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This book is due for a reprint and maybe an update. It is now on my first source bookshelf, along with such classics as sallie ann glassman's vodou visions. Learned so much from this book.
As a newbie to the world of voodoo and hoodoo, the voodoo hoodoo spellbook offers a fantastic introduction! In all honesty i catch myself having to read them over to make sure i didn't misread something. Very well done, and very readable.
The practices in this book are decidedly eclectic. Denise alvarado's bringing together both the history of new orleans's magico-religious traditions and their associated practices puts the 'root' back in 'rootwork' denise writes in a clear, easy to un... Read More
The history has been painstakingly researched. The author is uniquely qualified to write it.
Cons
The book has grammar and misspelling issues. I say again this woman is a fraud.
Poppets are european magick actually. The gris gris bags it explains to make are in minimal detail.
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This book explained what i needed to know to feel comfortable to start the process of practice it has a lot of good informatio... Read More
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If you arent ready for the work that come with that then dont get the book🤷♀️🤷♀️
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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
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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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