Career
Raised in Mississippi, Chamani says she has had visions and mystical experiences since childhood. She became a Christian at age eleven, and would often go off by herself to pray and talk to the spirits. In 1975, after living in New York and then Chicago she became interested in the Spiritual church, and left the Baptist faith in which she"d been raised.
During this time, she also worked as an operating room technician in a Chicago hospital.
In 1982 Chamani was ordained a bishop in the "Angel Angel All Nations Spiritual Church". She is presently married to environmentalist Allen Villeneuve.
Chamani has been featured in numerous documentaries and articles She was invited by actor Nicolas Cage to perform a blessing ceremony during his wedding to Lisa Marie Presley, after hiring her as a consultant for his directorial debut film Sonny.
The Temple was established in 1990 by Priest Oswan Chamani and Miriam Chamani.
lieutenant is located in the French Quarter next to Congo Square, and its rituals are directly connected to those performed on Congo Square by Marie Laveau and Doctor John. lieutenant is the only formally established Spiritual Temple with a focus on traditional West African spiritual and herbal healing practices currently existing in New Orleans.