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By definition, a commodity is also a "useful or valuable thing- such as water or time, or ideas." So I think in that context, hoodoo/conjure/rootwork applies as a commodity that can now be bought, sold, and has much usefulness, as Myrtle Collins and Madame Wiley pointed out. I never called them ...

Peace,

Thank you for challenging my theory. It is not a statement of expertise, but an idea based on source materials that I'll name and note below. I have been studying diasporic religions for a while, and largely ignored hoodoo because of its place among those since everyone asserts that it has ...

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Thank you again for all your suggestions. I'm delving deep! I'm noticing in my studies a total shift in "hoodoo" from the, maybe 1900s/late 1800s to the 20s and 30s when practicing healing work / conjure was made illegal. It's very, very, VERY interesting. The distinction that licensed root ...

Thank you Ms. Yronwode.

I am trying to find a comprehensive list, or even compile one of conjure men and women from slavery through the 1950s. I know Aunt Carolyn Dye, Marie Laveau, and that's where it pretty much stops. Thank you so much in advance.