Dr John

[inomminate]

Sorry to hear of the death of Dr John. He has his own card which replaces the Magician in The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot.

[Joan Marie]

I would love to see an image of that card.

Does anyone have it?

BTW- can you imagine the funeral they will have for that man?

[inomminate]

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[katrinka]

That's Dr. John Montanee on the card. http://www.conjuredoctors.com/dr-john-montanee.html

The Dr. John we just lost was Malcolm John Rebennack. http://www.nitetripper.com/

We're losing legends all at once. A lot of us are still broadsided from Roky Erickson's passing, and now this.

[inomminate]

If you check the book of the deck she mentions both.

[inomminate]

She says
after the firsts doctors death another Dr John , who resembles the original closely, was quick to make his way into voodoo circles.
The present Dr John is a powerful musician....

[katrinka]

Mr. Rebennack developed "Dr. John" as a stage persona. He was not a Loa.

[inomminate]

The women who designed the deck says he belongs with the card.

[katrinka]

Do they specifically SAY it's THIS Dr. John? The white keyboardist (not drummer) who had a hit with "Right Place, Wrong Time"?
Or might they be referring to someone else?

By the way, the deck was designed by Louis Martinez. Not women. http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/ne ... ns-voodoo/

[inomminate]

No he helped write the book. The deck was designed by Sallie Ann Glassman.You should try to get your facts right.

[inomminate]

I suggest we could contact Sallie Ann Glassman and ask her who she was refering to. Would that satisfy you.

[katrinka]

I don't own the deck, I took AT's word as to who created it. Apparently there is a Sallie Ann Glassman involved, and "Louis Martinez" should be "Louis Martinié". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallie_An ... oDoo_Tarot (It's suspicious that there are no POC at all involved in this project.) If you want to ask her what she meant, go ahead.

For myself, I don't need confirmation that Dr. John Rebennack is not a Loa.

[Joan Marie]

I just prepared a beautiful dinner and we sat in the garden and ate and listened to Dr. John.
A fox joined us. Sat in the grass (which we let grow tall) and listened with us.

Here's to all the great music that brings us so much joy and pleasure.

[katrinka]

*raises glass*

Yes, he will be missed.

[inomminate]

All the cards are not loa. From the wikipedia entry you refer to:

prominent Orisha divinities such as Obatala, Oshun, Ogun, Yemaya, and Shango next to classical Haitian Vodou spirits such as Damballah-Wedo, Ezili-Freda, and Guede, all integrated into one sacred cosmos. She also has cards for the religious leaders, the Haitian Vodou priest (oungan) and priestess (manbo) next to their Cuban counterparts the santero and santera as if they all belonged to one and the same tradition. The whole mix is interspersed with cards for New Orleans Voodoo icons Marie Laveau and Dr. John, the most famous priests of Louisiana Voodoo, and jazzed up with cards such as "Courir le Mardi Gras" and "Carnival".[7]

[Joan Marie]

The fox in my garden just now.

[katrinka]

All the cards are not loa.

The Loa appellation is from the first link I posted, which states that the 19th century Dr. John is "the Loa of drummers and rootdoctors". http://www.conjuredoctors.com/dr-john-montanee.html
Apparently the source for that is a book by the same guy who coauthored the Voodoo Tarot LWB:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18903 ... uage=en_US

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OMG, very pretty!
There's a little Lenormand reading in this.

[inomminate]

Your links don't seem to work.

[katrinka]

Fixed. Try them now.