Ervas No Hoodoo
Ervas No Hoodoo
Ervas No Hoodoo
Folha de louro (BAY LEAF) - Proteção, poderes psíquicos, cura, purificação, força.
Semente de Cominho (CARRAWAY SEED) - Proteção, desejo, saúde, anti-roubo, poderes mentais.
Semente de Linhaça (FLAX SEED) - Dinheiro, proteção, beleza, poderes psíquicos, cura.
Semente de Papoula (POPPY SEED) - Fertilidade, amor, tranquilidade, dinheiro, sorte, invisibilidade.
Trevo Vermelho (RED CLOVER) - Proteção, dinheiro, amor, fidelidade, exorcismo, sucesso.
Baga de Rosa (ROSE HIPS) - Amor, poderes psíquicos, cura, sorte, proteção.
Casca de Carvalho Branco (WHITE OAK BARK) - Proteção, dinheiro, cura, energia, fertilidade, sorte.
Casca de Salgueiro Branco (WHITE WILLOW BARK ) - Amor, adivinhação amorosa, proteção, cura.
Semente de Ervilha do Rosário (LADY BUG BEAN) - Usada em amuletos para boa sorte.
Folhas de Acácia (ACACIA LEAVES) - Simboliza a vida após a morte, as folhas são queimadas para
desenvolver o poder pesoal.
Raiz de Alkanet (ALKANET ROOT) - Sucesso em negócios, jogos de azar, desfaz feitiços que estejam
atrapalhando seu fluxo monetário e suas chances nos jogos.
Folhas de Malva (ALTHAEA LEAVES) - Cura, habilidades psíquicas, atração de bons espíritos para o lar.
Pó de raiz de Araruta (ARROW ROOT POWDER) - Combinado com outras ervas, atrai sorte em apostas.
Pó de Assa-fétida (ASAFOETIDA POWDER ) - Afasta doenças, feitiços malignos, repele o mal, prejudica os
inimigos, mantém distante oficiais da lei.
Semente de Harmal (ASPAND SEED) - Usada em rituais zoroastrianos e muçulmanos para proteger contra
o mau-olhado.
Bálsamo de Gilead ( BALM OF GILEAD ) - Conforta aqueles que sofreram perdas amorosas, alivia
problemas causados por colegas de trabalho invejosos e falsos amigos que estão tentando incomodar o
seu casamento ou vida amorosa, encoraja reconciliação com amante, amigo ou cônjuge distante.
Berberis (BARBERRY ) - Polvilhado no caminho dos teus inimigos para barrar a sua passagem e impedi-los
de seguir você.
Raiz de Morango Chinês ( BAYBERRY ROOT - Myrica rubra) - Atrai fortuna e dinheiro.
Folha de Amora Preta (BLACKBERRY LEAF) - Exorcismo, afasta espíritos malignos de residências, manda
de volta o mal que uma pessoa fez a você, retorna o mal para os inimigos.
Raiz de Erva-de-são-cristóvão (BLACK COHOSH ROOT) - Protege contra o mal, e dá forças para quem é
fraco, tímido, assustado ou envergonhado.
Sanguinea ( BLOOD ROOT) - Proteção familiar, afasta o mal das residências e traz boa sorte em questões
familiares.
Raiz de Cohosh-Azul (BLUE COHOSH ROOT) - Protege pessoas e lugares contra o mal, usada pelos
nativos americanos pra proteger as crianças.
Boldo (Boldo) - Afasta espíritos malignos, maus clientes, pessoas indisciplinadas e doenças.
Eupatório (BONESET) - Previne e cura doenças sobrenaturais, afasta azarações e usada em rituais de
limpeza.
Borragem ( BORAGE) - Coragem, alegria, paz no lar, tranquilidade na família e acalma as relações
familiares.
Sal-grosso (SEA SALT) - Proteção, purificação.
0. Outside the circle, set up an altar with three candles (the original rite calls for red, white, and black)
situated around a black and red triangle, with a picture or representation of the person to be called
within the triangle. Burn wormwood and horehound as incense.
2. Call upon a force which presides over the dead. The original rite calls upon Hecate with a poetic
incantation, followed by an ad-lib request for the deity's help in successfully completing the operation.
3. Call upon the spirit of the deceased. The rite gives the following: "Colpriziana, offina alta nestra, fuaro
menut, i name ........ the dead which i seek, ........ thou art the dead that i seek. Spirit of ......, deceased,
you may now approach this gate and answer truly to my calling. Berald, Beroald, Balbin, Gab, Gabor,
Agaba! Arise, i charge and call thee." {The magic words are from the Grimoirium Verum, and though i
don't wish to go track the reference down right now, they are clearly corruptions of latin and hebrew
words.}
4. Make an X sign, calling the person's name. When there is some manifestation in the smoke, Say to it:
"Allay Fortission Fortissio Allynsen Roa!" which is also a combination of hebrew and latin. The intent of
the words seems to be the giving of strength (fortis) and breath (ruach).
6. When you wish it to depart, say "Go, Go departed shades by Omgroma Epic Sayoc, Satony, Degony,
Eparigon, Galiganon, Zogogen, Ferstigon. I License thee to depart unto thy proper place and be there
peace between us evermore."
7. Close shop.
Incidentally, the rite from the Grimoirium Verum is not nearly as explicit, has different components, and
was most likely used to *raise* the dead rather than to evoke them. The process is kept alive today in
the caribbean with the aid of certain frogs and fish, and it is possible that the french grimoire records an
ancestor of the practice. In both the very real carribbean and the hypothetical 17th century french cases,
the victim of zombification is only "mostly dead" and thus the rites fall under the domain of
psychological manipulations and not of magic.
Taking a stalk of Yew Wood to a cemetary, select the grave of a person with whom you wish to speak.
Bury the stalk in the earth of the person's grave, and leave there for the space of one full moon, from
new moon to new moon. On the second new moon, return to the grave, remove the wand and carve the
deceased's name on it. This then may be used to call upon the deceased, who will come and answer
your questions for you.
Just because someone's dead, there is no reason to believe they got any smarter.
Necromancy requires a great deal of life energy to produce a satisfactory manifestation. Provide this as
you will.
Blog Post 81 – Van Van Oil
Greetings everyone! Today, I’m going to cover another piece of our recent Lucky 13 podcast: Van Van
oil. This is one of the most common hoodoo oils around, and actually shows up in other places fairly
often, too. Because it is made from grasses found in Southeast Asia, it has a long history in medicine and
magic from those areas. Some of the grasses used in Van Van are also grown in West Africa, which is
likely one route through which Southern conjure practices adopted this formula.
Lemongrass
Citronella
Palmarosa & Gingergrass (the same plant, but the oil pressing process is different)
Most of these are not easily available in bulk herb form, with the exceptions of lemongrass (which you
can find at almost any Asian market) and vetiver (which can often be found in herb or metaphysical
shops). All of the oils except gingergrass are readily available from any aromatherapy or herbal extract
dealer. Gingergrass oil, which can be hard to find, is often left out of homemade Van Van recipes, or
something else might be substituted for it.
The proportions heavily favor lemongrass in the recipes I’ve seen, almost to the point of exclusivity.
There are some who solely use lemongrass oil and add dried botanicals to it in order to round out the
recipe. Generally speaking, a home blender would use:
1 part palmarosa
1 part gingergrass
All of these would be carefully blended in a sterile jar, then topped with a carrier oil (sweet almond or
jojoba would be excellent). The proportions above are merely suggestions, and you would do well to
contact a trained herbalist before blending these on your own. In reality, you might be able to use just
the first three oils and have some pretty solid Van Van oil, so don’t spend loads of money tracking down
rare herbal ingredients unless you really feel compelled to do so.
Additions to the recipe vary by practitioner and region. For example, in New Orleans, one might find
lemon verbena added to the mix. In fact, this may be how the formula got its name. According to Cat
Yronwode, Creole rootworkers would sometimes use lemon verbena in their blends in order to
supplement the strong lemon-musk scent of the oil. Verbena—a related herb—was often called vervain,
and that was given a pidgin phoneme of “van van.” The name does NOT have anything to do with
vanilla, which is not found in any traditional recipes for this formula. Judika Illes, whom we’ve
referenced several times before, suggests adding another wild Asian grass—patchouli—to the blend, but
I’ve never done this myself (I’m not a fan of patchouli, personally). Other additions might include pyrite
chips or “lucky” things like four leaf clover charms (which can also be anointed with Van Van and carried
for luck).
So just what is Van Van oil for and how does it work? Well, it’s considered a sort of ultimate luck
formula, having sway over money, prosperity, gambling, love, and anything else that might need a little
luck. It’s often used to anoint talismans—like the rabbit’s foot—or mojo hands made for gambling or
love. As for how it works, lemongrass (and all citrus grasses) has a powerful “cut and clear” effect…think
of how many lemon-scented cleaning agents there are. They just make things seem cleaner (lemon also
has some antibacterial/antimicrobial properties, and is a potent preservative in small doses—sliced
apples are often treated with a lemon juice extract to keep them from browning). Citronella does
something similar (think of how citronella candles, torches, and oils repel nasty insects like mosquitoes).
These grasses cut and clear any negative influences, warding off bad luck. Palmarosa and gingergrass
(which come from the same plant, in reality, Cymbopogon martine) are muskier, and so have a slight
sexual connotation. If you think of something being clean, bright, and sexy, it’s not hard to imagine lucky
in the mix, too (think James Bond in a casino). Vetiver is the muskiest of all, with strong earthy tones.
Earth has connections to abundance and prosperity (think of fertile black soil planted with seeds which
grow into crops), plus there is a strong sexual current again. Sex + money + nothing standing in your
way? Yeah, I’d say that’s pretty lucky.
You can find Van Van oils at the Lucky Mojo Co., Music City Mojo, Toads Bone Apotheca, Queen of
Pentacles Conjure, The Conjure Doctor, and just about any botanica or root shop around.
Mojo bags are usually made of cotton flannel, and then fixed with herbs, roots, and curios which
compliment the type of effect that one is trying to manifest. Using time honored methods and prayers,
the conjure practitioner then joins the energies of each of the mojo bag ingredients into a powerful
whole working towards the goal of the intended wearer. This is akin to taking lone soldiers, and
combining their forces to make one formidable army fighting for a unified cause. The mojo is then
passed through the smoke of incense, and provided with some whiskey or condition oils to lend it
additional strength. In some cases candles may be burned on the mojo to help "heat it up" - putting
some gas on its magical fire. In this way the spirit of the mojo bag is born!
Because the mojo bag is considered to literally be alive, it must be fed just like any other living thing in
order to keep it working strongly. Mojo bags are fed by dressing them once a week with a few drops of
whiskey, or a condition oil that is related to the job the mojo bag is doing. From time to time a mojo
owner may intuitive feel that the spirit of the bag requests additional attention - such as passing it
through incense again, or providing a different liquid to feed it with. Many mojo owners develop real
lasting relationships with their mojo, and it becomes an important partner in their life's work!
Because many people will keep a working mojo with them for years and years on end, maintaining the
mojo becomes part of the process of working it over time. Most conjure practitioners suggest having
your mojo "refreshed" once a year. When one is carrying a mojo bag in their pocket or in their purse day
in and day out, the cotton flannel can easily wear out and soft ingredients like dried herbs can be
pulverized into dust. People whose mojo's are becoming a bit raggedy can take them to their maker and
have them "refreshed", with the hard ingredients being placed into a new flannel bag, and the herbs
being replaced with new ones. The bag is then dressed and smoked and may continue it's work!
Mojo bags are a secret kind of personal empowerment tool, meaning that no one is EVER supposed to
see, and certainly must NEVER touch a mojo bag. Many believe that once a mojo bag has been seen (in
the case of the Nation Sack mojo which is used to tie a man to you for life), or touched (as is generally
the case) that the mojo is effectively killed! Some practitioners may be able to revive a mojo by basically
taking the hard ingredients, such as roots or minerals, replacing the herbs, and basically re-building it
around the original ingredients. Others simply bury a mojo once it has been found or touched, and will
start a new one.
There's much more to know about this simple, but powerful piece of magic then I can get into here.
Please feel free to surf on over to Lucky Mojo Curio Company's fantastic page - Mojo Hand and Root Bag
- on the history and usage of the mojo bags in North American folk magic.
Firstly, having a good working knowledge of the various herbs and such that are used in folk magic is the
best place to start. You will have the knowledge of what items are generally used for a specific purpose
at the forefront of your mind. But let’s say that you have a short-list of items that all correspond to your
goal, but you’re unsure which ones might be better suited to your case than the others. That’s where
intuition and divination come in.
Hopefully you were able to use your intuition to create the short-list of items, being able to pick out a
handful of items that not only corresponded correctly, but strongly “felt” right to include in the bunch.
You can then confirm if they are best by using divination. Depending on what divination method you are
most comfortable with and skilled at, how you divine will change. I personally use tarot most often, and
will concentrate on an item, visualize its properties in relation to my case, and then draw one card –
interpreting the card as the answer. Many practitioners may use a pendulum to get yes/no answers
about items. The possibilities are endless. Once you’ve eliminated all the “nos” from your list, then
divine once again to determine that the ingredients you’ve got are the entire lot that you will need. If no,
then go through the process again until you reach a final conclusion.
Once you have all your ingredients sussed out, you can then start the magic of bringing that mojo to life
and working for you (or whoever you may be making it for).
What does it mean that a mojo bag is “alive”?
In conjure everything is believed and experienced as having a spirit. The herbs have a spirit. The curios
have a spirit. Conjure is tapping into those spirits and getting them to work for you.
When you create something like a mojo it's like you are creating a new spirit from the combination of the
herb/curio spirits. Like a spirit collective with a single purpose - your intent. It's like when you refer to a
group of players on the same team by their team name, The Bears, instead of naming them all
individually. When they are playing towards the same goal, winning the game, they become The Bears.
Get it? So your mojo spirit is your spirit-team for that intent.
If you don't do a good job of getting all the spirits to work towards the same goal, which is what you are
doing when you are making and fixing a mojo, then you end up with a flannel bag full of random items.
They are not a team. You have to coax them into being a team. The ability to communicate with and
work with these spirits is one of the skills that is vital to the conjure doctor.
Of course in modern magic there are plenty of schools of thoughts that reject the animist perspective for
something more scientifically or psychologically based. If you are one of these people, you can still work
effective conjure (though you will be stepping outside the traditional paradigm by doing so). If you don't
like thinking of them as spirits, you can think of them as holding certain energetic potentials. You need to
be able to get all the potentials resonating with one another so that they are vibrating on the same
frequency, and becoming a like-attracts-like generator for your intent. Your Will and power of energetic
manipulation/direction, as well as ability to strongly visualize (or otherwise crystallize your intent), help
create an astral pattern that will be reinforced by the constant feeding/working of the mojo, until that
mojo-blueprint manifests.
Anyway you look at it, you end up with a powerful spiritual presence that will need to be maintained in
order to keep working strongly. This is done by feeding the mojo. This provides the spirit with energy
from which to replenish itself, and draw from to aid it in manifesting your goal. Whiskey is sometimes
called the “water of life” and so it is a common fluid used to feed a mojo. Some colognes, such as Hoyt's
Cologne, also have a history as a dressing and feeding for mojo bags. Condition oils, which are made
from the oils of a combination of herbs and roots which correspond to a particular cause, and which
have been prayed over to enliven its spirit, are another very popular method of feeding a mojo bag. This
provides the mojo bag spirit with energy that is specifically in resonance with its work, and also adds its
own extra layer of influence to the matter, helping to amplify the effect.
How the bag is fed changes depending on the work the bag is created to do, or circumstances which may
require additional energy from the mojo. For example, some gambling mojos require the user to urinate
on it to quicken its effects while gaming. Learning to listen to what the spirit of your mojo bag might be
asking for is a natural process of working one’s mojo bag. If a mojo has been working extra hard, you
may find you feel it needs to be fed more often than the prescribed once a week. So keep your mind
open to any impressions you may receive from your mojo. I generally feed mine with condition oil, but
which oil it wants can change from week to week…and sometimes it wants whiskey. When I intuitive
“feel” that a different feeding is appropriate I do that. It all has to do with developing a symbiotic
relationship with the spirit of the mojo!
So how do you get the various herb, root, curio, etc spirits to work for your goal?
Different people will work with the spirits different ways - there's no one way to do it. If I sat here and
wrote a stereo-manual for how I work with spirits, it could have 0% to do with how YOU would work with
spirits. Some may actually be able to see them and interact with them directly in that way, others may
sense them in a more abstract way and be able to communicate on a more subtle level. Each person will
learn to sense and speak with spirits in a slightly different way that reflects their own individual intuitive
gifts.
This is part of where the notion of a person being “gifted for the work” that if often referred to in folk
magic comes in. The gift has a lot to do with this natural ability for working and communicating intent to
spirits, as well as sensing subtle spiritual energies and being able to manipulate them in one way or
another. Just like some are born with a natural aptitude for math or science, while others will struggle
with it. Magical ability is no different. These talents can be learned to a certain extent, but there’s no
denying that some people are simply born with that talent very strongly represented in their make-up.
Others will need to work very hard to acquire even a marginal skill. But the secret is opening exploring
what intuitive talents you have, and learning to exploit them to the best of your ability.
One thing that spirit work definitely is not, however, is forcing our will upon the spirits. Many people
coming from a more modern magical perspective are very married to the ideas of “programming” and
“charging” and “empowering” – a bit of an imperialistic approach, really, stemming from the
proliferation of ceremonialist-inspired practices popular today. There is this idea that magical items are
useless until the magician comes along and empowers them, or charges them. I wouldn't say that you
"charge herbs/roots/etc with intent". We're not enforcing our will upon the plant spirits like they are our
slaves or something. In conjure each item is believed to already be divinely powerful in a specific way –
otherwise why would you use one object over another? We're helping to tune in all the spirits and their
individual innate power to the same work. Part of that is having your intent and your desire very strongly
available, but I consider it more of a communication process, then some sort of "programming" or
something.
Speaking to the items as if they were individual people is one common way that a conjurer will approach
this. They communicate what job they wish the herb/root to do for the specific case the mojo is being
prepared for. For instance, cinnamon can be used in love or money work, so when adding the cinnamon
to a love mojo bag, the conjurer might say “cinnamon, I want you to take your spicy heat, and make the
passion between N and NN grow likewise fiery and delicious – in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit, so be it”. This has communicated what specific energy the practitioner wishes that
herb to contribute to the work at hand. Other workers may approach it entirely different depending on
their personal style of spirit work, and their personal religio-spiritual preferences.
Once all the herbs have been added and their roles in the work communicated clearly, a personal
concern from the person for whom it is being created &/or a petition paper onto which the overall intent
of the mojo has been written, will be added into the bag. (Hair or fingernails are very common, in love or
sex mojos a pubic hair or sexual fluids from the target are ideal - when a bodily concern is not
obtainable, photos can work as well.) Again the conjurer will communicate with the mojo, letting the
spirits of all the items know the larger plan of action of which they are a part. The personal concern
helps the energy of the items target where to lay their effects. At this point, the practitioner will finish
the work often breathe into the bag, giving it the “breath of life”, and then tying the bag shut. The
finished mojo is then passed through incense smoke, and fed in some manner. The breath, smoking, and
feeding are the final key actions that solidify the mojo as a unified working spiritual entity.
I’m sure you can now see why the mojo bag is such a powerful magical tool! It’s fairly simple to construct
an incredibly potent item, and the fact that it utilizes nothing more complicated in many cases than
easily obtainable herbs and roots makes it accessible to nearly anyone, and customizable for nearly any
life situation that one may face.
Custom Mojo Bags Creation services and DIY Mojo Bag Kits from Queen of Pentacles Conjure Shop &
Village Witchery
Here at Queen of Pentacles Conjure Shop & Village Witchery we're happy to create a custom mojo bag
for your specific needs. We offer a standard Custom Mojo service, and a Deluxe Custom Mojo & Triple
Fixed Vigil Candle Empowerment services, which you can order through our Etsy Conjure Shop.
We offer these options as stand-alone services for those who wish to obtain a personalized mojo bag,
but don't feel the need to have a full magical consultation on their situation. In other words - they know
what they want! Of course if you’re not sure what you need, feel free to book a consultation to read your
situation, and develop a plan of action that includes a custom mojo bag.
I am happy to make mojos for nearly any positive purpose, but I will *NOT* craft double-cross, sexually
or emotionally binding, or aggressively coercive mojos. If you are unsure if I will craft the type of mojo
that you are looking for, please contact me directly to inquire.
Our Custom Mojo Bag creation services offer a mojo bag created and fixed specifically for your personal
needs by an experienced hoodoo practitioner, using traditional conjure/rootwork techniques. It includes
a mini-reading on your situation, and a 3mL bottle of custom blended condition oil to feed the mojo bag.
To determine the best ingredients for your mojo bag, a detailed background of your situation will be
requested, and a mini 3 card reading will be performed to see what currents are most strongly at play,
and what herbs, roots, and curios would be most appropriate for obtaining your intent.
After the proper ingredients are ascertained for your mojo hand, the hand will be fixed on the
appropriate planetary day and hour. A small candle dressed for your intents will be burned on the mojo
to help awaken and "heat" it up.
For those that purchase the Deluxe Custom Mojo & Triple Fixed Candle Empowerment service, the mojo
is prepared the same as above, however as part of the mojo creation process, three vigil lights will be
dressed for the client's specific situation. They do not all need to be dressed the same, and may support
various aspects of the work at hand. A petition paper for the intents of the client will be placed
underneath each candle.
The mojo is placed within a triangular formation made by the three lights, which is a sacred geometrical
shape that encourages manifestation, and the lights set working. Over the course of their burn (which
averages about 5 days), prayer will be said for the intents of the clients, and a watch kept for any
divinatory signs that the candles may produce. The mojo is bathed in the energy of the three candles for
the entire duration of the burn, gathering strength.
At the conclusion of the vigil lights burn, the petition paper will be loaded into the mojo, and the mojo
tied shut and fed. It will then be shipped to the client, along with a report of how the candles burned.
All clients wishing to have a custom mojo bag created for them must be able to supply at least some kind
of personal concern. They must also commit to feeding the mojo weekly in order to keep it working
strongly.