Hello from PA

[hellinahandbasket]

Hi my name is Renee. I am exploring spirituality and religion in a spiritual gap year. Took time off from being a practicing Roman Catholic after an emotional viewing of The Pianist. Summer I started investigating zen buddhism for stress management and Mabon 2013 I quietly started following wicca. My husband is still Roman Catholic and I don't really want to leave that religion anyway since I never had any overt problems with the RCC religion itself. My ethnic background is West Indian and Italian and a lot of the things wiccans and witches call pagan, my West Indian family has been doing for generations as Catholics! Up to and including salt throwing, florida water, plate steaming, grave dirt, watching public hangings...passing children under coffins. I love the things I read about hoodoo because it's so similar. I look at pictures of the Curio co. and think oh it's a wonderland!

[Miss Aida]

Hello, hellinahandbasket
Welcome to the Lucky Mojo family!
You're not alone in your beliefs. many of us are very religious and practice Hoodoo and are interested in other areas of spirituality and crafts.
I too am a Roman Catholic and so are many of our Hoodoo Practitioners.
So happy that you are expanding your curiosities.
Anyway, I am listing the most popular threads and some forum rules for you to browse.
If you have any questions about anything, please don't hesitate to ask
Enjoy and see you on the forum!
These are links to general information on Hoodoo and to give you a jumping off point.

Hoodoo History:
http://luckymojo.com/hoodoohistory.html

Oils:
http://luckymojo.com/oils.html

Baths:
http://luckymojo.com/baths.html

Powders:
http://luckymojo.com/powders.html

Incense:
http://luckymojo.com/incense.html

Candles:
http://luckymojo.com/candlemagic.html

Herbs:
http://herb-magic.com

Conditions and how we can address them:
http://luckymojo.com/hoodooataglance.html

Here is some info on how the forums are set up. It is divided into four parts:

1) News and Announcements about the Lucky Mojo Curio Company and this site.

2) Lucky Mojo Spiritual Supplies and how to use them, listed in threads by product type and product title.

3) Life Conditions and Situations, with recommended Lucky Mojo products, spells, and advice.

4) The Online Hoodoo Community, including sites, events, and outreach sponsored by Lucky Mojo.

When you post, it helps your moderators, who are recompensed volunteers, if you post in the area of the board that is best suited to the archival of your question or comment. That way moderators will not have to move your post or merge it into ongoing threads.

If you can't find a post you made, it may have been moved or merged. Go to your profile by clicking on your name and "search recent posts" -- you will find it.

Within each board section there are STICKY threads -- ones that always stay "stuck" to the top. These are popular discussion-threads that you can read and add to if your questions or comments fall into one of these oft-broached topics. If you don't see a "sticky" that relates to your question, feel free to start a new thread in the relevant section.

We do have a few "thou shalt not" rules here, and they can be found in the Forum Rules link at the top of each page. Most important for newbies are these four common errors to avoid:

1) Please do not come here asking for our formulas for conjure oils or for instructions on how to use spiritual supplies that you bought at a grocery store or at a competitor of ours; this is the Lucky Mojo Forum and is financially supported by the Lucky Mojo Curio Co.

2) Please do not spam the moderators by sending multiple duplicated private messages asking for personal help outside the board; many of our moderators do perform readings and rootwork spell-casting for clients, but they are professionals and you should approach them as you would any other professional.

3) Please do not post illegal copies of material from other web sites or from books.

4) Please do not post put-downs of any group of people based on their religion, race, or national origin, including derogatory comments about religions to which you may have previously been an adherent or comments in which you seek to falsely conflate any religion with the practice of evil sorcery.

[hellinahandbasket]

Thank you for the list!

[jwmcclin]

Welcome to the Lucky Mojo forum hellinahandbasket! One of the many services Lucky Mojo offers is this forum, where you can ask questions about how to use Lucky Mojo's spiritual supplies.

Here are a few others...

Lucky Mojo's online catalog includes various hoodoo oils, incense, powders, spell kits, and candles.
cat's online book of conjure craft: How to make mojo bags; lay tricks; burn candles and incense; use baths, washes, oils, powders, herbs, and roots; draw luck, love and money; and take off crossed conditions.
cat's book Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic; you will review excerpts from the book.
Please schedule an hour to listen to the The Lucky Mojo Rootwork Hour