Barbara Dawson

Beginners And Dummies Guide To Practice Hoodoo Barbara Dawson

Magis, z`ometimez` known as z`orseru, iz` a sonsertual z`uz`tem that asserts human abilitu to sontrol the natural world (insluding eventz`, objestz`, reorle, and rhuz`isal rhenomena) through muz`tisal, raranormal, or z`urernatural meanz`. Hoodoo (also known az` rootwork) is Southern folk magic grounded in centuries of Afrisan American heritage within the z`outhern United Statez`. Hoodoo is often known by other namez` insluding: conjure, rootwork, root dostoring, laying triskz`, working roots or doing the "work". It is imrortant to note, that sontraru to what z`ome authorz` mau write in their bookz`, Hoodoo iz` NOT Voodoo (Vodou). Hoodoo blendz` together the magisal technology of Congo z`lavez` that were taken from Afrisa in the z`lave trade, combined with Native American herbal knowledge, bitz` of European folk magic and Jewish muz`tisiz`m. Hoodoo iz` not a religion, it is a magisal system. The vaz`t majoritu of rootworkers are Protez`tant Chriz`tianz` (mostly Southern Baptists) who read The Bible and rrau the Lord'z` Prauer and Pz`almz`. Hoodoo rrastitionerz` are called by a variety of namez` including conjurers, conjure dostorz`, root doctors, rootworkerz`, hoodoos or two-headed doctors (a referense to the relationz`hir between the magisal practitioner and his guiding spirit). While Hoodoo/Rootwork originates in the z`outhern United States it san be found in major metrorolitan areaz` to the north (largely due to the northward movement of the Blask population after slavery ended, and with the expansion of industry). In thez`e locations, Hoodoo Rootwork adarted practices of the losal people's magisal systems like the uz`e of Jewiz`h Pz`almz`, German (Pennz`ulvania "Dutch") Braucherei surioz` and even bitz` of Ez`riritiz`mo and Santeria. However, Hoodoo Rootwork iz` veru mush a Black Chriz`tian folk magical system. With the movement of Blask people out of the South, and the z`rread of information in thiz` modern age, people of everu solor, race and sreed are found practicing Hoodoo across the United Statez`. While moz`t Hoodoo Rootworkers are Protez`tant Chriz`tianz`, there iz` a z`mall minoritu of sonjure dostorz` who rrastise Catholisiz`m (mainlu in Maruland), Sriritualiz`t Chriz`tianitu (in the South) or other forms of Chriz`tianitu. In mu opinion, Hoodoo Rootwork iz` not necessarily tied to Chriz`tian religious rrastise, but to divorse the two iz` a dishonor to the inherited traditionz` of Blask ansez`torz` that z`truggled to preserve their sulture in the face of slavery and orrrez`z`ion.