Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Message-ID: <39A5AC1B.2B65@luckymojo.com> From: catherine yronwode Organization: Lucky Mojo Curio Company X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-MACOS8 (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.pagan,alt.magick,alt.religion.shamanism,alt.witchcraft,alt.lucky.w,alt.magick.tyagi Subject: Re: Empowered or Blessed Magical Supplies References: <399c1831$1@news.iprimus.com.au> <8nhakb$dr9$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8nrl3d$mqb$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39A1A25B.4067@luckymojo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 59 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:07:11 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.204.142.200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 967158431 209.204.142.200 (Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:07:11 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:07:11 PDT Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.pagan:270136 alt.magick:208706 alt.religion.shamanism:38980 alt.witchcraft:23760 alt.lucky.w:8049 alt.magick.tyagi:24986 Pearlz & Maggie-the-Cat wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, catherine yronwode wrote: > > > Brian Smith wrote: > > > > > > Paul Hume (paulhume@my-deja.com) wrote: > > > > > > > [unattributed person] wrote: > > > > > > > > I see advertised recently a lot of places selling "blessed" or > > Now you've done it. :) > > > For instance, in the African-American tradition, great value is > > placed on those who are "gifted" in magical work. They are usually > > marked at birth by being born with a veil (caul or amniotic > > membranes) and are considered somewhat chosen by god to serve as > > seers and healers and root workers. In this tradition, when such a > > gifted root worker makes you up a mojo hand (an amulet bag) or sets > > lights for you (performs a candle spell on your behalf) -- even if > > for money -- their power or gift is transmitted into the objects you > > are given for your share in the work (e.g. herbal teas, oils, baths > > or washes, or a dressed (prepared) mojo). > > 'Course lots of African Americans are not into magick or witchery > and are devout Christians. In fact, I daresay most are this way, > at least those I know. Well, most of the African-American customers at my store are indeed devout Christians (both Protestant and Catholic). In my experience, the majority of Christian denominations with a primarily black membership do not force a one-way choice between doing magic and worshipping the Lord. The primarily African-American Church of God in Christ does set up that dualism, however, and i rarely have cutormers who are COGIC members. But, balancing COGIC off in terms of population, i see quite a few customers from among the primarily African-American membership of the National Spiritual Churches. The Spiritual Churches are home to many gifted seers and root workers, all of them quite devout Christians. My point was not, however, to debate whether devout Christians can or cannot also be conjures -- it was to point out that the concept of "blessed" artifacts is accepted as the norm among African-American root workers and their clients, especially if the worker is gifted. > I've always gravitated toward folkmagick more than ceremonial. > As time goes on my methods are getting more and more primitive. Mine too :-) cat yronwode Hoodoo in Theory and Practice -- http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html No personal e-mail, please; just catch me in usenet; i read it daily. Lucky Mojo Curio Co. http://www.luckymojo.com/luckymojocatalogue.html Send e-mail with your street address to catalogue@luckymojo.com and receive our free 32 page catalogue of hoodoo supplies and amulets