Dr John The Sun, Moon & Herbs

摘要

His face was tattooed with red and blue snakes; that's what some said. Others claimed he was a Senegalese prince of some sort, arrived in New Orleans via Haiti, a rarity in the 1840s, a free man of colour. Some called him a healer, others something more sinister. His medicine was Gris-Gris in the form of an amulet hung round the neck, a small cloth bag, covered in script and full of weird objects, runes and the like, originally worn to ward off evil spirits. In the Dr's hands it was something else, a black magic curse bestowed upon foes, the masters of slaves, menials under John's influence, spies who would sneak back improprieties, fuel for blackmail.