Occult & metaphysical things to do in New Orleans
Looking for occult & metaphysical spots in New Orleans? These 7 are the genuinely strange ones — Island of Salvation Botanica, Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans Cultural Center & Collection, Voodoo Spiritual Temple and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of New Orleans they'd never find on their own.
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Island of Salvation Botanica
Run since 1995 by Sallie Ann Glassman, one of the few formally initiated Vodou priestesses in the U.S., this…
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Voodoo Authentica of New Orleans Cultural Center & Collection
Practitioner-owned and operated since 1996, this is a shop, temple, and teaching space rolled into one on qui…
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Voodoo Spiritual Temple
Founded in 1990 by Priestess Miriam Chamani and her late husband Priest Oswan Chamani, this is a genuine work…
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Bottom of the Cup Tearoom
Established in 1929 and run by four generations of the same family, this bills itself as the oldest tearoom i…
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Hex: Old World Witchery
A working witchcraft shop on lower Decatur staffed by practicing witches, geared as much to serious practitio…
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New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
Open since 1972, this famously tiny museum occupies just a few dim rooms in a French Quarter house, jammed wa…
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Bayou St. John / Magnolia Bridge (Cabrini Bridge)
This slow, brackish bayou was Marie Laveau's reputed ritual ground in the 1800s, and the iron Magnolia Bridge…