Download or read book Alice and the VooDoo Queen written by K. R. S. McEntire and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A demon-hunting mad hatter. A voodoo-loving red queen. A tragic love story that transcends life and death. Life is good for Alice and Jay. They're living together in a luxurious penthouse, their wedding is in one week, and the hardest decision they have to make is whether they'll honeymoon in Fiji or Japan. Alice tries not to jinx her good fortune by asking too many questions--like how Jay can afford Fiji on a restaurant manager's budget or why he refuses to introduce her to his family. When Jay disappears a week before their wedding, she must go down the rabbit hole and dig up the truth about her lover. With the help of a demon-hunting mad hatter and a potion that connects humans with the spirit realm, she discovers a world of voodoo, spells, gods, goddesses, spirits, and her biggest challenge: Jay's mother--the voodoo queen. Reader Reviews: "The elements of Alice in Wonderland are so creatively imagined into the world of voodoo. It was a wonderful quick read." - Goodreads Review "I enjoyed every moment of this story. Alice's character is entirely relatable, being the young and in-love teen willing to go to dangerous lengths for the person she loves. Being someone who's "dabbled" with Louisianan witchdoctors in the past, I could definitely tell that K.R.S. has done her research on Haitian Voodoo. If you enjoy short stories with dangerous spirits, reclaiming lost lovers, and strong, realistic female leads whom we all can get behind, definitely check this one out!" - Amazon Review

Download or read book The Bradys and the VooDoo Queen written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Voodoo Queen written by Robert Tallant and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1984-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witch? Sorceress? Daughter of Satan? Thief? Saint? Born in 1794, Marie Laveau reigned as the undisputed Queen of the Voodoos for nearly a century. Her beauty and powers were legendary, and caused her to be the subject of wild gossip throughout her life. She passed on her secrets to a favorite daughter, who helped her dominate the underworld of voodoo in New Orleans. "It is an absorbing tale, and the emotional undertones, the conflicts in her human relations, the overwhelming loneliness of her position, all come through the story of a strange life." Kirkus Reviews "The author creates a vivid, haunting atmosphere, which (like Marie's arts) holds the reader in spell. . . . an intriguing novel that is competently mounted and exceedingly well executed." New York Times

Download or read book Peanut King written by Zee Avery and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ascending into power, supernatural occurrences transforms this man into the new super evil villain known as the Peanut King. This scary villain displays powers and unique abilities that other villains do not have, allowing this villain to inflict havoc, mayhem, and death on anyone that has unfortunate encounters with him. He can attack you at anytime of the year, day or night.

Download or read book The Mysterious Voodoo Queen Marie Laveaux written by Ina J. Fandrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and socio-political factors that contributed both to the feminization of this religious culture and its strong female leaders.

Download or read book Voodoo Queen written by Martha Ward and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the celebrated New Orleans tomb where Marie Laveau is said to lie. They seek her favors or fear her lingering influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau is the first study of the Laveaus, mother and daughter of the same name. Both were legendary leaders of religious and spiritual traditions many still label as evil. The Laveaus were free women of color and prominent French-speaking Catholic Creoles. From the 1820s until the 1880s when one died and the other disappeared, gossip, fear, and fierce affection swirled about them. From the heart of the French Quarter, in dance, drumming, song, and spirit possession, they ruled the imagination of New Orleans. How did the two Maries apply their "magical" powers and uncommon business sense to shift the course of love, luck, and the law? The women understood the real crime--they had pitted their spiritual forces against the slave system of the United States. Moses-like, they led their people out of bondage and offered protection and freedom to the community of color, rich white women, enslaved families, and men condemned to hang. The curse of the Laveau family, however, followed them. Both loved men they could never marry. Both faced down the press and police who stalked them. Both countered the relentless gossip of curses, evil spirits, murders, and infant sacrifice with acts of benevolence. The book is also a detective story--who is really buried in the famous tomb in the oldest "city of the dead" in New Orleans? What scandals did the Laveau family intend to keep buried there forever? By what sleight of hand did free people of color lose their cultural identity when Americans purchased Louisiana and imposed racial apartheid upon Creole creativity? Voodoo Queen brings the improbable testimonies of saints, spirits, and never-before-printed eyewitness accounts of ceremonies and magical crafts together to illuminate the lives of the two Marie Laveaus, leaders of a major, indigenous American religion.

Download or read book The Voodoo Queen written by Robert Tallant and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Voodoo Queen written by Theophilus Monroe and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Voodoo world needs a new Queen... The bokors have united behind Kalfu. The magical war that Ogoun had predicted has begun. Mercy's vampire coven is growing-but which side of this war are they really on? When Annabelle returns from Agwe's oceanic domain she finds the remnants of Vilokan in hiding in fear for their lives. Will they unite behind Annabelle as the new Voodoo Queen, or will Kalfu's legions overwhelm what's left of the Voodoo world? Find out in the thrilling, action-packed conclusion to Monroe's Gates of Eden: The Voodoo Legacy series. Voodoo Queen is the fifth book in the Gates of Eden: The Voodoo Legacy series. Theophilus Monroe's Annabelle Mulledy is a snarky badass heroine with attitude. Monroe draws on the legend and myth of Voodoo lore in a way that neither caricatures the arts as "demonic" nor glosses over the dark side of the Voodoo tradition. With dark magic, dragons, vampires, and a touch of light romance Gates of Eden: The Voodoo Legacy series has something for everybody. Did you enjoy Voodoo Academy? Fans of authors like Deborah Wilde, Shayne Silvers, Michale Anderle, Judith Berens, or Ramy Vance are sure to love this thrilling action packed fantasy series. Pick up the whole series today.

Download or read book African Americans of New Orleans written by Turry Flucker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enslaved Africans and free people of color of Louisiana deserve the title of "Founding Fathers" just as much as the French, the Spanish, and the Americans. In spite of their subjugated role as slaves, African Americans of Louisiana, and subsequently New Orleans, were contributors to the success of the state and the city far beyond their role within the labor force. Imported into the Louisiana Territory by John Law's Company of the Indies, enslaved Africans, fed on a pound of corn a day, gave birth to American figures of the 19th and 20th centuries. Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Homer Plessy, Marie Laveau, Buddy Bolden, Julies Lion, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, the fighting men of the Louisiana Native Guard, Ernest "Dutch" Morial, and many other African Americans contributed to the growth and development of New Orleans. Every African American citizen of New Orleans is intrinsically connected to the city's cultural and political landscape.

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Download or read book The Voodoo Encyclopedia written by Jeffrey E. Anderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling reference work introduces the religions of Voodoo, a onetime faith of the Mississippi River Valley, and Vodou, a Haitian faith with millions of adherents today. Unlike its fictional depiction in zombie films and popular culture, Voodoo is a full-fledged religion with a pantheon of deities, a priesthood, and communities of believers. Drawing from the expertise of contemporary practitioners, this encyclopedia presents the history, culture, and religion of Haitian Vodou and Mississippi Valley Voodoo. Though based primarily in these two regions, the reference looks at Voodoo across several cultures and delves into related religions, including African Vodu, African Diasporic Religions, and magical practices like hoodoo. Through roughly 150 alphabetical entries, the work describes various aspects of Voodoo in Louisiana and Haiti, covering topics such as important places, traditions, rituals, and items used in ceremonies. Contributions from scholars in the field provide a comprehensive overview of the subject from various perspectives and address the deities and ceremonial acts. The book features an extensive collection of primary sources and a selected, general bibliography of print and electronic resources.

Download or read book Voodoo Hoodoo and Conjure in African American Literature written by James S. Mellis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest slave narratives to modern fiction by the likes of Colson Whitehead and Jesmyn Ward, African American authors have drawn on African spiritual practices as literary inspiration, and as a way to maintain a connection to Africa. This volume has collected new essays about the multiple ways African American authors have incorporated Voodoo, Hoodoo and Conjure in their work. Among the authors covered are Frederick Douglass, Shirley Graham, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ntozake Shange, Rudolph Fisher, Jean Toomer, and Ishmael Reed.

Download or read book Voodoo written by Jeffrey E. Anderson and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2024-03-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite several decades of scholarship on African diasporic religion, Voodoo remains underexamined, and the few books published on the topic contain inaccuracies and outmoded arguments. In Voodoo: An African American Religion, Jeffrey E. Anderson presents a much-needed modern account of the faith as it existed in the Mississippi River valley from colonial times to the mid-twentieth century, when, he argues, it ceased to thrive as a living tradition. Anderson provides a solid scholarly foundation for future work by systematizing the extant information on a religion that has long captured the popular imagination as it has simultaneously engendered fear and ridicule. His book stands as the most complete study of the faith yet produced and rests on more than two decades of research, utilizing primary source material alongside the author’s own field studies in New Orleans, Haiti, Cuba, Senegal, Benin, Togo, and the Republic of Congo. The result serves as an enduring resource on Mississippi River valley Voodoo, Louisiana, and the greater African Diaspora.

Download or read book The Zombie Book written by Nick Redfern and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rampaging, driven, killing machines. Soulless and dead. Infected and infectious. Zombies. The epidemic of the living dead is stronger than ever in today’s pop-culture, but long before exotic viruses, biological warfare, and sinister military experiments brought the dead back to life in our cinemas and on our television screens, there were the dark spells and incantations of the ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians, and the Babylonians. Blending the historical with the modern, the biographical with the literary, the plants and animals with bacteria and viruses, the mythological with the horrifying true tales, The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead is a comprehensive resource to understanding, combating, and avoiding zombies. More than 250 entries cover everything from hit television shows, books, and movies, including The Walking Dead, World War Z and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, to zombies’ ignominious role in folklore and mythology, such as the Greek god Asclepius, ancient Voodoo religion, and the Native American Wendigo legend. The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead examines mad cow disease, the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the Centers for Disease Control preparing for the end of the world, and much, much more.

Download or read book Hoodoo Voodoo and Conjure written by Jeffrey E. Anderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoodoo, voodoo, and conjure are part of a mysterious world of African American spirituality that has long captured the popular imagination. These magical beliefs and practices have figured in literary works by such authors as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Ishmael Reed, and they have been central to numerous films, such as The Skeleton Key. Written for students and general readers, this book is a convenient introduction to hoodoo, voodoo, and conjure. The volume begins by defining and classifying elements of these spiritual traditions. It then provides a wide range of examples and texts, which illustrate the richness of these beliefs and practices. It also examines the scholarly response to hoodoo, voodoo, and conjure, and it explores the presence of hoodoo, voodoo, and conjure in popular culture. The volume closes with a glossary and bibliography. Students in social studies classes will use this book to learn more about African American magical beliefs, while literature students will enjoy its exploration of primary sources and literary works.

Download or read book Mysterious Marie Laveau Voodoo Queen written by Raymond J. Martinez and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond J. Martinez’ book on legends, lore, and unvarnished truths surrounding New Orleans’ most famous Voodoo mistress also features other tales from surrounding parishes of days long gone by, an illustrated guide to palm-reading, humorous asides, and over 30 fascinating drawings and images. In addition to facts and folklore about Laveau, including revealing research into some debunked myths and unanswered questions, the book offers entertaining stories of her life and the people around the New Orleans area.

Download or read book The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans written by K. C. Kelley and published by Haunted History Set Two. This book was released on 2021 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the tombs at Saint Louis Cemetery Number One, lies the final resting place for the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. But is this famous queen really at rest? Visitors flock to Marie Laveau's tomb to ask this powerful woman for favors from beyond the grave. Can the woman famous for calling on the spirits for help be providing help as a spirit? Find out in this graphic thriller. Then, learn about other creepy cemeteries.