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EcleckticMama

Thought I would post an update.

I created an infusion/emulsion of oil choosing 9 love and passion herbs and spice (inspired by the Love Potion #9 idea at the Rose entry in Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic ). I say this is an emulsion because I included Rose water since I haven't a food-safe source for ...

EcleckticMama

I was reading this today. Cat wrote it:

Alternaive American names for the mojo bag include hand, mojo hand, conjure hand, lucky hand, conjure bag, trick bag, root bag, toby, jomo, and gris-gris bag. In the Memphis region, a special kind of mojo, worn only by women, is called a nation sack. A mojo ...

EcleckticMama

The Wealthy Way work is the yellow paper in the lower right quadrant, isn't it? At least it looks like the $$cc$$ sigil in the corners.

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Amanda, when I saw your post the other day, it got me to wondering about this very thing as I am also a breastfeeding mother. I was curious what traditions miss catherine may have known about.

I am going to go out on a limb and offer my non-hoodoo-trained (but try to keep it within hoodoo context ...

EcleckticMama

Lucky Mojo Oils are made with Vitamin E to extend shelf life.

For your leftovers, vitamin E oil is a natural preservative for oils. (It's the ingredient tocopherol you may see listed on many cosmetic products containing oil.) You can squeeze a vitamin E capsule into your bottle of leftover oil to ...

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bubba/sophy --

While your dream spoke to you and gave you an answer you were seeking, it doesn't quite fit with my understanding of hoodoo rootwork magic which is based primarily in sympathetic magic. This is that you use herbs and roots (and other things) for their sympathetic or imitative ...

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I will throw in my 2 cents to counter J Simulcik's concerns about your using cinnamon and cloves. In HHRM, cinnamon is mentioned as a "sweet hot" spice that can be used to heat up the passion in love. I recently included it and cloves in a love oil I created for my husband and I. I incorporated ...

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Then why(as I have read)is he used to enhance the results of magick or hoodoo etc.?What have others heard? I am also gonna wait for Nagasiva

because of these two things:

"was a famed black magician in his youth"

"...he is used to submit and banish demons, to attract money and find treasures ...

EcleckticMama

It will be easiest to take this step-by-step.

I am planning to do a healing spell on someone to rid them of their negative energies. This person has a lot of pent up anger and bitterness and it is starting to effect others who are around her. Please let me know if this ritual seems proper, any ...

EcleckticMama

Seems like agrimony would fit with the shielding from evil-eye from home protection aspects.

How about periwinkle and angelica?

This your project, but you say the vase/urn is white. How about some decoration incorporating your intentions? My first thought actually was a charm "necklace" to drape ...

EcleckticMama

No, the print book is completely different. It is an "encyclopedic" listing of the herbs and curios used in hoodoo. You would need to read the online book with it. It has some spells and folklore in it, but they work best together, I think.

EcleckticMama

Essentially it would be this:

http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html

Seriously, there are so many different systems of magic, that I don't think there is such a thing as a "basic book on magick." Not every system requires an altar or "setting up a ritual" so really miss cat's online book is the best ...

EcleckticMama

Start here:

http://www.luckymojo.com/lovespells.html#candlelove

There is a lot on love-drawing in the online book.

Also listen to miss cat on Mona Magic. The link is in February's newsletter, which is linked in the announcements section of the forum. She describes the lovespell she used to draw ...

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My amateur anthropologist analysis sees it this way:

True parchment is created from calf skins and a rather involved process goes into making it, thus it's rather expensive.

Brown paper, such as would have been used to wrap goods bought from a drygoods store would have been readily available as a ...

EcleckticMama

The candles that pop are the non encased altar/offertory candles.

How soon after cleaning them with Florida Water are you lighting them? Make sure the alcohol in the cologne has all evaporated before lighting.

Also, the dressing oils you are using could be causing the popping as the volatile ...

EcleckticMama

My order was placed on Feb. 10th and I have yet to receive it, when would be the appropriate time to call back and check on the status of the order. I am aware that orders are made daily and in small quantities to assure freshness... Thanks

I thought I'd give you my input since I have an order ...

EcleckticMama

Thank you. That's just what I wanted to know. I figured with your background in writing as a gardener and for gardeners, that that would be the case, but I didn't want to assume (considering that your labelling does say "sell as Curio only").

EcleckticMama

Dear Pashen87,

While you have already been given good conjure/spiritual advice; I would like to add my own two cents.

I found a great deal of wisdom from books on natural family planning (not rhythm method). It taught me much about my cycle, my husband's chemistry and how to time intercourse for ...

EcleckticMama

There are too many herbs you offer to go through and list which are and are not edible. However I have been studying and working with herbs for many years and have even started getting into wild greens, so I do know which ones not to eat or drink tisanes made from them, or use only externally ...

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Check out some of the tiny eyes and eye in hand from Turkey (they're not Hamsa, but still evil eye protection) that can be sewn on clothes too, for your kids, V. I am going to get some of those for my whole family and to save a lot of sewing, I am going to get the bent tiny safty pins for buttons ...

EcleckticMama

When reporting an off-topic/misplaced post I got an SQL error.

Should I PM Art or Lara (or another moderator who may be online) to let them know which post I mean?

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Lara wrote:The phrase is called a Berakhah. You can read more about Jewish Prayer here: http://www.jewfaq.org/prayer.htm

Thank you for sharing this link, Lara. Though I am a Christian, I am deeply interested in the Judaic roots of my Christian faith and this really spoke to me.

EcleckticMama

Thank you so much for this idea, carolina dean. So few merchants around me use brown paper bags any more that it's not easy to come by. The inner bag of the sugar is lighter weight paper than kraft paper or a grocery sack too. (I use a lot of sugar for sweet tea, myself.

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EcleckticMama

I remember that as being one of the herbs miss cat recommended for "victory gardening" -- for those interested, it's her most requested herb for which she has no grower and thus cannot carry in the shop.

Depending on where you live, it may be easier to grow them yourself from seed (or try a ...

EcleckticMama

I often say I am "working with" Dr. Hernandez (oil, sachet powder, incense).

I really like using the words "working with" depending on the situation and the saint or spirit-being being petitioned. I believe these individuals like the idea that you are working with them to improve your situation ...

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Astariell

I just want to point out that you can go back and edit your post to reflect that.

EcleckticMama

Hello, tracie123 --

You asked, "Is it wrong?" I am only one voice, but I want to give you my view on spellwork in general. I see the physical matter of a spell (herbs, minerals, oils) as holding the intentions (prayers) of the spellworker or supplicant before God. They are wafted to heaven on the ...

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Figgy, you have a lot of issues going on here and from your story, it sounds like you're not exactly sure the route you want to go with your relationship with the father of your son. You have already distanced yourself from him by moving out of his house. Now you want to draw yourselves together ...

EcleckticMama

A snuffer is perfect for such a task!

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Yes, I had read miss cat's page on the Crossroads magic with the correction about Robert Johnson, so I knew the misinformation.

My husband and I were able to watch it here at home last weekend. The most disturbing thing is the European Faustian contractual soul-selling overlay to the whole story ...

EcleckticMama

How amusing. I don't see that button, just

"Mark forums as read"

and

"Mark topics as read"

where is the "Mark posts as read"? button?

I haven't yet tried marking things read as i have everything set to read all the time. soon i'll begin to get the hang of that one.

You're right nagasiva, I ...

EcleckticMama

The "Mark posts as read" doesn't work (believe me I was giving that button a workout too with all the edits to the subject lines lately).

Similar issue:
The icon on "Ritual candles" always says there are new posts even when there aren't (when I've just read them and return to the main board, etc ...

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Much of the folklore I have come across about this vinegar is that it was created by or for thieves for their protection from disease while practicing their thieving arts during the plague. The magical uses developed later for personal protection against disease and magical attack. With it's ...

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Sharona22

Are you trying to poll people?

I don't think you can get accurate results trying to poll the forum users here, Sharon. Everyone's idea of "Positive results" will vary as they analyze how they went about creating their spell. You cannot judge lodestone's (or really any single magical ...

EcleckticMama

J Simulcik

End to end? No, parallel would be the most functional. Then you would only need one wrap around the ankle. I can sketch this out for you, if you need it, Josh.

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ELKnapp

Yes, I agree. Even with basketry techniques of soaking before plaiting, I'd foresee this being a cumbersome anklet. The more I've thought about it, the more I would veer toward using wire-wrapping jewelry design techniques to create anklet.

EcleckticMama

I was just thinking also that the symbolism of using a baby food jar for your honey jar would be a nice touch too.

EcleckticMama

First of all, congratulations!

I would do a variation on the "HONEY JAR SPELL TO GET CHILD SUPPORT FROM A BABY'S DADDY" found at the bottom of this page here:
http://www.luckymojo.com/honeyjar.html

Variations:

Choose a something for the unborn baby to use instead of the name to cross your names ...

EcleckticMama

You know, when I read that and about Devil's Shoestrings in Miss cat's Materia Magica , the description didn't mention what part of the plant was used. I pictured it as long stringy roots as the strings. I imagined the nine pieces being strands plaited together (three groups of three). If the plant ...

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if I might add something, I always think of the back as the part of the house furthest from any doors that allow one to enter and exit the house. That is where I would start

I had been pondering that. Thanks. The two rooms of the apartment (one front and one back) that are furthest from the doors ...

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I've noticed that this has improved. If you click on "page x of x" from the list of new posts, then you do continue to go to just the first page as noted, but once you are there you can click on the individual page links to navigate within that thread.

EcleckticMama

sounds good, Art. so far it seems to make the posts come up as "new" for some reason.

Yes, I double checked the one that really threw me off when I saw the date change on my own post. There is no edit notification (unlike in my last post in this thread that I edited that does show and editing ...

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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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Alright! Chocolate, theobroma, food of the gods.

Now I have 2 new chocolate recipes to contemplate for Lover's Day!

I am leaning toward those brownies. With only 1/3 cup flour and all that chocolate, they are going to be something else.

EcleckticMama

Yes, I've been aware of this one for a bit myself. I'm trying to pin it down.

Thanks, Art. It sure makes the "new posts" tool interesting to use right now, that's for sure.

(sorry about that -- not sure how we might fix it so edits don't affect it. -- ny)

EcleckticMama

This is a very good question, Sophy. Most people just do the candle magic because it's simple and never ask the theory of why and how it's working.

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I've noticed that what seems like edits to catherine's posts show up as "new" even so much as being given the current date as the date of posting rather the original post date. If I read closely, sometimes I see a substantive addition (depending on how much time passed from my first reading ...

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If he's more "psychic than average", I'd incorporate it into your petition. I'd do it two ways if the situation warrants: that your spellwork be undetected by him and also that his psychic ability reveal to him the true nature of this person you want to seperate him from (see the faults with more ...

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Magnolia leaves was my first thought.

http://www.herb-magic.com/magnolia-leaves.html

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Astariell

As a Spiritualist, I can tell you your intuition is right about this.

EcleckticMama

Without knowing anything about the situation but that it's a red candle (love/passion) on a honey jar, my first thought is that whoever you are sweetening is being drawn/attracted to you; that the jar is working. Do you have any confirmation that this is true?

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Miss Catherine said:
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 ...

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I was talking with my husband about the meeting the devil at the crossroads rituals and he recalled this movie starring Ralph Macchio from 1986. We are hoping to track it down to watch soon.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090888/

Ralph Macchio plays a young man wanting to be a blues guitarist and ...

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Welcome! I moved to Tennessee myself just last year.

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This is a great idea. My husband and i have been dreaming about creating a magical garden when we get a house. choosing to include species that need to be saved could be an important part of the garden design.

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Brujero05

Miss Cat's answered this very thoroughly in this thread, right up above.

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Sharona22

Sharon, dear. In this post and others I see/hear your distress. Please consider that you are confused because you are stressed with trying to care for your sick dog. This all contributes to your difficulty with calming your mind mentioned in one of your first posts.

Please, may I advise ...

EcleckticMama

As part of that "fire under an enemy" image, don't forget these were probably strike anywhere matches with the red phosphorus in the match head. The phosphorus would add an additional unpleasantness I would think to compound that of the sulfur (also in the matches). The match tips are actually red ...

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Sharona22,

Miss Cat answered this really well on the forum posts above. Just start reading from the very first post.

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On top of what's been said, I have found for myself that the artificial petrochemical stuff used to make cheaply scented sawdust joss stick incense produces extremely irritating smoke to me, while natural products don't. burning straight fragrant herbs or better cone incenses does not irritate me ...

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