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Hoodoo, Rootwork, Conjure, Obeah : |
| Hoodoo, also known as rootwork or conjure, is a system of African-American folk-magical belief and practice dervied from Congo and West African sources, with an admixture of Native American and European-American herb-lore. It is not a hierarchically-organized religion per se, but even though most practitioners are Christians, the true spiritual basis of hoodoo is found in the African Traditional Religions. |
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5 web sites matced for Hoodoo, Rootwork, Conjure, Obeah |
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Hoodoo in Theory and Practice
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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.
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Index of 19th Century Southern Texts
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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.
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Hoodoo: An Afro-Diaspora Tradition
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A New World name of an Ancient African Magical Tradition.
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Obeah: Afro-Shamanistik Witchcraft
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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.
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Rethinking the Nature and Tasks of African-American Theology
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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.
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