Louis Martinie'

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Louis Martinie' is an advocate for the uniqueness and importance of New Orleans style Voodoo in the spectrum of New World religious practices. Presently his work focuses on preserving the rituals, practices and documents of pre-Katrina New Orleans Voodoo. Before hurricane Katrina, he taught special education and percussion (specializing in the Irish bodhran and the African djembe) for the Orleans Parish school system.

He is an honorary member of the Louisiana State Legislature and is a Spiritual Doctor and Drummer/Priest/Elder of the New Orleans VooDoo Spiritual Temple. He drums with the Mambo Muslima, Cabal Tambour Dan-i, Krewe of Nutria, and for the ritual shows of the Voodoo Museum, and has conducted ritual drumming workshops with Don DuFrane and Luis Manuel Nunez. He teaches and offers confirmation in an Order of Service to the loa that combines elements of New Orleans Voodoo with Tibetan Buddhism.

A frequent presenter at both the Starwood Festival [1] and the WinterStar Symposium, and the editor for Black Moon Publishing, Martinie' has been associated with the anarchistic grouping of ritual magicians known as Bate Cabal.

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Waters of Return: Aeonic VooDoo; Louis Martinie'; Black Moon Publishing; ISBN 1-890399-03-5
New Orleans VooDoo Tarot; Louis Martinie' and Sallie Ann Glassman; Destiny Books; ISBN 0-89281-363-6
Voodoo at the Cafe Puce; Reverend Louis Martinie' and Reverend Severina K.M. Singh; ISBN 1-890399-21-3