Genuine Black and White Magic of Marie Laveau: Hoodoo's Earliest Grimoire and Spell Book

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For someone who has historically disrespected New Orleans Voodoo for years - even devoting a section on her website naming well known practitioners of the faith - to put out this book and capitalize on the voodoo queen is disgusting. The edits made in the text are not made clear so you have no idea what is in the original versions and what is changed for the author's convenience. Stick to the originals unless you support yet another white person rewriting african and creole cultural history.

I've owned this book for years. Or, I should say, I've owned ONE version (Revised Black and White Magic by Marie Laveau). I had no idea there was MORE.I bought this new edition for the cover, mainly out of curiosity. It was just prettier than the one I already had. But inside I found almost twenty more spells than I was used to. Apparently different versions through the years have added and subtracted from the original book.If you don't already own Black and White Magic in some form, Genuine Black and White Magic is the one to buy. And if you DO already own another edition of the Laveau spellbook, treat yourself to Genuine Black and White Magic. Everything that's missing from previous editions is here.

Its written like small stories. Not what i was expecting at all. I feel like i wasted my money.

Whether you like her or not, Cat Yronwode has proven on more than on occasion to be vastly knowledgeable on the subjects of folklore. Her semi-latest project, which is to say the Genuine Black and White Magic of Marie Laveau is another example of this. For only a book 53 works (spells) it is full of historical information regarding the text’s history and its anatomy.Unfortunately I can’t agree with other reviewers confusion regarding her editing. There isn’t a question of what is missing or being replaced. That is essentially covered on pages 11 to 13, “The Way in Which The Spells Have Changed.”Where she goes in at length to (1) identify changes in different editions, and subsequent printing of those addition, and (2) to advise the reader that those changes have been reverted to their original state (e.g. the removal of the heavy Roman Catholic elements in favor of a more Protestant/nondenominational approach. Essentially to sell to more readers, however, in doing so undermines the importance of Roman Catholicism in New Orleans spiritualism. Yronwode reverts the text to include the crucial elements). Any substitutions are laid out in this section as well, with the logic behind them. So one just need to read what’s there.I’m happy that she includes a chrological bibliography, which is notated for all source material. I was doing some related research, and that helped greatly to have a timeline prepared for me.I would certainly recommend this to anyone interested in the history of spiritual supplies, even if you own a different edition. At least then you can compare texts and see the evolution of a popular spell book of the early 20th century.