Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook: More Than 200 Spells Plus Over 100 Authentic New Orleans Formulas for Conjure Oils, Sachet Powders and Gris Gris

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The perfect introduction to New Orleans "voodoo hoodoo," the unique variety of Creole Voodoo found in New Orleans. THE VOODOO HOODOO SPELLBOOK is a rich compendium of authentic Voodoo and hoodoo rituals for love, justice, gambling luck, prosperity, health, and success. Cultural psychologist and rootworker, Denise Alvardo, who grew up in New Orleans learning voodoo, draws from a lifetime of recipes and spells learned from family, friends, and local practitioners. She traces the history of the African-based folk magic brought by slaves to New Orleans, and shows how it evolved over time to include influences from Native American spirituality, Catholicism, and Pentecostalism. She shares her research into folklore collections and 19th and 20th century formularies along with her own magical arts. Denise Alvarado has stripped the shroud of secrecy that surrounds Voodoo to provide a provocative book full of history and folklore, and spells, hexes and curses!

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"Hoodoo and the conjure arts are at the center of a growing spiritual movement, as Western seekers redefine their relationship to religion and the occult. The self-help phase of the occult revival--epitomized by the New Age and Neopaganism for the last halfcentury--is quickly giving way to nutsandbolts, handson practical magick that gets things done. You could not ask for a better introduction to Voodoo, hoodoo, gris gris or conjure than Denise Alvarado's The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook. The author grew up in New Orleans and Mississippi, and learned the art directly from the source. She is also an anthropologist with a firm grasp on the African Diaspora and its relationship to her home town. This book contains everything from history to folklore, Loas to Orishas, saints and psalms, oils, powders, inks, washes, gris gris, talismans, candles, and conjure spells for every imaginable need. Whether your interest in Voodoo and hoodoo are academic or you want to learn to lay a few tricks, The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook is the best place to start."--Aaron Leitch, author of Secrets of the Magickal Grimoire
"New Orleans Voodoo and Hoodoo have a uniquely sumptuous flavor all their own. Denise Alvarado captures that flavor perfectly in The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook because she has long been immersed in its magic and culture. The spells she presents are steeped in the wisdom of the river, the bayous, and the roots and plants that folk practitioners have used for centuries. As the famed New Orleans Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau did before her, Denise creates a path to these traditions for all who seek to discover them. Explore everything from the pantheons of Voodoo to their corresponding saints and the prayers to call them; learn about the roots, herbs, oils, and other ingredients that practitioners use; and employ voodoo dolls, gris gris, and other powerful spirit tools that can help you work the magic!"--Christian Day, author of The Witches' Book of the Dead

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Denise Alvarado is a native Creole raised in the Voodoo and hoodoo rich culture of New Orleans. She is a rootworker in the New Orleans Voodoo hoodoo tradition, a medicine woman in the Native American tradition, a cultural psychologist, ritual artist, spiritual adviser, and seminar leader. Her provocative artwork has been featured on National Geographic's Taboo. Author website: www.planetvoodoo.com