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    Table 1.1 provides a list of common materials used in conjure spells and charms, along with their African American names, common names, and typical uses. Some materials used for protection include asafetida, red or Guinea pepper, garlic, salt, frizzly chickens, rabbit's feet, silver money, and red flannel. Other materials are used for purposes like healing, love, luck, divination, harming enemies, and drawing money. The table serves as an introduction to the types of natural and manufactured items incorporated into African American folk magic traditions.

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    Table 1.1 provides a list of common materials used in conjure spells and charms, along with their African American names, common names, and typical uses. Some materials used for protection include asafetida, red or Guinea pepper, garlic, salt, frizzly chickens, rabbit's feet, silver money, and red flannel. Other materials are used for purposes like healing, love, luck, divination, harming enemies, and drawing money. The table serves as an introduction to the types of natural and manufactured items incorporated into African American folk magic traditions.

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    Table 1.1 provides a list of common materials used in conjure spells and charms, along with their African American names, common names, and typical uses. Some materials used for protection include asafetida, red or Guinea pepper, garlic, salt, frizzly chickens, rabbit's feet, silver money, and red flannel. Other materials are used for purposes like healing, love, luck, divination, harming enemies, and drawing money. The table serves as an introduction to the types of natural and manufactured items incorporated into African American folk magic traditions.

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    Table 1.1 provides a list of common materials used in conjure spells and charms, along with their African American names, common names, and typical uses. Some materials used for protection include asafetida, red or Guinea pepper, garlic, salt, frizzly chickens, rabbit's feet, silver money, and red flannel. Other materials are used for purposes like healing, love, luck, divination, harming enemies, and drawing money. The table serves as an introduction to the types of natural and manufactured items incorporated into African American folk magic traditions.

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    Introduction 7

    Table 1.1: Common Materials Used in Conjure Spells and Charms

    African American Name Common and Scientific


    for Items Names for Items Use in Conjure

    Asafetida Ferula foetida Protection


    Devil’s shoe string Common plantain Various
    (Plantago major), hobble bush
    (Viburnum alnifolium), or goat’s
    rue (Trephrosia virginiana)
    Camphor Cinnamomum camphora Made into a purifying
    incense; also used for colds
    Devil’s Snuff Box Puffball mushrooms Various, used primarily in
    (Lycoperdon perlatum, harmful ways
    pyriforme, and others)
    Pecune or puccoon root Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Good luck
    canadensis) or hoary puccoon
    (Lithospermum canescens)
    Sassafras Sassafras albidum Medicinal uses when made
    into a tea and money-
    related uses
    Red or Guinea pepper Capsicum annum Protection
    Garlic Allium sativum Protection
    Sarsaparilla Smilax officinalis, sarsaparilla Various, including treat-
    and related species ment of gonorrhea
    Snake root Sampson snakeroot Various, including pre-
    (Echinacea augustifolia, venting snakebite
    Psoralea pedunculata,
    and others)
    John the Conqueror, Various versions, including Various uses, particularly
    Conquer-John,or Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum to amplify the power of
    Conjure John biflorum), Indian turnip hands and for power
    (Arum triphyllum), St. John’s
    wort (Hypericum perforatum),
    and jalap (Ipomea jalapa and
    Convolvulus panduratus)
    Chewing John the Galangal (Alpinia Protection
    Conqueror officinarum and galangal)
    Adam and Eve root Aplectrum hyemale and related Love and protection,
    species primarily
    Five finger grass Cinquefoil (Potentilla Money-related luck,
    reptans,canadensis,and spiritual cleansing, and
    related species) protection
    8 Hoodoo, Voodoo, and Conjure

    Table 1.1: (continued)

    African American Name Common and Scientific


    for Items Names for Items Use in Conjure

    Nutmeg Myristica fragrans, Myristica Used for gambling


    moschata, Myristica officinalis
    Mayapple American mandrake Used for making a purging
    (Podophyllum peltatum) tea, among other uses
    Lodestones Naturally magnetic stone Protection and money
    drawing
    Conjure stone N/A Gives or increases the
    power of conjure
    Salt N/A Protection
    Goopher Dust Graveyard dirt Various, including giving
    power to hands
    Human bones, fingernails, N/A Various, including giving
    hair, blood, and other parts or heightening the power
    or by-products of conjure
    Frizzly chickens N/A Protection from conjure
    Rabbits’ feet N/A Good luck
    Parts of reptiles, amphibians, N/A Numerous uses, but most
    and insects commonly causing infesta-
    tion of victims’ bodies
    Black cat bone N/A Invisibility
    Eggs N/A Divination and other uses
    Playing cards N/A Divination
    Red brick dust N/A Protection and money
    drawing
    Horseshoes N/A Protection
    Candles N/A Used to please particular
    spirits or burned as part
    of spells
    Silver money (usually dimes) N/A Protection from conjure
    Needles and pins N/A Various, generally causing
    harm
    Bibles N/A Various
    Red flannel N/A Encloses charms,
    increasing their power
    SOURCES: Anderson, Conjure, 69–70; Yronwode, Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic; Nickell; Crellin and
    Philpott; Mitchell; Fontenot, 137–139.

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