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.
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