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There is a lot of back stabbing going on and these in particular are coming from the west coast and it makes you wonder how they can boldface claim formulas belong to a particular person yet in the same breath complain that these formulas are not authentic

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The traditional formulas from new orleans that were passed down through families are what they are and they certainly arent owned or made better by someone whos not from there

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If youre looking to make rootworkstyle oils that is no essential oils herbs roots curios in a carrier oil and certain things done to it to make it right then youre going to need to massage simplify or supplement these recipes to fit your needs

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If youre looking for true gris gris which to put it in western magick terms is actually a thoughtformspirit servitorspiritual ally in a bag or other vessel then while the recipes for grisgris may interest you i dont think all the information will be as salient to your needs as it might be to someone who does not make the distinction between a grisgris and a mojo hand and a charmbag

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They are effectively treated as the same thing in this text

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Many other similar liberties are taken and not all of them are what one would call sensitive to oathbound african diasporic traditions

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If youre gonna have a freakout about cultural appropriation dont read this

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I shrug say its awesome for what it is and go back to converting some of the recipes to more basic rootwork formulae using only southern u