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

From The Magic of New Ishtar Power : ...A few basic indications of a negative psychic atmosphere that requires special measures to insure your continued well being: A sudden shift of mood from positive to feeling antagonistic or defeatist. An apparent shift of the mood of others toward you from friendly to hostile. Any unusual tendency to be clumsy or drop things.  Any strange urge to do something spiteful or hurtful to another. More than one sloppy (or worse) accident in any three-day period. Any reasonable feeling of being blocked from your good or trapped in a negative situation, even when you have done your best. Any series of happenings that feel like the beginning of a string of "bad luck." Any normally unexplainable drop off in your business or other regular income. Being ignored or slighted by more than one acquaintance who normally acts friendly toward you (again within a three-day period.) A sudden flare up of a chronic body ailment, any unusual or une...

The mojo, gris-gris, hand, or conjure bag is an important item in hoodoo style folk magic . Several different methods exist for creating these talismans, which are typically made from a cloth wrapper or bag surrounding herbs, sigils, animal parts, minerals, and/or personal items taken from the person the bag is meant to effect.  Once the ingredients have been assembled together, a process is frequently undertaken to consecrate the bag and awaken its special mystical powers. This is an old process. Take up your nearly-finished bag, which should be filled with your ingredients but still open. Get ready to tie a knot around it, either with a separate string, or with a drawstring if your bag includes one.  Fill up your mouth with a shot of whiskey -- or just about any strong alcohol (bourbon, aquavit, scotch, moonshine, whatever.) DO NOT SWALLOW. Holding the liquid in your mouth, mumble without spilling it your blessings and prayers for the bag.  Tighten the kn...

Some relationships just aren't meant to be. When that time has come that you know you have to let go, here's a spell that can make the pains of separation less severe. You need: Separation Bath 2 white candles Special Oil #20 or Brown Oil Egg John the Conqueror Oil or Powder Draw a bath, and add the Separation bath to the water (whether you have bath crystals, a bubble bath, herbal infusion or whatever.)  Dress the two candles with Special Oil #20 and set them on either side of the bathtub.  Light the candles and get into the bath. Use the egg to rub your body, starting from the head and working down. Pay special attention to the heart and genital areas if the relationship was a romantic/sexual one. When the whole body is wiped down, toss the egg into the toilet and flush it away quickly without looking at it. You may remain in the bath for as long as desired -- I recommend at least 30 minutes so the water can soften and soak into the skin. Emerge when read...

Was looking for info about oil lamps, and came across this clever little method for making an oil burning lamp, in a jar! In hoodoo style magic spells, oil lamps are used like candles for setting lights on petitions. The lamp oil is mixed with conjure formulas and other magical ingredients in order to work its power. They are popular in regions where the weather is often too hot for candles to be kept without danger of melting in storage.