10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIS-GRIS»
Discover the use of
gris-gris in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gris-gris and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Happy Voodoo
Gris Gris: Over 45 Easy-To-Make Lucky Charms & ...
Over 45 easy-to-make projects - including bracelets, necklaces, amulets, bags, stuffed animals, cases, dolls and bobbles - are perfect for readers to give or keep.
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Charms, spells, and formulas for the making and use of ...
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A Book of Witness: Spells &
Gris-
gris
Of the one hundred poems that comprise the book, the first half were written in 1999, the second in the two years that followed.
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Witchcraft Today: An Encyclopedia of Wiccan and Neopagan ...
While the etymology of the word gris-gris is uncertain, there is no doubt about its
West African origins. The practice of using dolls and cloth bags (gris-gris) was to
keep away evil or to attract good luck. Shaping dolls in the image of Gods was an
...
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The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca
Gruber, Bernardo 149 Legends about the famous New Orleans Vodun queen
mArIe lAVeAu tell that her gris-gris contained bits of bone, colored stones,
graveyard dust (also called goofer dust), salt and red pepper. more elaborate gris
-gris ...
6
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas
Gris-gris are based on the relationships that exist between Koranic texts, letters,
stars, and numbers; therefore, the marabout who produces them must have a
knowledge not only of the texts but also of numerology, astrology, mathematics,
and ...
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New Orleans: A Pictorial History
This onetime hairdresser rose to great power among the superstitious members
of her race, and many white people consulted her for advice and for the gris-gris (
pronounced gree-gree), charms for good or evil, which she sold. Marie Laveau ...
Leonard Victor Huber,
1971
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Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States
COURTNEY LA BAUVE, Abbeville) I have a friend who told me once that his wife
was very sick because she had been given a gris-gris. One of her neighbors
gave her a gris-gris. She had something against her. I asked how come they
knew ...
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The Wolven (Mills & Boon Nocturne) (The Keepers - Book 3)
She didn't blame him for wanting to handle Gris Gris after the way she had dealt
with Big Frank Macina. “Well, Ms. MacDonald, what a pleasant surprise,” Gris
Gris said, when she and Danyon finally approached his desk. The boa lifted its ...
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Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook
The adoption of the use of magickal alphabets in the gris gris of New Orleans as
a means of cloaking petitions may have developed for similar reasons. The
multitudes of enslaved Africans from the Kongo (called Bakongo) brought with
them ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRIS-GRIS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gris-gris is used in the context of the following news items.
Sorcery & Magic in the Sahel
“He embraced my cultural context, and to refuse the gris-gris would have been to disrespect his.” Badken was in the Sahel researching a book, ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
Magical Thinking in the Sahel
He doles out religious advice and protective amulets called gris-gris. A gris-gris can be almost anything. A piece of jewelry. A prayer written on ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Psychedelic Gumbo: Musical Transmissions from a Voodoo Witch …
So in 1967, he brings out all these funky second line zombie Zulus from way back home and then lays down this thing called “Gris-Gris” for ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
Harold Battiste, Musician, Mentor and Arranger, Dies at 83
After both Mr. Battiste and Mr. Rebennack moved to Los Angeles, Mr. Battiste produced and arranged Mr. Rebennack's first album, “Gris-Gris” ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
St. John's Eve head-washing June 23 honors voodoo and its queen …
... likes "Creole dishes, hair ribbons, barrettes, hair dressing tools, blue and white candles, flowers, Voodoo-esque potions and gris-gris bags.". «NOLA.com, Jun 15»
Harold Battiste, musician - obituary
At the Gold Star Studio sessions in 1967 Battiste and Rebennack set about recording the album Gris-Gris. Released in 1968, Gris-Gris was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Harold Battiste, New Orleans saxophonist, composer and educator …
He helped Rebennack conceive of the Dr. John persona, and produced the first Dr. John album, "Gris-Gris," in 1968. The collection of hoodoo ... «NOLA.com, Jun 15»
Dr John on his love of guitar playing
Since he first burst into the public consciousness with his psychedelic voodoo-dripping debut solo album, Gris-Gris, in 1968, Malcolm John ... «MusicRadar.com, Jun 15»
A New Museum Encourages Us to Consider Death
Also walking distance is the Voodoo Museum, where real human remains and a small coffin mingle with the gris-gris as a gateway to the ... «Hyperallergic, Jun 15»
James Last: ignore the kitsch and celebrate his Quincy Jones moment
... a French novelty hit covered by rock's legendary king of gris-gris Roger Whittaker. But the kitschy voodoo theme means the arrangements are ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»