
The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook
Author: Denise Alvarado
Narrator: Adenrele Ojo
Unabridged: 12 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
Published: 05/20/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, Body, Mind, & Spirit

Author: Denise Alvarado
Narrator: Adenrele Ojo
Unabridged: 12 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
Published: 05/20/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, Body, Mind, & Spirit
Denise Alvarado was born and raised in the rich Creole culture of New Orleans and has studied indigenous healing traditions from a personal and academic perspective for over four decades. She is the author of numerous books about Southern folk traditions and has had artwork featured on several television shows. A rootworker in the Louisiana folk magic tradition and a spiritual artist, she teaches southern conjure at Crossroads University. For more information, visit CreoleMoon.com.
Adenrele Ojo is an experienced audiobook narrator and actor. A self-described theater brat, she spent many late nights as a young child falling asleep on theatre chairs as her dad directed and her mother performed. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Philadelphia, she received her bachelor of arts in theater from Hunter College in New York.
Well, as the author of the book I am most biased. But I have to say I am very proud of this work as it is the among the very few that have been written about Creole Voodoo as it is experienced in New Orleans.......more
Interesting, but I'm confused by and disappointed in the content. Alvarado's only comment on integration is that her white friend was teased viciously by black girls. (Hey, I was teased in school, and some of the girls were black. This was because I was weird.) She then uses the slur "tranny" quite......more
When I picked this book up, I was kind of excited to be reading it, having found it on a whim at the library. I love the anthropological aspects of learning new spirituality systems, and this author seems to have that style of writing, so I'm stoked here! By the time I finished reading it, I actuall......more
3.5 stars. I knew that much of voodoo meaning is hidden in Christianity because slaves had to hide their religious beliefs here but I was amazed at how much it mirrors. It makes sense though if your life is on the line, you hide it well. Although I won't be practicing any spells, it was a worthwhile......more