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

A lot of people who cast love spells do so with an inherent fear that it might 'backfire.' They expect this. They buy their spell and want to know what will happen if the spell backfires . Most people who hold this belief seem to consider it something akin to the 'karma' rule of magic, wherein it's perceived that magic or certain types of magic are bad or evil and that they will cause bad or evil to come back on the person who uses them. Not all magical systems believe in this, and not all practitioners of magic believe in this. Most reported cases of backfiring I hear, sound to my nonbelieving senses to be either unrelated accidents or misfortunes that just happened to occur shortly after a spellcast and are attributed to 'backfiring' (these are things like broken appliances, failing job interviews, minor accidents or injuries -- stuff that has nothing to do with love or the love spell) OR, the spell producing unintended negative consequen...

This psalm is traditionally said by a person on his deathbed, hoping to curse a rival. If you don't want to wait that long, why not see what other options are available to you with a copy of the book Death and Destruction: Magic Spells for Vengeance, Harm, Etc. 1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them ...

Aloes, agarwood, also known as oud, oodh or agar, is a dark resinous heartwood that forms in Aquilaria and Gyrinops trees (large evergreens native to southeast Asia) when they become infected with a type of mold. It is a fragrant wood, valued in antiquity for its pleasing smell and recommended in magical textbooks for operations connected with the sun. The resin embedded wood is valued in many cultures for its distinctive fragrance, and thus is used for incense and perfumes. One of the main reasons for the relative rarity and high cost of agarwood is the depletion of the wild resource. Bitter aloes, made from a different plant , is a purgative drug and therefore a symbol of spiritual cleansing, purgatory.  Sandalwood is the name of a class of fragrant woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and unlike many other aromatic woods they retain their fragrance for decades. As well as using the harvested and cut wood, essential oil...

There is a wonderful article here about Powwowing, a practice that has probably had more influence over hoodoo than it's given credit for. Particularly interesting is the part about the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses (sometimes called the "Hoodoo Bible.") Powwowing: A Persistent American Esoteric Tradition by David W. Kriebel, Ph.D., explores the practice of powwowing, an enduring tradition of folk healing and magic in America, particularly within Pennsylvania Dutch communities. This tradition, rooted in a blend of Christian faith and folk medicine, has managed to persist from its European origins to contemporary times, despite modernization and skepticism. Powwowing, also known as Braucherei, has its roots in medieval European healing practices, which were brought to America by German immigrants in the 18th century. These settlers, primarily of the Pennsylvania Dutch community, integrated their Christian beliefs with folk remedies, forming a unique system of healing. ...

Ammonia is a strong cleansing agent in hoodoo magick, both physically and spiritually. In Edwardian times it was advised as an old home remedy for a nerve tonic (see recipe below.)  "Household ammonia" or "ammonium hydroxide" is a solution of NH3 in water. Household ammonia ranges in concentration from 5 to 10 weight percent ammonia. The Romans called the ammonium chloride deposits they collected from near the Temple of Amun (Greek Ἄμμων Ammon) in ancient Libya 'sal ammoniacus' (salt of Amun) because of proximity to the nearby temple of Amun, the chief god of ancient Thebes. Salts of ammonia have been known from very early times; thus the term Hammoniacus sal appears in the writings of Pliny, although it is not known whether the term is identical with the more modern sal-ammoniac (ammonium chloride). In the form of sal-ammoniac (nushadir) ammonia was important to the Muslim alchemists as early as the 8th century, first mentioned by the arab chemist...