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Index
Title Page
Introduction
PART ONE
HISTORY
Born on the Bayou: The Rise of New Orleans
La Salle’s Expedition
Governor Bienville’s Crescent City
Louisiana Becomes Cajun Country
Spanish Rule
From Saint-Domingue to Washington: Revolution Comes to Louisiana
The Haitian Revolution
Saint-Domingue Comes to New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans
New Orleans Voodoo, Haitian Vodou?
King Cotton, Lady Liberty, and Jim Crow
Steamboats and Cotton Gins
Feasting and Carousing in the Crescent City
The Civil War: New Orleans under Occupation
Reconstruction and Its Aftermath
Plessy v. Ferguson
The (Re)creation of “New Orleans Voodoo”
Zora Neale Hurston
Robert Tallant
Charles Massicot Gandolfo
When the Levee Breaks: Hurricane Katrina
PART TWO
TRADITIONS
Mardi Gras
Before Easter—and After
Mardi Gras Comes to New Orleans
Throws
Kings and Queens
Music
Delta Blues
Dixieland Jazz
Zydeco
Food
Jambalaya
Gumbo
Pralines
Coffee with Chicory
Crawfish
Voodoo Temples and Curio Shops
The Cracker Jack Drugstore
The Temple of Innocent Blood
The Voodoo Spiritual Temple
The Island of Salvation Botanica
The Westgate Museum
Boutique du Vampyre
Priests, Priestesses, Houngans, Mambos, and Chicken Men
Jean “Doctor John” Montaigne
The Seven Sisters of New Orleans
Fred “Chicken Man” Staten
PART THREE
THE SPIRITS
The Old Man at the Crossroads: Papa La-Bas
St. Peter, Papa Limba, and Papa La-Bas
Tales of Papa La-Bas
The Old Man at the Crossroads
The Divine Mother: The Virgin Mary
Mariology
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
The Holy Rosary
The Great Serpent: Li Grand Zombi
The Snake Dances of New Orleans
Nzambi, Simbi, and Li Grand Zombi
St. Michael the Archangel—or Mr. Daniel Blanc
The Voodoo Queen: Marie Laveau
Birth and First Marriage
Christophe Glapion
The Voodoo Queen
The Tomb of Marie Laveau(s)
The Warriors: Joe Féraille, St. Marron, and Yon Sue
Joe Féraille
St. Marron
Yon Sue
The Miracle Workers: St. Expidité, St. Jude, and St. Roch
St. Expedité
St. Jude
St. Roch
The Bringers of Good Fortune: St. Joseph, Assonquer, and John the Conqueror
St. Joseph
Assonquer
John the Conqueror
The Indians: Black Hawk and the Black Hawk Spiritual Churches
Leafy Anderson and Black Hawk
Working with Indian Spirits
Yellow Jacket and Money Magic
Archetypes and Stereotypes
The Roots: The Dead
The Cemeteries of New Orleans
Haunted New Orleans
Safer Ghost Hunting
PART FOUR
PRACTICES
Candles
Candle Colors
Candle Sizes
Preparing Candles
Figural Candles
Reading Your Candle Working
Oils
Van Van Oil
Follow Me Boy Oil
Red Fast Luck Oil
Algiers Triple Strength Oil
Has No Hanna
Spirit Dolls
Feitiços, Fetishes, and Minkisi
Poppets
Religious Statues and Images
Mojo Hands and Gris-gris Bags
Gris-gris in Africa and America
Creating Your Own Mojo Hand
High John the Conqueror Root and Its Relatives
Foretelling the Future
Crystal Balls
Tea Leaf Reading
Cartomancy
Dream Interpretation and Policy Books
PART FIVE
JUST VISITING or Settling Down
Visiting the Big Easy
Voodoo Shops and Stops
Restaurants
Music
Cemeteries
Moving to New Orleans: Triumphs and Tragedies
Tennessee Williams
Emeril Lagasse
Willy DeVille
Zackery Bowen
Afterword: Deepwater Horizon and the Indomitable Spirit of Louisiana
PART SIX
APPENDICES
Great New Orleans Books, Movies, and Television
Books
Movies and Television
New Orleans Musicians
Preserving New Orleans
Footnotes
Endnotes
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
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