Denise Alvarado was born and raised in the rich Creole culture of New Orleans, Louisiana. She has studied indigenous healing traditions from a personal and academic perspective for over four decades and is the author of numerous books about Southern folk traditions.
The life and work of the legendary 'Pope of Voodoo,' Marie Laveau-a free woman of color who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts; certainly, she is among the mos...[SEE MORE]