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With respect to altar lights, offertory candles, and jumbos, i was taught to spit on my finger and thumb and to pinch the flame out, while holding in mind my prayer, petition, or intent. The spellwork is then considered to be "on hold," as it were, and the candle can be relit. I was likewise taught ...

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It's a good idea. We do carry a painted Break-Up Bottle, and i think some people would want one for Crossing or, for a sharper graphic, DUME. I'll propose it to the woman who paints our bottles and we'll see if she's willing. I'll let you know here is it is to be. Truth to tell, due to our limits on...

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Hi, Oran! I hope that next time you come by the shop we'll have more time to talk. I was over-booked with readings when you were here and didn't have any time for folks in the shop, alas. It's great to see you on the forums. Now we've got to get Robin to post here too!

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Sharona22 wrote:Please give me some info on a basic yet correct altar setup, and what are the reasons for these items Bri and ELKnapp already answered you very well, but i would like to chime in here with more of the same, Sahrona: In hoodoo, we do not have a standard "set-up." Our altars are worki...

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jasmine218, Work by both your heart and your mind -- sometimes little mental mistakes like this happen, although your heart is in the right place. Each person treats errors differently. You do not need to start over, but just keep working it. I've written quite a lot about such errors. Others have t...

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In addition to John the Conquer, which ELKnapp mentioned, Master Root, Master of the Woods herb, and Sampson Snake root are also recommended for physical stamina. They may be used to dress a Power candle, and the mixture may also be ground up fine and sprinkled in your shoes to strengthen you as you...

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Start with what feels right to you, what suits your budget, and what is harmonious with your own level of experience with conjure work. If necessary, you can always build as you go.

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Well, there you and i do differ, Mary. Your "set it and forget it" idea is not the way that i work. I advise those with a habit of overthinking or obsessive thinking to release their thoughts -- but i never tell them to "set and forget" the spell. Many spellls are ongoing, intended to be worked unti...

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Hi, and welcome to the forum!

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Welcome to the forums -- you are a person much after my own heart, an amateur folklorist as well as a practitioner of rootwork.

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What Robin told you sounds good, Sharona; it will make you attractive to animals and they will be attentive to you. If you wish for psychic vision with the animals (which you have mentioned in other posts), then add some Psychic Vision to the Attraction Oil. The reason we use Attraction Oil in gener...

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Bri is a good reader and rootworker, too! She can also be reached via that page.

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This is a serious curse, and doubly so when it is from a mother upon her own child. I would receommend a reading to see how strong it is, followed by divination to determine the best method to remove it (and possibly reverse it), and to protect from future recrudescenses. I could easily prescribe st...

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Hi, i just want to pop in here to thank EcleckticMama for her great suggestions, and to note that the amount of honey one would eat is simply the tiny amount that would adhere to one's finger when poking the paper into the honey -- about a drip-drop's worth. You do not actually "eat" honey from the ...

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We sell many styles of hamsa hand charms, in everything from glass to stamped metal to filligree. There is no one way to wear such a charm -- although in my experience the most popular ways are as a necklace or on a key ring. AMU-EGY-HAMK Amulet Egypt Filligree Metal Hamsa Hand Key Ring, Blue Caboch...

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Nothereanymore, Pregnancy is a complicating factor in love spells for many people. Regardless of whether the woman working the love spell is pregnant or the woman who wants her man back learns that he has gotten another woman pregnant, pregnancy is a time of stress in many relationships. In your sit...

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There are multiple alternative ways to dispose of ritual remains and you may read many of them in the "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice" page titled "Laying Tricks and Disposing of Ritual Remains" at http://luckymojo.com/layingtricks.html Good luck! [Moderator moved this post from the Help With Spellca...

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You put in the personal concerns and names of everyone whom you wish to sweeten to you, plus herbs specific to your situation, and fold them into packets. These are placed into the sweetener, one by one, with an appropriate prayer for each name, You then burn an appropriately coloured candle dressed...

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Dressing with Double Luck Perfume Oil sounds good. It is used by gamblers as well as those in search of love. In the old days it was sometimes indicated for inter-racial love affairs. OIL-SPE-DLPO Double Luck Perfume Oil, 4 oz. $14.00 http://www.luckymojo.com/double-luck-perfume.jpg http://www.lucky...

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Yes, sewing a mojo bag closed is quite traditional, and is a method preferred by some folks. Wrapping and tying the neck of the bag are more common these days than sewing, but sewing has been used to finish off mojo hands for as long as folks have been making them.

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Good luck with your biochem assignment -- and i look forward to your turning in your Hoodoo Rootwork Correspondence Course homework assignments too

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The form of a cylindrical or tapered candle -- whether tall and thin like a 6" offertory or 12" taper candle, short and thin like a 4" altar light or birthday candle, short and squat like a votive candle, tall and fat like a 9" Jumbo or Pull-Out, or long-lasting like a glass-encased Vigil Light -- i...

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Hi, bubba -- In the old days, before people had plumbing, it was the custom to take a hot bath outdoors in a portable tub and pour the water on the ground. Most folks bathe indoors now, but still, many of us like to carry a small symbolic cup of water outdoors and dispose of it, usually at a crossro...

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Hi, Gypsy, We are all out of printed catalogues just now, and we have been putting all of our energy into getting the Lucky Mojo shopping cart system online (Thank you, Lara!!!), so there will be a short delay before Catalogue #11 goes to press. In the meantime, what i tell folks to do is to go to t...

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Jan. 31, 2009 - cat yronwode on Monamagick.com Radio Podcast from http://www.monamagick.com/events_hoodoo_luckymojo.html Mystick Journey Hoodoo and the Lucky Mojo with guest speaker catherine yronwode Date: Saturday 31st January 2009 Time 6:00 PM - 7PM EST Call in to Listen: (347) 308-8258 Guest Spe...

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That's because nagasiva went on a typo-fixing rampage last night and this morning, fixing every typo in all of my and Lara's posts. He's super nice to do this, but it threw a lot of old posts into the "new" category." Still, i am deeply thankful that he cares enough about us to make us look good in ...

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St. Martin de Porres is another one to learn about, as he is a patron saint of veterinarians.

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"Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic" is available through Amazon in both paperback and hardcover. BOO-GRI-HHSC Hoodoo Herb & Root Magic, Paperback by cat yronwode $14.95 http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodooherbcover.gif http://www.luckymojo.com/addto.jpg You can order right here in the Forum by clicking on the b...

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Dust between the box springs and mattress with Stay At Home Powder, Stay With Me Powder, and Dixie Love Powder. Powder is less intrusive than oils on the cloth of the mattress or box springs. Then lay in your packet, made with Magnolia Leaves, tied socks (use a reef knot, not a granny knot!), and a ...

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Good points, Lara! I too remove the polyp-like "knots" on the ends of wicks, remediate bad wick placement, and perform relights (with additional prayers) on glass candles that spontaneously go out. Most folks will almost instinctively do these sorts of things for their freee-standing candles, but th...

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Hi, As for asking folks to publicly relate their personal experiences in graveyard work, i cannot see the point of that in this forum, which is run by volunteers in order to help folks select and use Lucky Mojo spiritual supplies. Suffice it to say that spiritual work with the dead is very deep, is ...

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Your questions show a pretty good grasp of the principles outlined on the "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice" page on Graveyard Dirt: http://luckymojo.com/graveyarddirt.html Before i reply to your questions, i would like to caution you against the casual idea of "using spirits" (you wrote that you might...

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Thanks for moving this, Lara. So, to the point: When i prepare for spell work of any kind, i first gather and lay out my ingredients. During the time it takes me to get them together (selecting, shopping, unwrapping, arranging, etc.) i "practice" the spell numerous times in my mind's eye. If it is a...

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Placing such a bottle in a person's path is quite traditional. We sometimes prefer to place it in their yard or under their porch or house because they'll step over it more frequently, but the path is a good method too. Just call their name when you do so, setting the trap for them and them alone.

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It is extremely common to keep either ongoing or sequentially burned lights at the altar in hoodoo. Lighting one from the previous light, setting lighs daily or three times a week, lighting them for 15 minutes twice a day -- many forms of long standing candle work can be found in conjure. However, p...

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Stesady Work oil can be used either way. The oils are part of the work, but you must clearly ask for what you want. Oils add power to the prayers and petitions that you will speak in your own words. "Ask and you will receive." If you are a free-lancer, you might want to add Prosperity oil to Steady ...

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Leather bags do last longer than cloth ones, but they simply are not as common. Muslin tobacco sacks are used as well as flannel, but, again, are less ommon. The cloth need not be sewn in the form of a drawstring pouch -- it can be a square that is wrapped around a ball-shaped bunch of stuff and tie...

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Yep! We also used powdered Sulphur mixed with lard as an ointment for dogs with "hot shots" and straight powdered Sulphur to prevent chiggers. I think that's why it is used in a number of formulas to drive off enemies.

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First, we have a list of countries to which we cannot ship. You can find that list here: http://www.luckymojo.com/mojocatorder.html Second, we do ship in unmarked ("Discreet") packages if the customer requests that. There is no extra charge for Discreet Packaging but it must be requested EACH TIME Y...

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Candle magic has ancient roots in the use of fire and incense to waft prayers to Heaven. In the ancient Middle East, oil lamps were prepared to convey prayers. The same practice is also found in India. A candle may be blessed and dedicated to one's deity, to a Saint, to a Spirit, to the Dead, or eve...

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When you order online, an more automated system will supply a shipping confirmation number when a package ships.

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Just a side-note to this discussion: Bubba asked about "a honey jar, or evil jar, or magic done against u" -- but a honey jar will never be evil or harmful or done "against" anyone, so don't worry about those. Honey Jar spells are employed to make people sweet, likeable, and loved. You can read more...

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The answer depends on the reason that you are burning the candles. Let me give you two examples: If i were setting a light for money to come to me from various sources, i could confidently list all the names of parties who might purchase from me or pay me under one candle, either on one piece of pap...

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Feel free to ask any questions you have relevant to conjure practice. The Break Up candle methods i gave you are long-standing traditional methods in African American root work. There is a great deal in hoodoo that is not found in other systems of magic. Hoodoo is not merely a set of spells or an al...

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What Johannes points out is something important to our work here at Lucky Mojo and in this forum: Different systems of magic have different methodologies -- and while his native magical form, Swedish trolldom, is like many of the Germanic magical systems in that spoken words (often rhyming words) ar...

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Try working with a companion animal who loved you. Ask their spirit to help you to ccommunicate better with Brody and to help Brody communicate better with you.

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I like the twin flame effect. Depending on how your petition was worded, it could be a good love sign.

Catching your hair on fire, however, is a bad sign, indicating inattentiveness or carelessness in a spiritual sense as well as on the mundane level.

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Hi, V. J. is correct -- only the water is heated, not the candle. J. is also correct that there is an assumption of closeness in quite a lot of spell work, but it can be adapted for use in less close settings. His ecommendation to use it as a hand wash is good. You can also wash your own clothes wit...

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Re: the 3rd edition revisions to HHRM : There is no errata flyer, because, except for my fixing typos, the changes were not corrections per se; rather they were deliberate changes and additions, such as Cruel Man of the Woods, for example, which i inexplicably left out and never caught until someone...

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Well, truth to tell, the Opium Poppies are the best, because they are the most ... confusing, as it were. Any Poppy should do, though -- but the petals must be Poppy-Red. I would love to get a source back; they are very popular, and we have had none in stock for about a year now.

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Well, yes -- lots of typos were fixed in the 2nd and 3rd editions, more taxonomic names were added (and updated to reflect changing notions of taxonomy), and, most importantly, more herbs were added by compressing some of the earlier entries, but not cutting any of them out. I expect that the 4th ed...

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Sorry, any order form that says $2.00 per herb is long out of date. The book you mention has been through three revised editions since 2002 -- seven years ago -- and the prices are now $3.00 per herb.

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As far as "cheap" goes, all our herbs at http://herb-magic.com are $3.00 per packet and if you buy 6 herbs that qualify for the 6-Herb Special, then one of your herb packets is free and you get a free red flannel bag as well. That is, you get $18.00 worth of herbs (6 packets) $ 2.00 worth of red fla...

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Bathing is the best way to cleanse the body from the outside. The most popular methods are to use the 13-Herb Bath, as Lara mentioned and also the Uncrossing Bath Crystals -- and they may be mixed together and used at the same time. Read about Uncrossing Bath Crystals here at the Lucky Mojo "Hoodoo ...

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Thanks for telling us about the Hisaab Kittab. That was interesting! As to your second question, in the Hoodoo Rootwork Correspondence Course i do describe a number of ways that folks work with and talk to spirits. I do not teach it in a hands-on way, as this is a correspondence or long-distance cou...

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Hi, Jessica914 / Nothereanymore In regards to the advice you were given to "not forget [the spell] but release it" -- that is correct. In conjure practice, when we perform a spell that is finite in performance -- for instance, burning a set of nine 4" candles on nine successive Sundays, or making a ...

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The signs you relate are not strong signs.

You should contact him.

Good luck.

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Thanks for the suggestion. However, instead of limiting my writing on that topic to the board, i will additionally export the text and adapt it for use in HITAP, where readers can find it permanently -- and possibly before they even come here to ask the question!

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Nice to see you here. Enjoy!

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You are right. What i was explaining -- and Bri was emphasizing -- is not the use of graveyard dirt -- contact with the sirits of the dead per se -- but rather contact with the graveyard dirt and thus contact with a specific animal of the species with which you are seeking to establish psychic commu...

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