Louis Martinie'

Louis Martinie' is an author, liturgist, percussionist, and 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, and a primary drummer for the rituals of Priestess Miriam Chamani. He drums with the Mambo Muslima, Cabal Tambour Dan-i, Krewe of Nutria, and for the ritual shows of the New Orleans Historic 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.

Martinie' is the editor for Black Moon Publishing, and has been associated with the anarchistic grouping of ritual magicians known as Bate Cabal.

Bibliography

* "New Orleans VooDoo Tarot" (1992) Louis Martinie' and Sallie Ann Glassman, Destiny Books ISBN 0-89281-363-6
* "Voodoo at the Cafe Puce" (2005) Louis Martinie' and Severina K.M. Singh. Logan, OH: Black Moon Publishing ISBN 1-890399-21-3
* "Waters of Return: Aeonic VooDoo" (1994) Louis Martinie', Black Moon Publishing ISBN 1-890399-03-5

Discography

* " Festival and Ritual Drumming: Evoking the Sacred through Rhythms of the Spirit" (1993) Mishlen Linden and Louis Martinie'. Destiny Recordings ISBN 1-59477-072-7

External links

* [http://www.voodoospiritualtemple.org/ Voodoo Spiritual Temple]
* [http://www.access.avernus.com/~rogue/temple/record.html A Record of the Temple] Martinie' posts about events in 1996 at New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple
* [http://blackmoonweb.com/ Black Moon Publishing & Bate Cabal]