Path: Supernews70!Supernews60!supernews.com!news.he.net!pushkin.conxion.com!ultra.sonic.net!not-for-mail From: catherine yronwode Newsgroups: alt.lucky.w,alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic,alt.magick,alt.religion,orisha Subject: Texas-Mexico border Catholic folk-magic Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 11:54:41 -0800 Organization: Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Lines: 85 Message-ID: <34AD4602.451E@luckymojo.com> References: <57abac8.34ad259b@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d44.pm15.sonic.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: AnnAlert Xref: Supernews70 alt.lucky.w:2117 alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic:4086 alt.magick:121585 alt.religion:14285 AnnAlert wrote: > > What an interesting website. Sometime when I don't have two sick > grandchildren hanging on me I will try and explore more. > Meantime, what about Ajo Macho, Nino Fidencia, Don Pedrito, and the > Cops Keep Away candles, charms, etc. > Perhaps you already have these - I just didn't find them. I have some ajo macho (literally "masculine garlic") candles in my collection (one from Los Angeles and the other from Guatemala) but have not put up a web page on them yet (it takes time!). I do have (and sell) the little Mexican package amulets with a miniature horseshoe and rayon-thread wrapped garlic cloves plus a print of San Martin Caballero. Nino Fidencia and Don Pedrito seem to be local to the Texas-Mexico border. About a year ago a friend of mine in Austin, Texas, told me had seen a trove of Nino Fidencia material, so we arranged that i would send him twenty dollars to buy some of those items for me -- but he just kept the money and never sent the stuff. It was a total loss for me -- not just of money, but also of information and artifacts. Any knowledge or pictures of Nino Fidencia and Don Pedrito you could share would be truly appreciated! (I am posting this to alt.lucky.w as well, in the hope that others may respond). What you call "Cops Keep Away" is generally marketed in my part of the country under the name "Law Keep Away" -- and in addition to the police and sheriffs, it should also keep away snoopy social workers, the IRS, the State Franchise Tax Board, health inspectors, and postal inspectors. In the not too distant future i will be putting up a web page on the subject of Law Keep Away -- but for now i can quickly explain that in the African-American hoodoo tradition, these formulas usually contain a mixture of herbal ingredients, including black mustard seed, white mustard seed, and devil's shoestring roots. The black mustard seeds are to cause confusion to enemies (it also appears in Infammatory Confusion formulas), the white mustard seeds are for faith and protection, and the devil's shoestrings are a powerful jinx-remover. There are also Law Keep Away rituals involving crossed nails hammered in at the doorstep of a place where illegal business is to be transacted. Like i said, a web page on all of this should be in place sometime in 1998. In the meantime, i personally manufacture and sell traditional herb-based African-American hoodoo formulas for Law Keep Away Oil, Incense, Sachet Powders, and Crystal Salts for bath and floor wash, and they can be found in my Lucky Mojo online catalogue. > Oddly enough I was looking for the words Santa Lucia Catholic and your > site popped up. I don't think I will ever understand this darn > internet! The name "Santa Lucia" appears in my long list of votive candles, so that's probably why the search engine you used turned up my site. > BTW I am a Catholic writer and I saw some things that > interest me very much so I will be back. I would love to hear more about Catholic folk-magic from someone who has a handle on the specifically Catholic aspects of it. If i could entice you to post to alt.lucky.w (for folk magic discussion in general) or alt.religion.orisha (for Santeria, hoodoo, and Voudoun discussion), i would be very happy. In particular, i would like to learn more about the magical (rather than purely religious) implications of the following Catholic entities and symbols: Nino Fidencia Don Pedrito Maximon (Hermano San Simon) * Nino Atocha The Cross of Caravaca * The Infant of Prague Saint Expedite San Martin Caballero (Saint Martin of Tours) * San Martin de Porres (and his broom) I have web pages up on only those with asterisks *, and i could use much more information on all of them. > Wish your store was in Texas so I could visit. Well, if you ever come through Forestville, California, do drop in! catherine yronwode Lucky Mojo Curio Co: http://www.luckymojo.com/luckymojocatalogue.html The Lucky W Amulet Archive: http://www.luckymojo.com/LuckyW.html