Hoodoo Almanac 2025 - Paperback

Alvarado, Denise: - Denise Alvarado grew up steeped in the rich cultural milieu of New Orleans, Louisiana, and has dedicated over five decades to exploring and preserving indigenous healing traditions, with a focus on African, Black, and Native American resistance fighters and quality of life in Native populations. Her journey began at the age of five on a Mississippi bayou, where she was introduced to Spiritualism by her aunt. Her work is deeply informed by her Catholic Creole heritage, which blends Spanish, French, Indigenous, and African ancestry. A proud member of various anthropological associations, she has served on editorial boards and authored and contributed to over thirty books. Her ritual art has been featured in television shows like National Geographic's Taboo, The Originals, and Blue Bloods, reflecting her roles as a rootworker, tradition-keeper, and spiritual artisan dedicated to Southern folk magick and folkways. Peruse her websites creolemoon.com for a complete line of spiritual and cultural heritage products, crossroadsuniversity.com to take a course, and visit her official author website, denisealvarado.com to learn more about her life and work.Dean, Carolina: - Carolina Dean is a Witch, Rootworker, Magickal Craftsman, and Gifted Reader born in the Deep South, where his early encounters with nature and folk healing sparked a lifelong interest in magick and the supernatural. Introduced to tarot by his beloved aunt, Dean soon discovered Wicca, beginning a path of self-discovery that would later return him to the rarely spoken traditions of Southern folk magic. Since 2003, he has immersed himself in the theory and practice of Hoodoo, becoming a recognized voice in the community and a contributor to various forums and websites. Now based on a Pacific Northwest Island, Dean curates Twelfth House Books, an Etsy shop specializing in vintage occult literature and esoteric artifacts and continues to offer tarot and astrological readings. When not collecting rare books, he blogs, creates art, and mentors the next generation of magical practitioners, preserving the traditions of the past while inspiring seekers of the present.