No.
1: Queen Bianca
Bianca has been the reigning Queen
of New Orleans voodoo since 1983
when she received the title from
Liga Foley, her aunt by marriage
and a granddaughter of Marie Laveaux
I. Bianca has presided over the
secret Sosyete that Laveau founded
carrying on the legacy of true New
Orleans voodoo these many years.
Bianca learned the ways of New Orleans
Voodoo and Santeria from a very
young age. Having studied numerous
ancient paths and traditions, she
has also become very well known
as specializing in rare New Orleans
original voodoo occult items and
the handmaking of magical fetishes,
small voodoo statues and good luck
charms.
No one is left unmoved by an encounter
with the powerful Bianca and she
is widely loved and sought after.
There are some, however, who live
by this motto in their dealings
with the reigning Voodoo Queen:
“Ira Regina Mors Est”
It is wise to take this caveat to
heart.
OFFICIAL
BIANCA THE VOODOO QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS
WEB SITE: THE HOUSE OF VOODOO
No. 2: Mambo Sallie
Ann Glassman
Mambo Sallie Ann has been practicing
Voodoo in New Orleans since 1977.
She traveled to Haiti in 1995 to
undergo the week-long “couche”
initiation rituals; during these
rituals, she was ordained as Ounsi,
Kanzo and Mambo Asogwe, or a High
Priestess of Vodou. Mambo Sallie
Ann is one of the few white Americans
to have been ordained through the
traditional Haitian initiation.
As an American woman of Jewish-Ukrainian
heritage with a thorough knowledge
of the Kabala and ritual magick,
she brings a unique perspective
to the traditional practices of
vodou.
Counted
as one of the twenty most active
Voodoo practitioners in the United
States, Priestess Mambo Sallie Ann
Glassman is known for promoting
positive thoughts through her Voodoo
faith. She is also an historian
on Voodoo tradition and its roots
in Hatian Vodun.
Mambo Sallie Ann is the founder
of La Source Ancienne Ounfo and
the founder of the Island of Salvation
Botanica, a resource for Vodoun
religious supplies and a showcase
for Mambo Sallie Ann’s Vodou-inspired
art. Renowned for her powerful workings
and community-based rituals, Mambo
Sallie Ann is one of the most personable
and accessible of the powerful New
Orleans Voodoo Priestesses.
OFFICIAL
SALLIE ANN GLASSMAN
WEB
SITE : ISLAND OF SALVATION BOTANICA
No.
3: Ava Kay Jones
Voodoo and Yoruba Priestess Ava
Kay Jones was an attorney by trade
before she chose the path of her
true spiritual calling. One of only
twenty practicing Voodoo Mambos
in the US, Ava Kay Jones has enthralled
locals and visitors alike with her
dynamic presentation of authentic
voodoo rituals as practiced in the
days of Marie Laveau. Priestess
Ava is also the founder and featured
performer of the Voodoo Macumba
Dance Ensemble, a performance group
of drummers, dancers, fire-eaters,
and sword and snake dancers. Priestess
Ava and Voodoo Macumba have performed
in movies, at festivals, and, most
notably, in the Superdome conducting
blessing ceremonies for the New
Orleans Saints.
OFFICIAL
AVA KAY JONES WEBSITE: www. yorubapriestess.tripod.com
No.
4: Chief Sharon Caulder
Called to her spiritual path in
her mid-40’s, Dr. Sharon Caulder
undertook a journey of exploration
and transcendence to her ancestral
homeland, the West African country
of Benin, called the birthplace
of the Vodoun religion. There Dr.
Caulder encountered the Supreme
Chief of Voodoo on the African continent,
Chief Daagbo Hounan Houna, who agreed
to tutor her in the spiritual traditions
of Vodoun. Initiated as a Vodoun
Chief, Caulder returned to America
to spread the message of Vodoun
as the one true religion of Africa
and a faith for all people. Chief
Sharon Caulder settled in New Orleans
where she owns and operates Chez
Vodoun, a spiritual oasis in the
heart of a City in need of healing.
OFFICIAL
CHIEF SHARON CAULDER WEBSITE: CHEZ
VODUN
No.
5: Priestess Miriam Chamani
Priestess Miriam was born and raised
in Mississippi where she experienced
the power of mysterious spiritual
forces beginning in early childhood.
Around 1975 the power of the spirit
called strongly to Priestess Miriam
leading her to many spiritual orders
and ultimately to a seat at the
Angel All Nations Spiritual Church.
There she increased her knowledge
of spirit and explored metaphysical
concepts and teachings. In October
1982 she was consecrated as Bishop
of the Church and served there until
1989. In 1990, Priestess Miriam
and her late husband Oswan Chamani
settled in New Orleans where they
founded the Voodoo Spiritual Temple,
the only temple of its kind in the
City at that time.
Priestess
Miriam is praised as an unbiased
and unprejudiced spiritual guide
who sees people not by race or color
but by what is in their hearts.
At the Voodoo Spiritual Temple Priestess
Miriam offers many kinds of traditional
Vodoun spiritual services with Voodoo
Weddings being the most popular.
OFFICIAL
PRIESTESS MIRIAM CHAMANI WEB SITE:
www.voodoospiritualtemple.org
No. 6: Samantha (Kaye) Corfield
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Samantha (Kaye) Corfield was born
in New Orleans amid a family tradition
of voodoo, hoodoo and mountain magic.
Although baptized a practicing Catholic,
Samantha was surrounded by root
work, herbal potions, and folk magic
spells throughout her childhood
and youth. Samantha is an “oracle”
among her family, having inherited
the mystical tradition from the
spiritual leader of her family;
she is also an ordained Reverend
of the Universal Life Church and
an initiated Haitian Voodoo Mambo.
Samantha claims to have been initiated
into the unique witchcraft tradition
of New Orleans by the late Oneida
Toups; she also practices Santeria
and is a High Ceremonial Magician
in the O.T.O.
Samantha draws on all these traditions
to enlighten her devotees and serve
her clients. Her positive commitment
to spiritual truth and her popularity
among locals has made her one of
the most enduring figures in New
Orleans voodoo.
OFFICIAL
WEB SITE FOR SAMANTA KAYE: www.spellmaker.com/truth.htm
No.
7: Scully Elly Maistros
Scully Elly Maistros is a world
famous Vodou practitioner and a
Haitian Hounzi Kanzo initiate. She
has enjoyed exceptional exposure
through her “voodoo joint”
– really a botanica and spiritual
oasis located in the popular Louie’s
Juke Joint – where she has
guided everyone from the experienced
practitioner to the curious novice.
Elly is a dedicated and respected
Vodoun who has made important contributions
to the practice and understanding
of New Orleans Voodoo; she is an
expert in the use of herbs and roots
with an extensive knowledge of obscure
naturopathic applications. In this
regard she is New Orleans’
leading Grune Hexe, or “hedge
witch.”
OFFICIAL
WEB SITE FOR SCULLYE ELLY MAISTROS:
www.thejukejoint.com/sculelvoodjo.html
No.
8: “Bloody” Mary Millan
“Born and raised as a ‘Delta
Babe’ and grown to become
known as the ‘Cultural Diva’
… and more specifically the
‘Poet Priestess of the Spirit
of New Orleans’,” Mary
Millan, known as “Bloody Mary”
to all, claims to be a true spokeswoman
for her hometown. She was born on
the bayou and raised in the Crescent
City, inheriting a strong spiritual
tradition of clairvoyance and healing
from her family. Mary has been visited
by spirits all her life and as an
adult she has channeled these spiritual
powers into her work in vodoun and
magick. A popular local historian
and tour guide, Bloody Mary has
been instrumental in educating the
wider public about the unique “gumbo”
that is the city of New Orleans.
OFFICIAL
WEB SITE FOR BLOODY MARY www.bloodymarystours.com
No. 9: Rev. Mother
Severina KarunaMayi Singh
Mother Severina inherited her psychic
ability and intuition through her
family’s Gypsy background
and has performed spiritual counseling
and Tarot divination since her youth.
She learned about folk remedies
and healing herbs from her mother.
She is very much involved in dream
and trance work; primarily clairaudient,
she is sometimes clairvoyant as
well. Mother Severina practices
Vodoun and Yoruba traditions, as
well as Sufism and metaphysical
practices. She is also the founder
of the New Orleans Voodoo Crossroads
Dance and Drum Ensemble, a popular
troupe performing at festivals,
voodoo weddings and other events.
OFFICIAL
WEB SITE Rev. Mother Severina Karuna
Mayi Singh www.neworleansvoodoocrossroads.com
No.
10: Momma Alice
Momma Alice is a Voodoo Priestess
of great inner strength and power,
famed for her root magick and specialized
rituals encompassing all aspects
of traditional New Orleans Voodoo,
Hoodoo and Santeria. Momma Alice
has performed many public and private
rituals throughout the New Orleans
region over the years but now prefers
to stay out of the limelight. Guided
by her spirits and ancestors to
work humbly and guilelessly, Momma
Alice remains reticent about not
becoming “another tourist
attraction.” Beloved by all
who know and follow her, Momma Alice
is one of the best traditionalist
workers of the craft in the entire
New Orleans area.
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