The first tarot to celebrate an African-American culture, this book and 79-card deck capture both the spirit and the imagery of Voodoo's African, West Indian, and Catholic influences. Ancient and earth-honoring, Voodoo's practices take on different forms specific to time and place, but its essence remains focused on the "loa"--the potent spiritual forces of Voodoo that are manifested directly through human beings and their actions.
The authors draw strong parallels between the Waite and Thoth Tarots, the Kabalistic Tree of Life, and the Voodoo tradition as it is practiced in New Orleans. Just as the major and minor arcana of the Tarot represent the archetypes of the human psyche and the natural forces of our world, so do the loa of Voodoo embody the primal energies of the universe. With a variety of spreads and readings, the authors show how the Tarot can be an idea channel through which the loa exercise their powers to teach, advise, and initiate the serious student into their mysteries.

A special edition of the acclaimed magazine journal under the new name of simply Hoodoo and Conjure is here In all its gloriousness and fabulous writ, this special edition publication of Hoodoo and Conjure: New Orleans brings to you a fantastic collection of articles from a variety of notable as well as up and coming authors. The majority of the articles center on aspects of New Orleans Voodoo and Hoodoo, however, we also include some fantastic articles about southern conjure traditions in general. Here we go...are you ready? FEATURE STORIES: Get the original story about Mary Oneida Toups by the original author, 6th generation New Orleans born Alyne Pustanio And, New Orleans-Style Day of the Dead with Sallie Ann Glassman and In Memorium: Coco Robicheaux by Alyne Pustanio; Digging in the Dirt by Dorothy Morrison; The Wishing Tomb of Marie Laveaux by Denise Alvarado; Tituba, the Black Witch of Salem by Witchdoctor Utu; Food as Medzin and Spellwork with the Dead by Ya Ya Madrina Angelique; The Graveyard Snake and the Ancestors by Dr. Snake; Holy Death and the Seven Insights: A Gay Man's Story of Self-Transformation and his Search for Love, Adventures in Ghost Hunting by Carolina Dean; I Reckon it Might be a Sign of Things to Come by H. Byron Ballard; Wicca and Voodoo: Bringing the Two Together by Nish Perez; Wicca and Voodoo: Rhythms by Louis Martinie; Crimson Light through Muddy Water: Southern Goth as an Occult Reality by Tim Broussard; Uncrossing Land by Aaron Leitch; Throwing Dem Bones by Danette Wilson; Conjure with the Goetia by Devi Spring. PHOTO ESSAY: Herein lies the Poor and the Indigent: A Photo Essay of Holt Cemetery by Denise Alvarado and Alyne Pustanio. INTERNATIONAL CONJURE: Mystery of a Sacred Sastun and The Trinity of Stones: An Interview with Winsom Winsom by Rev.Roots; El Dia de Los Muertos by Denise Alvarado. TUTORIAL: How to Make a New Orleans Style Rope Doll by Denise Alvarado. MEDIA REVIEW: American Horror Story: Coven by Denise Alvarado. Plus, recipes and formulas and more Illustrated in full color with stunning artwork and photography, Hoodoo and Conjure: New Orleans will keep you visually, intellectually and spiritually stimulated and inspired to explore the mysteries of the sacred and the profane of the American South and the wide world of conjure.

THIS EDITION HAS A BLACK AND WHITE INTERIOR...A Priest's Head, A Drummer's Hands is a complete-in-itself first volume in a series of teachings on Voodoo as it has and continues to develop in New Orleans. It contains an Order of Service developed over hundreds of rituals at the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple. This Order follows the steps of birth and can be used to bring honor and respect to the ancestors or to birth a "magickal child" of the voodoosant's choosing. Rhythms for the drums are given in the form of Drum Prayers. Rites and offerings to mark the passage of the Grande Zombie (Great Serpent) through the Seasons are outlined in a section on the Ophidian Year. A photographic record of the wake of Charles Masicot Gandolfo, the founder of the Historic Voodoo Museum, and a recounting of the line of Spiritual Doctors running back through the annals of New Orleans Voodoo is presented. Information and a working talisman for John Montanee, the original Dr. John, who conjured and drummed in the eighteen hundreds in New Orleans is included as well as a veve for the city of New Orleans as a spiritual entity.