What the hell is Hoodoo?: Hoodoo is an African American folk magic which incorporates African beliefs, Native American spirituality and good ol’ Catholicism. It’s a mish mash of magic involving prayers, oils, powders, jar spells, candle magic and ancestors, amongst other odds and ends I’ll get to before the run of this zine series is up.
Who the hell are you?: I’m a budding rootworker. “Rootwork” and “Conjure” are other names for Hoodoo. Voudon/Voodoo is NOT Hoodoo, by the way. Anyways, I started a few months ago. I’ve sucked up all the written material and some video material as well. I’ve got books hidden in my trunk and a journal with a lock on it. I’ve got recipes and rules and I spend time to study daily. My car is my alter for all things magic as I don’t live in a place I can practice freely, I spend many nights bundled up in jackets and blankets with a window crack so as not to suffocate while I light candles with petitions underneath.
Welcome, to my adventures in Hoodoo.
Topics that this zine will cover include:
Psalms, Candles, Oils, Herbs, Sachet Powders, How to use these tools, Laying tricks, mojos and gris gris, Petitioning Saints and honoring ancestors. Just to name a few.
Welcome to my Adventures in Hoodoo.
I have no one to share this sort of journey with, and that’s where YOU come in. I was burying some candle wax in my front yard and a neighbor saw me at 9 at night with a big shovel pressing all my weight into it to dig past the winter chill of the ground and flopping the dirt neatly into a pile. The lady was turning around on the street in her car and rolled up in the driveway next to me. I was a little stunned at the time, so I slammed the shovel down into the hole I was making and waved at my neighbors’ car. Then I went immediately back to digging because that’s the natural not-weird-thing-to-do in that situation, yeah?
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