SPANISH FORT and MOBILE —  At a time when enlightenment is offered online in 15-minute sessions through the teachings of dubiously credentialed spiritual influencers, a group of more than 50 students traveled from across the country, and the Atlantic Ocean, to participate in a more immersive, authentic experience at Blakeley State Park.

The 8th annual Conjure South Hoodoo Queen Conjure Fete featured four days of interactive workshops, classes and rituals centering on ancestral reverence and connection. The Fete was founded by Cotaliya M. De Livre, Queen of the Imperial Court Milner-Meadows De Livre, a spiritual royal family with deep ancestral roots, tracing back to Queen Sehoy, of the Muskogee Nation, well before Alabama was a state.