Hello from New Jersey!

[nyalisa_13]

Hello everyone, my name is Alisa

I've read this forum for maybe 7 months, and only recently got registered and started to slowly communicate, ask questions, and get more deep into the Hoodoo tradition. I'm a huge fan of Miss Cat, her works, and Lucky Mojo products so far.

I am in my early 30s and I moved to US about 10 years ago. My background comes from Ukraine. I was raised in the Russian Orthodox-Christian religion, even though my family carries Jewish blood too. But situation during WWII created a no-no jewish situation in post soviet union, so no one even spoke about it in my family.

I never practiced back in Ukraine, it was more on my intuitive level... I always had that belief in magic, and even being a child I was reading books on Ukrainian village folk magic and spending time with neighbors old grandmas, and trying out spells and prayers. Finally, moving to US opened the whole magic world to me. I started to meet people with same interests, and a lot of knowledge that I am craving for. After years of looking, I found teachers who taught me small portion of Jewish "magic", sorcery in general, etc. I am learning every day and I see what I like better now.

This forum first came up, when my current teacher spoke about Lucky Mojo Co. and Miss Cat, because he as well took her Correspondence Course. Interestingly, I was unconsciously slowly driven to Hoodoo, and now I understand why. Its history and tradition just gets me from inside. I don't know how to explain it correctly, but I am glad to be here, and to be able to learn with all of you every day!

Thank you!

[HoundAndHearth]

Welcome, Alisa (nyalisa_13)! ^_^

[Terra Rising]

nyalisa_13,

Hello and welcome to the forum! Thank you for taking the time to introduce yourself. I am always interested in where people came from and how they ended up interested in this tradition. African Americans and Jewish people seem to have more in common socially than most people think. Oppression and slavery is unfortunately a common theme for both.

Madam Nadia was born near Russia I believe and grew up in Israel. On the radio show, she sometimes speaks of her Jewish ancestors who lived in Russia and how difficult it was for them. It sounds like the two of you would have a lot to talk about. Here is her AIRR page: http://readersandrootworkers.org/index. ... dame_Nadia

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[nyalisa_13]

Terra Rising,

I greatly appreciate your welcoming reply!))) I've heard about Madam Nadia from Miss Cat. She literally said the same thing about her.)))) I didn't listen to the radio show just yet, hopefully, this week I will catch up.