Most locals in New Orleans can point the way to the Grave of Marie Laveau in St. Louis Cemetery #1. Marie was the notorious "Voodoo Queen" of a mystic cult. Superstition says that visitors who scratch XXX on the concrete Greek Revival crypt will not be bothered by the evil spirits which reside therein. X's were already all over the tomb, so Karen and I left our own.Voodoo is a primitive religion of African origin. It was brought to the Americas by slaves and came to New Orleans via Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
Voodoism flourised in New Orleans during the 19th century and still remains to some extent today. Marie Laveau was the most widely known of many practitioners of the cult. Actually there were two Voodoo Queens named Marie Laveau, mother and daughter. They epitomized the sensational appeal of Voodooism in New Orleans during the 19th and 20th centuries. They taught and used the religion’s magical powers to control one’s lovers, acquaintances, enemies, and sex.
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