HOODOO & ROOTWORK COURSE ~ Intermediate Level ~ July 2, 2006

New Orleans Voodoo and Rootwork consist of a large body of African folkloric practices and beliefs with a considerable admixture of American Indian botanical knowledge as well as European folklore and Haitian Vodou. Hoodoo is considered more generalized and implies a more simple version of these practices.

Discover the magic of herbs and plants and how to make Powders, Oils and Baths for all aspects of life including success, love, money and protection.

Topics include:
- Love & Money Spells
- Gris Gris and MoJo bags,
- Powders, oils and potions
- Preparing Incense
- Smocking Clients
- Spiritual Baths
- Sneaky tricks

This lesson contains a good collection of spells and recipes from various traditions showing the eclectic nature of Hoodoo and Rootwork. We will cover herb, nut and flower baths for healing, reducing tension, increasing mental acuity, bringing love into your life, or even for economic improvement. You will be shows how to use incense and flowers to sweeten the home and clear the air after arguments.

This level will show how to perform spiritual cleansings before any other type of Hoodoo and Rootwork should be done.

If time and weather permit, we will also be doing some work outdoors.

This course includes New Orleans style Hoodoo and Rootwork as well as elements of European Witchcraft, Puerto Rican Espiritismo and Latin-American Brujeria.

This course is an excellent and thorough introduction to natural magic! Everyone interested in learning more about herbs, powders & potions as well as effective spell casting and working with ancestral spirits is especially invited to attend!

Recommended reading for this level:
?Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic: A Materia Magica of African-American Conjure?
by Cat Yronwood
ISBN 0971961204

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