Two manuscripts in one book: Hoodoo: Unlocking the Secret Power of Rootwork, Folk Magic, Conjuration, Witchcraft, and Mojo Voodoo: Unlocking the Hidden Power of Haitian…
Marie Laveau She knew all their secrets. Judges, servants, city fathers, elegant courtesans and society belles. Marie Laveau Rich young planters begged for dances, pleaded…
Includes photographs and drawings. Foreword by Joseph Campbell This is the classic, intimate study, movingly written with the special insight of direct encounter, which was…
This study investigates the emergence of powerful female leadership in New Orleans’ Voodoo tradition. It provides a careful examination of the cultural, historical, economic, demographic…
Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie…
Rara is a vibrant annual street festival in Haiti, when followers of the Afro-Creole religion called Vodou march loudly into public space to take an…
The life and work of the legendary “Pope of Voodoo,” Marie Laveau―a free woman of colour who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s Marie…
Voodoo in Haiti is a masterwork of observation and description by one of the most distinguished anthropologists of the twentieth century. Alfred Métraux has written…
THE VOODOO RELIGION. Talismans, charms, amulets, veves, candels used in rituals. Contains the following dictionaries: candles, botanicals, incenses, oils, powders, sprays and stones. Also contains…
Traces the history of voodooism in Haiti from its origins in Africa; describes voodoo ceremonies, beliefs, and rituals; and offers information on spirits, charms, and…