Hoodoo (folk magic)

Hoodoo, also known as "conjure" and sometimes confused with "voodoo," is a traditional African-American folk spirituality that developed from a number of West African, Native American and European spiritual traditions. Hoodoo has some spiritual principles and practices similar to spiritual folkways in Haitian, Cuban, Jamaican and New Orleans traditions. Hoodoo seems to have evolved in the Mississippi Delta where the concentration of slaves had been dense. Hoodoo then spread throughout the Southeast as well as North along the Mississippi as African Americans left the Delta beginning in the 1930s. There is strong mainstream American prejudice against hoodoo, based on the myths that hoodoo is practiced primarily with selfish, hurtful intentions, or that it is related to worship of the Christian devil, Satan[citation needed]. Spiritual folkways like hoodoo are an ever-evolving process, continuously synthesizing from contact with other cultures, religions and folkways.

Louisiana Voodoo - Wikipedia "New Orleans Voodoo" redirects here. For US Arena Football League team, see New Orleans VooDoo. Louisiana Voodoo, also known as New Orleans Voodoo, describes a set of spiritual folkways which originated from the traditions of the African diaspora. It is a cultural form of the Afro-American religions developed by French, Spanish, and Creole population of the U.S. state of Louisiana. History[edit] African influences[edit] Gris-gris by Charles Gandolfo Voodoo was brought to French Louisiana during the colonial period by workers and slaves from West Africa, and then again, by slaves and free people of color who were among the refugees from the Haitian revolution. The enslaved community quickly outnumbered white colonists. Another component of Louisiana Voodoo brought from West Africa was the veneration of ancestors and the subsequent emphasis on respect for elders. Voodoo queens[edit] During the 19th century, Voodoo queens became central figures to Voodoo in the United States. Hoodoo[edit]

Clairvius Narcisse - Wikipedia Accounts in popular media[edit] Overview[edit] Account[edit] After various anthropologic investigations of "zombie" stories in various cultures—including Narcisse and a handful of others—reports appeared that Narcisse received a dose of a chemical mixture containing tetrodotoxin (a pufferfish toxin) and bufotoxin (a toad toxin) to induce a coma that mimicked the appearance of death. He was then allowed to return to his home where he collapsed, "died", and was buried. According to Davis, Narcisse came home to his village after 18 years of being assumed dead.[9] He was able to convince a few villagers and his sister that he was indeed who he said he was. It has been further argued that Narcisse had broken one of the traditional behavioural codes and was made into a "zombie" as a punishment; when questioned, Narcisse told investigators that the sorcerer involved had "taken his soul".[10] The instigator of the poisoning was alleged to be his brother, with whom he had quarreled over land.[11]