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PREFACE
How i became interested in hoodoo. The people who taught me hoodoo and the books i have consulted Harry M. Hyatt deserves major credit for documenting hoodoo, but note: His refusal to interview mail order hoodoo suppliers of the 1930s, His problems with regional African-American dialects, His "forcing" folks like the Unkus Man to comply with his pre-conceptions about hoodoo Why pre-WWII rural blues lyrics, unmediated by white folkorists' expectations, are used thoughout this book for reference on hoodoo practices. Parallels between "down home" blues and "down home" hoodoo as contrasted to "urban" Chicago-style blues and "urban" Chicago-style mail-order hoodoo companies of the 20th century, like the makers of Lucky Brown cosmetics.
PART A: HOODOO IN THEORY
The Community
A Brief History of Hoodoo Definition of terms What Hoodoo Is: An African-American Folk-Magic Tradition What Hoodoo Is Not: Voodoo, Santeria, etc. Admixtures: European, Spiritist, and Kabbalist Influences Rootwork for Hire: Two-Headed Doctors and Fortune-Telling Women Readers, Root Workers, and Black Gypsies Dr. Buzzard Uncle George Jackson Dennis Aunt Caroline Dye Dr. Jim Jordan 7 Sisters of New Orleans, etc. From Rural to Urban: Evolving Trends in Modern Hoodoo -- Urban deployment issues, ecological disposal issues, Urban rejection of animal body parts and personal concerns due to social, political, and health issues The elaboration of spells under European grimoure book influence The post-WWII development of spell kits The oral tradition documented by Harry M. Hyatt and Zora Neale Hurston
The Core beliefs
The Doctrine of Signatures or Natural Magic (general outline of how to use Natural Curios) Herbs and Roots Minerals Zoological Curios Personal Concerns Fluids: Menstrual Blood, Urine, Semen Solids: Feces, Hair, Skin Touched by the Body: Dishrag, Socks, Shoes, Underwear, Foot Track Symbolic: Photos, Name Papers Around the Home and Farm Metallic: Pins, Needles, Nails Railroad Spikes Chemical: Ammonia Lye Bluestone Saltpeter Gunpowder Salt Animal: Cow dung Hen's Eggs Feathers Snake Sheds Ants Bones Laying Tricks and Disposing of Ritual Remnants Burial in Earth in the Home Yard Deployment in Food or Drink Deployment in Clothing or on Objects Deployment or Disposal at a Crossroads Interment in a Quincunx Pattern in a Building Burial in a Graveyard Deployment in a Tree Deployment or Disposal in Running Water Disposal in Fire Tying, Wrapping, and Folding Folding Toward and Folding Away Wrapping and Tying Altar Cloths Sewing or Placing in a Bag Red Flannel Mojo Bag Brocade "Chinese Fortune Bag" Fringed Leather "Medicine Bag" Pouch Velvet Bags and Pouches Nation Sack Jomo Charms Spoken Charms (contrast chants (very few!) and relative lack of spoken charms w/ Euro-magic) Invocations (Father, Son, Holy Ghost; J the C; King Solomon) Recitation of Psalms "Hitler and Hell" by Rev. J. M. Gates, a call-and-response sermon-curse Written Charms, Petition Papers, and Inscribed Wishes Seals and Sigils Chalk Marks Inscribed Papers and Marked Money Feather Quill Pens for Magical Writing Magical Scented Inks Talismanic Objects Silver Dimes and Other Coins Lucky Tokens Divination Bibliomancy Jack Balls and Queen Elizabeth Root pendulums Lucky Numbers given to one: Hyatt's informant, numbers given out in commercial incense and candles Dreaming Lucky, Dreaming True, Dream Books "Aunt Sally's Policy Players Dream Book" and others "Billy Bing's Dream Book" "Kansas City Kitty Dream Book" "Madam Fu-Fu's Lucky Number Dream Book" "Pick'Em Dream Book" by Rajah Rabo (Carl Z. Talbot) Professor Konje, Professor De Herbert (Herbert G. Parris) "Rajah Rabo's 5-Star Mutuel Dream Book" by Rajah Rabo (Carl Z. Talbot) "Rajah's Lucky Number Dream Book" by Rajah Stanley "Stella's Lucky Seven Star Dream Book" "Stella's Success From Dreams: Number Interpretations" "True Fortune Teller" by The Gypsy King (Ralph Anderson) Lottery, Policy, and the Numbers Game Rundowns and Work-Outs "Billy Bing's Red Book of Relative Numbers" "Billy Bing's Work-Out Book: Work-Outs That 'Work'" Mail Order Spiritual Supplies (introductory history) How to Use Dressing Oils How to Use Sachet Powders How to Use Baths and Floor Washes How to Use Incense How to Burn Candles How to Use Spell Kits Mail Order Spell Books Albertus Magnus' Egyptian Secrets "Pow Wows or The Long Lost Friend" by John George Hohman "Secrets of the Psalms" by Godfrey Selig "The Ancient Book of Formulas" by Lewis de Claremont "The Ancient's Book of Magic" by Lewis de Claremont "Legends of Incense, Herb, and Oil Magic" by Lewis de Claremont "The 7 Keys to Power" by Lewis de Claremont "7 Steps to Power" by Lewis de Claremont "The Master Book of Candle Burning" by Henri Gamache "Master Key to Occult Secrets" by Henri Gamache "The Magic of Herbs" by Henri Gamache "The 8th, 9th, and 10th Books of Moses" by Henri Gamache "Terrors of the Evil Eye Exposed" / "Protection Agianst Evil" by Henri Gamache Joe Kay, Lewis de Claremont, Henri Gamache, and the Enduring Mystery of Mr Young "How to Hold a Candle Light Service" by Mikhail Strabo "Guiding Light to Power and Success" by Mikhail Strabo
The Basic Tricks
Drawing: How to Enhance Luck and Draw What you Want in Love, Money, and Work Mojo Bags and Conjure Hands Nation Sacks Jomo Charms Honey Jar Spells Hurting: How to Harm Others, Drive Them Away, or Give Them an Unnatural Illness Foot-Track Magic Jomo Work as a term for Negative Foot-Track Magic "Live Things In You" Tying the Nature Doll Babies Bottle and Box Spells Bottle Spells Honey Jar Spells Dominating: How to Get Your Way, To Rule, and Succeed Protecting: How to Protect Your Self and Your Home from Tricks Protection Spells Contacting Supernatural Entities: Hags The Dead (Ancestors and Others) Saints Crossroads Rituals
PART B: A SELECTED HOODOO FORMULARY
Materia Magica: Roots, Minerals, and Herbs
Intro to Natural Herbs, Roots, Minerals, and Zoological Curios Alligator Foot Alligator Tooth Angelica Root Badger Tooth Bat-Nut (Devil Pod, Chinese Horn Nut) Black Cat Black Dog Black Hens, Hen Eggs, and Frizzled Fowl Bluestone Buckeye Nut Devil's Shoe String Root Dragon's Blood Five Finger Grass Goofer Dust Graveyard Dirt Job's Tears John the Conqueror Root Lodestone Lucky Hand Root Magnetic Sand Nutmeg Pyrite Queen Elizabeth Root Rabbit Foot Raccoon Penis Bone Rattlesnake Skin and Rattles Red Pepper Rue Salt Sulphur
Condition Oils, Powders, Incenses, and Washes
Intro to Commercial Spiritual Supplies (Condition Formlas) Abramelin (a Kabbaistic formula in hoodoo) Adam and Eve African Ju Ju Algiers Attraction (to bring in what you want; also used to bring in money) Aunt Sally's Lucky Dream (to bring lucky numbers through dreams) Banishing Bat's Blood Bewitching Black Arts Black Cat (to bring back a lost love, for gambling, for dark arts) Blessing (for purification, blessing, healking, and comfort) Boss Fix Break Up (for splitting up a couple, for divorce or separation) Buffalo Ammonia (for purification, spiritual cleansing, and protection) Cast Off Evil (to break bad habits or drive away evil companions) Chinese Wash (to clean away crossed conditions in a home) Clarity Cleo May Come To Me (to draw a lover of the opposite sex closer) Commanding (to rule, control, dominate and lead others) Compelling (to make someone do as promised or pay what's owed) Controlling Court Case (to influence judge and jury to decide in your favour) Crossing (to mess someone's life up by jinxing their luck in all ways) Crown of Success (for success in school, career, or on stage) Crucible of Courage Cut and Clear (to Fall Out of Love and Open the Way for New Love) Destruction Dixie Love (an old Southern Love formula for men or women) Essence of Bend-Over (to subjugate someone to your will) Fan Laundry Soap (for Uncrossing and Jinx-breaking) Fan Medicated Soap (for Purification and Protection) Fast Luck (for immediate sexual and money luck) Fear Not to Walk Over Evil (for protection from tricks and crossing) Fiery Wall of Protection (for protection from enemies and bad people) Fire of Love (to engender passionate desire) Florida Water and Kananga Water (for purification and spiritism) Follow Me Boy (to dominate and control a man with sexual allure) Four Thieves Vinegar (to protect yourself and drive off enemies) Good Luck (for generl good fortune in love, money, and games of chance) Goofer Dust (to wreck someone's life up or kill them) Graveyard Dirt (to kill someone or bring them under your control) Hot Foot (to drive someone out of your life or cause them to leave town) House Blessing (to cleanse, bless, and protect your home) Hoyt's Cologne (for gambling luck) Indian Spirit Guide Intranquility (to force a wandering lover to return) John the Conqueror (for strength, mastery, love, and money) King Solomon Wisdom (for intelligence, wise decisions, and occultism) Kiss Me Now (to rapidly bring about a sexual affair) Lady Luck (for dice-play and risk-taking ventures) Lavender Love Drops (for drawing gay and lesbian love and sex) Law Keep Away (to keep off the police, IRS, DEA, and other agencies) Lodestone (to attract and draw luck, money, and love) Loook Me Over (to attract admiring attention to one's physical body) Love Me (to attract a new lover or turn an old friend into a new lover) Lucky Buddha (for good luck in wealth, health, money, and gambling) Lucky Hand (for a "helping hand" in money matters and gambling) Lucky Mojo (for all around good luck in love, money, and gambling) Lucky Number (for betting in any game that involved Numerology or Numbers) Lucky 13 (to "dress the house" and fix one's money when gambling) Magnetic Sands (to feed the lodestone for love or money matters) Marriage (to get married, to bless a new marriage, for wedded bliss) Master (for skill, self-discipline, and leadership ablity) Master Key (for occult power, strength of will, and insight) Money Drawing (to bring in money through business or general good luck) Money House Blessing (to bring in money through business or general good luck) Money Stay With Me (to bring in money through business or general good luck) Moses (to honour or petition the great Prophet, Law-Giver, and Leader.) Peaceful Home (for a happy marriage or domestic relationship) Peace Water (to ensure that only good people and spirits enter the home) Power (to increase your personal strength and spiritual power) Prosperity (for better business and financial ease) Psychic Vision Reconciliation (to repair lovers' spats) Return To Me Road Opener (to break blockages and open the way) Safe Travel (for a happy journey and a safe return) Special Oil No. 20 (an all-purpose candle-dressing oil) Stay At Home Stay With Me (for conjugal fidelity and marital faithfulness) Steady Work (to get a good job and hold it) Stop Gossip (to get a good job and hold it) Three Jacks and a King (for luck at gambling and card games) Uncrossing (to break jinxes and remove crossed conditions) Van Van (to open the way, drive off evil, and anoint amulets) War Water (to declare occult war on enemies and cause trouble for them)Candles
Popular Candles in Conjure Seven-Day and Seven-Knob Candles Votive Candles, Lux Perpetua Candles, and Tea Lights Glass Encased Religious Novena Candles Glass Encased Vigil Candles Unlabelled Plain Glass Encased Vigil Candles Pull-Out Candles (Vigil And Novena Candle Refills) Double Action and Reversing Jumbo CandlesFormulary Databases
Herbs, Curios, and Spiritual Supplies Grouped by Use or Purpose Herbal Quick-List (180 Herbs) Popular Types of Figural Candles (second part of web page) Inventory of 7-Day Vigil Candles
PART C: HOODOO IN PRACTICE
How to Make a Mojo hand ("What's In a Mojo" section only) How to Make and Use a Doll-Baby Going Down to the Crossroads ("Oral History" section only) Candle Magic The History of Candle Burning in the Hoodoo Rootwork Tradition Colour Symbolism in Candle Magic The Symbolism of Figural Candles Dressing, Marking, Measuring, Lighting, and Extinguishing Candles How to Read Divination Signs from Candle-Burning How to Burn Candles in Secret How to Ritually Dispose of Used Candle Wax Simple Candle Spells for You to Try Practical Hoodoo Spells for Various Conditions Opening the Way Love Spells Reconciliation Spells Tying the Nature Break-up and anti-love Money-drawing and Drawing Customers to a Business Gambler's Luck Job-getting Success in Career or School Domination and Bend-Over Protection Spells Law Keep Away Hot Foot and Drive-Away Jinxing and Crossing Jinx-Breaking and Uncrossing Blessing, Purification, and Healing Improvisation within an Oral Tradition: Playng the Riffs (an upbeat, encouraging "release" that allows beginners to feel free from the constraints of "cookbook" magic, but stesses the tradition and its integrity) Some Aspects of the Material Culture of Hoodoo in the 20th Century Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo supplementary transcriptions Hoodoo Candle Manaufacturers Double Fast Luck brand soap The Lucky aspects of commercial hair care preparations Harry M. Hyatt's African-American informants Lucky Brown beauty products Lucky Heart hoodoo products Lucky MonGol brand curios lucky room sprays Sonny Boy hoodoo products
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WEB PAGES
("portions of this book were first presented as a series of short, topical essays in the Lucky W Amulet Archive..." hence a list of all pages at same that deal with hoodoo)BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED SOURCES
See: Bibliography of Source Writings on Hoodo by catherine yronwode
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