June Community Gris Gris Ritual

Honoring Marie Laveau, St. John the Baptist, and Doctor John Montenée

June belongs to fire, water, power, blessing, and old New Orleans Voudou. It is the month of St. John’s Eve and St. John’s Day, the Holy Days of New Orleans Voudou, when Marie Laveau, St. John the Baptist, and Doctor John Montenée are honored for their enduring place in the spiritual life of the city.

This special community gris gris ritual is my online adaptation of an old New Orleans practice. In Marie Laveau’s day, people gathered together and brought offerings, petitions, roots, herbs, curios, prayers, and personal concerns to be added to the ritual cauldron. The Voudou Queen blessed the work, performed the rite, and distributed portions of the empowered gris gris so the people could carry the blessing home with them.

For this community ritual, I will provide the ingredients, prepare the cauldron, call the names, speak the prayers, and perform the working on June 23–24 in honor of Marie Laveau, St. John the Baptist, and Doctor John Montenée. Everyone who participates will be included in the ritual by name and intention. After the work is completed, the gris gris will be assembled, prayed over, dressed, and allowed to rest so the magick can marinate before being shipped the following week.

Each participant will receive a small blessed gris gris prepared from the community ritual to carry, keep on an altar, place near the front door, tuck into a purse or wallet, or use as a personal charm for blessing, protection, luck, spiritual strength, and steady improvement. This is not just a packet of herbs. It is a piece of the community working, fixed in the old way, prayed over, and sent home with you as a spiritual link to the ritual itself.

This working is especially appropriate if you are seeking renewal, protection, good luck, spiritual cleansing, blessing, opportunity, personal power, and a stronger connection to the current of New Orleans Voudou. It honors the old ways while making room for modern life, because not everyone can stand beside the cauldron in person, but everyone can still be included in the work.

Your gris gris will not ship immediately. The ritual takes place June 23–24, and the gris gris will be assembled and shipped the following week. Please allow time for the work to be completed properly. Good gris gris is not rushed. It is prepared, prayed over, blessed, rested, and allowed to gather its force before it leaves my hands and makes its way to yours.

Participation includes:

• One place in the June Community Gris Gris Ritual
• Your name and intention included in the work
• A small blessed gris gris from the ritual cauldron
• A downloadable guide explaining gris gris, the history behind the ritual, and ways to use your charm (sent via email when your gris gris is shipped)
• Shipping the following week after the ritual is complete

This is a limited community ritual for those who feel called to participate in a living New Orleans Voudou tradition adapted for the present day. When your gris gris arrives, it will carry the blessing of the cauldron, the prayers of the rite, and the spirit of June’s holy fire.

Let the magick marinate. Let the blessing find you.

* Please provide your full name, date of birth, and your petition for the ritual. Your petition should be no more than three concise sentences to be effective and focus on one issue you truly desire. Use the comment section upon checkout to provide these details.