Basic Understanding of Traditional African American Hoodoo

[root]

Thanks a lot miss Cat for this great explanation and for taking your time to do so.

I am a pentecostal Christian since I was born, so I would say I consider myself comfortable in working with JC as I've known and venerated Him since I was born.
I also read some topics in your book Hoodoo in theory and practice and I could see you mentioned blessing our spells in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit or in Jesus's Name.
That is the point, I feel very comfortable doing that, but should I also ask Jesus to bring other spirits along? Do I have to create a connection between me and my ancestors and guides?
Or can I work only with Jesus?

Thanks again!!!

[Kirin]

I was reading that you had posted on YouTube videos called Your African American Video Of The Day. Are these still up on YouTube? I was unable to find them by searching that title. Can someone please post a link if they are still available? Thank you.

[Miss Aida]

Hello, root ,

If you're only comfortable working with Jesus, then do just that!

Take care

[Miss Aida]

Hello, Kirin ,

Miss cat provides these videos to her students.

They are not under YouTube with that title. They are individual videos with their own titles. There are hundreds of them

We'll have to wait and see if Miss cat looks at this thread and can provide more information if she can help you

take care

[catherineyronwode]

Hi, Kirin --

Aida is right: the videos titled "Your African American Video of the Day" are a service to my Hoodoo Rootwork Correspondence Course students, particularly the non-Black students. To view the full list and get the links, you would have to be a student of mine.

[Kirin]

Thank you both. I have actually just completed and received my 4 orders of necessary course supplies and was just doing some reading on the site before I schedule my phone call. I came across the mentioning of the videos and thought they sounded like something I would like to check out. Hopefully I will be accepted as a student and be able to enjoy them all. I plan on calling to set up my phone interview on Monday. Until then have a lovely rest of your week.

[Miss Aida]

Hello, Kirin,

CONGRATS!

You will love the course!!

[MartinusAntonio]

Is there anything that can be done for actually physically destroying items when you do not know their location... physical destruction of items from afar whether bottles, buried things or plain old items you want destroyed that you cannot get to?

People keep posting about things they can't get to to dig up etc... is it possible to do something like this and just in general I feel like this would be really useful.... Does anyone know anything about this?

[Miss Aida]

Hello, MartinusAntonio ,

I have heard of spells in other traditions but have NEVER seen them work.

You could try by working with just a little bit of gunpowder and destruction candles as well as their other products.

www.luckymojo.com/destruction.html

Take care

[MartinusAntonio]

Thank you Miss Aida for the information! Very good to know.

[spydacular]

Can I lay down tricks in the same place more than once? As in powders to be walked on?

[Miss Athena]

Hi spydacular,

Yes you can, especially with powders as they will disperse over time.

Good luck.

[spydacular]

Hi thank you Miss Athena I will be returning to the spot to to lay the trick until I achieve my desire. X

[catherineyronwode]

Here's a blast from the past.

Almost 14 years ago -- on October 23, 2003 -- i wrote the following post in an old part of the internet known as the Usenet. I recently ran across it again, and i would like to share it. The message is more personal than universal, but it does help explain my online activities from 1994 to the present, a span of 23 years.

This was a comment made to another poster who had wondered why there was so much bigotry in the study of magic.

=====

The question of "bigotry," which you raise here, is a loaded
issue. When i first began posting about hoodoo, circa 1994,
i did receive a lot of flak from uninformed Euro-style mages
who simply could not believe that something called "Hot Foot
Powder" or "Goofer Dust," for example, could be the
legitimate product of centuries of magical work in the
African tradition of herb and mineral based natural magic.
Based almost entirely on the NAMES of these items, they
claimed that they were "fraudulent" or "fake" and that they
had no "legitimate" use in magic at all. (Not surprisingly,
they did not know that the word Goofer is African in origin,
and so thought it was a silly ad hoc name affixed to a
spurious formula.)

At that time i was so inundated with cries of "What is this
shit?" that i actually wrote a form letter (posted to usenet
a few times as well) titled "Names Sound Fake?" in which i
explained that if hoodoo recipes, formulas, potions, oils,
powders, floor washes, and other products were fairly
compared to medieval herbal magic of European origin and
their neo-Pagan derivatives on the basis of ingredients and
manner of employment rather than NAMES, it would be found
that, aside from slight variations in the botanical
materials used, which could be attributed to locale as much
as anything, there is a VAST overlap of ingredients,
beliefs, and practices.

I also pointed out (in usenet and eventually in the
introduction to a book i wrote on the subject of hoodoo herb
magic) that hoodoo contains much material gleaned from
Native American magic. Few Euro-style mages trash THAT,
considering it a viable form of shamanism. The implication
of their respect for Native American shamanism and
disrespect for hoodoo is clear to me -- it's "cool" to have
Cherokee or other Native forebears (many "white" Americans
do) and to study their shamanic form of magic, but it's not
so cool to have African forebears or to study African forms
of magic -- at least not if you consider yourself "white."

Another area of contention with which i have been involved
is that of the part played by traditional Jewish magic in
the Hermetic or Western Esoteric (largely Christian)
Tradition.

For one thing, i am one of those people who believes that it
is necessary to acknowledge that what is called Kabbala in
the Hermetic tradition has been appropriated from Jewish
sources. At one time, just stating that obvious fact could
lead to flame wars. These days i think the idea has settled
in -- and so we see people deliberately distinguishing
Jewish Kabbala from Christian Cabala and Hermetic Qabala.

Then again, returning to the subject of folk magic, i have
ruffled a few feathers by noting that there is a strong
similarity between ancient Egyptian, Jewish, and African
American hoodoo spells, especially with respect to bathing
practices, but also when it comes to highly specialized
magical ingredients like the magical uses of eggs, black dog
hair, and black cat hair. These African / Jewish cultural
resonances do not sit well with certain "white" people who
already have trouble recognizing the African origin of our
species, and they also stoke the fires of hatred among those
who believe that Jews are not "white" in the sense they use
the term.

However, i am happy to say that as time has gone by -- after
almost 10 years in usenet on my part and the creation of
hundreds of web pages demonstrating my theses -- the racial
bigotry and mocking that used to accompany my posts about
folk magic have almost disappeared. Familiarity eases many
people past their initial xenophobic tension, contempt,
rejection, and fear of "others." These days i only have to
send out the "Names Sound Fake?" form letter once a month or
less.

As for the activity of habitual trolls and flamers who
attack me -- that is another matter, and has little to do
with their beliefs about social mores, magic, and cultural
material in general -- which are irrelevant to the study and
practice of magic.

In fact, i'd go so far as to say that people like that --
especially the flame-war initiators who betray their agendas
by calling me by my husband's name and vice versa, using
scatological epithets, posting sexual innuendo and other
trash, and resorting to childish tactics like making puns
from my name -- are not fueled by hatred or bigotry with
respect to me or to magical practices. They are just passing
through the magical and spiritual newsgroups trying to raise
sand, and they resort to a limited variety of shop-worn
tactics to try to provoke my ire, a thankless task, but one to
which they appear hideously chained by the bonds of their
own mentalities.

=====

How much has changed since 2003? Quite a lot:

The initial mockery of African American folk magic that ran rampant online from 1994 onward has eventually, under the weight of patient explanations, melted away from the social media communities inhabited by online European occultists.

Then, primarily between the years 2008 and 2014, a small number of European Americans launched a series of highly inflammatory claims in books and online that hoodoo is nothing but a copy of European American folk magic. They were set down, again with patience, logic, and factual evidence, and i like to think that this forum, started in 2008, played a part in that development.

There are now hundreds of web pages offering free information about hoodoo and many people who once knew nothing about African American folk magic are not only aware of it, but are also happy to celebrate its efficacy and its unique style.

Peace to all.

[nagasiva]

The silly putty of popular culture demonstrates itself to be fairly malleable and the thorns and barbs folks tossed into it may be blunted and softened through time. It's a testimony to the quality of your writing and the soundness of its basis that its finding online now floats aloft with a resonance of tuned beauty. Thanks!

[Ethereal48]

Yes I totally agree with nagasiva. Thanks to your writings and all the information you have made freely available for all to read and hopefully educate themselves, things have changed. As a student of HRCC, I have scoured the whole internet reading and researching everything I could find, and it's very clear that your teachings and writings have made an impact on all the nonsense and bigotry that is out there and so easy to stumble upon. Sadly enough, only recently I removed myself from two Facebook hoodoo and conjure groups, which through their members and admin, portrayed everything that Miss Cat wrote in her post above. But these bigots have a harder task now, trying to spread their nonsense thanks to Miss Cat !!

[Miss Aida]

Hello, Miss cat,

As you already know, I don't follow the groups out on the internet. So, I don't know what's been said or what has happened.

I try to mind my own business and remain focused and loyal to my teachings of Santeria, Palo, and Hoodoo. But I would like to say this to you and to the world:

My Godparents in Palo and Santeria were elders and are long deceased. And, YOU, catherineyronwode , are my elder, my teacher and my mentor in Hoodoo. I am forever grateful for all that you have taught me and you have my undying respect. And I think the people who mock you and Nagasiva are just terrible, bitter, envious, and jealous for doing so.

It enrages me that you have spent so many years dedicated to this practice and dedicated to being a teacher. You have done so much good for the world. And, this is what you get in return? It's DISGUSTING.

I am sorry that this has happened to you and Nagasiva. And if you need me to do anything, please let me know.

At your service

Aida

[elmerwhiskey]

Hi everyone,

I am a long-time customer of Lucky Mojo. I've had a great deal of notable successes using the products and also the conjure recipes in Cat's (totally awesome) online book and "Hoodoo Herb...".

I am very interested in making hoodoo a daily practice. Most magical systems seem to emphasize daily work of some sort. For instance, the Golden Dawn traditions recommend the LBRP and Middle Pillar be performed daily.

Do any of the practitioners here have a similar regimen, and if so, which products do you use?

Off the top of my head, I would think that Uncrossing, Blessing and Psychic Vision might be good choices. Perhaps Van Van as well? I was thinking of combining my daily meditation and prayer work with lighting some vigil candles dressed with one or all of those oils and possibly burning the respective incense formulas as well. I am also interested in creating an ancestor altar. I believe I read that Hoyt's or Florida Water is good for adding to daily water offerings to the dead.

Does anyone else practice anything along these lines? I'm basically looking to create a daily practice that will keep personal luck and (for want of a better term) "energy" strong and also keep me attuned to the spirits, as well as something that will aid the divination work I'm going to be starting.

Any help, particularly anecdotes, would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Spencer

[Miss Aida]

Hello, elmerwhiskey

Welcome to the forum

You might want to look at page 1 of this thread and see what Miss cat recommends as starters.

I see where you are going with this and it's so hard to answer that question s every ingle rootworker does things differently.

Almost everybody I know has a daily ritual but it is not a necessity. It is more out of habit, personal preference, or what our Spirit Guides lead us to do

I like the fact that you are using Psychic Vision because then you are better able to call on your entities for guidance. Smart Move!

It's basically, in my opinion, see what works for you and what feels good and see what doesn't.

But whatever decisions that you make, they are the right decisions

Wishing you the very best and so happy that you are devoted to Hoodoo

take care

[Stanthony1973]

In this reprint of The Ancient book of Formulas, does it have the oil recipes? For instance I see attraction oil x 127, is there a recipe for the oil and what is x 127?
Thank you

[catherineyronwode]

Stanthony1973 --

I do not know what you mean by "in this reprint of The Ancient book of Formulas."

We have never reprinted it.

I have a copy of the original and i have posted a FREE transcription online, which you can check yourself.

(A transcription is not a reprint. Printing involves paper and presses; it results in books. This is simply a copy of the text in digital form.)

There are indeed recipes in the book. There are no oil recipes such as you hope for, however. The transcription is here and it is free.

http://www.luckymojo.com/spells/ancient ... mulas.html

I posted a free transcription because

1) The book is out of copyright and has been out of print for more than 25 years.

2) I think the title is misleading with respect to "Formulas" and, as someone who bought it long ago, i felt it was worthless to reprint.

3) Because people were always asking me about it, i took the time to make it available for free, to satisfy public curiosity.

In my afterword, i explain the frustrating nature of the book, and you can read that text here:

Afterword by Catherine Yronwode: Fomula Numbers
http://www.luckymojo.com/spells/ancient ... #afterword

Are you perhaps confusing this free online transcription of "The Ancient book of Formulas" with another book by the same author, such as "Legends of Incense, Herb, and Oil Magic"?

That one we DID reprint. It is filled with information from 1936 on how to work with roots, herbs, talismans, amulets, candles, and seals to perform spells.

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[Stanthony1973]

Miss Cat,
Thank you very much for the response. I was confused with the two publications and you have cleared that up for me.
Peace

[catherineyronwode]

Great -- and i am glad to have cleared that up!

[jon saint germain]

Footprints left in snow are especially useful. The melted water can be mixed with anything and sprayed, sprinkled, or used in any kind of work.

Hope this helps,

Rev Jon SG

[catherineyronwode]

Jon, your post reminded me of this song, with footprints, snow, a full moon, and angels! --

Bill Monroe ::: Footprints In The Snow (with lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfR_PJGf4B0

[MicheleG]

Hullo, I visited slave quarters at George Washington's plantation home, and my questions are:

1. Manufacturing candles in great volume was impossible for slaves.Were candles added to hoodoo practice after the 1800s?

2. I wanted to ask the same about crystals. Where would slaves possibly obtain crystals without being discovered? When was the use of crystals included in Hoodoo practice?

Just got the book "Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic" but haven't really read it thoroughly as of yet.

[catherineyronwode]

MicheleG --

First, thanks for asking these questions. Because of the content, i am moving your post to the section on BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HOODOO

Before i get to your numbered questions, i want you to understand that hoodoo entered America with the African slaves, but it is African American now. In other words, it is not a perfect preservation of African folk magic.

Just as jazz is an African American phenomenon of African melodies, scales, and rhythms played on European instruments, so is hoodoo a phenomenon of African folk magic with roots, herbs, flame, liquids, and minerals worked with European tools and ingredients.

Hoodoo as we know it -- and jazz as we know it -- developed primarily after Emancipation. Hoodoo would not exist were it not for African slaves retaining, using, and passing down their ancestral knowledge -- but it would not look like what it is now if it had remained purely African.

1. Candles are old but not ancient. Slaves who were employed as chandlers for ships would have had access to them, but in actual practice, most homes during that era employed lamps, not candles. Candles were more popular on ships, because they could not spill out of a container on the rolling seas. We still use lamps in hoodoo, by the way, even though few people light their home with lamps -- or with candles.

Read more history here in this book i wrote:

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2. Your use of the word "crystals" was unclear to me, so i will answer you three ways:

Mineral crystal salts are natural substances. Salt, Saltpeter, Epsom Salts, Washing Soda, and Alum, to name but a few, have been mined and refined in every part of the word since prehistoric times and have found numerous uses in the preparation of food, toiletries, as well as in agriculture and diverse industries. Depending upon which crystal you are referring to, the answer to your question would go back to ancient Africa -- but also ancient Europe, ancient Asia, and the ancient Americas.

If, however, you are referring only to scented crystal salts for sprinkling or bathing, i think those must date back at least to the 1700s when the perfuming of toiletries became more common. The employment of mineral crystals salts of various sorts has been documented in the practice of hoodoo as far back as the records go.

Finally, if you are referring to hard and durable minerals that form non-soluble crystals in the earth, such as quartz or garnet, well, those are found everywhere on earth. Their use in magic was fairly common around the Mediterranean and in South Asia in Classical times, and the historical record of their use in Africa is scant. However, to give but one example of their early use in hoodoo, the African American diviner, spiritualist, and root doctor Paschal Beverly Randolph, who lived from 1825 to 1875 describes his use of an emerald crystal for scrying and fortune telling. He was a Free Person of Color, born in Virginia, and in his younger years he took employment on merchant ships, voyaging all over the world and meeting many people in order to learn their practices of folk magic His emerald was a gift from an Indian ruler who was visiting in England while he was there. This was before the Civil War, as i understand it. He wrote a book describing its use in the 1970s. So, there you go -- the first use of a gemstone crystal that i have encountered in hoodoo. Other documented early adopters came after Emancipation -- folks like Dr. Jim Jordan of North Carolina, for instance. By the 1920s, Patrick County Fairy Crosses were being offered in hoodoo shops all over the country.

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[Joseph Kadlec]

Hi there! Before I get into any details about concerns with my Housing situation I'd be interested in learning what this forum knows about occult work and the law as in do occult facts, deeds, interests, background ever enter in the Courts? Thanks!

[Rev Ernest]

Joseph Kadlec --

The courts generally treat occultism as an offshoot of religion or spirituality. This is not a general occult forum, by the way. It is the customer service desk for the Lucky Mojo Curio Company.

[Joseph Kadlec]

Thank you! Yes I'm familiarizing myself with forum guidelines.

[lightsaber]

Hi.

I'm a newbie so I hope I have the right spot for posting this.

I have someone coming into my back yard at night, repeatedly, and I think they are possessed or guided by an evil spirit. I think they are part of or associated with a [religion #1] [religion #2] [form of religious congregation].

They left a foot-track made in mulch on landscape fabric. Can I scoop up the mulch dust, to use the same as if they left a foot-track in dirt? There wouldn't be much of a dust consistency. Of course there are big mulch chunks, too.

What could I do with the foot-track to keep this person from ever returning to my property? Is Hot Foot powder useful here?

I have read the foot-track page, here: http://www.luckymojo.com/foottrack.html but I am still not sure how exactly I want to go about it. I especially don't want to start [spiritual warfare], and I want to keep clean karma.

[catherineyronwode]

Hello, lightsaber --

I have approved your post, because you asked a great question, but i have removed the scurrilous references you made to two respected religions and a form of religious convocation as being associated with "an evil spirit." We do not allow anti-religious comments on this forum. They are always removed, and if people persist in making them, the people are removed. This is a serious consideration here, and the fact that you conflated two entirely different religions, which have literally NO connection in historical or modern times, indicates to me that your opinion about their being associated with "an evil spirit" is just bigoted talk, with no foundation.

However, as i noted, your QUESTION is a good one, so i will reply only to that:

YES, you can indeed scoop of a foot track left in mulch. It is a strong personal concern.

Then, to use it against them returning, mix it with Fiery Wall of Protection Incense Powder and Hot Foot Incense Powder, and lay the mixture down as a line along your property border. I recommend using the incense here because it has a wood-dust base and will mix well with the mulch bark.

You can also BURN some of this mixture. Write the intruder's name, if it is known, or a general description, if the name is not known, and set it alight on charcoal, out doors, in the area where the transgression occurred, while you call on God or the angels to protect you. Psalms 91 is a great portion of scripture for this, and Archangel Michael is often petitioned for protective aid in such cases.

Good luck to you.

[lightsaber]

Thank you for the foot-track suggestions. Sorry to offend.

[SagittariusLover128]

How does one go about dressing a name or petition paper in a quincunx pattern?

All the images of the pattern that I've seen includes dotted line-- do i trace the lines with my finger as well or just the dot the four corners and the center?

[JayDee]

inquiringminds128,

You dot the 4 corners and the center of a name paper or petition paper.

[Graveyardhag]

Ok I have noted down what Miss Cat has written above.
One stupid girl left me a foot track in my driveway last night, and this not so stupid girl dug it up.
I have fiery wall of protection incense powder coming from Lucky Mojo, so I can use that. however no hot foot powder.
I also have burdock root and broom straws coming in that order I'm thinking I could also add these to that foot print to also protect myself from her?

And just to confirm say I want to mirror box her, I can keep some of this dirt for use as a personal concern for that? It's very rocky dirt I'm thinking I can keep the rocks for personal concerns and spread the dirt along my fence line.

[JayDee]

Graveyardhag,

You can use in a mirror box, you can mix it with powders to send her away, add to a bottle spell to send away, use in a vinegar jar to sour. Can mix it with hot herbs like red pepper, black pepper, to send away, dirt daubler nest, red ants etc. Many many options exist for you to use this dirt. Put it in a bottle of hot sauce with a hot pepper and a petition to send her away.

[Graveyardhag]

Perfect thanks JayDee
I've been thinking of ways to sneak up on her and get some hair and here she went and handed me everything I need haha.

[faithandprosperity12]

Hello all. I feel lucky to have found this site as there is a wealth of information on here as well as a mentorship program that I may have to participate in sometime in the future.

I made this post because I saw a youtube video by a man that practices Haitan Voodoo. I would post the video, but I don't know how at the moment. In the video he went on a rant about people that build altars, do work, etc..... when they don't really know what they are doing. According to him it can be extremely dangerous.

With that said, I was wondering if this could be a thread where many of the veteran hoodoo practitioners could list all the possible dangers to oneself of practicing this craft, and what these dangers are related to, when you don't know what you are doing, whether it is spells, altars, etc.... and how to play with fire and not get BURNED!!!!!

Thanks ahead of time.

[Dr Darensbourg]

Hello Faithandprosperity12,

And welcome to our community. We are so glad that you found us. We kindly ask that you don't create new topics (or posts pictures and/or videos) as all of the information on the board is strategically organized. Instead, please rake a moment to read our forum guidelines for our new forum members. You can find it here: http://forum.luckymojo.com/forum-guidel ... -t776.html

I have moved your question to its appropriate location. it must be stated that Hoodoo is not Voodoo and therefore is not subject to any "rules" that may be observed in the Voodoo religion.

Is it "dangerous" to perform rootwork as a newbie? I would say that there is no danger in the way I think you mean it. On the one hand I beleive that doing anything that you have no experience with has the potential to be "dangerous" simply because of ignorance, lack of knowledge about whatever that thing is. On the other hand, however, how do you learn if you never try?

I would say that working with spirits of the dead could be something to concern yourself with if you are not well informed but this is not unique to Hoodoo.

The "dangers" one might encounter in Conjure would be, in my estimation, things in the mundane realm like fire hazards and little to no results because of sloppy work. In the spiritual realm you may find that you get what you ask for so if you are not clear about your desires this could work against you.

The best thing to do is educate yourself about the system before working with it. There's tons of simple spells on this platform and at the main website. Go to this page and check out some of the easy spells that have been provided. Try these first and get you some experience. http://www.luckymojo.com/spells.html

Good luck.

[catherineyronwode]

What a great reply, Dr. Darensbourg! I could not have said that better, or more patiently, myself. Thank you.

To Faithandprosperity12, i would like to add this:

If you are familiar with the Christian religion -- which is the religion ascribed to by the majority (but not all) of the tens of thousands of contemporary conjure, rootwork, and hoodoo home practitioners and professionals -- you would know that the most "dangerous" aspects of religion are lack of faith and the wrongful assumption of authoritarian power.

In many cases it has been my experience that those who tell you that their religion is "dangerous" or must only be practiced by those who are "licensed" are speaking from a clerical position of authority, which you, as a being of free will, are free to adhere to or ignore. Protestant Christianity, in particular, while it does endorse and uphold the concept of anointed pastors and deacons, is also built upon one's personal faith and connection to God, Jesus, and Spirit.

World-wide folk magic, on the other hand, and i include hoodoo in that, is not a religion, but a domestic tradition, often passed down among family members, between friends, from vendor to customer, and also through published grimoires or spell books, some of which (for instance in Jewish folk magic) date back many centuries. Folk magic is accessible to all. To understand any particular system of folk magic best, you will need to know the culture it arose in, to be open to and accepting of the depth and breadth of that culture, and to befriend people born into that culture. Hoodoo is African American folk magic, so making Black friends and studying Black folk culture is your first step on the path to practicing Black folk magic.

Good luck to you.

[faithandprosperity12]

Well, thank you for the replies.

[Shutter]

My target sat in my car today and must have gotten some midwestern autumn debris in my car.
However ,other people have sat in my car too in the past few months.
May I still collect the dirt from the passengers side rug and mix it with sugar as concerns to keep a lover for me?

[FreyaRose]

Hi Shutter,

If you know the debris is new, then you can feel good about it being a foot track from your target. Collect it from toe-to-heel as best you can, and you can absolutely use that as a personal concern in your love spell. It's not as strong as something like hair or a fingernail, but its stronger than a name paper alone, which can be really helpful.

Good luck!

[Shutter]

Thank you! I can't remember if it's in one of Miss Cat's books or the online book so I'm going to have to search for the spell where you put the dirt with sugar in your basement. I have to find out if there's something else I do too...but I've used up this guy's personal concerns for now so foot track is something I haven't used before ever nor have I had the chance, and the one I just mentioned is one I've never done and need to do.

[FreyaRose]

Hi Shutter,

I'm not 100% sure of the exact sugar spell you're looking for, but you can use that foot track as a personal concern in any number of sweetening spells. Here's the page from "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice" by catherine yronwode on Honey Jar and Sugar Box Magic Spells:

https://www.luckymojo.com/honeyjar.html

I hope this helps!

[Shutter]

Thank you! It's the one that will keep your man faithful to you.

[Gatolina]

Hello,

English is my and my targets second language, our first languages are different than English. I am composing words for a spell but they're coming to me in my first language which they don't speak, the words are directed to the target, as if I'm speaking to them directly, example: 'you will do this, you will feel that'. he doesn't understand my first language, should I switch to English so that its 'understood'. Obviously this won't be said to them to their face. Or should it be left in my first language as it is coming to me very easy that way, coming from the heart basically and flowing easy. Will he understand in some spiritual/energetic level even if it's not in a language he speaks?

Thank you so much for you help!

[catherineyronwode]

Gatolina --

African-American hoodoo is a form of folk magic. As such, it has its own customary patterns of work, but it is not a rigid system of "dos and don'ts." I think your question is one that only arises due to the internet -- when an international audience wants to practice hoodoo but has difficulties with the commonality of English as the language in which hoodoo developed.

To me this is like playing blues music, a form of African-American performance that developed in the rural south in the early 20th century. Many Europeans love the sound and can master the guitar techniques of blues music, but they cannot comfortably sing in English, and certainly not with a Southern USA black accent. They usually make one of three choices:

* They play the music but never sing the lyrics to the songs, either out of "respect" or "for fear of sounding wrong".

* They play and sing in their best English, knowing that they do not sound like black performers from the South.

* They play and sing the lyrics translated into their own language, in an attempt to communicate the music to their countrymen.

All of these methods are valid. I love old, acoustic rural blues -- but one of my favourite performers is a Flemish man, Carl Bludts, who lives in Belgium and goes by the name of Daddy Stovepipe on YouTube. He has a fabulous Flemish accent and lets it all hang out! Some folks may find it "wrong" of him to do so, but i just dig him. He is so sincere.

So, basically, your language is up to you.

And here is Daddy Stovepipe, an incredible guitar master-teacher and blues performer -- with a Flemish accent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcNgk4Yqrak

[Gatolina]

Thanks for all the information. Have chosen English as it’s understood by all involved.

[catherineyronwode]

Gatolina --

A great decision. Good luck to you in your magical work.

[Gatolina]

Thanks again for helping me and for all the wisdom you share with everyone. May you b blessed! Have you written books? Would love to get my hands on that knowledge....

[Terra Rising]

Gatolina,

Miss Cat has written many books and Lucky Mojo has published a total of three dozen titles on a variety of subjects.

You can find all of Miss Cat's books and all of the other books published by Lucky Mojo here:
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And here you can find books from other publshers as well:
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Cat's free online book "Hoodoo In Theory and Practice" is a great starting point for understanding hoodoo and will help you build a solid foundation. You should be able to use Google translate to read it in your language if it is more convenient for you. Although the mistakes Google makes is frustrating and hilarious at the same time.

[Gatolina]

I apologize, this may not be the place to ask guidance with this.
After being cheated, lied to, used, etc I cursed my ex to end up friendless, loveless & sexless (the ways in which he used/hurt me) & that he’ll b impotent with any woman that’s not me. Also that he would have depression, anxiety, the pain and suffering I had. I don’t want him back but want him to come back to reject him as awfully as he did me. As I’m working this curses, can love magic be done alongside to have him come back? Or can I curse him to feel love, heartbreak & desperation for me? I’m thinking of closing this chapter with a sour/destruction jar, can I write in the petition that he’ll regret his actions & be cursed with loving me but not having me back? What is the best way to accomplish this?
I appreciate so much your help, this has been quite a horrible experience, I’m not going to describe details but believe me I’m more than justified in doing this. I just want justice, please help, and thanks and blessings to you.

[mastersirius678]

Ok, I am no stranger to LM and Hoodoo at this point, ordered quite a bit of stuff from LM already. But I have some questions that seems to be very basic but I feel it is important, it is about the effectiveness duration for each form of product and magick. A comparison between candles, incense, oil, sachet powder, bath crystal, and other forms.

Here is an example, I had noticed that wearing the love oils to the night club will produce immediate effect, I had ladies that are sometimes way out of my league telling me that I am the best person they ever met, or goes straight to "I love you" and hand holding. Great, right? That is like those AXE commercials coming true.

But I noticed that when I take a shower and washed the oil off, the magick effect is gone......I seen this from a lady I met at the club, when she was around me, when I was all magick oil-ed up and stuff, she does everything I mentioned above. Then I get her social media, and contact her from her SM another day when I am not wearing any oils, there was no reply from her, she saw my message but that is it, she left me on "read".

Obviously, this is two very different behavior from the same person. Which made me wanted to post this, is there a duration for each form of product?

How long does a tealight candle with the LM oil last regarding the magick duration? How long does the magick duration lasts from a vigil candle? What about sachet powder? Or incense, or bath crystal? Also, if I choose to do a honey jar, is it considered permanent as long as I keep praying and burning candles on the lid? Is there any permanent spells that don't have any duration? By that I mean once the spell is cast, the conjure is done, there is no going back, if it is a love spell on a target, that target will forever love you until you destroy the spell with a spell breaker

[Miss Athena]

Hello mastersirius678,

There are no hard and fast rules in terms of how long a spell lasts. Dressing yourself in oils etc. is one way to work, but you would need to experiment to see how it works for you and how you need to work with it. The idea of a one-time permanent spell is a bit of a fallacy as, in my experience, spells require a level of attention to keep them working.

It all comes down to experimentation and your skill with the work. If you find that effects are short-lived, either repeat the work or consider alternative spells to reach your outcome. Keeping a journal is a good way to get a sense of what is and is not working well for you.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

[catherineyronwode]

I'd like to add to this, if i may --

As with medicine or carpentry, in magic there are ACUTE situations and CHRONIC conditions. These examples will help you understand whether your situation is ACUTE or CHRNIC:

Medicine: ACUTE: broken bone, appendicitis. CHRONIC: rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease.

Carpentry: ACUTE: broken chair rung. CHRONIC: dry rot.

Magic: ACUTE: romantic break up. CHRONIC: protecting from a long-time enemy

Now, once you understand whether the spell you are casting deals with an ACUTE situation or a CHRONIC condition, you can make an informmed estimation of "how long a spell lasts."

If the situation is ACUTE, you cast the spell and, within a measure of time, it either works or it does not. If it works, the spell lasts "forever" or until another acute attack occurs. If it does not work, you may try again with a different spell, of course.

If the situation is CHRONIC, you cast a spell and you may renew it periodically every time you experience a renewal of the negative condition; in other words, the spell lasts from outbreak to outbreak.

To completely fix, overcome, abolish, or eradicate a CHRONIC spiritual or magical condition may require the help of a professional rootworker, and, in some cases, it may include you taking other active measures, such as relocating, dropping negative social and family connections, engaging in uplifting prayer or other positive spiritual exercises to strengthen your soul, or seeking medical or legal help to ameliorate the socio-cultural side-effects of the negative spiritual condition.

Read more about the basics of magic, with answers to frequently asked questions at this web page i wrote:

REAL MAGICK:
DOES MAGIC REALLY WORK?:
ARE MAGIC SPELLS REAL?,
WHICH ARE THE MOST POWERFUL MAGIC SPELLS?,
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS REAL MAGICK?
by cat yronwode
https://www.luckymojo.com/spells/real.html

Good luck to you.

[mastersirius678]

thank you miss athena and miss cat, both of your answers are very helpful, i will go read the link miss cat posted

[Graveyardhag]

Hello everyone
My lover just left and left me a perfect foot track in my driveway which is now in my possession.
I want to keep this man coming back to me so I can keep on working on him, i have the bottle up and go book and was looking at the spell on page 67 (actually reading it made me go look to see if he left any prints and he did!)

Just had 2 questions.
1. Will I need to use the entire lot of dirt I dug up, so the whole footprint? Or can it be split to be used in different workings?

2. I realise the spell given is an entire spell as it is, but would any of you consider adding say, love me or follow me boy powders as well?

[catherineyronwode]

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