Black Magic Matters: Hoodoo as Ancestral Religion
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Does Black Magic Matter? A brief discussion of the African American traditions known as Hoodoo, Conjure and Rootworking, and practices of divination, spiritual protection and healing. We will discuss the origins of magic in the specific context of slavery in America and consider the meaning of black magic in the present day. Like their enslaved forebears, today’s practitioners cultivate ancestral spirituality in support of individuals and communities, and to heal diverse afflictions of the body politic, intergenerational trauma, racial and sexual violence, and economic impoverishment.
Yvonne Chireau is Professor in the Department of Religion at Swarthmore College, where she teaches courses on African American religions, Black women and religion, and New World African religions. She is the author of "Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition" (2003). Her work focuses on the intersections between religion and magic and the diversity of Africana traditions in the United States. She writes on topics such as race, comics, and Voodoo memes at The Academic Hoodoo.
The event took place November 10, 2021.
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African spirituality isn’t evil nor good it’s more like fire 🔥 💯
You can use fire to burn down houses,buildings and to harm others but you can also use it to provide warmth & a means of light 💡
Nature is both Balance/Imbalance …..order/chaos
(It’s all about the individual)
Damn right. Well put
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@@shenhaizz 😂🤣how can it be satanism if afro spirituality came waaaaaaaayyyyyyy before satanism and major religions
I don't think comparing it to fire is wise, especially if ur attempting to refute Satanic/demonic claims.
Any spiritual system can be used for both Good or bad. However, humans are flesh driven & ego filled and will usually use Hoodoo for the wrong, self serving reasons...which is one of the reasons it has a bad reputation.
People thinking they can play God, better than God...and forgetting God is the beginning of it ALL lol!😅
I have more appreciation for the few people who use it to compliment their relationships with God; those who do the works of God through their spirit...allowing God to use them as a portal. That's the REAL magic! 😅#KeepGodFirst
Allow me to properly educate you my name is Hakeem I am a Hoodoo practitioner it isn’t used for evil it’s not really a magic system it’s an ancestral practice Hoodoo is a closed practice exclusive to African-Americans and those who have been granted passage Who do is about peace love wisdom & unity of between one self and those who came before us….. I suggest before you speak on a practice that you’re clearly ignorant and oblivious to understand the difference between the different traditions that constructs African spirituality as a whole Plus if you’re talking about ego driven people I think no one beats the Abrahamic religion at that
This is right in time. I just listened to Yvonne Chireau on A Little Juju Podcast.
"True magic is neither black, nor white - it's both because nature is both. Loving and cruel, all at the same time.... The only good or bad is in the heart of the witch. Life keeps a balance on its own. You understand?"
-Lirio, The Craft (1996)
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Our ANCESTORS don't work outside the BLOODLINE
@@thedarkgoddesses4037 I'm aware Haitian and Yoruban ancestry here... That quote was to specifically debunk the idea of magic being "dark" which is often associated Vodou.... Magic is magic, it's how and by whom it's used that determines if it has negative effects. Magic itself is neutral!
@@AtmosphericAnatomy the term "black magic" is commonly indicative of evil as perpetuated by media and religion. Also the quote indicates the neutrality of magic....so your comment is rather redundant tho I'm sure you meant it to be contrary.
@@AtmosphericAnatomy A. It's a quote from a movie about magic and B. What black ppl call ourselves vs the commonality of the term "black magic" have nothing to do with each other. C. Magic, especially that of the African diaspora has been demonized because of its relation to blackness. The title was written to be provocative based on that understanding. How did you miss that?
The Autobiography of Frederick Douglas' account of Sandy Jenkins sparked my interest in hoodoo.
This is amazing!! As a younger person I’ve observed the natural rites and rituals of my family and if I would utter their way of praise I h their deity as hoodoo I’d be seen as a witch. Which I would claim, but when you stated the singing the praise the offerings. I nearly burst into tears!! How can we say we’re hoodoo without saying we’re hoodoo. How we clean and prepare our home cleansing after a row or bad sickness. 👏🏿👏🏿💐💐💐 a thank you I’ve thought I was weird. I know in this lecture my culture is here with me!💙💙💙💙
No such thing as multiple deities, or their personal deity. There is only one deity for all creation.
I'm assuming you're still alive n kickin, so you don't know anymore than we do.@@AlphaMaverick1111
Look up the Orishas and Lwas, there's also High John The Conquer, Uncle Monday and Papa Gator. There ARE many spirits, figures, legends stories some are well known (for those who actually know) throughout the African Spiritual diaspora. Asé!
I love this as a Somali African and Sufi Muslim I am all in in support of our ancestors ways of lives and spiritual experssions which is diverse in Africa but all have very common ground which is Mother Nature. The four elements and their forces in Somali Hawo (Air), Biyo (Water), Dhulka (Earth), and Iftiin/Dabka (Light/Fire). I totally pray Islamiclly while in peace and be part of these elements. In other words I am a Muslim African Spiritualist and Matriarchs (They all are our mothers the God Mother).
Very interesting to hear from your corner of our world am a descendant slavery living in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 and grew up around orisha from the West Africa
@@twinflames4249 Hi family thank you
As rootworker we speak about the Sufi and how cool the energy they keep truly is. One the wisest spiritual organization I’ve come to witness from afar. True representation of the peace to come 🙏🏾
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The role of JUSTICE, for me, is a form of healing Ancestral trauma. Righting the wrongs.
This fired me up!! Thank you thank you thank you to his whole program!!!
I used to want to do Hoodoo more until I learned about the elitism, lack of consistent information and hierarchy without a tradition of such hierarchy. People pollute spiritual spaces with their egos & agendas and it causes chaos; the exact thing spirituality is supposed to alleviate. It's best to learn the basics and live in a way that represents what you believe and not be so hung up on labels. Religion and spirituality rubs ppl the wrong way, when they watch peers abuse and misuse such sacred things. It's sad. Anyway, I wish you all luck and love on your spiritual journey.
I agree and don’t agree
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I agree 100% that’s why I keep my spiritual beliefs to myself
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You need to connect with your ancestral spirit to be able to navigate the bullcrap people who want to make money or control your mind....
Thanks so much for making this information available! I am a 60 year old practitioner of my own evolution. I often see comments about Hoodoo in online groups, but I knew little of it's origin.
Thank you both for such an enlightening experience. I will be purchasing Dr. Chireau's book.
I really loved this discussion and so appreciate it.
What a wonderful and informative presentation! Thank you!
This was great! Give Thanks ✨
This was extremely informative, glad this popped up for me.
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These conversations just soothe my soul
I enjoyed the presentation 🙏🏾
This was such a great video. 👍
Great video so educational. Ty🖤
Work that I've seen with my own eyes growing up it never shook me because it was my norm as a child.
I love Yvonne Chireau 😌 also Mama Rue has 2 videos explaining why hoodoo is indeed a religion. Idc who says otherwise. Hoodoo is regional & isn’t practiced the same everywhere.
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Mama rue is not fooling us, ONLY YOU.
Bless you for making this make sense. I AM CERBERAL, you make it real to me.I have been looking for you for 3 days. Bless you. Bless you 😮
I didn't even know I was practicing Hoodoo for years. I found out recently.
Thank you for the work u do.
I don’t like labels but this what I do
I am a healer, spiritual guide, a root worker-conjurer etc
None of these would be possible without the ancestors and me balancing the masculine and feminine inside of me.
For all of us folks who have a curiosity in hoodoo healing etc
Welcome home to nature
Mama got ya
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I'm loving this 😍
I’ve been obsessed with hoodoo since watch The Skeleton Key years ago. I believe.
One of my favorite movies
I refuse to watch a movie featuring whites appropriating black culture.
So basically Hoodoo practitioners are people who are already magically inclined, like a born witch or medium etc and are able to do/experience magic naturally through their born gifts. Where as someone non magical but trying to accomplish occult type powers/gifts/protection/guidance have to worship or show reverence to a deity/god and become initiated to that religion to do the same
Yes and no...the answer is complex
It is very complex because you can work magick without worshiping anything but it all depends on the person.
Not like the TV stuff
You don’t have to be magically inclined
@@hakeemyaylo8804 You don't have to be magically inclined to do what?
I am a conjure woman, passed down by my bloodline. My great grandmother Emma Schofield who was Emma Collins before she married, was the local conjure woman and root worker. She and my great grandfather as well as her daughter were all well known conjure folk. This was extremely informational and well done. I really enjoyed this.
That's so fire 🔥 😍
I'm trying to learn about Hoodoo but I don't have any that can teach me. Do you know of any ways I could learn?
I know someone who practices Hoodoo. Just wanted to get more info. Since I didnt know to much about it. Ive learned a little bit today
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Healing by removing bugs reminds me of when my mother would “ring our (siblings nieces/nephews) navels”. Ringing uses turpentine and scribing symbols within a circle encompassing the navel. The child’s gender determines which symbol to use. The whole process took only a few minutes including a brief prayer or something.
Wow
How would you know which way to ring it like the symbol
theres a type of Aryuvedic navel treament pouring oils in to it like that
Gratitude 💗🤍✨
Also to answer your question Yes,
Black Magic Will Always Matter.
22:06 branding
40:03 who does it belong to
42:09 / 42:49 spiritual warfare, sometimes war is necessary. have to know how to curse to know how to reverse it.
47:53 comics
The Spirits are there for anyone. No racial barriers. My ancestors are as important as yours. Native American and Irish. My Grandfather was Cherokee. Native. Real. I praise him. He was the life line. Still is
Um no, if you aren't of the bloodline Hoodoo is off limits. Must be of strong African descent.
If you asked me to help you with something, you would see what I'm talking about. The Spirits are there for everybody. Just be respectful and kind. And be yourself. Bless you honey.
@@jaxthewolf4572 Hoodoo isn't off limits. Hoodoo borrows from Christianity, Judaism, Native American spirituality, and general folk magic. All those 'borrows' mean it belongs to everyone.
@@conjurebonesWhy do y'all want our beliefs so bad ? It is, once again a closed religion if you are not ADOS.
I really enjoyed hearing her perspective & appreciated her holistic homeopathic view of magickal work. Many take an allopathic approach which is quick n clinical and only leads to further issues requiring folks to the return again and again for treatment of the same or similar things.
The religion labeling was interesting as well (religion as defined in the dictionary). If one’s goal was gatekeeping then it would be a beneficial thing to add the religion label but it would change things l, perhaps in ways that wouldn’t benefit.
I see magick and the craft as being apart from religion, however some religions can and do incorporate magick.
What professor is she referencing at 29:50?
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Dr. Yvonne. amazing. You said a mouth full. It's difficult/sad when you help individuals and the whole time their intentions are very toxic and negative. Caused me to lose EVERYTHING, this sexual offered, has placed voodoo on me because I didn't marry him. I'm a Healthcare provider, please help me, thank you.
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This is great. Also if you are not of African ancestry hoodoo ain't for you.
Hoodoo is native American root work and Christianity what are you talking about
@@AztecDread Hoodoo is a set of spiritual practices, traditions, and beliefs which were created and concealed from slaveholders by enslaved Africans in North America.[1][2] Hoodoo evolved from various traditional African religions and practices, and in the American South, incorporated various elements of indigenous botanical knowledge.[3][4] Hoodoo is an African Diaspora tradition created during the time of slavery in the United States, and is an esoteric system of African-American occultism
@@AztecDread - the same applies to Santeria, it is derived from An African undertone and religion- -I know your love 💗 and want to white ( I mean right) but it is derived mainly up from the African religion and few other selective things from from the Bible to evade the slave masters repercussions- so they would cover it up and entangled some of the curses 🤬 with so called ( white Christianity ✝️ or beliefs) but we interacted with the Natives ( long before we were enslaved) so our beliefs and actions correlate alongside some of their mystic traditions and beliefs- but The ancestors of Voodoo/ Hoodoo/Shamanism and even Santeria all share in a disdain for the White Race and the Atrocities they have committed - so I know your love 💗 is deep for them , but that is why they magick lies in either Witchcraft or Christianity ✝️ BS and Manipulation- Voodoo/ Hoodoo/ Santeria/ Shamanism is used for helping our people and its when we call on our ancestors- its them that protects us and even helps in the retribution for the acts / crimes committed upon our people.. but stay over their - defending them .. there always a few in every race who jump ship or sell their own out .. and the ancestors see this - so they will suffer along with their beloved.
@@woodybostic1128 🤣 I practice Ifa so thanks for the chuckle and assumptions
@@woodybostic1128 I was replying to the comment about having to be African American to practice Hoodoo lol
Hi I would just like to convey that witchcraft. Is the wring definition for what you do as good witchcraft is called if good is cunning folks. Use correct definition.
A true Conjurer is Double headed which means both sides are important to keep in Balance of Dark & Like.
Thank you for confirming my destiny in my path in hoodoo. I often had conflict within myself because I kept wondering why I produce the perfect amount of rage and passion to do dark magik and felt ashamed but I am a light worker at heart and by destiny. Once again, thank you.
A conjurer in the Hoodoo tradition is defined by their ase. The term "true" is relevant. Conjurers will manifest different gifts based on their ase. Most conjures are not two heads.
@@tehmu it’s considered two headed because conjurers can do both work to heal and to harm.
@@whatever7588 There are two understandings of two heads. One is that it is simply a conjurer who can work with both hands. Most hoodoo conjurers can't. They are usually gifted in specific things. For example, they may only be gifted in doing protection work...the second understanding is that a two head is a conjurer who is also a rootworker. Sometimes they may be called conjure doctors. It really depends on who you talk to regarding these definitions.
@@tehmu how can i contact you? I need to ask some questions and i think you have the answers.
Hoodoo is 100% Foundational Black American.
Hoodoo, JuJu, etc...is not religion. It's the spiritual expression/culture of FBA/ADOS/AA, etc. It's literally our essence. Religion is usually structured, dogmatic, etc...Hoodoo is in what we eat, say, do, etc. Some people confuse traditions with Hoodoo and misinterpret it as religion by injecting foreign concepts. For example, a lot of people have adopted the practice of creating alters. That is not Hoodoo. We traditionally maintained sacred spaces. Some people swear by this color candle and that color candle, that is not Hoodoo. My point is that Hoodoo is not religion.
@BR00KLYN'$ BABY It's not. Hoodoo is Hoodoo.
@BR00KLYN'$ BABY - Are you speaking of black Indians/darker skin indigenous???
You’re wrong. Read Mojo Workin. It talks about hoodoo in its origin & it was indeed a RELIGION.
@@mszgigi0518 It's not. I have read Mojo Workin multiple times. I love the book. I disagree with her defining Hoodoo as religion. Hoodoo is not a religion. It's a specific cultural expression, tradition that has spiritual elements. There are no elements of religious life associated with Hoodoo. You can be a Christian, Muslim,etc and still practice Hoodoo.
@@tehmu check out Mama Rue on here she has 2 videos on the subject.
Magic is all about what you choose to believe.
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43:29 - Subtitle correction: "vodun"
This is interesting dialog. I agree that Spiritual practices are more of a tool. As a tool it can be applied for either good or bad. Also, most African Spiritualist whom I’ve met have a clear distinction between religion and spiritual practices. Spirituality engages an alinement with universal laws (laws of nature) in order to bring what you want into fruition. And religion is based on belief. And belief is not a stable foundation because belief systems have inaccuracies; and are only relevant when a collective people support the belief. Belief systems and scriptures are often historically misinterpreted and perverted into extreme ideologies. And religious beliefs are always imposed upon victims for the purpose of servitude.
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She's running two stories together, with Frederick Douglass
In fact, he attributed his faith in GOD (BIBLICAL) as the source of his freedom & referred to the slaves who practiced voodoo or hoodoo as being "more ignorant"
There is no peaceful or productive intetsectionality of the two
The very essence of worship in the black church is absolutely syncretic to African based spirituality…. It’s where we come from. How could it not be peaceful or productive?
There's no sectionality between Black Folk and their spirituality
The problem is when folk, whether the witches of Eurape or the medicine doctors in the south Pacific, or even the inyanga of South Africa, try to make their practices blend with GOD & HIS WORD (THE BIBLE)
The 2 do not mix or match, which is why Brother Frederick did not co-sign with what this young lady is trying to assign
She runs a few stories together.Her arguments have more holes than swiss cheese.
When did he say this? Because I know of him for having called out superstitions for existing and all cultures
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¿Exactly what is the question?
Hoodoo has nothing to do with africa lol. im from missippi. this so far from the truth. its most definitely an indian things. you have to be a manifestor of all existence in order to be able to conjure something. You have to accept self as the ultimate manifestor of all existence in order to manipulate existence. not all people of color were slaves. i was born in 1994 yet slavery was not abolished in missippi until 2013/2014.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾I’m so glad this narrative and untruth is being challenged and corrected. Like stop erasing South/Southeast Indigenous history and culture!!!
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Conjure is a practice not at religion
You can't have a right without a left.
Read Black Sands
So, after reading the comments, there seems to be an ‘ownership’ of who can practice Hoodoo? I, and my ancestors are of African descent. I am white. So does that mean can’t practice hoodoo? If the answer is ‘no’, then why not?
Only the descendants of African American slaves can practice Hoodoo.
Because you’re not blk and these practices aren’t for you or your ppl. You don’t have the bloodline for this. Try Athena
U can practice anything if you can find the exercises🤷🏾♂️but at your own risk ofcourse. Only a foolish animal will ask a poisonous toad it wants to eat, to not be poisonous to them. The reality of bad blood, rape, thieving, plus the overwhelming nature of the circumstances when it comes to the divide between whites folk/blacks folk then and now does matter.
Very good point.
What is your current ethnic identity? Who cares what was. I have Algonquin ancetsors some 7-10 generations ago. I don’t attend to step into native spaces.
If you are Irish’s learn Irish folk magic. Read a hoodoo book. But do know it’s not hoodoo. It’s your own spirituality.
This ownership stuff too me, is also not an absolute but there is still a relative truth here. Spirituality has no borders when we really comes down to it. But this is abt cultural sensitivity. And whats appropriate.
This was a great video!!!! The only problem i have; is i read the description amd i dont underdtanf this concentration of african american magic in conjuction with black women. Why is there so much focus on black women and magic?
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Well there was something before Christianity and that was paganism so what was it like before Christianity was magic allowed I’m not Christian but I did my research on religions religions like Hinduism came before Christianity also what about the other religion Shintoism for example they don’t believe in Jesus Christ or the Christian god so are they condemned by the way this is a religion it is an ethnic religion same goes for Buddhism Shintoism also does not have a biblical text nor does it have a founder Hinduism believes in multiple gods as-well
It depends on who is looking at it. If one is trying to get their religious/spiritual validation of the Western world then certain criteria must be met. If not, then the practices are seen as "other" or as something to be commodified. You can see that with Buddhism and Hinduism and how commercialized some of their practices are in the Western world, it's a novelty (Buddha statues, appropriation of certain deities in Wicca/Neo-Pagan spaces, etc). All the other cultures can speak out about this kind of stuff to get some of that respect back, as you see decolonization is a buzzword these days, but as soon as Black folks enter the chat, the mood changes and we don't "have a religion" and our heritage is evil or demonic or whatever bs people try to come up with. It's crazy.
Paganism was a prelude of the incarnation of the Christ. You can say that Christ is the spirit/breath of the world. Within the Old Testament this is foretold. From the Old Test of the Mental to the New Test of the Mental. Within theosophy they talk about the 4 sacrifices from the beginning of creation of Man, and what the Christ has done for us. Without those sacrifices we wouldn't even be here. Jesus - G's us - He's us (spanish). He's the one who is regulating our body so we would not be(have) like wild human animals. So wisdom can be found all over the world. But we have to look for it through all the distractions. There's a lot of shit to dig through.
Sure, there are mutiple gods/angels/stars but everything has to come from one Source of everything. The one Creator of All which is beyond our understanding (perhaps for the best).
Try your own selves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye (fail the Test) be reprobate.
Mankind elevating to a higher consciousness. But this can't happen for some when the powers that be are trying to divide and conquer humanity. And opening portals or conjuring spirits from a realm isn't really helping either. A body can be taken over so that this individual is a mouthpiece for evil spirits. You can see what's going on today. Marxist, Communistic ideologies hiding as social justice economical welbeing for everyone, rainbow in your face, flooding into the West. Teaching children to be trans, cutting of your Johnson is preached by the new prophets of medicine as a normal activity. This an abomination that causes desolation.
wow what if slavery was people believing they needed to save the africans souls? the work part might have just been secondary as a good work ethic is part of a devout religious persons belief system..
No. None of what they did was to save africans. They literally ate us and used black peoples babies for bait. They used our hair to fill pillows and our skin to make furniture. Everything they did was pure evil
no magick is evil or dark .energy is energy with everything there is shadows .intention is everything . from a accedamic point view even in the bible it says gods it only due to the misconception of the translation of hebrew the words that are confused is god and gods the pluar of god is used and is clear to see ,therefore there are many gods but you have freewill to connect with the god you choose to connect with . there is also the connection with sun worship and the astrology relationship.
Indigenous spirituality. The original ppl of the earth are the true religion, they live the way of life with nature. #niiji
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Ia black magic real?
Yes and she is off base trying to mix up hoodoo with it.
Is Long Lost Friend used in Hoodoo as it is known as Dutch or Appalachian Granny/Folk Magic?
No. But definitely braucherei/powwow in addition to what you mentioned.
Good question...but no
Hoodoo was never intended to be mainstream. Why are people pushing a mainstream movement of something that should remain hidden? True hoodoo shouldn't be performed in public, just because you read a few books doesn't mean you know anything about hoodoo.
Fun fact: "hoodoo" means "black magic" (hud du) in Breton. Coincidentally there were Breton speakers in Louisiana back when it was French.
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Fun fact: nobody gives a damn 😭
It actually seems that hoodoo as a word does come from Louisiana where voodoo, creole folk, and actual Haitians could be found. It didn’t pop up in black culture as a word until 1800’s. Probably why hoodoo is so different fundamentally from actual “Rootwork” which is a phrase that was created by the Geechee people of Georgia
@@AtmosphericAnatomy , I cosign you and Hakeem/yaylo taking issue with this comment. It's a presumptuousness (perhaps unintentional- but baked into European/White psyche) of ascribing origin to something out of their cultures even when the culture of focus is distinct. It's comparable to my seeing the Kashi cereal advertising and concluding that its name really derives from enslaved Hausa people who called that because it's what they wished the owners of property for perpetuating evil aka plantations would eat. It's not true, but since Kashi literally means "sht", I could also present specious, fallacious commentary presented as fact like Simon Dyda did. To your point, Geechee roots, I think Hoodoo and Voodoo are related. Africana/Black people from different but similar cultures healing in similar ways. Lastly, Voodoo/Vaudo itself simply means Spirit, as in The Divine, in the Fon language of Benin. Peace, fam. Your West African sis.
@@AtmosphericAnatomy Black culture wtf does that mean that's a contradiction because black culture is a contemporary social construct , then one would argue what constitutes "Black culture" because "black Americans are the lost peoples... from west Africa in which we do not practice voodoo.......we practice hoodoo you seem to have the label confused.
My dad always said the blood will run the streets!.
Hoodoo ain't no religion, it's a sacred Black ancestral mysticism.
His mother came home crying with her clothes torn and her face badly bruised and bloody. Manny’s older brother Daniel ran to the small field that they had where their father Roman was plowing. Roman was a tall man and very fit built man with a full black and gray beard. His hair was very short and he had some balding in the front. His skin was the complexion of very dark red clay. Father please come quick! Its mother! Their father quickly drops everything that he was doing and ran as fast as he could to the very small humble house his wife and three other children were sitting in. He ran passed his eldest son and runs through the door almost running over Deborah; his small daughter. Once inside the house he saw Manny and Manny's twin brother John crying at the foot of their mother. Their mother was sitting down and she was in tears and she was cleaning off the blood from her face with a rag. Her clothes were torn as if she had been attacked by wild animals and both her eyes were swollen shut. Their small daughter who almost got ran over, was so frightened that she ran outside. Their father dropped to his knees right by the door not coming near his wife and cried so loud that their small house seemed to shake. He slowly got up and slowly walked over to her, he gently touched her face and lifted it up and he saw it up close and he cried out softly. Their father told the older boy to run and get their sister who had run outside. He grabbed some wet rags and helped clean her as much as he could, still crying. He knelt down and finally spoke his first words to her. Kaydra, what happened?
He already knew what the answer was; knowing the type of man his wife worked for. He had a reputation and Roman did not want their mother working for the man but they needed the money and she had promised that she would avoid him at all cause. Manny's mother Kaydra was not the main servant and she mainly worked outside, washing clothes and cleaning the yard and taking care of the animals. But their mother was a beautiful woman and even though she dressed very modestly her beauty could not be hidden. She was average height and she had a very shapely and tone build of a woman who worked hard. Her skin was the color of dark roasted coffee, and she had beautiful long black wooly hair that she would often cover when she was out of the house. She had a face that was very youthful for a young woman with four children and a hard life.
Roman patiently waited for his wife to compose herself before telling him what happened. While feeding the horses, the master of the house had come inside the stable. She saw him as he walked inside and she kept her head down and continued working. In the corner of her eye I saw him say something to the other workers that were cleaning by the doors and watched as they walked away and left the stables. Her heart started beating fast as she saw that she was left alone with him. Lord Kegan stood around six feet talk and was big and stature, he had very wide shoulders and he was built like a soldier although he never served in the kingdom army, He had medium brown skin and he had short wooly hair and like most men, he had a full beard that was black and grey and very well mannered. She quickly finished what she was doing and tried to walk past him with her head down. He grabbed her arm as she walked past. Where are you running off to; he said as he pulled her towards him. I have more work to do my lord and I want to make sure that I finish everything before the day is done. He touched her face and gently moved her head up. You are too pretty to be working so hard and this hot sun. How about I put you in a more comfortable position and get you out of these old rags and into something much nicer. Still very nervous and not wanting to look at him in the eyes. Whatever job you need me to do, I will do it. What's your name? Kaydra. He grabbed her and pulled her closer to him and she pulled away gently. He laughed; that is not how things work around here. He pulled her closer to him again. She pulled away but this time more aggressively and he became angry and he shoved her on the ground with all his strength. She fell on her hands and knees and as she turned her head towards him, she saw him undoing his trousers. She quickly tried to get up and run away but he grabbed her by the hair and pulled her to the ground. He got on top of her and tried to pin her arm down and lift up her dress but she fought and fought with all that she had. The harder he tried the harder she fought and she would end up biting him as his hands was on her mouth. That angered him so much that he started punching her and slamming her head on the ground finally knocking her out.
She woke up in a small pool of blood with her clothes torn and she could barely open her eyes. She stumbled to get up and when she walked outside, she saw some workers looking at her and some trying not to look at her and continued doing their work. She cried out but nobody wanted to get involved. The woman of the house lady Linda ran outside; who is making all that damn noise? Her husband lord Zegan Troy was standing a few steps behind her; looking at Kaydra with sinister smile. The woman saw Kaydra bloody and beaten and she knew what had happened to her. What is the matter with you girl and why are you yelling so loud on my property? Kaydra points behind lady Linda to her husband. He beat me!!! He raped me! Lady Linda did not even look in her husband's direction before responding to Kaydra. Whore! You come to my house and let every farm hand and worker mount you and now, what you expect? Didn't you get what you asked for already? You want money? You want to accuse my family for you being a whore in heat? Kaydra looked around for someone to defend her but everyone looked away. GET HER OUT OF HERE! The woman of the house yelled.
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@@reginataylorhines Thank you 🙏🏾 sorry for the late reply, I don’t use this account often. Book 1 and 2 of Bloodline Sacrifice are on wattpad if you are interested. I would love to hear feedback if you choose to take the time to read them.
There must be some really good information on this video because the sound is gone
They did her wrong with the thumbnail
They mainstream makes it seem overly magical than what it actually is. But is slaves were hoodoo practioners, it would have been impossible to defeat them. Look at the latest census map and look for the counties that we are 50% or more of the population in. Thats where hoodoo comes from. Hoodoo and Voodoo are Missippian Indian practices. Carribeans are Missippi people too.
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I (respectfully) don’t believe the dominant force of Hoodoo is African… you can’t even taken from a continent on the other side of the planet, and know how to manipulate the local plants, herbs, and roots if you don’t ALREADY have an understanding of what they are. In my (respectful) opinion, at least the rootwork aspect is mostly from Black Aboriginal / Indigenous Americans who were enslaved on plantations, and amalgamated with the SMALL number of Africans from the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.
Kind of disappointing to hear from a scholar on the subject, opinion on the dark path or left hand path. It seems disingenuous or perhaps a show of political correctness.
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Love your content and thank you. However I believe native Americans with very deep roots in that culture/nationality needs to be more recognized because African Americans came and combined their religion with native Americans hoodoo and we are United on that front . Even in disneys Pocahontas hoodoo is practiced. I feel completely disconnected from reality when I don’t practice my rootwork due to work or moving. Love your content . It’s about time we speak up about hoodoo and I have over 100 books on both hoodoo and voodoo . I’ve only used voodoo and made alters and asked for blessings from deity’s like Elohim Gibor El shaddai in my most crutching time in life and they protected me along with my ancestral alter asking for their help and guidance. All I request is please don’t forget that native Americans played a large part in hoodoo as well. Please don’t let my history be dismissed like the white man did when he took over our country. Thank you ma’am for your content ❤
Also I offered those deity’s that saved me with alters dedicated strictly to them offering gold their color their symbols I just didn’t ask I paid my respect my dues before I asked for anything . People need to remember to pay the respect that the plants in rootwork deserve as well bless you to the ground in which this wormwood grew thank you for finding your way to me and cleansing can not be expressed enough before doing any conjure divination manifestation work . Especially with ancestors always remember to keep out the evil ones and stay protected .
Only the black seminole played a significant part in Hoodoo and the only native americans that are ancestrally linked to Hoodoo. Hoodoo is not native american in anyway, you are getting false information.
slavery still exists in America via 13th Amendment once you are convicted in a court of law for an alleged crime.
That's where your wrong. There's slavery here in the states. Especially here in Virginia
She is wrong about hoodoo it is real.
Lord Jesus Christ, All power in Heaven and Earth belongs to you. Lord Jesus, loves you and died for your sins, and rose from death after three dies. Accept Jesus Christ into your life, Lord Jesus remove the blindness from these people eyes, In Jesus Christ, I rebuke you devil. Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, IN Jesus Christ name, In Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
Ain't nobody DIED for you
@@thedarkgoddesses4037 Yes Jesus Christ. Read the Bible, go to church, pray to God and he will reveal himself to you. You are under the power of darkness of Satan. Jesus Christ can change you, he loves you and have a plan for your life.
@@m.jackson2609 you're welcome to continue to sit n think jesus is real..but when you wake up and learn how much you have been lied to you're going to be
BIGGG MADDD..especially if you are INDIGENOUS to this PLANET so called BLACK.. but if you're the other than it doesn't matter..
Enjoy the rest of your day
When we all die we will stand before Jesus Christ with the record of our life. I am praying for you, many atheist changed and accepted Christ,
@@m.jackson2609 I will ask you very calm n peaceful to do not pray for me..I don't need your prayers..I will send my SPIRITS to listen to you and see if you pray for me..don't do it
Hoodoo has something to do with science , never change Hoodoo , Voodou
The beauty of Hoodoo.. is it is available to everyone. NOLA is the beacon of spiritual and magical inclusion in the U.S & everyone should learn from their example. Matters of SPIRIT.. should never be viewed through the filter of the FLESH
NO IT'S NOT
It's NOT available to everyone! It's not some hocus pocus fluffy shit. It's not Wicca. It's a system of real African power and messing with it can hurt you especially if you aren't of the blood. You people who engage in cultural appropriation in the name of "Oh it's all love and joy!" make me sick.
Hoodoo is not Available to everybody. The whole point of Hoodoo is the African American experience. Our ancestors used this spirituality and magic for justice, healing, and to protect themselves from their oppressors. If you don’t have African American ancestors that what ancestors are you calling on and venerating? The slave masters? Everything isn’t for everybody and it’s nothing wrong with that.
@@tvlover1492sho u right
Hoodoo was Schotish and Berber SOME Arficans pick it up from the Berber American blacks got it from Schotish immigrants
I hate fake expert's
What in hell Black Magic???
Black magic is designed to attack
I believe in YAHUAH EL SHADDIA and I put my best foot forward everyday I step out of bed, and 9 times out of 10 things work out in my favor and I don't suffer from any depression and have achieved internal happiness. One of our problems is we practice Egyptian traditions and it's not use. Egyptian practiced evil and pagan tradition and human sacrifice that is not to be proud of, our true ancestors are turning in there graves that we are practice the ways of our captures. We are children of Abraham. The slaves who built the pyramids.
@Chad Harris Why do you think we wasn't the slaves who built the pyramids? Do you think the people who built the pyramids were paid when slavery drove the economy? Jesus was forced on our ancestors not YAHUAH.
@Chad Harris all civilization were pagan and the Israelites was the first to fully convert into a monotheistic belief system, that why YAHUAH EL SHADDIA made a convenient with Abraham and choose his seed as his appointed people. Egyptian had slave just like every surrounding empire at the time.
@Chad Harris who built the pyramids then aliens. Who else would build them if you have slaves seating around makes no sense what the points of slaves? And El Elohim is just God in Hebrew.
Even if we were pagans in ancient times, didn't we get our prayers answered? Our prayers were answered.
@@borngreat-4-life930 Why you think our prayers were answered giving the current state of our community. The mindset of black people in general.