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About the New Orleans Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau

All about the New Orleans Voodoo Queen ~ Marie Laveau!

Article courtesy of our dearly missed friend John, curator of the New Orleans Voodoo Museum! May he rest in peace. The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans! In all times, in all places, no one has ever risen to the statue or fame in Voodoo as Marie Laveau. Famed in history, infamous in folklore and ever present, even today.Marie Catherine Laveau was born in New Orleans on September 10, 1801. She was the natural daughter of two free persons of color, both mulattos. She was a free woman of color and a Creole. She was married to Jacques Paris in 1819 at the St. Louis Cathedral with the famed Père Antoine officiating.  She had two children, both of whom appear to have died before reaching maturity. With a few years, her husband apparently also died she began calling herself the Widow Paris, a name that survived onto her tomb. Around the mid 1820’s she began a plaçage with Louis Christophe Dominick Duminy de Glapion with who she bore seven more children.

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Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau

New Orleans Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau! A Brief History of Marie Laveau – The New Orleans Voodoo Queen!

New Orleans Voodoo and New Orleans Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau!  Another Voodoo history segment from native New Orleans Voodoo Priestess Kalila Smith‘s research and published chapters on Voodoo In New Orleans and our beloved Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau! The most noted Queen of Voodoo was Marie Laveau. She was born in 1783, to Marguerite Darcantel, a slave from Haiti and mistress of a wealthy plantation owner, a Frenchman, Charles Laveau. In the 1700 & 1800’s, French aristocratic men often took women of color as mistresses in a custom called placage. In the placage arrangement, children of the union had right of heir ship and bore the father’s name. No doubt in this sort of arrangement, the children would also be reared in their fathers’ religion, Catholicism. Marie was raised in her father’s plantation. She was educated and studied to be a hairdresser. She was a devout Catholic, who went to mass everyday of her life. She was a dark skinned woman with long black hair that she frequently wore in a single braid making her look much like an Indian or a Gypsy, probably adding to her mystique.

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What Everyone Should Know About Voodoo Ritual Oils, Ritual Powders & Candles for Voodoo Spells & Love Spells

What Everyone Should Know About Voodoo Ritual Oils, Ritual Powders, Voodoo Dolls & Dressing Ritual Candles ~ How Do I Use Them?

How to use Voodoo ritual powders, Voodoo ritual oils,  and rituals items for your Voodoo Spells, Love Spells, Magic Spells and Voodoo Ritual Spells ~ An Easy “How-To” Perform Voodoo Spells &  Magical Rituals Primer by Erzulie’s Authentic Voodoo of New Orleans! This is the section to learn more about using our Voodoo magical ritual items, Voodoo Dolls, dress ritual candles, ritual oils, and more!  We are happy to provide some basic understanding of how to effectively use spiritual items to assist you in your spiritual work.   Please read this section carefully to help you work with the Voodoo dolls, magical fetishes, ritual candles, ritual powders and spiritual ritual oils found at Erzulie’s! Continue reading “What Everyone Should Know About Voodoo Ritual Oils, Ritual Powders & Candles for Voodoo Spells & Love Spells” →

Voodoo Dolls & What You Should Know About Voodoo Dolls at Erzulie’s Voodoo of New Orleans!

Voodoo Dolls: What YOU should know about Voodoo Dolls, Magical Voodoo Dolls & how to use Authentic New Orleans Voodoo Dolls. 

We are often asked how one actually uses the Voodoo Dolls handcrafted at Erzulie’s Voodoo in New Orleans and thought these instructions provided may be helpful for those looking to use our Voodoo Dolls, New Orleans Voodoo Dolls, Voodoo Wanga Dolls and magical Voodoo Dolls at Erzulie’s Authentic Voodoo of New Orleans!

All little about Voodoo Dolls, Voodoo Fetish Dolls, Voodoo Poppet Dolls, Voodoo Wanga Dolls and New Orleans Voodoo Dolls!  First, authentic Voodoo Dolls must be handcrafted by practitioners to represent a particular Voodoo spirit or Lwa or deity; then they are carefully ritualized and consecrated to bring these Voodoo Dolls to life with the energies (or “Fos” or “Ache”) of those divine Voodoo spirits.

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