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New Orleans Voodoo Handbook

Kenaz Filan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2011
Destiny Books,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-59477-435-5 (ISBN)

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A guide to the practices, tools, and rituals of New Orleans Voodoo as well as the many cultural influences at its origins.

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.

Kenaz Filan (Houngan Coquille du Mer) was initiated in Société la Belle Venus in March 2003 after 10 years of solitary service to the lwa. Filan is the author of The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Vodou Love Magic, Vodou Money Magic, and The Power of the Poppy and coauthor of Drawing Down the Spirits. A frequent contributor to PanGaia, Planet Magazine, and Widdershins, Filan is the former managing editor of newWitch magazine and lives in Short Hills, New Jersey.

Introduction

Part One
History

1 Born on the Bayou: The Rise of New Orleans
2 From Saint-Domingue to Washington: Revolution Comes to Louisiana
3 King Cotton, Lady Liberty, and Jim Crow
4 The (Re)creation of “New Orleans Voodoo”
5 When the Levee Breaks: Hurricane Katrina

Part Two
Traditions

6 Mardi Gras
7 Music
8 Food
9 Voodoo Temples and Curio Shops
10 Priests, Priestesses, Houngans, Mambos, and Chicken Men

Part Three
The Spirits

11 The Old Man at the Crossroads: Papa La-Bas
12 The Divine Mother: The Virgin Mary
13 The Great Serpent: Li Grand Zombi
14 The Voodoo Queen: Marie Laveau
15 The Warriors: Joe Féraille, St. Marron, and Yon Sue
16 The Miracle Workers: St. Expidité, St. Jude, and St. Roch
17 The Bringers of Good Fortune: St. Joseph, Assonquer, and John the Conqueror
18 The Indians: Black Hawk and the Black Hawk Spiritual Churches
19 The Roots: The Dead

Part Four
Practices

20 Candles
21 Oils
22 Spirit Dolls
23 Mojo Hands and Gris-gris Bags
24 Foretelling the Future

Part Five
Just Visiting or Settling Down

25 Visiting the Big Easy
26 Moving to New Orleans: Triumphs and Tragedies

Afterword: Deepwater Horizon and the Indomitable Spirit of Louisiana

Part Six
Appendices

Appendix 1 Great New Orleans Books, Movies, and Television

Appendix 2 New Orleans Musicians

Appendix 3 Preserving New Orleans

Notes

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.10.2011
Verlagsort	Rochester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
ISBN-10	1-59477-435-8 / 1594774358
ISBN-13	978-1-59477-435-5 / 9781594774355
Zustand	Neuware