The Spellcaster's Source Hoodoo and Voodoo Witchcraft Blog of Talia Felix

Many hoodoo magic spells operate by way of creating physical charms like mojo bags or bottle spells. In these cases, what is one to do with the resulting magical spell device? Traditionally, the answer is to place the charms in specific locations that relate to the work. When one deposits a hoodoo spell at a house, it should be the home of the person the spell is meant to influence. So if it's a spell to draw money to yourself , you keep the charm at your own house. If your spell is to mentally influence somebody through magic , you will hide the charm someplace at their house. It is of note that the magical spell device does not necessarily need to be hidden inside the house, but it should at least be on the property of the person it is meant to influence. It is perfectly fine to conceal the charm; it need not be plainly visible. In fact, it can even be buried or hidden under the house. "But I can't get into so and so's house," you complain, "in ...

Medieval Witchcraft gives several methods for telling one's own fortune and the fortunes of friends. After all, what better way to be sure of the fortune teller's honesty than to do it yourself? Charles Godfrey Leland, one of the contributors to the collection, described in the 19th century the following cold reading statements used by scam fortune tellers and how anyone could use them: 1. It is safe in most cases with middle-aged men to declare that they have had a law-suit, or a great dispute as to property, which has given them a great deal of trouble. This must be impressively uttered. Emphasis and sinking the voice are of great assistance in fortune-telling. If the subject betray the least emotion, or admit it, promptly improve the occasion, express sympathy, and "work it up." 2. Declare that a great fortune, or something greatly to the advantage of the subject, or something which will gratify him, will soon come in his way, but that he must be kee...

If you really want to feed your hoodoo mojo hands and conjure bags the old fashioned way, then here's the stuff for you! Apparently this moonshine is so disgusting, even the clerk at the store told me not to buy it.

Figured I'd throw forth this little family recipe I just coaxed out of my grandmother. She says this is what her grandmother, who was the midwife and herbal-remedy person around La Cienega, NM , would make when anyone had a cold. Lavender (called alhusena in the local Spanish dialect) Lemon Honey Boil together into a tea. For very serious colds and flus, replace the honey with onions. (She is said to have saved a lot of people in the 1918 Flu Epidemic with her onion mixture.)

This is an old recipe for a Gambling Hand. It uses one of those old mercury-filled nutmegs that most people advise against trying, these days. I have a suspicion that the purpose of the liquid mercury comes from a bit of wordplay off "quicksilver" (suggesting silver, money, will come quick.) I like to replace it with some Fast Luck oil and silver magnetic sand: I know others who use filed down Mercury dimes for this. Begin: prepare a round whole nutmeg by drilling a hole in it and filling it with liquid mercury. Then use some strong adhesive tape to seal it, making an X or a cross with two pieces. For the rest of the bag you need: a chamois bag an eagle eye a shark tooth a lodestone magnetic sand cinnamon Combine all the items and the nutmeg inside the bag, and sew it shut. You dress the bag with a mixture of clove oil, cinnamon oil and "green-luck oil." Seven drops are used to feed it. If you lose while carrying this bag, stop a while and let it rest; and don'...