About Sallie Ann Glassman
Born 1954. Sallie Ann Glassman is an American painter and writer.
Art Glassman's art is both esoteric and syncretic.
In 1992, Glassman published a set of tarot cards called the New Orleans Voodoo Tarot. The cards depict black people, which was unusual for the time. The cards feature prominent Orisha divinities (Obatala, Oshun, Ogun, Yemaya, and Shango), classical Haitian Vodou spirits (Damballah-Wedo, Ezili-Freda, and Guede), and priests of Louisiana Voodoo such as Marie Laveau and Dr. John.
Media Glassman was mentioned in a 1995 article in The New York Times, and in a 2003 MSNBC interview, she claimed she cured her own cancer using Vodou in 2003.
She appeared in the 2006 film Hexing a Hurricane. Her New Orleans Voodoo Tarot was also an influence on the first album by the band Sun God.
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American voodoo practitioner and writer
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Sallie Ann Glassman was born in 1954 in Maine.
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