New to Hoodoo

[NinaBaxter]

My name is Nina and I have just begun my introduction to the practice of Hoodoo. I am facing a number of challenges: there is no one to teach me the rituals and prayers, the herblore and the rest of the folk magic. I am white and I grew up as the minority so I have been immersed in African American culture and frankly miss black people. I need advice on where to start in order to learn the proper way to worship.

[Mr Christopher]

Hi NinaBaxter,

Welcome to the forum. You are in luck between the forum and Lucky Mojo Curio Co, you will be well taught. Hoodoo is not a religion, it is practiced by many religions. You do not have to belong to any one religion to do hoodoo. Hoodoo does not care what color your skin is, gender, sexual identity, or age. It is open to everyone.

Welcome to the forum! As you can see, this is a large online community, with tens of thousands of posts by thousands of members, dating back to 2003 as an e-list and to 2008 in the present forum format.

As a newcomer here, you will no doubt do a lot of exploring on your own, but here is the "form-letter link-dump" that will get you started on some important web page sources of free information about African-American folk-magic.

Hoodoo History:
http://luckymojo.com/hoodoohistory.html

Mojo Hands:
http://luckymojo.com/mojo.html

Oils:
http://luckymojo.com/oils.html

Baths:
http://luckymojo.com/baths.html

Powders:
http://luckymojo.com/powders.html

Incense:
http://luckymojo.com/incense.html

Candles:
http://luckymojo.com/candlemagic.html

Herbs:
http://herb-magic.com

Conditions and how we can address them:
http://luckymojo.com/hoodooataglance.html

Here is some info on how the Lucky Mojo Forum is set up. It is divided into four major parts:

1) News and Announcements about the Lucky Mojo Curio Company and this site.

2) Lucky Mojo Spiritual Supplies and how to use them, listed in threads by product type and product title.

3) Life Conditions and Situations, with recommended Lucky Mojo products, spells, and advice.

4) The Online Hoodoo Community, including sites, events, and outreach sponsored by Lucky Mojo, AIRR, and HP.

When you post, it helps your moderators, who are recompensed volunteers, if you post in the area of the board that is best suited to the archival of your question or comment. That way moderators will not have to move your post or merge it into ongoing threads.

If you can't find a post you made, it may have been moved or merged. Go to your profile by clicking on your name and "search recent posts" -- you will find it.

Within each board section, there are STICKY threads -- ones that always stay "stuck" to the top. These are popular discussion threads that you can read and add to if your questions or comments fall into one of these oft-broached topics. If you don't see a "sticky" that relates to your question, feel free to start a new thread in the relevant section.

We do have a few "thou shalt not" rules here, and they can be found in the Forum Rules link at the top of each page.

Most important for newbies are these five common errors to avoid:

1) Please do not come here asking for our formulas for conjure oils or for instructions on how to use spiritual supplies that you bought at a grocery store or at a competitor of ours; this is the Lucky Mojo Forum and is financially supported by the Lucky Mojo Curio Co.

2) Please do not post illegal copies of material from other websites or from books.

3) Please do not post put-downs of any group of people based on their religion, race, or national origin, including derogatory comments about religions to which you may have previously been an adherent or comments in which you seek to falsely conflate any religion with the practice of evil sorcery.

4) Please do not start new topics; we have thousands of topic threads already in place.

5) Please do not quote people by using the copy-paste function; it wastes space.

If you need help, I or one of the many moderators and admins are happy to guide you.

Welcome to our amazing world.

Best of luck,
Mr. Christopher