Hoodoo Mysteries: Folk Magic, Mysticism & Rituals - Softcover

Malbrough, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738703508 ISBN 13: 9780738703503

Publisher: Llewellyn Publications,U.S., 2003

Synopsis

Ray T. Malbrough is one of the few hereditary folk magicians raised in Louisiana. In his latest book, he presents a living history of the magico-religious practices of Louisiana Hoodoo, the American cousin of traditional Haitian Voudoo. Learn how this religious belief survived as it developed within American shores. Explore the different types of divinatory and magical practices still in use today.

About this title

About the Author:

Ray T. Malbrough was born in New Orleans and was raised in the "Pays des Cajuns" Region of southeastern Louisiana. He learned the basics of hoodoo in his early teens with the permission and encouragement of his mother. At age 19, he started working in a New Orleans tearoom as a reader/advisor, and has since earned a good reputation as a Hoodoo worker all over the region surrounding his hometown of Houma. He is a 1982 graduate of the Seax-Wica Seminary founded and directed by Dr. Raymond Buckland. The author is active in the parapsychology Association in Thibodeaux, Louisiana. Today, Ray is a full time reader/advisor and hoodoo worker in his home in Houma.

About this edition

• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0738703508
• ISBN 13: 9780738703503
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240