Tag: hoodoo
Julia Brown: The Swamp Witch of Manchac and Her Deadly Curse
Discover the chilling legend of Julia Brown, the “Swamp Witch” of Louisiana’s Manchac Swamp. A healer, prophet, and folk figure, she died in 1915 on the same day a devastating hurricane destroyed her town — sealing her place in Southern folklore.
Curse of the Bayou
Louisiana locals blame everything from hurricanes to high crime rates on a 100-year-old curse invoked by hoodoo priestess Aunt Julia Brown.
The United States of Hoodoo (2012)
Nick Cave and Shantrelle P. Lewis take part in a profile of African spirituality's influence on some of U.S. popular culture.
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space
Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is "Their Eyes Were Watching God," publ...
A Black Women’s History of Hoodoo, Conjure, and Witchcraft
A historical take on the history of "Black Girl Magic".
Haus of Hoodoo: Jessyka Winston Wants To Teach The Truth About Vodou
Vodou Priestess Jessyka Winston had no plans of turning her spiritual practice into a business. Winston is now using Haus of Hoodoo as a platform to teach her followers the truth about Vodou and Hoodoo.
Uncovering the Power of Hoodoo: An Ancestral Journey
Tank Ball explores the origins of Hoodoo, a unique and powerful form of spiritual practice deeply rooted in African American culture and the ancient ritual of ancestral worship.
Voodoo vs. Hoodoo: What’s the Difference?
If you are into magic, witchcraft, and/or faith healing, you’ve undoubtedly run across Voodoo and Hoodoo. But are you aware that these two belief systems are completely different from each other even though they may, at times, look like the same thing?