introduction | E C Ballard is a Folklorist, and Ethnographer specializing in Afro-Caribbean traditions of Central African origin, Fraternalism, Celtic Studies and Ethnomusicology, having received his Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. Eoghan has been variously musical instrument maker, bookseller, college professor, academic dean, and independent researcher. Eoghan is Tata Nganga, a Vodousaint, and is a Master Mason, Orator for Lodge Intrepid, and GM of GLMRNAC, affiliated with UMURM. |
| Interests | Afro-Caribbean religion, Central African religion, Kongo, Angola, Fraternalism, Celtic Studies, Folklore, Ethnography, Ethnomusicology, Bagpipes, woodwinds, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia. |
| Favorite Movies | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Poitín, Seachd, Juliet of the Spirits, Besouro, La Vida es Silbar, João de Camargo, Maluala, Entre Ciclones |
| Favorite Music | All kinds of bagpipes, The Chieftains, Skara Brae, Run Rig, The Incredible String Band, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, Orichas, Ara Ketu, Ram, Boukman Eksperyans, Oum Kalsoum, Ibeyi, and much more... |
| Favorite Books | The Origins of Freemasonry: Scotland's Century, 1590 to 1710, El Vodú en Cuba, Les daîmons du culte voudo, The Emerald Tablet, Padaí Láidir Mac Culadh agus Gaeltacht Thír Eoghain, Sgealta Mhuintir Lúinigh, Freemasonry: Symbols, Secrets, Significance, The Bonseigneur Rituals, Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History, The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind, Living with Djinns: Understanding and Dealing with the Invisible in Cairo, etc. |