CoCo Conjure

Hey Cousin!!

Money don't grow on trees and our spirits can't find peace on earth if our wallets are empty. Amen? Amen! So let's talk Money spiritual work and get these coins.

Sources:

Harry M. Hyatt Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Vol. 1 Pgs 613-677 https://archive.org/details/HoodooConjurationWItchcraftRootwork/Hoodoo%20Conjuration%20WItchcraft%20%26%20Rootwork%20Vol%201/page/n15/mode/2up

Cuz,

Let's talk John Stories!

1. John and the Devil's Daughter from " The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales" by Virginia Hamilton. (pg 107)
2. The Escape of John Bennett from "American Negro Folktales" By Richard M Dorson ([g 284)
3. The Power of Prayer from "Every Tongue got to Confess" By Zora Neale Hurston (pg 90-91)

Cuz,

Sandy had a root for Frederick Douglass that could keep him safe from a notorious slave driver. And the story the followed turned Douglass's mind from bondsman to free man.

Sources and Further Reading

PBS:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave : https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/douglass.html

Libarary of congress

https://www.loc.gov/collections/frederick-douglass-papers/articles-and-essays/

Hey cousin!

The myth, the legend, the spirt of High John de Conka is a hoodoo staple. Let's dig into the lore and get some work done with High John.

gospel music:

https://pixabay.com/users/3921568/?tab=music&order=latest&pagi=1

High John de Conquer by Zora Neale Hurston

https://hackneybooks.co.uk/books/124/571/HighJohn.html

Katrina Hazzard Donald : Mojo Workin

Harry Hyatt, Hoodoo, Conjuration, Witchcraft, and Rootwork, vol. 1, 1970, pp. 455–457 and 593–595

https://archive.org/details/HoodooConjurationWItchcraftRootwork/Hoodoo%20Conjuration%20WItchcraft%20%26%20Rootwork%20Vol%201/page/n563/mode/2up

Hey Cousin!

We ain't let no hag, gossip, or bad juju penetrate this temple, here. Gots to protect yo self.

For a more traditional approach check our Hoodoo in America by Zora Neal Hurston and Hoodoo Conjuration WItchcraft & Rootwork by Harry Middleton Hyatt

HEY COUSIN!

I missed ya! let's start season two talking about Sonya Massey and let's take a second to remember all those we lost to police brutality. May their names stay on our tongues and their deaths never forgotten.

CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/us/sonya-massey-police-shooting/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/sean-grayson-misconduct-sonya-massey-death/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

SEASON 1 FINALE!

Let's talk stories, and take full advantage of the rest of summer.

Cuz!

How did I make it 23 episodes without discussing what Hoodoo Is? Chile...

Hey cousin!

This episode was on the backburner for months, but it's finally here! Let's talk about the Moses of our People...the Nurse...the Seer...the Liberator. Mother Moses.

Resources used to write the script:

"Harriet Tubman: imagining a life: by Beverly Lowry

Harriet Tubman Trail app (to accompany the riding tour of Dorchester County)

Harriet Tubman museum and educational center

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center

and the good people of Dorchester who took a second and talk to me about their home and gave direction on where to go.

Cuz!

Who is the greatest conjurer of all time?! Some clues,: They are one of the chosen who's had direct contact with Source. They were able to lead their people to freedom. And...they inspired the oppressed to claim their freedom as well.

Show Notes: Story: How the Hoodoo lost his hand found in "American Negro Folktales" by Richard M. Dorson.

resources: "Mules and Men" by Zora Neal Hurston. "Black magic: Religion and the African American conjuring tradition" By Yvonne P. Chireau

Music: Southern Gospel Piano By Julius H (found on pixaby)