CoCo Conjure

SHOW NOTES:

Sup Cousin,

Let me tell you the story of the real OG.

Text of Choice: The Annotated African American Folktales

https://www.amazon.com/Annotated-African-American-Folktales-Books/dp/0871407531/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11FK0Z7TVWQ0I&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6UoRn3tpF8y5LInGX1m9UN1zottG2UXhq4p3NdIWLT3iexq7Dr8YhgA3nQm49uHROX_cfNhJ4IRItr3W3GMlSj41r0ogakjK0omy6GCjy45IXmk3HCeAWOSOc0pLsnunY0qgxzxEgkXiUf5ghVi8V7xa3YNoBKupXmXAohvgcGdYrEsIA2DQbYY6TiM-tMnwnl8SFZCWSGOOYVfymbPrdM42oFVNYbRVN_PI44ZLMkw.obr_hEWnfgiM3nIHXkVsxYSRg0MwlWttgz8rDrg7cUM&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+annotated+african+american+folktales&qid=1791131802&sprefix=the+annotated+a%2Caps%2C224&sr=8-1

Ballads of Stagolee :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9M5xYS1SsI

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/stagolee/

https://inanotherlifetime.com/stack-o-lee-from-murder-ballad-to-american-myth/

https://www.elijahwald.com/songblog/stagolee/

Cousin....

here are more questions from the internet.

For more Hoodoo Lit check out these episodes:

https://youtu.be/uz2ijHBjyoE?si=kS6_7MEFhtdh-w2O

https://youtu.be/btTUM09YF_E?si=GGNuLTZ2cfQ2ByX2

for more internet witch questions check out this playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_q7nNxJyze7dMtGrceqhMdyXy-84e8k

Show Notes:

DON’T BUY IT… MAKE IT!

Ivy makes incense; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4MCtWJKTtY

Make Incense:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4jXi5jTnde4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmLEhpAaNvg

Conjure/ anointing Oils

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frA9VTAmW1U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcUoxP1JoDg

Body Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbpSONK6AVI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gr6gzXXDAs

sup cousin. It's been awhile. Here is a friendly reminder that the internet is soul consuming if you let it.

Sup Cousin!

It's Juneteenth. Let's gather some inspiration from those who walked before us.

Show Notes:

Frederick Douglas “What is the 4th of July to a slave” read by James Earl Jones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDcB1NhMfo

Fredrick Douglas “A slave becomes a man” https://youtu.be/U-RmmTYxiGc?si=BlkPDACiLDkJqOQ5

Malcolm X “The Ballot or the Bullet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymPLDO0pOA

Who was Malcom X https://youtu.be/ZaVIucxNeTY?si=y9y9eI1Sw5evmoVt

The Lost tapes: Malcolm X https://youtu.be/k7MP_h3eQ1o?si=wqrydi9C8EmcaOBi

COUSIN!

Ro gets in a tussle with the reverend and his wife.

Show Notes:

Pt 1: Monitoring the Devil https://youtu.be/jez1hN1y82c?si=amn-wuhCPhdQqyAN

Other Tale Originals full playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_q7nNxJyzeDBZ0jpIhuBtewPIa-S0z5&si=eiC5VY8BVr_04UjG

Sources:

American Negro Folktales by Richard M. Dorson

PBS World of Stories: Boo Hag preformed by Donna Washington. https://mpt.pbslearningmedia.org/reso...

CoCo talks about Boo Hags https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KUnL4rAGDQ&t=211s

Musical references

Bruno Mars, Why you wanna fight: https://youtu.be/32yqPoXfaU4?si=wTWTQ7ezmjztgqtZ

Avi Kaplan, Move Our Souls : https://youtu.be/_wF6xP1Z0YQ?si=D6NXpDrqPjbpzSjY

Pharell, Happy: https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs?si=SSl8NVWwkrEQEy4-

Stevie Nicks, Edge of Seventeen: https://youtu.be/UmPgMc3R8zg?si=GKk4FX1ILdw5DBf4

Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Child https://youtu.be/qFfnlYbFEiE?si=1iCBPtGiATe22s4F

Cousin...

it's time to sit and think.

Show Notes:

What is meditation: A deeper dive

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4171985/

https://newedenministry.com/2020/05/24/contemplative-meditation/

https://www.calm.com/blog/mantra-meditation

Focused Attention Meditation

CoCo’s Ancestral Garden: https://youtu.be/9wNmIJBIIz8?si=nj-pfw0QhWGeh4tb

Body Scan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-OQn5Ui8g

Contemplative Meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9y4X7Sx_ik&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYdHKZr2WVI

mantra/Affirmation meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li8BIhsAgfU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH11undyI2o&list=RDvH11undyI2o&start_radio=1

cuzin!

I'm not your mentor. I'm just your cousin.

Cuz,

Big sis is here to help us navigate questions around Mind & Spirit connection.

Show notes:

Big Sis tells you about Her Spiritual Life

https://youtu.be/9LPOBEzC32s?si=GruIcts4US-nAzUb

More Internet Witches got Questions

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_q7nNxJyze7dMtGrceqhMdyXy-84e8k

Wendy Mata:

https://www.llewellyn.com/author.php?author_id=7301&srsltid=AfmBOopcmM6HVM0gdtyxJnoirm4xT-xC1dN-f0r3PMfR5N8Pu3AYfQW8

Urns hold spirits she says:

https://www.tiktok.com/@indrasbotanica/video/7369076618909797678?q=spirit%20attached%20to%20ashes&t=1778374990026

“You never leave” from Religion for Breakfast (what your brain goes through when you leave a religion)

https://youtu.be/cmXiATStkCo?si=i_nhywIR4-MGB7d4

Cuzn!!!!

We have choices to make.

Show Notes:

All stories sourced from the book “ The annotated african american tales” edited by henry louis gates jr and maria tatar.

Story 1: “A vital decision” Originally collected by Leo Frobenius in his work “ Atlantis: volksmarchen und volksdichtungen Afrikas.”

Story 2: “The four Fools” adapted from John H. Weeks Congo Life and Folklore.

Story 3: “Trackwell, Divewell, and Breavewell.” by Elsie Clews Parsons in Folklore of the sea islands, south carolina.