See also:
Obeah: Afro-Shamanistik Witchcraft
angelfire.com
An occultist's compilation of views on Jamaican Obeah, stressing magical aspects and minimizing religious ones, with extracts from W. Somerset Maugham and Azoth Kalafou.
Rethinking the Nature and Tasks of African-American Theology
mamiwata.com
Anthony B. Pinn of Macalester College provides scholarly examples of how hoodoo and other African-based religious practices form a "second stream" within African-American Christianity, forcing a recognition of theological complexity beyond the merely folkloric or religio-magical orientation of conjure.
Luck Mojo: Hoodoo in Theory and Practice
luckymojo.com
An online book by Catherine Yronwode. Included are descriptions of how to burn candles and incense, sprinkle powders, make mojo bags, prepare spiritual baths and floor washes, perform spells and take off jinxes.
Rootwork: a cyberhoodoo website
rootwork.com
Arthur Flowers' poetic exploration of contemporary hoodoo.
Index of 19th Century Southern Texts
etext.virginia.edu
An archive of texts by Charles W. Chestnutt, Joel Chandler Harris, and Mary Alice Owen that mention African-American hoodoo beliefs that derive from African religious sources. Also included at the site are extracts from Mark Twain's works that mention European-American witchcraft beliefs.
Hoodoo: An Afro-Diaspora Tradition
mamiwata.com
A New World name of an Ancient African Magical Tradition.
Drums and Shadows by Mary Granger and the Georgia Writer's Project
sacred-texts.com
Oral folklore from coastal Georgia, collected from African Americans during the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration; much of the material concerns hoodoo practices.
Southern Spirits Archive of African American Spirituality
southern-spirits.com
Annotated collection of 19th and 20th century primary documents describing hoodoo, conjure, and spirituality in African American society.
Luck-Balls; Hoodoo History
etext.virginia.edu
A 19th century account of the making of hoodoo luck balls by Mary Alicia Owen.
Superstitions & Folklore of the South by Charles W. Chesnutt
etext.virginia.edu
This 1901 account of hoodoo in North Carolina is among the earliest that was written by an African American author rather than a white folklorist.
Psychic Phenomena of Jamaica by Joseph J. Williams (1934)
sacred-texts.com
An account of spiritual practices and Obeah from the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest who first visited Jamaica in 1906.
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Voodoo and Women in Literature and Popular Culture Mami Wata
jmjohnso
ue, 16 Mar 2010 19:05:45 GM
Even Tia Dalma, from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean (2005), is a nod to the prevalence of voodoo, . conjure. , . obeah. , lucumi, . hoodoo. , macumba, . rootwork. , espiritismo, condomble, and ifa across the Atlantic world. Instead of discussions of ...
jmjohnso
ue, 16 Mar 2010 19:05:45 GM
Even Tia Dalma, from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean (2005), is a nod to the prevalence of voodoo, . conjure. , . obeah. , lucumi, . hoodoo. , macumba, . rootwork. , espiritismo, condomble, and ifa across the Atlantic world. Instead of discussions of ...
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