Protecting the Home Hoodoo Style

Protection for the home is a fundamental magical working that just about everyone should do. Of course, these aren't replacements for common-sense things like locking your doors and getting a house alarm if needed, but they certainly support those mundane solutions.

Railroad Spikes and Indian Head Cent Lookouts

A traditional way to protect the home employs the use of railroad spikes and Indian Head Cents. This requires the use of four of each. One railroad spike is pounded into the ground at all four corners to "tie down" the property and protect it. Atop each of the spikes, an Indian Head Cent was placed (as pictured above) to act as scouts against any that would seek to harm you. The spikes would be dressed with a protective blend (like Fiery Wall of Protection Oil) and the pennies would be dressed with the same blend or perhaps an Indian Spirit Guide blend prior to putting them in place.

This tradition pulls together several uniquely African-American magical concepts. First, the use of metals. This hearkens back to the African metal-smith gods (The Yoruban Ogún or the Congo Zarabanda) that were seen as the crafters of civilization, fierce warriors and protectors of their followers. The Railroads were seen not only as a manifestation of technology and tools (thereby associating them as the greatest evolution of these Gods' gifts to humanity) but also as huge aggregations of iron - a metal sacred to these Gods. By staking the four corners of the property with railroad spikes not only were the rootworkers calling upon magical traditions of their Ancestors, they were also unknowingly calling in the protection of the Gods of their ancestry.

The incorporation of Indian Head Cents to act as watchers also draws upon the long-standing associations between African Slaves and the Native Americans - both oppressed people in the South in American history - who often worked together, sharing magical traditions and intermarrying thus crossing bloodlines and sharing ancestors. The "Indian Spirit Guide" is an evolution of this shared ancestry. The most prominent of these Native American ancestral guides was Blackhawk. He was honored and worshipped in "Black Spiritualist" churches often in the form of "Blackhawk in a bucket" (an aggregation of ancestral earths, a statue of blackhawk and the tears of the oppressed people as a magical-religious icon.) Thus, he became a powerful ancestral spirit that rootworkers could call upon to keep them safe. This tradition of calling up on Native Spirit Guides for protection is an unique phenomenon of Native American, African American and Spiritualist practices found in hoodoo.

The addition of the Indian Head Cent helps to give the resident a warning system if danger draws near. If the occupant is visited by the image of a Native either in dreams or in waking life, he knows that it is a warning and that his Indian Spirit Protector is looking out for him.

Protection Against Foot-Track Magic

Concerned about someone throwing powders in your track? Maybe someone is trying to Hot Foot you out of the home, or throwing curses at your doorstep? One of the simplest ways to protect against foottrack magic is to put a little salt and black pepper in your shoe! It's simple as can be, and fights fire with fire. The Hot Foot Powder will not affect you, and the Goofer Dust will be driven away. Of course, it's still a good idea to clean up those messes with some Chinese Floor Wash or with Evil BEGONE! Powder once you've discovered it, but the salt and pepper in your shoe will be a good protection against it affecting you.

Protective House Blessings

A very simple way to protect the home is to anoint the doors and windows with Fiery Wall of Protection Oil in a five-spot pattern. (Like the 5 dot pattern on a die.) Put a little oil on your fingers, touch each corner of the door and the middle while praying Psalm 23 or praying in your own words. This will literally drive your enemies away from your home and reflect anything they throw at you back with a vengeance.

These are just a few simple ideas, and there are many more out there.

Ethics of Cursing/Hexing

There is great debate about whether casting destructive spells (like curses, hexes, jinxes, crossings, etc.) is acceptable or whether it should be avoided at all costs. When it comes to this question I always defer to ethical questions to test the situation. I ask myself the following questions:

1) Would it be what I desire, or what is necessary? (does it come from my own feelings of vengeance or is it because the person needs to be stopped for the greater good of the community?)

2) Is it just in the eyes of God? (A reading is done to determine what the outcome would be if the spell were cast and whether it is just in the eyes of God or not. God is just and will not stand to see the innocent hurt or taken advantage of. Psalm 18, Psalm 35, Numbers 14...)

The notion of "harm none" when it comes to magic is a recent evolution that comes out of the modern religion of Wicca, and has very little to do with traditional witchcraft or magical practice. This "witches' rede" isn't adhered to within the tradition of Hoodoo. Hoodoo (Conjure) is instead based on African-American traditions that are the result of a melding of original African magical practices and a Protestant understanding of a just and vengeful God.

Cursing/Hexing a Rapist - Ethical or Necessary?

Recently a client came to me with a situation. A relative of his (we'll call Jane) had been raped by one of her school mates. She is a tender 14 years old and this bastard not only violated her, but turned the situation back against her and lied about it, getting all of her friends to turn against her leaving her abandoned and broken in spirit and body. I did a reading on the situation and it came out that the rapist had struck again since having raped this girl, and that it was likely a "date rape" scenario. The reading revealed that not only was it necessary to stop this bastard from perpetuating his crimes against young girls, but it was just in the eyes of God. The problem is that Jane was unwilling to give up the rapist's name and so we were in a situation where identifying the criminal or rather flushing him out and holding accountable with the law, was the main part of the goal.

The spell took the form of a 3 step process. The first step involved a black devil candle carved with the name "Jane's Rapist" on the back. The mouth of the candle was then hollowed out and stuffed with a blend of herbs and minerals including sulfur, red chilies and deerstongue (for eloquence of speech) so that he would boast about his deeds to everyone around him and thus be turned in by one of his friends. The candle was coated with Command! Oil to compell and command the rapist to abide by the client's will and speak about his crimes to those around him.

The second step involved destroying the rapist's sexuality so that he could never function sexually again, and never hurt another girl again. This involved using a black penis candle inscribed with "Jane's Rapist", dressed in Black Arts Oil and dusted with Goofer Dust (to kill his sexuality.) It was then wrapped round and round in steel wire and then nailed to a wooden board in a 5-spot pattern with an "x" of chain. Finally, one by one, pins (an entire box worth) were heated off of the flame of the devil candle and stuck into the black penis candle (that his thoughts and actions be the cause of having his dick cut off in an accident, or getting a shotgun blast in his balls, etc.) The black penis candle was burned down along side the black devil candle on a waning moon starting on a tuesday night (Mars' night - for acts of violence and war.)

The third part involved a white female figural candle with Jane's name carved on it, burned far away from the negative working. It was coated in Blessing Oil and Love Uncrossing Oil to help her recover her sense of lovability and femininity. A photo of the victim was placed under the candle to direct the blessings toward her, and an image of a Saint (Saint Michael) was placed before her candle to protect her always and help her heal.

The remains of the black devil candle were deposited at the front door to a police station (to lead the rapist into the hands of the police). The remains of the black penis candle working were placed in a hole in a tree where no one would ever find them that he might rot for eternity. The remains of the blessing candle were buried in Jane's backyard so that she could keep the healing influence with her always. The bottle of blessing oil was gifted to the victim as a personal fragrance for her to wear day to day.

The client wrote back to me reporting positive results from the burning of the candles. He reported the wax melting to surround the black devil candle like a hand gripping around it. The black penis candle burned steadily and slowly over the course of a day and a half, all the way down to the wooden plank it was on. He reported that as the flame from the black candle hit the substances packed into the mouth, the flame crackled and made noise - indicative of the client's "blabbing" about his acts. That's an excellent sign. The client reported that there was a column of negative black energy left after the cursing work and that he is proceeding with a house cleansing and finished with a cleansing bath to remove the negative influences of the working.

Stopping Gossip in the Workplace

Gossip is such a destructive and common thing to find in the workplace. It draws uninvolved parties into other people's drama, it spreads negativity and breeds distrust. In this case, it led to an entire department ganging up against one of my clients.

He came to me with a situation where he felt his job was being threatened by gossiping coworkers, wanted their venomous words to stop and to feel protected while working. I performed a reading on the situation and came to the conclusion that a Fiery Wall of Protection Spell for him would be best, coupled with some STFU! work around the office for everyone's benefit.

The Fiery Wall of Protection Spell involved a white crucifix candle into which was carved a prayer for protection on behalf of the client. That candle was dressed with Fiery Wall of Protection Oil. Next that candle was surrounded by 7 purple offertory candles each carved with the named of an angel or protective spirit that was also dressed with Fiery Wall of Protection Oil. Additionally an image of a protective saint - in this case, St. Michael - was placed in the circle with the candles, and Fiery Wall of Protection Powder was sprinkled in a circle around the white candle in the middle. Finally, a single Angelica Root was dressed with Fiery Wall of Protection Oil and laid at the foot of the candle.

Now, outside of this protective circle, a single black offertory candle was carved with the names of the gossiping coworkers and then dressed with STFU! Oil to stop their vile gossip. It was placed over a name paper with the same coworkers' names. I burned the candles while praying to the Angels to protect my client from the vicious rumors and vile gossip going on at work. When the black candle was half way burned down, I extinguished it in a dish full of Slippery Elm with the statement, "May your venomous gossip stop immediately and be your own undoing!" to the gossipers. When the candles finished burning down, the remaining butt of the white crucifix candle, along with the saint card and a bit of the Fiery Wall of Protection Powder was wrapped up in a piece of white cotton with 4 knots in it for the client to conceal in his cubicle at work to protect him all day long.

The final touch was that I gave my client a bag full of STFU! Powder to put pinches in the corners of the office that he works in, and a dash under each coworkers' desk for good measure. No more gossip, and a respectful and safe environment is restored in the workplace.

Shattering a Curse - Uncrossing Baths

A client contacted me for a Spiritual Cleansing service regarding something that had been plaguing him for quite a long while. 6 years ago, this gentleman was offered a pastry by a coworker, and then the problems began. He started having recurring cases of awful luck, money problems, unexpected expenses striking over and over, and then physical effects like lethargy, listlessness, disturbed dreams and paranormal experiences.

I spoke with him on the phone and conducted a reading to get at the root of the situation. My reading concluded that he had indeed be given a sneaky trick in the food he ingested that could have included but not been limited to the use of graveyard dirt. There was a paranormal element to this man's troubles.

Through the reading I recommended a series of 13 magical cleansing baths using an uncrossing herbal blend that included 13 different ingredients like hyssop, angelica root, rue, saltpeter, white mustard seeds, lemongrass and many other uncrossing plants. After bathing, he was to use a portion of his bathwater along with an ordinary floor cleaning product like Pine-Sol or Ammonia, and mop the floors of his house to cleanse any negativity out of the house that might have been coming off of him as a residual effect of the initial cursing. The last part involved him using Fiery Wall of Protection Oil to dress himself, his home and his loved ones to prevent future magical attacks.

Interestingly, I had a second client that I was working with at the time who was experiencing obstacles with getting his career off and running, and additionally was experiencing paranormal visitations in his sleep. I recommended a series of 13 uncrossing baths alone, and he reports excellent results. He thoroughly enjoys his magical baths, feels the energetic shift that has happened in his life and reports that more work opportunities are manifesting in his life and he is making more money than before. Additionally, he is sleeping restfully and has no repetitions of the previous visitations in his sleep.

New Formulas Just Added

It's funny how art imitates life. In this case, my magical arts are imitating the real conjure work that I do. As I get clients who need specific work done, I often find a need to whip up a new blend or resurrect one that I formulated a long while ago and never posted on my online store. Some of my recent clients have motivated me to dig up these two formulas and add them to my online store.

Presenting ConjureDoctor.com's latest additions:

Good Job Oil:
This traditional hoodoo blend brings together benzoin and gravel root to create a powerful tool to help you get a good job or keep an existing one.

Reconciliation Oil:
Balm of gilead, rose and other herbs come together to help reunite estranged lovers, bring back a hurt ex or bring quarreling friends back together.

I'm also looking into how I can start processing credit cards without needing to use paypal. Paypal is so awkward to use and they are very slow to process payments.