Turning your Bad Luck into Good Luck

I've had lots of folks recently contacting me because they've had a string of bad luck: unfortunate events, opportunities slipping out of your hands, etc. The thing with luck is that it's a very delicate thing. In essence it is "things turning out in your favor." When you start experiencing bad luck over long periods of time, then that's your signal to take action. Here's how you can turn your luck around in three easy steps.

Step 1: Clean, clean, clean!
A thorough regimen of magical cleansing is always the best course of action when you first start to encounter bad luck. There are several options and any one of them would work.

• 7 cleansing baths taken once per day over the course of seven days using either: Uncrossing Herb Bath, Spiritual Purification Herb Bath, or 13 Herb Bath


• An Uncrossing Spell Kit - to bust through any negative magic someone may have put on you


• An egg cleaning: roll a black hen's egg (no I don't sell them, nor do I know where to get one) over your body from your head down to your feet then go outside and smash it in the middle of the crossroad


• Spritzing with Van Van: using a spray bottle make up a cleansing potion using water, a tablespoon of whiskey, a few drops of Van Van Oil, some Broom Straws and a pinch of salt - shake well and spritz your body from your head down to your feet daily when you get home

In addition to cleaning yourself, you want to cleanse your home. I recommend doing 7 uncrossing floor washes, one per day over the course of a week. You can make this floor wash by brewing up a cup of Uncrossing Herb Bath, straining out the herbs and adding it to a bucket of mop water. Mop from the back of your house toward the front door, then from the sidewalk to the front door and wipe down the front door really well with a moistened rag. Toss the used bucket of water out in the crossroads (tossing it toward the east and walking away without looking back).

Step 2: Protect, protect, protect!
After you've taken so much time to cleanse yourself and your environment, you want to set up protections so that any negative energy or bad luck doesn't come in and ruin all that work. To protect your home, make up the following protection bottle spell.

You'll need:

• A glass jar with a screw on lid


• 9 devil's shoestrings


• 3 bay leaves


• Fiery Wall of Protection Oil


• A whole ginger root (not too big - you want it to fit in the jar)


• Dragon's blood resin


• One white offertory candle

Start by burning some of the dragon's blood resin on a small charcoal (only use the kind intended for indoor use - not barbecue charcoal). Capture the rising smoke in the glass jar and set the jar mouth-down on your table to trap the smoke inside. Using the Fiery Wall of Protection Oil, dress the whole ginger root calling for it's fiery protection to keep your home safe and free from any bad luck. Dress the devil's shoestrings with Fiery Wall of Protection Oil, again calling on their spirit to protect you and trip up the Devil and any evil from coming near your house. Take the three bay leaves and dab a bit of Fiery Wall of Protection Oil on them, asking for their spirit to assist you by keeping bad luck at bay.

Now turn the jar over and place the whole ginger root inside. Then add in the Devil's shoestrings. Finally add in the three bay leaves. Put a dab of Fiery Wall of Protection Oil on the inside of the lid and screw it on tight. Take the white candle and carve "Protection" on one side of it, and your name on the other. Dress it with Fiery Wall of Protection Oil stroking toward you to invoke protective energies into your life. Using a lighter melt the bottom of the candle and stick it to the top of the jar. Light the candle and pray Psalm 23 while the candle takes light for God to protect you with His divine providence and love. Let the candle burn all the way down on a safe, fire-proof surface. Once it is done burning, bury the jar near your front door to prevent any evil from approaching your home.

Now that your home is protected and safe, you'll want to protect yourself. The best way to do this is to carry some kind of protective amulet. I often tell my clients that something as simple as a gold cross pendant dressed with some Fiery Wall of Protection Oil will do the trick. Other clients (especially the ones who are under the jealous gaze of many enemies) are better served by wearing evil-eye jewelry made with blue eye-shaped beads to ward off their penetrating hateful looks. You can easily find necklaces and bracelets made of these beads as they have become very fashionable. Just dab them with a bit of Fiery Wall of Protection Oil and pray over them weekly to keep them strong.

Step 3: Luck, Luck, Luck!
Now that you've protected yourself you want to replace the empty void you've created through cleansing with something positive. In this case we want to do some straight-up luck spell work. Here are two Good Luck Spells that you could choose from.

Lucky Cat Mojo Bag Spell

For this spell you'll be drawing upon the imagery of a cat as a harbinger of luck. In this case it's GOOD luck!

You'll need:

• One green cat candle


• Lucky 777 Oil or Fast Luck Oil


• A gold dollar coin


• A whole nutmeg


• A High John the Conqueror root


• Black cat hair


• A green flannel bag


• Your photo


• A flat dish

Get a photo of yourself and write your name 7 times stacked on the back. Turn the photo 1/4 turn clockwise and write "Good Luck" 7 times stacked across your name. Dab a bit of Lucky 777 Oil or Fast Luck Oil on the four corners and the center of the paper and fold it in half three times. Place it under the dish.

Take the green cat candle and carve "Good Luck" across the front and your full name across the back. Dress it with Lucky 777 Oil or Fast Luck Oil and set it in the center of the dish. Dress the gold coin, and the nutmeg and the High John the Conqueror Root with Lucky 777 Oil or Fast Luck Oil. Place them in a triangle formation on the dish around the cat candle. Light the candle and pray over it for good luck asking the spirit of the lucky cat to draw good fortune your way. Once the candle has finished burning, place the nutmeg, the dollar coin and the High John the Conqueror root in the green flannel bag along with the black cat hair and your folded up photo. (You can also take a pinch of the leftover wax from the candle and add it to the bag too.) Name your bag and tie it shut. Dress the mojo bag with some Lucky 777 Oil or Fast Luck Oil. Carry the bag with you against your skin for the first week so that it becomes accustomed to your energy. After that you can carry it in your pocket or purse to continually draw money your way.

7 Herb Baths for Luck

Here's a really simple way to bring luck your way - magical baths. This time you'll be doing 7 consecutive baths using 7 Herb Bath. When you bathe make sure to pour the bath over you from your feet up toward your head (to draw in the luck) and capture some of the used bath water. When you're done, take that captured bath water outside and toss it over your left shoulder toward the east with an "Amen". Walk away and don't look back. Simple!

Fast Luck Mojo Bag

Another excellent way to change your bad luck into good luck is to carry a Fast Luck Mojo Bag. This mojo bag help you have good luck with money, good luck with love and relationships and also helps with good luck in gambling and games of chance. As with all mojo bags, you want to carry your Fast Luck Mojo Bag against your skin for the first week so that it becomes linked to you and accustomed to your energy. Most folks will pin it inside their underwear, tuck it into their bra or into their sock. After that first week you no longer have to keep it against your skin. You can then keep it in a pocket or in your purse. Squeeze your Fast Luck Mojo Bag and call it by name before going on a date to have luck with love. Tap your mojo bag and call it by name before a big financial deal so that things will go smoothly. Or hold your mojo bag by its string and use it like a pendulum to ask yes/no questions when picking your lottery numbers. The ways to use a mojo bag are endless! You can purchase a Fast Luck Mojo Bag from Dr. E. Products at ConjureDoctor.com.

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Coconut Palo Curse to Torture an Enemy

This spell combines together rootworking elements with some elements from the Afro-Cuban religions of Palo and Lukumí to curse an enemy, torture their mind, make them lose sleep, endure headaches, and drive themselves to the brink of madness. It is important to note that a person cannot do this spell unless they are a priest or priestess in Palo or Lukumí.

The trick to this spell is the spiritual significance of the coconut. In Palo and Lukumí, the coconut represents a person's head. Consequently, coconuts can be used to affect a person's mind either to heal or to curse with great effect. In this instance, the coconut is being used to curse the mind of a man who has acted in a predatory manner against one of my clients, harassing her, dragging her family and her job into it and putting her livelihood at risk. I won't go into details but trust me, this man deserved it.

Preparing the Coconut for the Curse

In preparation, the coconut is drilled open through two of the eyes, and all of the coconut water is allowed to drain out. Into the coconut is placed the enemy's name written on a brown piece of paper, his hair and a sample of his dried semen to hit both his mind and his sexual nature and utterly cripple them. (The man was known for fathering children with many women and then not taking responsibility for them.) The coconut is then prayed over and conjured to energetically tie it directly to his physical body. It is now more than just a coconut - it is his actual head.

Filling the Coconut with Cursing Curios

Then a series of cursing elements are added to the coconut. I like to start with mineral-based cursing items: sulfur (to damn him to hell), black salt (to curse everything good in his life) and graveyard dirt that has been purchased from the grave of a soldier (to haunt his mind and disrupt his sleep).

Next, I add the curios: red ants (to make his mind wander and his thoughts derail), snake sheds (to poison his body), 9 pins (to curse him with stabbing pain).

Thirdly, I add the herbal cursing elements: Vandal root (to cross), brown mustard seeds (to cause confusion), cayenne pepper (to burn his mind and cause anger / upheaval), ceiba sticks (a palo herb used for powerful magic to either curse or cure), guinea peppers (to cause chaos and explosive energy).

Sealing and Painting the Coconut

Then the coconut is sealed shut by dripping wax from a black candle around the holes until they seal up. The coconut is then painted with a palo "trazo" (symbol) that acts as a cosmogram of confusion and misdirection - to afflict his mind and drive him nuts. Trazos are not "fixed" symbols, they are inspired within the priest by his guides and each is unique and applicable to that person and instance. Copy-catting the symbol I've used will not work. It has to be inspired and channeled in the moment.

Finally, I took a triangle of black cloth and using chalk, drew another "trazo" that indicates confusion and haunting inside the mind with dark spirits. The coconut was then wrapped up in the cloth and the three ends were braided together. The coconut is then hanged outside from a tree where it will stay. (Final product is shown in the first photo at the top.)

Torturing Your Enemy

Every day, I go outside and beat that coconut with a stick to cause the enemy furious headaches, confusion, rattling up his thoughts and causing him mental torture. I can time the beatings for deep in the night as well to wake him up from any sleep he might be getting.

I finish off by taking an Uncrossing bath to get all that mess off of me.

Divination with Chamalongos

One of my favorite divination tools when doing spell work for clients are my chamalongos. The chamalongos come from the Congo-Cuban religion of Palo and are used as the primary method of divination with the spirits and powers. They consist of round pieces of coconut husk (flesh removed), sanded, prepared and consecrated in a Palo ceremony. I use four pieces of coconut husk in my chamalongo readings. Only an initiated priest or priestess in Palo can use the chamalongos as they draw upon the spiritual pacts made with the spirits of the dead and the powers with which we work, in order to communicate properly.

How Chamalongos Work
Chamalongos answer yes/no questions very effectively, and as such can be used to check whether spells have been set up properly, to check whether something has been overlooked, or whether the spirits are in accordance with the work being done. I typically use them to make sure my spirits give me permission to proceed with the work, to find out if the timing is correct, to find out what spell needs to be done and to confirm the messages my spirits are giving me.

Channeled and intuitive messages are the cornerstone of any Palero’s spell work. The Nfumbes (spirits of the dead) and his Nikisis (powers of the religion) inspire the mind of the initiated priest, directing him to prepare his spells, symbols, ingredients and workings accordingly. It is for this reason that the Palero needs to confirm that he is interpreting the messages clearly. Additionally, the Palero can ask the pot in which his primary power resides whether the message is right or if it is an intruding message from a mischievous spirit. (Not all spirits are helpful!)

The chamalongos answer the Palero’s questions when they are tossed on the floor. The orientation of the pieces (concave-side up or concave-side down) gives a yes or no answer. There are 5 different orientations or “letters” that can come up in the 4-piece system I use.

The 5 Letters of a Chamalongo Reading
The chamalongos speak in 5 primary “letters” or answers. These letters are similar to the ones used in the Lukumí system of Obí, and with the recent common trend of many Paleros also being initiated in Lukumí practice, the names of the Lukumí letters have been adopted within Palo although this is not orthodox. Here is a listing of the 5 letters and how they are interpreted. In the diagrams below, the white circles (+) indicate concave-side up, while the dark circles (O) indicate concave-side down.

++++ (Alafia)

Answer: Yes. Peace and success in your efforts.

O+++ (Etawa)

Answer: Maybe/Tenuous. You need to throw the chamalongos a second time to determine if the answer is yes or no. If you get ++++, or ++OO on the second throw the answer is yes. If you get +OOO or OOOO on the second throw, the answer is no. If you get another O+++, the answer is yes, but a weak and tenuous yes. Try another option or question to see if you can get a firmer response.

OO++ (Eyeife)
Answer: Yes. A firm and hearty yes. Balance, success and complete affirmation.

OOO+ (Ocana)
Answer: No. This will result in failure. This is a clear no answer.

OOOO (Ocana Yekun)
Answer: No. This is a very dark omen and indicates not only complete failure but that death or the spirits of the dead are lurking in the area and demanding attention. It is usually a good idea to side-track your questions to see if there is a spirit of the dead that is demanding some kind of payment or offering, ascertain who the spirit is, what they want, then do it, before continuing back with your original line of questions.

How to Conduct a Chamalongo Reading
The most important parts of a chamalongo reading are the prayer before hand and the openness of mind to receive guidance from your spirits to take the right line of questioning. Anyone can toss coconut shells, but not everyone can take a yes/no line of questioning in the right direction to flesh out all of the details you need for a spell.

The praying begins with invoking the authority of God the Creator (Nsambimpungo) the supreme force of nature that created everything, then proceeds on to invoking the authority of your initiator, your initiatory mother, your initiator’s spirits, your initiatory mother’s spirits, your spirits, the power to which you are initiated, and then to the spirits or powers you are addressing. The prayer is finished with an identification of yourself by your initiatory name, and a simple explanation of what you are seeking to do magically.

The first question is always “Are you willing to assist me with this?” followed by an opening toss of the chamalongos. If the answer is affirmative then I proceed with presenting the idea I have for the spell and ask if it is “Ncheche bacheche?” (firm/solid/good) followed by a toss of the chamalongos. If I receive a positive response, I thank them, set up the spell and then ask “Is all of this ncheche bacheche?” (Is this all set up properly?) and if I get an affirmative, I pray over it, light up the candles and the magic begins. If I ever get a “no” answer then I usually begin a line of questioning where I listen to recommendation from my spirits and ask if I should alter my spell or working by adding something or removing something. Once everything is fine then I’ll do the spell.

Closing a Chamalongo Reading
One of the final steps I do with the chamalongos is to close out the reading/working by asking my spirits/powers “Is everything ncheche bacheche with me?” This is their opportunity to speak up and let me know if I need to cleanse myself or do something, or perhaps attend to a shrine that I’ve been neglecting, etc. Sometimes spirits will insist that you need to take a bath, or be cleaned with a special symbol, other times they’ll ask for you to do spiritual work or perhaps offer prayers to elevate your spirits. Once they give an affirmative answer, the reading is closed and the work is complete.

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