Mother Leafy Anderson and the Spiritual churches

Around 1920 Leafy Anderson founded the Eternal Life Spiritualist Church in New Orleans, starting a Spiritual church movement that blends Christianity, Spiritualism and Voodoo.

1920 CE · 29.95, -90.09 · status: official

The account

Services call on saints and on the spirit of the Sauk war leader Black Hawk, whom Anderson presented as a protector. Zora Neale Hurston and the folklore collectors of the WPA documented the churches.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Spiritual Church Movement