Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits & Hoodoo Saints by Denise Alvarado – New Orleans Voodoo, Hoodoo & Folk Saints

NEW ORLEANS VOODOO • HOODOO • FOLK SAINTS • SPIRITS • ROOTWORK • HIDDEN HISTORY

If the spiritual side of New Orleans fascinates you, this is a book you’ll want on your shelf.

In Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints, New Orleans-born author and rootworker Denise Alvarado takes readers beneath the tourist version of the city and into the people, spirits, folk saints and traditions that helped shape its legendary spiritual culture.

Explore fascinating figures including:

• Marie Laveau, the legendary Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
• Doctor John Montenée
• Papa Legba
• Black Hawk
• St. Expedite
• St. Roch
• Annie Christmas
• Jean St. Malo
• And other influential figures from New Orleans spiritual history

Rather than focusing on only one tradition, the book explores the extraordinary mixture of Voodoo, Hoodoo, folk Catholicism, ancestral spirituality, folklore and Southern folk magic that helped create the spiritual landscape New Orleans is famous for.

This is a perfect choice for the reader who wants to understand the stories behind the spirits and traditions—not just the surface-level version seen in movies and tourist shops.

If you love Marie Laveau, New Orleans Voodoo, Hoodoo history, folk saints, rootwork or mysterious spiritual history, prepare to lose yourself in this one.

New Orleans has always had another world hiding beneath the surface. This book introduces you to the people and spirits who helped create it.