Hoodoo Rootwork Correspondence Course
Catherine Yronwode
Language: English
Pages: 435
ISBN: 2:00250782
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Both theorical and practical matters are covered in this course, including herbal information, magic spells, traditional techniques, historical background, how root doctors work for clients, what candle shop owners do, and other inside information not available through my other books.
Runic Amulets and Magic Objects
Angel's Ink (The Asylum Tales, Book 1)
Esoteric Medicine and Practical Magic
Improve the health. If it's protection they want, I improve their protection and strength during fa waxing Moon, and remove the influence of the other person during the waning Moon. Is that the same thing you're talking about in the "Time of the Month" segment? It's exacdy as you describe. You've got the idea perfectly. • In throwing the bath water towards a tree to make the tree a surrogate, don't you risk blighting the tree? Or is it generally assumed that the tree can handle the effects?.
Working for the return of an estranged lover, "If you can't find spring water or rain water, then get water from the Bay or else fill a basin with regular water and sit there and think about your man and cry. When your tears drop into the water, that makes it just the same as natural water." These beliefs are quite similar to — one might almost say identical to — ancient Hebrew beliefs about the type of water suitable for use in a ritual bath or mikva. In both cases, the emphasis is on natural.
Medicine, that usually meant having a clear understanding of which local plants could induce vomiting, break a fever, clear the tangs of congestion, or calm an upset stomach. Even though herbal medicine is less popular now than it was a hundred years ago, dc field still has its devotees and its practitioners. Many modem miracle drugs are derivedfromplants, and drug researchers continue to experiment with herbs and roots in the hope of discovering substances that alleviate or cure disease.
Supply catalogues and formula books, one can find terminological divisions of commercially prepared incense that fall into several families, each with its own associated "code" words: In these old hoodoo catalogues, the adjectives "Bible," "Biblical," "Ecclesiastical," "Altar," "High-Altar," "Hi-Altar," "Church," "Gloria," and "Three Kings" imply that the incense in question contains Frankincense (also known as Olibanum) and I or Myrrh, with or without the addition of other Middle-Eastern tree.
"agaibathi" in India and "joss sticks" in England and America. The word "joss" derives from the Portuguese "Dios" - God - because the incense is burned in temples. Stick incense is favoured in India and the Himalayas. Rope and coil incenses are popular in China and Southeast Asia. Cone incense, called "dhoop" in India, is made by wetting powdered sandalwood withfillerwood and gums, pressing it into con-shaped forms, drying it, and then scenting the resultant cones with oils. Cone incense is a.