Welcome to Foundations in Hoodoo, Conjure, and Rootwork (formerly called Foundations in Southern Rootwork - same course, different name). This course explores the concepts and practices of Southern Rootwork, Conjure, and Hoodoo through assigned readings, multimedia presentations, the exploration of the Doctrine of Signatures, the magickal associations of herbs, roots and plants, and core practices and rituals like uncrossing, crossroads conjure, and foot track magick.
If you want to learn the ancient wisdom of the Ancestors, look no further. If you need guidance and solutions to the problems of daily living, you need look no further than your kitchen cabinet or backyard for answers. We will teach you to see the world through a different set of lenses, one that is simpler, more effective and one in which YOU are in control.
Southern Rootwork is a living ethnobotanical, folk magic system of medicinal healing and coping through the use of herbs, roots, bones, and stones. Our course covers the gamut of how to create floor washes to wash away negativity and spiritual baths to bring luck and opportunity. We introduce you to little known secrets of conjure designed to improve your situation, whatever the situation, because Southern Rootwork is a solution-focused system of knowedge and way of life based on the ancient wisdom of our ancestors.
Check out some of the incredible things you will learn when you take this course. To see all of the lessons, expand the chapter headings in the course curriculum below.
Learn about Hoodoo herbs and their uses.
Learn about conjuring and conjure doctors.
Learn about the Doctrine of Signatures.
Learn the curios and curiosities of hoodoo and conjure.
Learn about mojo bags and their significance.
Learn workings for love, luck, and protection.
Learn about Hoodoo candle magick.
Learn core practices and rituals, like crossing and uncrossing, crossroads magick, foot track magick, and spiritual bathing.
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How to use this course
Using a Field Notebook
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Before we begin...
Chapter Objectives: Introduction to Hoodoo, Conjure, and Rootwork
What is Hoodoo, Conjure, and Rootwork?
Louisiana Swamp
Putting the Root Back in Rootwork
Hoodoo's African Origins
Benin's Voodoo Fetish Market
Test your learning
Presentation: Hoodoo, Conjure, & Rootwork
Glossary of Terms
Ancestor Reverence
Zora Neal Hurston: Genius of the Harlem Rennasaince
Who's Who in Hoodoo History: Zora Neale Hurston
That's Livin! The Zora Neale Hurston Story
Jump at dis Quiz
Conjuring and Conjure Doctors
Curin' is Part of Rootworkin'
Secrets of the Bayou Healers
Test Your Learning
Chapter Objectives
Herbs, Plants, & Roots A-Z
The Doctrine of Signatures
Presentation: The Doctrine of Signatures
Herb Spotlight: Five Finger Grass
Presentation: Five Finger Grass
Root Spotlight: Licorice Root
Root Spotlight: Devil's Shoestring
Presentation: Devil's Shoestring
Devil's Shoestring
Edible, Magickal, Medicinal Weed Spotlight: Chickweed
Root Spotlight: Solomon Seal Root
Presentation: Solomon's Seal
Prescriptions of Rootdoctors
Identifying Poisonous Plants
Poisonous Plant Remedies
Swamper Walk Assignment
Swamper Worksheets
Test Your Learning: Herbs, Plants, and Roots
Chapter 2 Objectives: Curios and Curiosities
Black Salt
Presentation: Black Salt in Hoodoo and Conjure
Assignment: Protection Ward
Bezoar Stones
Buckeye Nuts
Black Tar Balls
Dirt Dauber Nests
Wasps of Hoodoo.pdf
Article: Dirt Dauber Nests
Video: Dirt Dauber Blues by Memphis Minnie
Devil Traps
Cauls
Fixed Onions
High John the Conqueror
Working the Root
John the Conqueror's Morning Glory
The High John Mojo Bag
Huayruros (Ormusia), aka Crab's Eye, Lady Bug Bean
Witches' Ladder
Lightning Struck Wood
Test Your Learning: Curios and Curiosities
What is a Mojo Bag?
What Is in a Mojo Bag?
Fast Luck Mojo Bag
Don't Touch My Mojo Bag
The Nation vs Nature Sack
The Mystery of the Memphis Nation Sack
Nickels in the Nation Sack
Adorned by Power
Root Doctor Blues
Test Your Learning: The Mojo Bag
The Invisible Culture
Plantation Medicine and Root Doctor Cures
Presentation: Little John to Chew
Plantation Medicine and Health Care in the Old South
Slave Medicine
Secret Religion of the Slaves
Hoodoo Religion and American Dance Traditions
Test Your Learning: Plantation Hoodoo and the Slave Religion
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Yes! Anyone can practice folk magick, and we teach you how to do so respectfully, honoring the African and indigenous roots from which Hoodoo, Conjure, and Rootwork are derived.
Hoodoo is not tied to any one specific religion. It is an empowering system of spiritual and magickal practices that are designed to assist the practitioner with daily life. Voudou is a religion with a pantheon of spirits served. Students learn about this in depth in this course.
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