The Mysterious Doctor Koku
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- New Orleans, Louisiana continues to give us strange and bizarre stories. Today, we'll focus on the strange story of Dr. Koku, described as a conjurer, herbalist, and voodoo practitioner. I have some thought about that last one though, as you'll soon find out.
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Another awesome story. I have watched all your videos and I'm always waiting for the next video to come out . There very interesting and enjoyable.
Awesome! Thank you!
How fascinating, thanks for the presentation.
This man's story made me think of the novel "The Golem and the Jinni" that features a centuries old Kabbala magician who is doomed to reincarnate until he can find a Jinn that he entombed in a bottle. In each lifetime he gained more esoteric wisdom and could wield more power but had to remain on the fringes of society to continue his search.
Oh wow! I've definitely got to find a copy of that book. Sounds right up my alley. Thanks for that.
@@DixieAfterDark Excellent, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Another fascinating story. This one however really stirred my interest, not only in the subject matter, but also in regard to yourself. You are obviously a person with a substantial amount of knowledge and a very balanced way of looking at things. Whilst not wanting to cross any privacy boundaries, can you share a little of your background with us?
@@DixieAfterDark The book is worth reading, and there’s a sequel.
@@jillferguson9260 Hmmm, I may have to do that one day. Heck, I've been at it here for a year now. Maybe its time for a Q&A thing soon. It a nutshell though, I was raised Christian, then fell away from it and studied all kinds of religions for a few decades before gradually coming about around to Christianity...even though my interested still lean toward "darker subjects". I think maybe that give me a lot of my insight, as well as not just jumping on "its evil" bandwagon. Plus, I've met some really cool people through my times, and I don't see any sense in offending anyone just for clicks on a video. I've got no issues with people disagreeing with me, but I'm definitely a lover of civil discussions. I love people's stories and what makes them who they are.
I really like your assessment on how the word voodoo is used in older journalism. You are 100% correct that it was used to describe any mystical or esoteric practices of darker skinned people. A blanket term, as you said. In most of what I have read, it also seems as though the term felt a little derogatory.
The individuals who wrote about doctor koku also seem to have assumed that just because he was dark skinned he had to have been african. He may very well have been of Middle Eastern descent, which could explain some of his spiritual beliefs and knowledge.
Very well put.
@@DixieAfterDark thank you good sir. I really appreciate how you present all of the stories you tell. You are level headed, thorough, as well as open-minded, all while being genuinely respectful. I always look forward to your videos.
@@MagusJimmyX I truly appreciate that. There's already enough hate out there without me adding to the mix in any way.
@@DixieAfterDark that's the way I feel about most things these days. Thank you for being a breath of fresh air.
Another well researched entertaining presentation..Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
I agree with you that Doctor Koku was not practicing Voodoo. I am an anthropologist at the University of Missouri and have written a lot on shamanism, have a recent book "An Anthropological Study of Spirits," and I am now working on an academic book on magic. Over the last four years I have taken a deep dive into various occult practices. Based on my research I agree with you that Doctor Koku was into something very dark and not a Voodoo practitioner. As I have time I will see if I can find out more about Doctor Koku and get back to you if I find anything.
Wow! This story is really deep and bizarre!! It’s almost like Dr Koku just appeared all of a sudden like a genie out of a bottle! Then he gives you descriptions of things that none of us have ever heard of…… draws everyone one in to his mystical ways… and then runs away. And what exactly were these amulets going to do for us? Dixie, I don’t know about anyone else, but I feel like we’re all back at square one!! Very intriguing! Thanks for sharing! Blessings always!! ❤️😊🙏
Ethiopia is one helluva place. Where can I find your books?
Very interesting! Would love to read on your findings from another Missourian. :)
@@chrisvanpool5627 dr koku definitely had a background in solomonic magic, drawn straight out of medieval and Renaissance grimoire traditions. Very unusual for the time and place, but also highly impressive.
Awesome!! I'd love to learn anything else you find out.
'Just slip out the back, Jack.'
Exactly
Make a new plan Stan
This story for sure needs a sequel!👏👏👏👍👍👍
For sure
Fascinating story 👍Very interesting. Enjoy your week 🍁🍂🍁😊
Thank you! You too!
Awesome as always thanks I don't know how you find these stories but I'm glad you do always appreciate them!❤
Glad you like them!
Hi thanks for your hard work😃💗💗💗💗💗💗
You are so welcome!
Fascinating and disturbing. I'll look forward to hearing more as you discover more. ❤ Most of my research at the moment is on Sumarian beliefs and deities.
Ah, interesting. Fascinating work.
Gozer?
Oh those heartbreaking letters! I am learning a lot from this channel, including its comments. I think Dr Koku was a flamboyant personality with some esoteric knowlege, a great deal of presence, intelligence, and some actual talent in the occult. Dr Timothy Leary comes to mind. Being black in the Jim Crow South, it probably made sense to disappear. Doing it in broad daylight in the presence of reporters seems a performance. I think he had a sense of humour.
You could very well be right.
John Dee predated Queen Victoria. Love the video. Thanks for sharing. ❤️ from 🇨🇦
Thanks for watching!
John Dee worked for Queen Elizabeth the First. I am always fascinated by John Dees.
@@healinggrounds19 you and me both!!!
The good doctor himself references the Holy Kabbalah and seems to have been able to ascend the ladder of lights. I believe Koku had access to the work of the French occultist Eliphas Levi who preceded and inspired the Victorian esotericists. An understanding of that material, the Kabbalah and an ability to focus with an active imagination, and maybe with the aid of certain natural hallucinogenic drugs allowed him to "summon" all manner of ultra terrestrial entities. It is indeed a fascinating case and I am so very grateful to you for presenting it so thoughtfully!
@@williambryant3218 yes, but Levi was partly responsible for Christian Hermeticism. It seems to me that Doctor Koku was more akin to Aleister Crowley with his twisting of Golden Dawn practices.
@@chrisvanpool5627 I entirely agree with you on that point. Perhaps the good doctor was Crowley in disguise
@@williambryant3218 that crossed my mind too!
Yo....as if I need any more rabbit trails 😆. Interesting idea though. I've always wondered why I've never found any Crowley connections to this area.
Thank you. I'm glad I was able to do it justice with the limited info out there.
This is terrifying 😢 Dying in the mines. In that matter….I can’t even imagine 😮
Absolutely
Another fascinating character. I don't think it was voodoo either. I agree that it was something older and darker. Definitely warrants a follow up as more information comes to light.
I totally agree!
Great video, thank you.
Glad you liked it!
It sounds to me like perhaps he practiced kabbalistic magic, dabbling with the Goetia. Aleister Crowley wrote a guide to Goetia.
@@todd3029 exactly
Hmmm, the timeline matches up for a Crowley inspired or driven system.
This was definitely weird and bizarre! Thanks for your hard work bringing us new content.
My pleasure!
The only mentions of the name "Koku" online, are as a Japanese unit of measurement ,and a former presidential aide. Samuel Koku Anyidoho, of Ghana. But, this "Doctor Koku" was certainly a mysterious character.
That's for sure. Other than the little covered here, I've found nothing.
Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing the history. 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it
It indeed was not voodoo. What Koku was doing is where voodoo, hoodoo, etc. came from.
Hmm, interesting. I could see that.
Very interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing!! I love the research and knowledge and knowledge you put in your in your stories. Very educational.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have never heard about this before. ❤ He may have made himself disappear; or, someone else made him disappear. He was bringing in too much outside interest.
I tend to agree. What's funny, is accounts said he "disappeared down the road"...my something in my mind makes me feel like he literally vanished.
I dont know much about Voodoo. But what I do know is this guy never practiced it. What he pratice was a very dark version of mysticism. Spooky yes, cryptic, yes. Weird yes. Makes one think did this guy really exists.
Great video as always. 😊
Well said!
Hi Dixie! (not sure what to call you and using DAR seems weird as you're not a daughter of anything or anybody!) Dr. Koku's people may have predated some or most of white settlement in Louisianna. DeSoto's expedition through the South had men dropping out of it like flies all along the way, especially slaves and servants or 'lesser' enlisted men, like the Portuguese and Moors from Spain and Portugal. Many of these folks settled in the inner Appalachians and the swamps of Louisianna and Mississippi where DeSoto wouldn't follow. They made friends and intermarried with the local Natives but kept their own African/European customs, like wearing their own traditional clothes and practicing their own religions. Both the Kabbalah and the Seal of Solomon are part of the Moorish form of Islam as well, so ancestors from Africa and Turkey would explain both his skin color and the Asian influence of his mysticism. Whether he came from the U.S. or from Europe, the very strong evidence that you uncovered would suggest that his religious knowledge is from one of these regions. I personally believe that he used his knowledge to come out of the bayou to make a little money! On the verge of being caught, he probably returned to his bayou and melted right back into the population there, never to be seen by a city again - at least, not under THAT name! Y'all take care now! May God bless you and yours! 😊
Well said! Your knowledge is very in-depth! But I’d like to know is where did the source information of Dr. Koco come from? Being from New Orleans and somewhat of a historian aficionado this is new information and I’m deathly interested in doing more research
But to say that he was practicing in the dark arts is rather foolish just like saying that Voodoo is practicing in the dark arts or that necromancy is practicing the dark arts who is the say what is light and dark?
@@Rodtheartist I personally consider that conjuring up demons is definitely a dark art rather than white magic. However, he may have had extensive knowledge but the whole thing was actually a con - so he cleared off.
Hmmm, a Moor background make a lot of sense here. Thank you for that.
@@Rodtheartist I never said he practiced the dark arts. The Moors are a very interesting history read and the main reason that the Catholics started the Inquisition in Spain. The Catholic hierarchy were very afraid of how powerful and knowledgeable they were. Alot of things that we in the U.S. call Spanish art or architecture is actually Moorish. Their culture is far older than the Islamic religion and, like Judaism and Christianity, all of it goes back to Abraham. I'm fairly sure that Dr. Koku had access to the knowledge of his ancestors through story and books but was, in reality, pulling a true 'fast one' on as many unread white (and maybe black) people as he could. He may have actually known some real magic or spells but I personally believe he used his ancestor's knowledge to dazzle and defraud, not to help! Belief in something is half or more of making that something come true! That process works both ways. That's why he disappeared when he couldn't drug ('cleanse') them! 😊
@@DixieAfterDark I'm glad you think so. When I was young, I had an elderly acquaintance who was originally from Turkey but insisted on calling herself Persian. Her family's last country before coming here had been Iran, so she may have been associated with the group that left when the Shah did. She and her family came to the U.S. because of the upheaval that had started over there and is still going on today. I have her to thank that I took a deep history dive into Persian culture and beliefs. The Moors originally went into Africa from Turkey and Iran. That is why the cultures are so similar yet not so much! 😊
Keep in mind there were Jewish people in the South from the earliest days. He might have worked or been one of their slaves and learned it there. Either way if demons are coning, I would split on the double too!!!!!
I hear ya
Really interesting video. Always learning a lot from your videos so thank you 👍
Glad to hear it!
I wonder who would be considered Black at the time . Would an person from India or Persian be considered black or a Jew with darker skin tones from Syria ?
Italians and Greeks were not considered white at the turn of the last century.
In the early 1900s, that's a strong possibility.
Yay delicious dixie I'm first gonna love thus xx❤❤
Thank you!!!!!
The movements of a dying steer's head and a random dog howling at his doorstep around midnight? He claims he can manifest this entity and it's willing to prove it but wants them to consume a paste to relax them? I agree that he didn't practice voodoo. Whatever he practiced doesn't mean he wasn't a conman, which is what I believe. I think he was put off and ran. There are practitioners out there that are serious about the craft, whatever their craft may be. I greatly doubt he's one of them. I do, however, feel for the men and their families. Terrible loss 😐
I could kinda see that.
Solomonic/Persian goetia is some of what he practiced
Thanks for that.
Here's some thoughts to ponder. Before it's use in Judaism the star of david was a Tantric yantra symbolizing union of masculine and feminine. Solomon's description of Mother Wisdom in Proverbs is a perfect description of AdiShakti so there are clear ties there. Koku has multiple meanings in Sanskrit from fruit bearing tree, to wolf or wild, and is mentioned as the name of a river in the purans. Koku also has ties to Indian medicine and astrology in Ayurveda and Jyotosh. Tag me if you connect any dots, I'm curious too!
Jai Neel Saraswati Maa 🔻🙏
Thanks for the additional info. I'll definitely let you know if I ever find any more info on this one.
Judging from the time frame and the Jewish/middle eastern mystical syncretism, he was probably into Theosophy or Anthroposophy (Ahriman is big in that system). There's also The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor (sometimes Light, I may be mixing up something else though). But Luxor was allegedly started by 19th century African-American esotericist and "sex magician" Paschal Beverly Randolph. If you're still looking, hope that maybe helps out. Awesome channel!
Ah, thanks. That's a new name for me. Haven't heard of Randolph before. Subjects like this tend to get shadowed out by Crowley.
No body do voodoo like you do 😂😂😂
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I bet you he was a Templar Knight there's always rumors of a black Templar night in the origin story and they were supposed to take inspiration from both the Persian and Christian meditation system especially as it progressed further into the secret society phase
Hmm, interesting. I need to read up in that. Very well could be the case.
From my interests in the subject I say it was not voodoo but it was hoodoo. There is definitely uses of the Seals of Solomon and such in the practice and it sounds like he was a practitioner. Seals and sigils are par for the course in hoodoo and there are most certainly people who practiced a darker side of it.
Ah, interesting. Thanks for that. I have no background knowledge on hoodoo.
Here is my guess: Given that Dr. Koku was described as "African" and he possessed a somewhat more than surface-level knowledge of ancient Judaic practices, symbols and texts, I would place him as an Ethiopian Jew. It fits. The Ethiopian Jews practiced a very ancient form of Judaism, right from the time of Solomon, would have knowledge of Kaballah (Hebraic mysticism). Additionally, given that Ethiopian Jews were facing extreme prejudice and discrimination in Ethiopia, many fled to the West as refugees looking for a new start at life. I know, the American South would have been an odd place for an African to emigrate to, at the time, but perhaps it was not through choice that Koku or his parents? wound up in the U.S.A.? All of this is conjecture, of course, and I have no hard evidence to support this theory, so take it with a grain of salt. I always enjoy your videos! Cheers from Canada!
That's one of the best theories I've heard yet!!
As always another fascinating story. I have to ask-do you sleep well at night?😆😆 I would have nightmares if I had to research these stories. I got goosebumps when he just disappeared
😆 I sleep pretty good for the most part. My trick is to stay prayed up as often as I can. It's the sad ones that tend to get to me.
Got it. So many things that can't be explained. Praying more than ever these days to keep evil away. May God give you peace Dixie
Hello Storyteller
Dr. Koku knew way too much to be a casual flimflam man.
I am not sure how to go about looking for this information…. But I’m curious about family stories in other areas of the south about someone like the Dr. Who knows, there may be a hand me down bracelet out there.
The Arts from that sector of the Majickal world are not my area of knowledge. If they were, I’d certainly share what I knew with you. I’m confident someone will.
It’s intriguing. May you find more to share with us.
Blessings ❤
~Linda
Thank you. I'm confident there's more out there...it's just connecting the dots that will be the hard part.
I dont feel that he was practicing Voodoo. What he was practicing was deeper and darker.
I kinda lean toward that idea too.
Dr Koku could easily have obtained his knowledge and believes by being a serpent in the house of a rich Anglo European who practiced such things
Hmmm, that could be.
Definitely not vodou or hoodoo. On the one hand, if he was genuine, there seems to have been a North African flavour to his occultism. On the other, he might just have been a con man pepping up his patter with names from popular occult texts of the time, which would have been easily accessible in New Orleans at the time.
That could be true
Wow what a strange story twist turn and sounds like black magic of some sort or something
Something...that's for sure.
One of the best stories... by far. Louisiana is a state of African derivate power. To have one of the best conjurers in the world.
Thank you!!
Sounds like a Kabbalist to me. A practitioner of the Ancient Mysteries, a member of the Secret College as they say.
I could see that.
I grew up in East Tennessee but I don't know where Fraterville is? Someone give me reference?
Anderson County, between Rocky Top and Briceville.
He seems like he must have came out of the Middle East or India.
Kinda feels that way to me too.
Oh heck yeah im gonna dig into this one today. D A D time yesssssssss.
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Having studied several ancient religions, I know there are many overlaps. Often demons/demi-gods have very similar names and occupations. If this man had studied different religions and found the similarities, he may have "assembled" his own tradition believing he had found the source of the dark power. In my studies, I too have become convinced all these dark religions are dealing with the same evil entities. People often dismiss such things as folklore or fantasy but there is real power in the darkness and forbidden knowledge. That said, Christ teaches us how we ought to deal with them, with faith, lacking any fear, in Him. The worst, requires prayer and fasting. As I've taught my Sunday School class, when something goes bump in the night, bump back, hard, invoking the name of Jesus Christ.
Sounds like you and I are in the same boat here!!
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Thank you very much!
Doctor felt betrayed by those men , let his hair out & bkaym a $uper $ayan
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What book did you dust off?
The meaning of the two words and the story sounds like we should all take a gander.
Fear based is not why I watch/listen to your casts.
You speak on things in your way that is searching the truth.
That's what i do, too.
Thank you,
For your time.
For this one, I used "An Encyclopedia of Occultism" by Lewis Spencer and "The Dictionary of Demons" by Michelle Belanger.
Thanks for the kind comment. I do try to weed through the "he said, she said" legends and see what actual historical evidence I can find. And sometimes, things come up that make me remember other things I've come across before that may or may not be related.
@DixieAfterDark Awesome, I hear you on that, too. I'm so glad you do.
I love the stories and the things you find.
I'm very intrigued, as well as sometimes your videos come up, in my feed right around the time I wonder something. You're doing a great job 🙌🧡
@@DixieAfterDark Thank you, I really appreciate you sharing.
@@dani.nicole.888 Thank you so much!!
You and me both like why did appear in NOLA like that... what was purpose there. His name sounds familiar but vague like it has been whispered about amongst practioners of Occult circles or outside of it.
That could be. I'm dying to find out more.
Question: Where did he come from? He sounded educated. He is what we call a mysterious traveler ,they are a lot of those. Dr. Koku is not a Vodou priest. He's never admit being one nor doing Vodou. He seemed to have vast knowledge of North African (look at the way he is dressed). His knowledge might came from Arabic colonizers that ruled over North & East Africa.
If I had to guess anything, I'd lean Arabic or something similiar with middle eastern ties.
Solomonic magician, no vaudoun
No one really knows for sure the actual Seal of Solomon if such a thing actually existed. There are different versions of it. Yes Voodoo, and Hoodoo, was and is still used as an umbrella term for non-christian beliefs and practices in da souf just the same as pagan.
True. I don't know much about them in depth, but I've studied enough to know when and when not to use the label. I just don't feel it's right, and don't want to offend anyone by calling it something it isn't.