Hello World

[MichaelB]

Thank you Catherine and Co. for creating this wonderful resource and keeping it all organized.

I am just north of McKinney TX (in Melissa, TX), which itself is a suburb of Dallas. My history in the occult is fairly long and involves a few different traditions, but none of that really matters as I believe one must explore everything in context. So, when I feel stuffy and Victorian, I do stuffy and Victorian things and try to understand the world from a stuffy Victorian perspective, when I feel like an 80s punk I make some squiggles on paper and activate them in the way most likely to piss off my parents and fashion "tulpas" in the image of McDonald's toys, dearest to my heart is my 70s SoCal Hermetic Pagan attempt re-imaging the Victorian stuff and stick a bit closer to the Key of Solomon source material with black mirrors and heavy incense. And I am still trying to figure out what it means to carry Christian and French Gnostic apostolic succession. I am also an avid student of Astrology and favor Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance texts and techniques.

There are a few reasons I am drawn to this practice. The first being, the very first thing I did magically was out of Ray T Malbrough's "Charms Spells and Formulas" which found its way into my middle school library in Paris, TX in the early 90s. The second being that I have always been an outsider and have been drawn to others society perceives as other, and I want to get to know my neighbors a bit better.

I hope to become a student in the correspondence course and have received my pile of required books and read 'The Art of Hoodoo Candle Magic," "Paper In My Shoe," and "The Art of Making Mojos." I've placed an order for some supplies to do some simple candle spells and my wife and I are working to get the house in order so that we can start doing regular washes.

[Miss Athena]

Hello MichaelB,

Welcome to the Lucky Mojo forum! We're happy to have you here and to see you further your interest in hoodoo. I do hope you take Miss cat's course, as you will learn so much from it.

I am posting links to the most popular threads and some forum rules for you to look over. We look forward to seeing you on the forum. If you ever have any questions, we are always here for you.

These are links to general information on Hoodoo to give you a jumping off point:

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

Mojo Hands:
http://luckymojo.com/mojo.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 major 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 five 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 post illegal copies of material from other web sites or from books.

3) 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.

4) Please do not start new topics; we have thousands of topic-threads already in place.

5) Please do not quote people by using the copy-paste function; it wastes space.