On Thursday night, over 150 people dressed in white are expected to gather on the Magnolia Bridge over Bayou St. John around a sculpture of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. There they'll join a head-washing ...
Before the St. John’s Eve Voodoo ceremony got started, priestess Sallie Ann Glassman alerted the crowd of 100-plus along Bayou St. John to the possibility that someone could become possessed by a ...
Many songs tell of legendary figures, but the jaunty country tune “Marie Laveau” is more of a cautionary tale than a heroic epic. In the song’s meaning lies arguably the sagest advice: When you run ...
Poor New Orleans. For all the misfortune that has befallen The Big Easy and the white sand Cajun coast, they can blame it on Mother Nature -- La Nina. They can blame the Republican president or the ...
Alvarado (Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints) draws inspiration from 19th-century “Voudou Queen” Marie Laveau (1801–1881) for an eclectic mix of spells, rituals, and general wisdom for ...