The Black Folder Book Edited by Cat Yronwode Questions and Answers

sweetie · Unread post by **sweetie** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:56 am

I know you offer a full course for rootworkers in book form, but I would love to have topic specific class workbooks from the annual Missionary Independent Spiritual Church workshops, each topic being a specific course.

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:18 am

You can purchase a complete set of all of the past Missionary Independent Spiritual Church Workshop flyers, plus a complete set of all of the Lucky Mojo shop flyers, collated together in a three-hole-punch folder! It's a good bargain for those who have not been able to attend all of the workshops in person.

Order this product:

BOO-GRI-MICF
Missionary Independent Workshop Flyers, 2008-2012, 64 pages in Report Cover
$12.00

A complete set of all of the informational flyers distributed through the Missionary Independent Spiritual Church Workshops, conveniently collected into one 3-hole punched report cover. Includes:

Astrology and Hoodoo,
Black Walnut Spell,
Bottle Spells,
Break Up Spells,
Candle Burning Basics,
Candle Divination,
Candle Thoughts,
Container Spells,
Cooking with Magical Herbs,
Court Case Spells,
Cut and Clear Spell,
Doll Babies,
Doll Babies for Cursing,
Foot Washing,
Gambling Spells,
How to Use Bath Crystals,
How to Use Incense,
How to Use Oils,
How to Use Sachets,
Love Spells,
Mirror Boxes,
Mojo Bags,
Money Spells,
Moon Phases,
Oil Lamps,
Patron Saints,
Perfumes and Incenses,
Protection Spells,
Reading the Bones,
Spiritual Cleansing,
Tea Leaf Reading,
and more.

Authors include:

ConjureMan Ali
Deacon Millett
Dr. E.
Lara Rivera
Prof. Charles Porterfield
Dr.James Dotson
Khi Armand
Sister Robin Petersen
Sindy Todo
Susan Diamond
Marin Graves
Miss Elvyra Curcuruto-Love
Ms. Robin York
Dr. Johannes Gårdbäck
Michele Jackson
Valentina Burton
Tanisia Mooney
Kast Excelsior
Lou Florez
Miss Bri
catherine yronwode.

sweetie · Unread post by **sweetie** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:18 pm

Thank you! That's awesome-- payday is now not coming soon enough.

Miss Tammie Lee · Unread post by **Miss Tammie Lee** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:40 am

This is awesome!!!

starsinthesky7 · Unread post by **starsinthesky7** » Tue May 01, 2012 2:45 am

I was wondering if this folder will include the workshops for this years workshops too? If not, can I make a special request to get the workshops for 2012 in them, and how much will it be?

Doctor Hob · Unread post by **Doctor Hob** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:36 am

Stars beat me to it, but I'm with her; I'd be interested in this, and the flyers from this year.

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:38 am

If you order a set of workshop flyers AFTER the workshops for this year, you will get this year's flyers.

The folders get thicker -- and the price goes up accordingly -- every year.

We started in 2008 with an $8.00 workshop folder containing 24 pages. In 2009 the page count increased and the price went to $9.00 for 36 pages. In 2010, after another page-count increase, the price was $10.00 for 48 pages. After additional pages were again added the next year, the price for the 2011 edition was $11.00 for 52 pages. On May 7th, 2012 we will have more pages to bind in and the cost will be $12.00 for 64 pages.

In 2013, we will go to printed book format with uniform point size and layouts on all pages, because after a certain page count, it's cheaper to print books and have them machine-bound than it is to hand-collate and hand-assemble individual flyer pages into a folder.

starsinthesky7 · Unread post by **starsinthesky7** » Tue May 01, 2012 4:45 pm

Okay great! I dont even mind the cost going up. I think its such a bargain anyways. Im definitely coming to the workshops next year anyways

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Papa Newt · Unread post by **Papa Newt** » Tue May 01, 2012 5:22 pm

This is wonderful! I have it added to the shopping list while I'm out there this weekend.

KhonsuMes · Unread post by **KhonsuMes** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:53 am

Same here, Papa Newt!
I had no idea these were available till catching this thread a few weeks ago.
(This will be my first Workshop Weekend).

Miss Bri · Unread post by **Miss Bri** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:25 am

I didn't even know these were available and I am going to order one because I missed this years workshops!
xo
Bri

Odessa · Unread post by **Odessa** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:23 pm

I ordered the flyers last month and they are Soooo worth it! Great information and valuable to my current studies!

Joseph Magnuson · Unread post by **Joseph Magnuson** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:31 pm

I would recommend the Black Folder for anyone thinking about purchasing it. Lots of information/value for the price.

Odessa · Unread post by **Odessa** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:13 am

Is there anyway to just purchase the 2012 workshop flyers? I had ordered the folder set of files in May and found out just after that if I had waited a little while I could have also gotten the 2012 flyers included. I would really like to have a copy of the 2012 to add to my study materials. If there is no way to purchase them, are the flyers available in person if one visited the shop?

katrink · Unread post by **katrink** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:53 pm

I just noticed this, and on Jan 23rd of this year I ordered the flyer booklet but I never received any of the workshop flyers, just the Lucky Mojo shop flyers. Did this change after that or did I get an old book?

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:38 pm

Odessa -- We have all the latest additions at the shop. Just ask. There willbe a slight charge.

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katrink -- No, it has not changed -- each year we add more contents and raise the price, but it sounds like you got a defective binger -- that is, someone collated it wrongly and stopped halfway through. No one else has complained of this, so it must have been a fluke of hand-assembling -- but call the shop. We can send you a replacement if your copy was defective.

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For 2013 we are planning something different -- a real paperback book containing all the old hand-outs, plus this year's as well. The title of the new book will ne "The Black Folder," of course.

Mama Micki · Unread post by **Mama Micki** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:45 am

How soon after the 2013 workshops will the book be available?

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:28 pm

BOO-GRI-BKFO
The Black Folder: Personal Communications on the Mastery of Hoodoo edited by catherine yronwode
$12.00

* Conjure Spells for Love, Money, Protection, and Luck
* Cursing and Reversing Tricks with Dolls and Mirror Spells.
* The Secrets of Kitchen Witchery and Grocery Store Magic
* Candle and OIl Lamp Magic in the Hoodoo Tradition
* How to Make Your Own Mojo Hands, Doll-Babies, and Packet Amulets
* Divination and Seership with Bones, Tea Leaves, and Candle Wax

BOO-GRI-BKFO
The Black Folder:
Personal Communications on the Mastery of Hoodoo
edited by cat yronwode
136 Pages, $12.00
(Missionary Independent Spiritual Church)

From 2002 through 2013, the Lucky Mojo Curio Company offered an assortment of
informational "shop flyers" to all in-store, and mail-order customers, as well
as to in-person students in catherine yronwode's classes and apprenticeships.
These "shop flyers" featured basic information about African American hoodoo
drawn from catherine's book "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice." Meanwhile, from
2008 through 2013, at the Missionary Independent Spiritual Church annual Hoodoo
Heritage Workshops, attendees who came to receive hands-on training in the
practice of conjure and other forms of world folk-magic received hand-out flyers
describing the spells, recipes, and methods of practice being taught by
catherine and a stellar line-up of her colleagues and those who had trained
under her.

Every year, all of the current and previous three-hole-punched
information sheets -- the Lucky Mojo Shop Flyers and the Hoodoo Heritage
Festival Workshop Hand-Outs -- were collected together into a black
school-report cover, which we called "The Black Folder," and were sold to
attendees and by mail order to those who could not attend in person.

As the years went on, the content of The Black Folder grew and grew and grew,
until there were so many pages that they could no longer easily fit into a
single report cover ... and so we put together the complete set of all of the
past Missionary Independent Spiritual Church Hoodoo Heritage Workshop flyers,
plus a complete set of all of the Lucky Mojo Curio Company shop flyers into a
136 page professionally printed BOOK. The name of the book is "The Black Folder"
-- but don't let the name (or the cover) fool you -- it's a regular 8 1/2" x 11"
trade paperback book, like nothing else available anywhere.

When you order "The Black Folder: Personal Communications on the Mastery of Hoodoo" here's what you will get:

INTRODUCTION 3

WORKING WITH SPIRITUAL SUPPLIES

Spiritual Oils and Sachet Powders 8
Incense, Bath Crystals, and Washes 10
Hoodoo Perfumes and Incenses 12

WORKING WITH CANDLES AND LAMPS

The Art of Hoodoo Candle Magic 15
Candle-Burning Basics 17
Divination Signs From Burning Candles 19
Some Thoughts About Candles 21
Oil Lamps in History and in Hoodoo 24
Rustic Hoodoo Oil Lamps 27

WORKING WITH SPELLS IN CONTAINERS

Mojo Hands, Packets, and Dolls

Mojo Hands for Money and Love 29
Makin' Mojo Bags 31
Catholic Saint Packets 34
Making Doll Babies for Ritual Use 36

Bottles, Jars, and Other Vessels

How to Make and Use Bottle and Jar Spells 39
Container Spells in the Hoodoo Tradition 41
How to Use Your Honey Jar Spell 43
Spirit Vessels and Spirit Traps 46
Skull Sorcery 49

CONJURE COOKERY

Herb Use Methods for Kitchen Witchery 51
Grocery Store Magic 53
Nordic Bread Spells 57

SEERSHIP AND DIVINATION

Moon Phases: Working With the Moon 63
Astrology for Rootworkers 65
Tea Leaf Reading, a Brief Introduction 68
Sangoma and Shamanic Bone Divination 71
How to Create Your Own Divination Deck 74
The Fortune Teller's Guide to Success 77
Perfecting a Career as a Phone Prophet 80

SPIRITUAL CONDITIONS

Cleansing Spells

How to Spiritually Clean Your Home 82
Spiritual Foot Washing 84
Cleansing with Eggs and Archangel Michael 86
Hands-On Conjure: Cleansing and Blessing 88

Protection Spells

Protection Spells 90

Love Spells

A Dressed Letter to Attract Love From Afar 92
Love Conjure 94
Sweet Spells for Love and Beauty 98

Luck and Money Spells

The Success Sigil and Drawing Customers 101
How to Draw and How to Keep Money 103
Gambling Charms and Lucky Numbers 105
Rose of Jericho: The Resurrection Plant 108
Prosperity Charms for the Rose of Jericho 109

Reversing and Cursing Spells

How to Make and Use Mirror Boxes 110
A Traditional Break-Up Spell in a Bottle 113
D.U.M.E.Spell with a Black Candle 115
Cursing and Spell-Casting With Dolls 117

Court Case Spells

Court Case Spells and Legal Work 119

Life-Changing Spells

Black Walnuts to Fall Out of Love 121
A Seven-Step Cut and Clear Spell 122

Spirituality and Veneration

The Crystal Silence League 124
Patron Saints for Various Conditions 126
Santisima Muerte, Mother of Holy Death 128
Walking the Labyrinth 131
The Labyrinth in Old Swedish Trolldom 133
High-Tech Hoodoo 135

Contributors include an all-star line-up of well-known conjure doctors from around the world:

ConjureMan Ali, Deacon Millett, Dr. E., Lara Rivera, Prof. Charles Porterfield, Dr.James Dotson, Khi Armand, Sister Robin Petersen, Sindy Todo, Susan Diamond, Marin Graves, Miss Elvyra Curcuruto-Love, Ms. Robin York, Dr. Johannes Gårdbäck, Michele Jackson, Valentina Burton, Tanisia Mooney, Kast Excelsior, Lou Florez, Miss Bri, and catherine yronwode.

Joseph Magnuson · Unread post by **Joseph Magnuson** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 2:17 pm

That is such a great, and classic, cover. Like the real black binder! I have almost all of these, but I will still be getting the book to add to my library. It will be great to see them all in one place. Wonderful to see three new books coming out this year. Very nice, indeed.

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:16 pm

Joseph, this book will contain all of the shop hand-outs, plus all of the workshop flyers from the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 workshops (which, i understand that you will have to miss

-- so it will be "just like being there." 136 pages!

For more on the workshops that brought this book into being, see

Hoodoo Training Workshops 2013
http://missionaryindependent.org/workshop2013.html

Joseph Magnuson · Unread post by **Joseph Magnuson** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:11 pm

That is *GREAT* to hear. All the tried and true flyers AND the Workshop Weekend ones for this year!? Very nice. Thank you for the information!

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:20 pm

The new BOOK version of the Black Folder will be given FREE to every Workshop attendee, no matter how many classes you sign up for!

It goes on sale to the public May 6th, 2013 and we are taking pr-orders NOW!

BOO-GRI-BKFO
The Black Folder: Personal Communications on the Mastery of Hoodoo edited by catherine yronwode
$12.00

You can order right here in the Forum by clicking on the blue Add To Cart button.

aura · Unread post by **aura** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:38 am

I received ''The Black Folder'' in my last order and have been eating through it with joy! This is a MUST for every student of not only hoodoo, but other walks of magic as well. The information crosses cultural boundaries, is vast and from an outstanding collection of different workers. If you don't have it already - I can't recommend it enough: add one to your cart directly via the link in Miss Cat's post above!

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:09 am

Thank you, Aura!

A kind review at amazon would also be much appreciated. Even a few words, such as you wrote here, would go a long way to boost sales to the larger magical world outside our own little community.

2sweetgirls · Unread post by **2sweetgirls** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:26 am

Will the Black Folder ever be available in pdf format? Maybe an instant down load?

aura · Unread post by **aura** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:47 am

It's been reviewed on Amazon along with the Hoodoo Jukebox and the Honey Jar and Sweet Magic book by Deacon Millett as of last week Miss Cat! Couldn't keep that kind of a treasure trove to myself, gotta spread that kind of wealth

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:55 pm

2sweetgirls --

No. Our books are printed on paper. The cost is very reasonable at 136 pages for $12.00 and would hardly merit making available as an ebook.

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aura --

Thank you for helping to spread the word!

2sweetgirls · Unread post by **2sweetgirls** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:50 am

catherineyronwode wrote:2sweetgirls --

No. Our books are printed on paper. The cost is very reasonable at 136 pages for $12.00 and would hardly merit making available as an ebook.

Thanks cat. I've already ordered mine. Just waiting patiently for the mailman to arrive with it.

Goatman86 · Unread post by **Goatman86** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:20 am

I don't really buy spell books because frankly most of them are crap. But I want to take the correspondence course so I've been buying the required materials. So far I have the hoodoo herb book and the black folder.

I've got to say I love them both. I was skimming through the black folder, and I really liked the section on candle divination.

I think it's a really unique practice. I rarely use free standing candles but the glass encased candle information seems to be really practical for me. I'm trying to memorize the correspondences.

Tomorrow I'm going to be buying the candle book required for the correspondence class.

I haven't signed up for the class, but I figured having the required supplies (books and I think a cd set) in advance to signing up will make the cost burden easier than buying it all at once.

I know this isn't really a question post, but I just right I should say how impressed with the books so far.

- The Goatman

angelael · Unread post by **angelael** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:52 am

I want to rally back the return of the yearly Black Folder. I have requested a flyer from this year's festival in my last two orders and sadly did not receive one either time. So now I am willing to pay for the entire set. I figure there has to be at least 50 people who were not able to make it to the workshops this year and who would love to order the set of flyers. So please show your interest too in the comeback of the yearly Black Folder. I mean go back and read the descriptions, http://missionaryindependent.org/workshops.html .

If you request it, they will come. They will most definitely come.

TawanaNicole · Unread post by **TawanaNicole** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:50 am

Angelael
I'm sorry you didn't receive the requested flyers. There is a reasonable explanation which is they didn't have anymore copies available at the time your order was shipped. Please check in periodically when placing an order to see if they are available at that time. I know because I called to check about not receiving them as well. As to "the mini Black Folder 2014", I believe we all are waiting on The Black Folder Part 2. So stay tuned as many new things are on it's way to us from LM this too shall come to pass

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:25 pm

Ah, Satinice! -- i wish that were so -- but we DO have copies of ALL of those flyers and the pullers are supposed to put one in each order. So, please, angelel, send an email to Leslie at order@luckymojo.com and ask her to rectify the error.

Thanks.

TawanaNicole · Unread post by **TawanaNicole** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:34 pm

My apologies Angelal and Miss Cat! As stated that's what I was told when I called.

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:01 pm

Oy! So i went into the shop and showed everyone the filled wooden literature rack of multi-coloured 2014 flyers. Now they know!

andrewjohn1317 · Unread post by **andrewjohn1317** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:33 am

Thank you! That's awesome and i was happy for this thank you

Sherry Lynn · Unread post by **Sherry Lynn** » Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:56 pm

Is a 2nd edition of The Black Folder in the works? I thought I heard a while back that it was....but then but maybe it was another book.

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:37 pm

Actually, Sherry Lynn, we are not going to press with the third printing of The Black Folder! What folks are calling "The B;ack Folder Part 2" is actually on track to be called The Red Folder and we expect to have enough material accumulated for it in ... 2019.

Sherry Lynn · Unread post by **Sherry Lynn** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:47 am

Oh wow! (I've misplaced my copy, was wondering when it would be reprinted this summer before I reordered: but don't think I want to wait til 2019! But it will be exciting to see the RED folder!). Congrats!! So many wonderful publications are being released!

Shutter · Unread post by **Shutter** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:16 pm

I know I can't PM Miss Cat, so the only other place I can think of is here...I BELIEVE that a particular spell that I trimmed out of one of Miss Cat's books (I needed to minimize as I work privately out of my car so I trimmed out from all the books the *most* important spells for myself...now in doing so there is a break up spell using a break up/divorce candle and it tells you exactly what to do, until I realized reading it as I was organizing my spell files by subject...that I cut out the breakup PRAYER that looks like was immediately AFTER the paragraph explaining how to set it up...I was wondering (I'm thinking it was from this book...but not 100%) if someone could PM me the breakup prayer I'm to say every time I light the divorce candle anointed with break up oil. I've got my candle in the mail so a bit of time to find out the prayer but just very embarrassing...

Miss Aida · Unread post by **Miss Aida** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:44 pm

Hello, Shutter,

That cannot be done due to copyright laws.

If anybody sends you this material via PM, they are in violation of the law

Sorry

Shutter · Unread post by **Shutter** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 1:35 pm

GOODNESS I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT. Thank you! At least I feel like I have some conclusion for now and can move on. My candle is still in transit from the shop so I have some time to think it through.

ReRi · Unread post by **ReRi** » Tue May 08, 2018 7:29 am

Is there any way to order all the flyers from the years not in the black folder book? I have the book and love it, but I'm always wanting more info and material to add to my library.

RevJames · Unread post by **RevJames** » Tue May 08, 2018 4:01 pm

ReRi -

Your answer can be found here - lucky-mojo-hand-out-series-t6170.html#p359434

You can request flyers in the notes section of the order form and the list of flyers can be found on the hoodoo heritage festival website. See link to post for more details.

Sister Jean · Unread post by **Sister Jean** » Tue May 08, 2018 4:46 pm

Thanks for your help, RevJames!

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:51 am

HEADS UP!

It's Facebook Fridays! for August 3, 2018, and we are offering you a free collection of powerful hoodoo spell-lore!

The Lucky Mojo Curio Company is holding a random drawing to give away 3 copies of "The Black Folder: Personal Communications on the Mastery of Hoodoo," an invaluable grimoire collecting 20 years' worth of hoodoo tricks, divination methods, and folkloric spells from the Lucky Mojo shop's annual Hoodoo Heritage Festivals, written by dozens of professional rootworkers and edited by cat yronwode. And, along with this community-built "book of shadows," each lucky winner will also receive a packet of hand-made Lucky Mojo brand Fast Luck Sachet Powders to dust your lottery tickets, powder your bed linens, or mix with dirt and sprinkle at your door.

All you have to do to enter is to post a comment to the contest announcement on the Lucky Mojo Facebook page, Facebook Fridays! status message.

http://www.facebook.com/LuckyMojoCurio

First thing tomorrow morning, we will select THREE winners at random, announce their names here, and ask them to message the Lucky Mojo Facebook Page with their mailing addresses, so we can send them their FREE Black Folder and Fast Luck Sachet Powders.

rryan0604 · Unread post by **rryan0604** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:26 pm

Looking forward to receiving my copy of the Black Folder. Was wondering what year the current Black Folder stops at?

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:03 pm

rryan0604 --

The Black Folder is finalized as of 2013. The next compilation will be ... The Red Folder.

Naught1usMax1mus · Unread post by **Naught1usMax1mus** » Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:54 pm

I can’t wait to see what the Red Folder will bring! I have the current as well as an older edition of the Black Folder and they are always a great resource.

m_beth13 · Unread post by **m_beth13** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:31 am

Good Morning,

I am in the process of ordering 'The Black Folder Book'
I would like to know what other products I should purchase that I can use with the book. It's easier and more secretive if I do a bulk order.

Thanks

RevJames · Unread post by **RevJames** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:22 am

M_beth13 -

First, if your user/screenname M_beth is your actual name, it may be easy for someone to find out who you are and what your doing. So if secrecy is important I would suggest changing your username and we will do our best to go back and change replying posts to you to your new username. Since you're fairly new this shouldn't be a big issue.

As for the Black Folder, there is so many different things in this book, without knowing what you plan to work, its hard to help you determine what else to suggest you order. If you check the Lucky Mojo page on this book here: http://www.luckymojo.com/blackfolder.html there is a table of contents that will show you the subjects written about. If you let us know what your immediate interests are from here we can suggest appropriate products.

m_beth13 · Unread post by **m_beth13** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:12 am

I see, thank you. No, this is not my actual name.

catherineyronwode · Unread post by **catherineyronwode** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:50 am

Hi, m_beth13 --

Books are a really good place to start, and we have basically four kinds of books that we publish -- those that are filled with

* spells for specific conditions (for example, "Cash Box Conjure" for money spells and "Deliverance!" for uncrossing and clearing spells, Hoodoo Return and Reconciliation Spells for restoration of love),

* spells that utilize a certain form of working (for example, The Art of Hoodoo Candle Magic to work with candles and lamps, Hoodoo Spiritual Baths for baths and floor washes, Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic for working with botanical and mineral ingredients,

* ways to foretell the future (for example, Throwing the Bones to learn osteomancy and Lithomancy for reading stones and coins),

* spells that derive from a specific regional culture (for example North Asian Magic and Trolldom),

* compilations that contain all four of the above (for example, The Black Folder).

If you are interested in knowing the most popular and general-purpose spiritual supplies -- those would be Chinese Wash, Money Drawing Oil, Love Me Oil, Uncrossing Bath Crystals, 13 Herb Bath, and Peace Water.

Good luck to you!