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

There is an old tradition in New Orleans, if you ever make your way to the St. Louis Cemetery #1. There is a tomb in front of which one often sees offerings of flowers and candles, and the structure is covered over with X shapes scratched or drawn on the walls. This is the tomb of the famous Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. History -- written largely by whites who didn't approve of her practice -- has claimed she began as a hairdresser who learned secrets about her wealthy clients, and passed herself to them as a fortune teller and magician. Recent scholarship finds no evidence of her having been a hairdresser, and instead it appears she married, and was subsequently widowed, at a young age. She then took up with a man descended from French nobility, whom she couldn't legally marry because he was white and she was black, though she stayed with him for many years, had children with him, and technically it is his family's tomb she's buried in. She was apparently...

A hoodoo spell adapted from a spell at Dr. E's Blog . You need: Pullout candle -- yellow preferred Glass Candle Casing (blank) Gold Glitter Magnetic Sand Success Oil House Blessing Oil Paper and Pen Tape or glue (for securing paper to glass) Knife, pin or nail (for carving candle) Gloria Incense Yellow candles are used to represent many things, including items of value, like the house you're after. So that's why we're recommending that color here. You can also use any other candle color that seems suitable, or white can be used to represent anything.  Begin by carving onto the pullout candle the things you want in a home -- this includes things like price, amenities, location... when I did this for myself I included traits like "washer/dryer" and "attentive landlord." As Dr. E says, reach for the stars and you'll be able to get most (but probably not all) the things you hope for. (For example, I did not get a place that h...

David J. Lieberman's book Get Anyone To Do Anything explains the following:    The way people gamble and how they live their lives often parallel one another. Because, really, life is a series of decisions and gambles [...] Gambler A: The Chaser Here is a typical scenario of Gambler A. He bets $10 and loses; he bets $10 again and loses; now he bets $20 and loses; $30 and loses. He increases his bets as he does worse. The gambler tries to chase his money -- trying to win it all back in one hand by betting more to make up for the times he's lost. Gambler B: A Man Divided Against Himself Will Fall Here is a typical scenario of Gambler B. He bets $10 and loses; bets $10 and loses; after some time his bet goes down to $5.00 Good plan? No, because he never feels successful. If he wins the $5.00 bet then he feels he should have bet more and if he loses then he still lost. And he's partly pleased he's lost because it is through losing that he can now justify to h...

When I was writing the book that became Conjuration , I kept careful track of my citations from the various libraries I visited and online resources used over the several years I spent gathering my information. Then, when I was ready to print the book -- I felt like an idiot when I discovered a few of my citations were either missing or improperly recorded! I ended up making a note in the bibliography about that matter, that there might be a few things where the citations couldn't be found... instead of having to delay the book in hopes that the might eventually be rediscovered. I'm happy to report that today I came across the note for one of those lost citations! I had mentioned in the book that sigils had been used in African magic since at least the year 1800, but couldn't seem to find my source on that. I finally happened upon a note I scrawled down on a paper that apparently got separated from the rest of my notes -- "1800, 'A Treatise on Sugar' Benjamin ...