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After learning that she is adopted, Eliza sets off to locate her biological family and finds them in the Louisiana bayou. But they're more than just locals-they're descended from the area's most famous Voodoo queen, Marie Laveau-Eliza's great-great-grandmother. Surrounded by a mysterious world of seances, spells, and sacrifices, Eliza finds herself worshiped as the last great priestess. What's more, she's inherited the ability to heal the souls of others with a simple touch of her hands. Eliza is expected to cultivate this gift so she can claim her title as Queen and return the Voodoo community to glory. A task Eliza wouldn't mind as long as she could perform it beside the devastating Samuel Mueller. But according to tradition, Samuel is her keeper, and a keeper never becomes romantically involved with his ward. His sacred duty is to protect her. And the bayou is rife with enemies who would sacrifice anything to eliminate outsiders like Eliza. . .
Down on the Bayou By: Morgan Mitchel Lally Morgan Mitchel Lally, a native of Louisiana, desired to share her state’s Cajun-French heritage and wildlife in her book, Down on the Bayou. She hopes she can be a part of preserving Louisiana’s rich culture while educating all with colors in French.
Faced with a devastating diagnosis of cancer in 2015, I knew it was connected to my past. Had my childhood belief about my own mortality come to pass? My relentless struggle to escape the shadowy world of abuse, mental illness, addiction and tragic loss created lifelong struggles and cancer threatened to bring it all back. Wanting nothing more than to flee my wretched youth, I found reprieve through my psychic gifts and jumping out of my body. As my paranormal abilities strengthened, so did my fathers desire to control me. Mama knew about Daddys late night visits, but very little was expected of her because of the Schizophrenia. Even in her own psychotic world, Mama knew things. She chose to turn her back on me for reasons I could not understand while she prioritized the safety of my siblings. Daddy tortured my oldest brother and hero, Ricky, until he ran away. Freddie, institutionalized with cerebral palsy, escaped life in our God-forsaken family. Catherine, who was sickly and scared of her own shadow, hid in the closet during Daddys most unbearable attacks on me. Luke, the youngest, was most tuned into my psychic abilities and also exceptionally gifted. Savagely beaten at age sixteen, I was physically ejected from my home. Clothes strewn on the front lawn, I had to suddenly find a place to live and a way to support myself. The excruciatingly lonesome journey back to myself consists of a myriad of heartbreaking relationships, bizarre paranormal experiences and harrowing twists and turns taking me from the mystery of old New Orleans to the sandy beaches of San Diego. Lessons learned in the darkest of times bring the greatest light.
The purpose of this case study is to understand and explore the Cajun folk healing knowledge of the traiteur that has been passed down for generations within families from southern Louisiana. The Cajun traiteur is a faith healer in the Acadiana parishes of Louisiana, and traiteur is the Cajun French word for treater. The participants comprised my extended family in southern Louisiana, associates of this extended family, and included traiteurs and their patients. Thirteen traiteurs and thirty-one patients were interviewed on the topics of treatment, how the healing tradition is passed down, and modern world effects on the Cajun traiteur. A multigenerational interviewing technique was used that had three generations of interviewers. This collaborative family-based research mode of ethnographic data collection was crucial for the study to assure cooperation of the participants, allowing differing generational perspectives and acceptance of the process by the participants. The interviews were recorded, transcribed collaboratively, and qualitative data was collected employing person-centered ethnography methods and grounded theory data collection and analyzation techniques. Results reveal that the participants believe that the healing ability of the traiteur is a "Gift from God". Prayer is used in all treatments, and all traiteurs use laying on of hands for some treatments. Treatments and prayers are performed in threes or multiples of threes, and no compensation is asked for by the traiteur. The traiteur healing prayers and treatments are transmitted to the next generation by the following methods: the traditional method from older male to younger female or older female to younger male, within families regardless of gender, passing it to anyone whom the traiteur senses has the gift of healing, or transmission by association with traiteurs. Participants state that the following modern world effects have caused the traiteurs' decline: lack of belief in traiteur faith healing, increased use of technology, easily accessible modern medical care, lack of knowledge of the traiteur tradition, and difficulty in finding a successor. Though in decline, there have been recent attempts to increase the awareness of the Cajun traiteur faith healing tradition which is an important cultural heritage that must be preserved.
Tara LeBlanc has always considered the untamed Louisiana bayou a source of medicinal healing. But when two elderly women develop a deadly illness, Tara knows something evil has infiltrated her haven. Only Sheriff Rene Bubba Theriot can save Tara from the same fate. Original.
The poetry and art in the original version of "The Book of Corinthian Chapter One: Beauty in the Bayou" take you on a journey to freedom while healing from issues related to childhood trauma and the generational curses of systemic oppression, sexual abuse, racism, poverty, addiction, mental bondage, religious abuse, disparities in community health, and more. As an extension of this transformative and prophetic work of art, the "Beauty in the Bayou Workbook" was designed with healing in mind to accompany you on your journey as you break the chains that have kept you in bondage far too long. This workbook is equipped with meditations, affirmations, and writing prompts to assist you with journaling, reflecting, and practicing mindfulness. The Beauty in the Bayou workbook is sure to help you transform your pain into power, your sorrow into solutions, and your fears into faith!
The Cajun coast of Louisiana is home to a way of life as unique, complex, and beautiful as the terrain itself. As award-winning travel writer Mike Tidwell journeys through the bayou, he introduces us to the food and the language, the shrimp fisherman, the Houma Indians, and the rich cultural history that makes it unlike any other place in the world. But seeing the skeletons of oak trees killed by the salinity of the groundwater, and whole cemeteries sinking into swampland and out of sight, Tidwell also explains why each introduction may be a farewell—as the storied Louisiana coast steadily erodes into the Gulf of Mexico. Part travelogue, part environmental exposé, Bayou Farewell is the richly evocative chronicle of the author's travels through a world that is vanishing before our eyes.
Cleburne County and Its People is a historical account of Cleburne County and the men and women who made it what it is today. These men and women were as diverse as the Ozark Mountain's rock-laden landscapes. The pioneers who settled Cleburne County were as strong as the land, of hardy pioneer stock, and bold in thought and action. They were shrewd, strong-willed individuals who brought staunch beliefs and strong disciplines with them and settled in an untamed wilderness which became Cleburne County. Cleburne County and Its Peoplehas drawn from the past and the present--chronicling the lives of settlers facing hardships and tragedies, discovering profound beauty, mastering vast natural resources, and formulating democratic ideals. The stories in this book are honest interpretations of the human experience intertwined with the old and the new and adding exciting dimensions to the county of Cleburne and the state of Arkansas. The objective of Carl J. Barger, the compiler of Cleburne County and Its People, is to preserve a history of the county of his birth for students, historians, and all of the citizens of Cleburne County. Carl J. Barger is the author of Swords and Plowshares, a Civil War love story, and Mamie, an Ozark Mountain Girl of Courage, a story of the Ozark Mountain people, set in Cleburne and Van Buren Counties.
Author : Richard M. Dorson Publisher : University of Chicago Press Page : 592 pages File Size : 42,14 MB Release : 1964 Category : Social Science ISBN : 0226158624