Kenaz Filan

The New Orleans Voodoo Handbook (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594777981
• Artikelnr.: 49185615

Autorenporträt

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, and Vodou Money Magic 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.

Inhaltsangabe

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