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American writer

Sallie Ann Glassman (born 1954) is an American practitioner of Vodou, a writer, and an artist. She was born in Kennebunkport, Maine^[2] and is a self-described "Ukrainian Jew from Maine",^[3] and a former member of Ordo Templi Orientis.^[4]

Glassman has been practicing Vodou in New Orleans since 1977.

In 1995, she became one of few white Americans to have been ordained via the traditional Haitian initiation.^[5] She owns the Island of Salvation Botanica, an art gallery with both religious supplies, and Haitian and local artworks.^[6] Glassman has been called one of New Orleans' "most visible practitioners" of vodou.

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Art

Glassman's art is both esoteric and syncretic.^[5] She has produced two major non-traditional tarot packs: the Enochian Tarot, which is derived from the Enochian magical system of Elizabethan magician Doctor John Dee, and the New Orleans Voodo