Siedlak - Hoodoo

Hoodoo

Monique JoinerSiedlak

2016 Monique R. Joiner Siedlak

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Wiccan Basics

Candle Magick

Wiccan Spells

Love Spells

Abundance Spells

Herb Magick

Seven African Powers

Moon Magick

Cooking for the Orishas

Creating Your Own Spells

Table of Contents

This book will help you understand the rootsof Hoodoo. The best thing is that it does not require a lot oftime. You do not need an intricate plan involving costly tools, oryears of training. You just have to believe in yourself that youcan obtain your intention. You do not want to hope it will happenor maybe it will. But you must actually know it. Know it deepinside. Many individuals will see this as simple superstition.

Regardless of your belief system, Hoodoo,involves taking great care in what you think, say, and do. Theconsequences of your actions will be echoed in the outcome of thespell. If youre dishonest and persistent, you may obtain thatwhich you wanted, but will you keep it? Can you? Or will it beseized away from you as reparation for your actions? Then, on theother hand, if youre intent is honest and pure, you may receivethat which desired, and you will gain greatly from it. So planwisely. Be clear in your intent. Cast with happiness andcommunicate with your God or Goddess. All of these will help youmanifest what you need, and in the end, what you want.

Chapter One

Hoodoo is an established magical practicewhich is believed to be formed in Africa and that was deprived ofits original spiritual philosophy with Africans who were brought toAmerica as slaves. It arrived in the new world with those who weretaken from their native lands, denied their identities and theirreligion. It has since absorbed some beliefs and practices fromother cultures such as Native American spirituality and EuropeanCeremonial Magick.

The slaves found themselves in a place wherethey were considered the property by the slaveholders. African andNative American slaves often found themselves working alongside oneanother and it is believed that through this mingling the slaveslearned a great deal about the medicinal and magickal uses of theherbs native to America.

As various slave-owners associatedthemselves with Christianity, they wanted to convert their slaveworkers. Having the danger of death looming, they were not allowedto practice their religion. The slaves conveyed their beliefs underthe ruse of the predominant religion of their region. In thesoutheast, where individuals were mostly Protestant Christians theDark Man of the Crossroads came to be known as the Devil ofChristianity.

In areas where Catholicism was the mainreligion, such as New Orleans, hoodoo practices blended with notonly Catholicism but Voodoo as well. With this, the ChristianSaints often became connected with the spirits and deities ofVoodoo. As an example, the Voodoo deity called Damballah whocommonly took the form of a serpent would represent St Patrick. St.Patrick is connected with driving the snakes out of Ireland.

In the Northern states whereAfrican-Americans were to a certain degree free, they were alsointroduced to European immigrants who came to American and soughtreligious freedom with their own religious and folk-magic beliefsand practices, with them. With the interactions with theseimmigrants, and shortly after their writings, its in that method,Hoodoo took in components of their magic and practices.

African Americans began to incorporate a fewelements from the European culture, such as occultism andmysticism. With the mobility of blacks from the rural South, tomore urban areas in the North, is characterized by the items usedin hoodoo. Jewish pharmacists opened their shops in black thecommunities and began to offer things both asked for by their blackcustomers, as well as things they felt would be of use. Theacceptance of occultism and mysticism may be seen with candles inglass jars with colored wax that are often labeled for specificpurposes such as "Uncrossing" and "Fast Luck".

Through the African American communityfinding Christian depictions and prayers, this made it a naturaladdition to the similar symbolism of hoodoo. Reflecting the hoodooconception of the Bible-as-amulet, the book itself proposes to be aprotective talisman.

With the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses asa Grimoire that was made popular with Europeans is supposedly basedon the Jewish Kabbalah. Containing numerous signs, seals, andpassages in Hebrew, they are thought to be related to Moses' powerto work miracles.

Hoodoo displays the apparent associations tothe practices and beliefs of Fon nu and Ewe mystical traditionalways. The traditional way of Voodoo, or Vodun, is a more consistentand broadly dispersed spiritual practice than hoodoo. Voodoo'spresent system is practiced across West Africa in the nations ofBenin, Burkina Faso, and Togo, in addition to others. In theAmericas, the worship of the Voodoo, Loa is integrated with theRoman Catholic saints. The Voodoo of Louisiana, Voodoo of Haiti,and the Vud of Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico arerelated more to Voodoo than they are to Hoodoo.

Chapter Two

A Hoodoo/Root Worker/Conjurer works with theChristian (Protestant or Catholic) Bible. The words of JesusChrist, the intervention of Mary, the calling of the Saints, alongwith the use of the Psalms is thought to hold great power for allmanner of works.

When you work with Hoodoo, a more SouthernAfrican-American viewpoint will exist. A root worker may, performalongside the appearances of the Scotts-Irish-German that wasbrought to the Appalachian Mountains. Together will use the Bible,particularly the Psalms, and various seals.

As an outcome of the contact to variousfaiths and practices the religions of the African slaves changedinto a potpourri of magickal practices recognized as Hoodoo. Eventhough Hoodoo is not a religion members often use Christianmythology, though some practitioners are just as expected topetition Papa Legba to remove stumbling blocks and open the wayahead of them.

In the Hoodoo Tradition, curses are seen asa desire or wish which can only be delivered by God and simply whenthe curse is warranted. An example would be, if you lay down apowder to curse someone it will only have an effect on thatspecific individual and no one else. Even if they happen to walkover the powder. What's more, it is thought that curses which arenot necessary or deserved have no effect. Now, if a curse is bothdeserved and expressed by a person in the right, like a rootworker, it is said to not ever to fail.