Path: typhoon.sonic.net!vnetnews.value.net!nntp.primenet.com!nntp.gblx.net!howland.erols.net!netnews.com!news.voicenet.com!nntp.upenn.edu!16-023.002.popsite.net!user From: eballard@sas.upenn.edu (E. C. Ballard) Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.religion.orisha,alt.lucky.w,alt.magick.folk Subject: Re: Witch Bottles: Hoodoo and British Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:20:32 -0400 Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 14 Sender: eoghanballard@16-023.002.popsite.net Message-ID: References: <39C5C6B2.C31@luckymojo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 16-023.002.popsite.net Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:25198 alt.religion.orisha:7532 alt.lucky.w:8236 alt.magick.folk:4644 While the traditional "witchbottle" is indeed European in origin there is another tradition in Afro-diasporic religions that is not. The use of bottles in substitution for earlier earthernware vessels or possibly jicaras to capture negative spirits and to remove them from a person or location is a common practice in anumber of traditions including Cuban Palo. Eoghan -- +o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o E. C. Ballard Debajo del Laurel yo tengo mi confianza