COUSIN! COLORS IN HOODOO ARE CONFUSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Show Notes:

Hoodoo Conjuration WItchcraft & Rootwork by Harry Middleton Hyatt: (2) candles pg 797-799

Hoodoo Delish Color Chart :

Yeyeo Botanica: Candle Colors

Ivy the Occultist: road opener

Jessica Winston; Haus of Hoodoo

Zora Neal Hurston: Mules and Men

The Hoodoo Queen

Cuz!

Sometimes you gotta do some clearance work. You gotta get the bleach, grab the broom, and light up the herbs and just...reset and clear it out!

Sup Cuz,

Grab your headphones, cause this episode is all about storytelling. We got two boys count'n souls down by the graveyard, John tryin to code switch for Massa, and Dr. Rabbit giving the tar baby a molly wop.

Reference:

Story 1: Countin Souls

Shukin & Jivin : Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans. By Daryl Cumber Dance. pg 33 (tale 47)

Story 2: De First Colored Man Brought To This Country

Mules & Men by Zora Neal Hurston. Pg 79

Story 3: The Tar Baby

American Negro Folktales collected by Richard M. Dorson as told by E.L Smith. Pg 75 (tale 3)

Hey Cuz!!!

Your Auntie, my Mama, is here to tell you how she regained herself spiritually and mentally. She tells us about how the ancestors give her strength, and roots give her peace of mind. Her spiritual journey explains how the women on my family branch went from Saints to Occultists without losing our hoodoo.

So Cousin,

By now you've figure out that I'm on the fringe. I'm the weird cousin at the Hoodoo Cookout talking about anime, which binder is good to make incense, and how Miss Smith use to catch witch spiders. Sometimes, believing on the fringe is tough. So what do you do when you can't find your tribe?

You put the call out to the cousins that get you. Thankfully a few of you found me. You have no idea how grateful I am that you did.

Hey Cousin!

No folklore this week. Instead I give you a peak into my practice as a Non-Theistic Hoodoo (pretty sure i made that term up), and give you a few tips on ancestor veneration and altar spaces. Grab a notebook for this one, cause I talk about some things you might want to meditate on.

I ain't no Witch, Cousin! I swear!

Not my fault every "baby witch" and Evangelical Pastor is pointing at anything spiritual and calling it witchcraft. Can I just burn my sage and buy a yoga mat in peace?! Don't they know that in Hoodoo a witch is a type of cryptid that sits on your chest and rides ya? Never mind the shapeshifting.

Sources:

American Negro Folktales by Richard M. Dorson

Pastor Gregory Lock on Tik Tok (don't give this man no views. shile...)

PBS World of Stories: Boo Hag preformed by Donna Washinton.

https://mpt.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ket-storytelling-101/the-boo-hag/

Hey Cousins! Big Sis is back, and this time she's talking to us about her spiritual journey. From playing church as a child, to joining the witnesses to seek understanding, to building her own spiritual practice, Big Sis never lost sight of the most important thing.

Found wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey Cousin,

This episode we talk about the highs and lows of love work. I even give some work done by Ancestor Hurston that you can build upon. So let's drop into the nearest jazz club, sip some wine, and talk about some love mojo.

Sources:

Richard M. Dorson "American Negro Folktales." Story 88: Triangle in Chicago.

Katrina Hazzard-Donald "Mojo Workin: the old African American hoodoo system."

Zora Neale Hurston " Hoodoo in America." as collected in "The Journal of American Folklore"

Cousins, my Big Sis came thru and helped me answer internet witch questions. Ya'll just remember, don't be so love and light you shaking like a leaf at the mention of a hex. Grab your headphones, and let's talk magic.