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A New Orleans Voudou Priestess

Author : Carolyn Morrow Long
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813040809
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book A New Orleans Voudou Priestess written by Carolyn Morrow Long and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2007-10-07 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Orleans, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau disentangles the complex threads of the legend surrounding the famous Voudou priestess. According to mysterious, oft-told tales, Laveau was an extraordinary celebrity whose sorcery-fueled influence extended widely from slaves to upper-class whites. Some accounts claim that she led the "orgiastic" Voudou dances in Congo Square and on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, kept a gigantic snake named Zombi, and was the proprietress of an infamous house of assignation. Though legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, she also was known for her kindness and charity, nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners, and her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. The true story of Marie Laveau, though considerably less flamboyant than the legend, is equally compelling. In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication, Long explores the unique social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Marie Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined. Changes in New Orleans engendered by French and Spanish rule, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow segregation affected seven generations of Laveau's family, from enslaved great-grandparents of pure African blood to great-grandchildren who were legally classified as white. Simultaneously, Long examines the evolution of New Orleans Voudou, which until recently has been ignored by scholars.

The Magic of Marie Laveau

Author : Denise Alvarado
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1633411427
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Magic of Marie Laveau written by Denise Alvarado and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and work of the legendary “Pope of Voodoo,” Marie Laveau—a free woman of color who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts; certainly, she is among the most famous. She is the subject of songs, films, and legends and the star of New Orleans ghost tours. Her grave in New Orleans ranks among the most popular spiritual pilgrimages in the US. Devotees venerate votive images of Laveau, who proclaimed herself the “Pope of Voodoo.” She is the subject of respected historical biographies and the inspiration for novels by Francine Prose and Jewell Parker Rhodes. She even appears in Marvel Comics and on the television show American Horror Story: Coven, where she was portrayed by Angela Bassett. Author Denise Alvarado explores Marie Laveau’s life and work—the fascinating history and mystery. This book gives an overview of New Orleans Voodoo, its origins, history, and practices. It contains spells, prayers, rituals, recipes, and instructions for constructing New Orleans voodoo-style altars and crafting a voodoo amulet known as a gris-gris.

Mysterious Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen

Author : Raymond J. Martinez
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789128587
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Mysterious Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen written by Raymond J. Martinez and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond J. Martinez’ book on legends, lore, and unvarnished truths surrounding New Orleans’ most famous Voodoo mistress also features other tales from surrounding parishes of days long gone by, an illustrated guide to palm-reading, humorous asides, and over 30 fascinating drawings and images. In addition to facts and folklore about Laveau, including revealing research into some debunked myths and unanswered questions, the book offers entertaining stories of her life and the people around the New Orleans area.

Louisiana Women

Author : Janet Allured
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820342696
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Louisiana Women written by Janet Allured and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the significant historical contributions of some of Louisiana's most noteworthy and also overlooked women from the eighteenth century to the present. This volume underscores the cultural, social, and political distinctiveness of the state and showcases how these women affected its history.

Voodoo Queen

Author : Martha Ward
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604734817
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Voodoo Queen written by Martha Ward and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the celebrated New Orleans tomb where Marie Laveau is said to lie. They seek her favors or fear her lingering influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau is the first study of the Laveaus, mother and daughter of the same name. Both were legendary leaders of religious and spiritual traditions many still label as evil. The Laveaus were free women of color and prominent French-speaking Catholic Creoles. From the 1820s until the 1880s when one died and the other disappeared, gossip, fear, and fierce affection swirled about them. From the heart of the French Quarter, in dance, drumming, song, and spirit possession, they ruled the imagination of New Orleans. How did the two Maries apply their “magical” powers and uncommon business sense to shift the course of love, luck, and the law? The women understood the real crime—they had pitted their spiritual forces against the slave system of the United States. Moses-like, they led their people out of bondage and offered protection and freedom to the community of color, rich white women, enslaved families, and men condemned to hang. The curse of the Laveau family, however, followed them. Both loved men they could never marry. Both faced down the press and police who stalked them. Both countered the relentless gossip of curses, evil spirits, murders, and infant sacrifice with acts of benevolence. The book is also a detective story—who is really buried in the famous tomb in the oldest “city of the dead” in New Orleans? What scandals did the Laveau family intend to keep buried there forever? By what sleight of hand did free people of color lose their cultural identity when Americans purchased Louisiana and imposed racial apartheid upon Creole creativity? Voodoo Queen brings the improbable testimonies of saints, spirits, and never-before-printed eyewitness accounts of ceremonies and magical crafts together to illuminate the lives of the two Marie Laveaus, leaders of a major, indigenous American religion.

Voodoo Dreams

Author : Jewell P. Rhodes
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312119317
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Voodoo Dreams written by Jewell P. Rhodes and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Marie Laveau, a legendary nineteenth-century New Orleans voodoo queen.

Jambalaya

Author : Luisah Teish
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063099772
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Jambalaya written by Luisah Teish and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshed edition of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals—updated with a note from the author sharing the changes that have occurred in the 30 years since its original publication. "A book of startling remembrances, revelations, directives, and imperatives, filled with the mysticism, wisdom, and common sense of the African religion of the Mother. It should be read with the same open-minded love with which it was written."—Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple Since its original publication in 1985, Jambalaya has become a classic among Women’s Spirituality Educators, practitioners of traditional Africana religions, environmental activists, and cultural creatives. A mix of memoir, spiritual teachings, and practices from Afro-American traditions such as Ifa/Orisha, and New Orleans Voudou, it offers a fascinating introduction to the world of nature-based spirituality, Goddess worship, and rituals from the African diaspora. More relevant today than it was 36 years ago, the wisdom of Jambalaya reconnects us to the natural and spiritual world, and the centuries-old traditions of African ancestors, whose voices echo through time, guiding us and blending with our own.

Marie Laveau

Author : Francine Prose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marie Laveau written by Francine Prose and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux

Author : Ina Johanna Fandrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780203942628
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux written by Ina Johanna Fandrich and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Voodoo and Power

Author : Kodi A. Roberts
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807160520
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Voodoo and Power written by Kodi A. Roberts and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi A. Roberts argues in Voodoo and Power, the religion was not a monolithic tradition handed down from African ancestors to their American-born descendants. Instead, a much more complicated patchwork of influences created New Orleans Voodoo, allowing it to move across boundaries of race, class, and gender. By employing late nineteenth and early twentieth-century first-hand accounts of Voodoo practitioners and their rituals, Roberts provides a nuanced understanding of who practiced Voodoo and why. Voodoo in New Orleans, a melange of religion, entrepreneurship, and business networks, stretched across the color line in intriguing ways. Roberts's analysis demonstrates that what united professional practitioners, or "workers," with those who sought their services was not a racially uniform folk culture, but rather the power and influence that Voodoo promised. Recognizing that social immobility proved a common barrier for their patrons, workers claimed that their rituals could overcome racial and gendered disadvantages and create new opportunities for their clients. Voodoo rituals and institutions also drew inspiration from the surrounding milieu, including the privations of the Great Depression, the city's complex racial history, and the free-market economy. Money, employment, and business became central concerns for the religion's practitioners: to validate their work, some began operating from recently organized "Spiritual Churches," entities that were tax exempt and thus legitimate in the eyes of the state of Louisiana. Practitioners even leveraged local figures like the mythohistoric Marie Laveau for spiritual purposes and entrepreneurial gain. All the while, they contributed to the cultural legacy that fueled New Orleans's tourist industry and drew visitors and their money to the Crescent City.

Mama Lola

Author : Karen McCarthy Brown
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520224759
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Mama Lola written by Karen McCarthy Brown and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vodou is among the most misunderstood and maligned of the world's religions. "Mama Lola" shatters the stereotypes by offering an intimate portrait of Vodou in everyday life. Drawing on a decade-long friendship with Mama Lola, a Vodou priestess, Brown tells tales spanning five generations of Vodou healers in Mama Lola's family. 46 illustrations.

Good Juju

Author : Najah Lightfoot
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738756679
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Good Juju written by Najah Lightfoot and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2019-06-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual Rites, Spell Work, and Folk Practices to Enhance Your Well-Being and Personal Power Learn to better express your spirituality and build up your magical practice with this book's powerful spells, rituals, and tools. Designed to help you navigate whatever ups and downs life throws your way, Good Juju is your perfect choice for learning to embrace nature, the old ways, and the magick all around you. Using simple practices that don't interfere with any religions, Good Juju helps you lay a foundation for daily ritual work. You'll also learn how to craft mojos, create and work with altars, tune in to your intuition, and much more. Author Najah Lightfoot guides you in keeping your mind, body, and spirit strong as you discover your magical work and align with your higher power.

The New Orleans Voodoo Handbook

Author : Kenaz Filan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594777985
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book The New Orleans Voodoo Handbook written by Kenaz Filan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the practices, tools, and rituals of New Orleans Voodoo as well as the many cultural influences at its origins • Includes recipes for magical oils, instructions for candle workings, and directions to create gris-gris bags and Voodoo dolls to attract love, money, justice, and healing and for retribution • Explores the major figures of New Orleans Voodoo, including Marie Laveau and Dr. John • Exposes the diverse ethnic influences at the core of Voodoo, from the African Congo to Catholic immigrants from Italy, France, and Ireland One of America’s great native-born spiritual traditions, New Orleans Voodoo is a religion as complex, free-form, and beautiful as the jazz that permeates this steamy city of sin and salvation. From the French Quarter to the Algiers neighborhood, its famed vaulted cemeteries to its infamous Mardi Gras celebrations, New Orleans cannot escape its rich Voodoo tradition, which draws from a multitude of ethnic sources, including Africa, Latin America, Sicily, Ireland, France, and Native America. In The New Orleans Voodoo Handbook, initiated Vodou priest Kenaz Filan covers the practices, tools, and rituals of this system of worship as well as the many facets of its origins. Exploring the major figures of New Orleans Voodoo, such as Marie Laveau and Dr. John, as well as Creole cuisine and the wealth of musical inspiration surrounding the Mississippi Delta, Filan examines firsthand documents and historical records to uncover the truth behind many of the city’s legends and to explore the oft-discussed but little-understood practices of the root doctors, Voodoo queens, and spiritual figures of the Crescent City. Including recipes for magical oils, instructions for candle workings, methods of divination, and even directions to create gris-gris bags, mojo hands, and Voodoo dolls, Filan reveals how to call on the saints and spirits of Voodoo for love, money, retribution, justice, and healing.

The Voodoo Queen

Author : Robert Tallant
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455613700
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The Voodoo Queen written by Robert Tallant and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1984-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witch? Sorceress? Daughter of Satan? Thief? Saint? Born in 1794, Marie Laveau reigned as the undisputed Queen of the Voodoos for nearly a century. Her beauty and powers were legendary, and caused her to be the subject of wild gossip throughout her life. She passed on her secrets to a favorite daughter, who helped her dominate the underworld of voodoo in New Orleans. "It is an absorbing tale, and the emotional undertones, the conflicts in her human relations, the overwhelming loneliness of her position, all come through the story of a strange life." Kirkus Reviews "The author creates a vivid, haunting atmosphere, which (like Marie's arts) holds the reader in spell. . . . an intriguing novel that is competently mounted and exceedingly well executed." New York Times

Bay of Pigs Declassified

Author : Peter Kornbluh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565844940
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book Bay of Pigs Declassified written by Peter Kornbluh and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classified as top secret for more than thirty-five years, the full text of the CIA's scathing internal report on its disastrous 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion is accompanied by an introduction, an interview with the invasion's directors, and more. Original.

Storyville, New Orleans, Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red-light District

Author : Al Rose
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817344030
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Storyville, New Orleans, Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red-light District written by Al Rose and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon interviews and research, the author investigates New Orleans' experiment with legalized prostitution between 1897 and 1917.

Secrets of Voodoo

Author : Milo Rigaud
Publisher : City Lights Books
ISBN 13 : 9780872861718
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of Voodoo written by Milo Rigaud and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 1985-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets of Voodoo traces the development of this complex religion (in Haiti and the Americas) from its sources in the brilliant civilizations of ancient Africa. This book presents a straightforward account of the gods or loas and their function, the symbols and signs, rituals, the ceremonial calendar of Voodoo, and the procedures for performing magical rites are given. "Voodoo," derived from words meaning "introspection" and "mystery," is a system of belief about the formation of the world and human destiny with clear correspondences in other world religions. Rigaud makes these connections and discloses the esoteric meaning underlying Voodoo's outward manifestations, which are often misinterpreted. Translated from the French by Robert B. Cross. Drawings and photographs by Odette Mennesson-Rigaud. Milo Rigaud was born in Port au Prince, Haiti, in 1903, where he spent the greater part of his life studying the Voodoo tradition. In Haiti he studied law, and in France ethnology, psychology, and theology. The involvement of Voodoo in the political struggle of Haitian blacks for independence was one of his main concerns.