Path: Supernews70!Supernews73!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!streamer1.cleveland.iagnet.net!qual.net!iagnet.net!pushkin.conxion.com!ultra.sonic.net!not-for-mail From: catherine yronwode Newsgroups: alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic,alt.lucky.w Subject: Re: Knot Spells Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:29:44 -0800 Organization: Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Lines: 63 Message-ID: <34E12939.5CD2@luckymojo.com> References: <19980123043301.XAA06901@ladder02.news.aol.com> <34db3701.2298312@nntp.charleston.net> <6bmhnl$pqv$9@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net> <34df9463.675128@nntp.charleston.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: d176.pm12.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) Xref: Supernews70 alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic:4462 alt.lucky.w:2205 Speaking of knot spells, there is a very famous one in the African-American hoodoo tradition that goes under several names and has several variations. It has been collected in oral tradition in dozens of forms from all over the South. The purpose of it is to prevent a man from having an erection or an orgasm with another woman. It is most often called "hoodooing a man's nature" ("nature" is a euphemism for "virility"). Other names for this spell are "measuring the man" and, in one form, "the blue penis spell" (so called after a blue candle burned in that version of the spell). Here, in rough outline, is how it works: Before going to bed with the man, the woman gets herself a length of ordinary soft white cotton twine and hides it in the bedclothes. While the man is hard, she takes the measure of his penis with the twine. If she can get some of his ejaculate on it, so much the better. Otherwise, she should get some ejaculate on a clean white handerchief cloth. She also steals a few of his pubic hairs or underarm hairs, or, failing that, his head hairs. She should be very careful to get none of her own vaginal juices on the twine or the cloth, and, if possible, she should not even have an orgasm during the love-making that leads to this spell, because she might "lose herself" in pleasure and get careless. . When the man falls a asleep after sex, she takes the twine and ties nine knots in it (some say seven knots) and wraps it up with the hairs in the semen-wetted cloth (if she uses a cloth). She puts this packet in a red flannel mojo bag and wears the bag always, under her skirt or pinned to her panties, anywhere beneath her waist. The man must not see it or touch it. From then on he will be hoodood and will not be able to get hard with any other woman but her, and the only way for him to get this condition off is to undertake a lengthy uncrossing spell -- or to steal back the knotted string and untie the knots himself. A blue penis candle can also be used as an adjunt to this knot spell: The candle is dressed with an oil like Stay With Me or Follow Me Boy or Commanding (or all three) and the cord is coiled around its base while it burns. The candle is burned in seven segments over seven days, and at the end, the woman puts the cord in her mojo bag as described above. If the woman gets angry at the man and wants to really do a number on him and ruin his nature, she can use the knotted thread as part of a wicked candle-burning job. She gets a bllue penis candle and warms it up, then presses the cord into the softened wax the same way it went on the man. She anoints the candle with Crossing Oil and sprinkles it well with Goofer Dust (a mixture of graveyard dust, ashes, and mullein leaves). Then she lights it and lets it burn to the bottom, knotted cord and all. That is a severe spell. As i said at the outset, there are many variations of "taking a man's measure" -- but those are a few of the best-known. Happy knotting! catherine yronwode COMMERCIAL: I make and sell all of the oils mentioned above (but not the blue penis candle) -- and they can be had in 1/2 oz. bottles for $4.00 each. Goofer Dust is $2.00 per packet. See my catalogue at Lucky Mojo Curio Co: http://www.luckymojo.com/luckymojocatalogue.html PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: For more about love and sex charms, go to my free illustrated web site on folk magic at The Lucky W Amulet Archive: http://www.luckymojo.com/LuckyW.html