Bloody Mary is my chosen pen name and priestess name. I was born on the bayou and baptized as Mary Millan here in the Crescent City where waters surrounded me on the Isle of Orleans. I have baptismal initiation names as well to live up to for a priestess is but a servant I live my names as Mother, Wife, Shaman, Mambo, Voodoo Queen, Kinght, Healer, Lightworker, Historian, Psychic, Teacher, Entertainer and Celebrity VIP tour guide to the stars! Through adding my gifts of mediumship and psychic abilities I am led to unusual extra-sensory sources of research to share with you These blessings even help me dig up old knowledge within my scholaly pursuits and avid research to present to you the most well rounded approach to understanding my home town and the unseen worlds we live within.
We can all learn to see with more than our eyes and hear with more than our ears, and part of my destiny is to help you to do that too. I believe in living, exploring and traveling to uncharted waters found deep within the heart and river of the soul -- everything is an adventure of spirit and experience including all my tours, workshops and psychic services. There is no better place on earth to discover spirits than right here in New 0rleans where I indeed am a guide !
"Born and raised as a “ Delta Babe” and grown to become known as "The Cultural Diva”, “The Ultimate Insider” and specifically “The Poet Priestess of the Spirit of New Orleans” Bloody Mary is a true spokeswoman of her hometown and an elegant, Modern Southern Belle.
— Southern Women Magazine 2003
Everyone wants to know why: Bloody Mary?
There are many answers. But for the record- I dont drink blood or bloody Mary's, nor engage in blood sacrifice-but don't test me (LOL) .Besides the dark and dangerous misinterpretations many confused minded folk may suppose, I am indeed first and foremost a folk historian and folklore storyteller, a dedicated and practicing initiated Shaman and anthropologically research the macabre and multifaceted historical beliefs surrounding blood and its connection within the mind throughout the ages to engage in a deeper understanding of the psyche and the archetypes within to present you with knowledge, the motivations and fears of our forebears and its links to today's popularity within the horror genre of modern man.
PKUS I am bloodline connected to Queen Mary I (known as Bloody Mary) , I am a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce, Templar King, as well as the Stewarts of the time-- from my matriarchal lineage side. The family tree branched here to French territory in the 1730’s packing their Pict, Scottish and French heritage(to name a few). It seems a little Native American made it in after the arrival to the Pointe Coupee area of Louisiana where they first moved to in Louisiana. Meandering closer to New Orleans as the years passed by, my maternal grandmothers family, Baugnon., Ranna, ended up in the French quarter. Great grandma divorced her gambling man and moved to St Anne street late 1890’s and 5 children were all delivered at home by the local midwife. Marie Laveau’s cottage cross the way- she was the local midwife of the area had her hand in a bit of my past life. Marie Laveau III by that point in 1895 but 1 of the trinity. Grandma told me about Marie Laveau; she remembers awe and fear, as a little girl but told the tales. Grandma grew up and made voodoo dolls, gave us ritual baths filled with Florida water and made sure the bottoms of the trees were painted white-well the trees came from grand-paws hands.
My German, Italian ends come from Grand-paw’s side who were Plaquemine’ parish Trosclair’s.
And much to my grandma’s chagrin, my momma married a Yankee! That added Irish and Polish to the brew.
I heard that Yankee thing all of growing up but, especially when I went to move to New York for college. I could never understand why something that happened so long ago still preyed heavily on grandma’s mind. I not only understand it now but teach it and do it as an offering to her and all the voices from the past whispering in my ear!
The history taught in school here had not shed the light on the southern side, or rather, Creole version of the Civil war New Orleans and the hardships following-Grandma knew. The history books I had as a child were written from the American viewpoint. So naturally books don’t lie, said a superior inner voice, ego driven and naively thought. But from family remembrances of early 20th century issues coupled with now acquired academic knowledge of the Creole plight, I can now proudly say to my ancestral teacher-“ Thank-you, Grandma! I am sorry I did not believe you—you were right!”. The Northern Agression, as grandma called it had a profound effect on the history here but not in the way that you would thinK-i explain that intensly and passionatly in my stories.Did you know the Americans even made the language of Frenach illegal to speak here in the early 20th century!!
As a child, I passed stories along in the night to my friends and had New Orleans cemeteries as my
playgrounds—high school had me leading ghost hunts for the neighborhood gang to some of the same places I go to professionally now! During my college years in New York I escorted many back here to the hidden side of my spirited home and after many careers in the public eye I found my true calling !
From a small child I saw spirits and had dreams that were more than dreams. Astral travel was part of my life before I knew the words to describe it. The power of prayer produced results and many situations seemed to take care of themselves naturally with simple thoughts. The overload of spirit activity especially when escaping New Orleans had at some points took their toll to the point that there was a need to close off communication for a while. It seemed safer to stop it since increasing connections were interfering with what I had to do—upon returning here a quickening of messages, which were waiting for my return, poured in. A readjustment and learning of certain filters and fine tuners to reallow this mediumship to return
has proved a slow process but balance among other things is the reward. Speaking with the spirits is a natural gift and with grace and great teachers from many paths who have come my way I am privileged to share teachings and messages received to you. Do you want to call that magick, voodoo or just spirit work is up to you for labels are something I feel unnecessary There is a special sprit reawakening here-one that worked a long time ago when new things off the boat mixed and worked together, my job is to bring that back, to heal through stories, to teach respect of the ancestors and the importance of redeeming our past! Never has this been more important than right now with the Post-Katrina aftermath leaving not only the City of New Orleans still a disaster area but her residents and Spirit of Place still severely wounded-only you returning here and remembering with me can we heal and create anew.
“I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down.”
— Jack Kerouac
Bloody Mary is:
Member of Published in
Southern Order of Storytellers 2005 Editors Choice Published Pen
Louisiana Folklore Society Louisiana Hauntspatality (photographer)
C.G. Jung Society Friends of New Orleans Cemetery News
Friends of New Orleans Cemeteries Encyclopedia of Haunted Places
New Orleans Convention Visitors Bureau International Library of Poetry
American Board of Hypnotherepy Times Picayune
Ordainments
Manbo Asogwe (priest) of La Source Ancienne Oumfor en La Nouvelle Orleans Queen Bishop of Les Salon L'Esprit de Verite la Criolle Nouvelle Orleans
Knight of the Mystic Knighthood of the Crowned Heart
Twin Priestess of Foxwood Temple of the Old Religion
Reverend Mother of the Universal Church
I AM
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