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And the hits just keep on happening! This is my fourth update of "The Dowsing Bibliography at YIPPIE" this year, and it will not be the last. I am deep, deep into this project and there is so much more dowsing history to discover, uncover, and recover. The first pass was put online in 2010, and it was thoroughly updated in 2020. In February, after five years of dormancy, i got back to work on it, and since then i have been adding new books, new cover art, and new information about the books and the authors already listed. This week i am showcasing some oldies and introducing some recent titles. As a Life Member of the American Society of Dowsers, it is my pleasure to bring you personal reviews, commentary, and clean cover shots from my own collection -- including the most ultra-rare 19th and 20th century dowsing books and pamphlets and the most useless self-published paper-wasters of the past decade. This is the fourth time my Patrons have supported the Dowsing series hosted at the Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology, and for their financial assistance, they each receive a one-year Patreon exclusive link to the New! Improved! More Colourful! Dowsing Bibliography -- which will open to the public in 2026.

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Don't worry, though, all you non-Patron Dowsers -- the 2020 edition of the Dowsing Bibliography is still online at the YIPPIE web site, along with all our other public bibliographies on occult and spiritual topics, at http://yronwode.org

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Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week my Patrons present the world with an illustrated transcription from my collection of 20th century "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo." It's 1931 and Blind Willie McTell -- or rather, William Samuel McTier in his guise as "Georgia Bill" -- was wanderin' 'round Georgia, waiting for those fried pies to get done, searching for his woman's mojo, and trying to avoid them jinx. It was a "Scarey Day" for him, for sure. As usual, an MP3 audio file is included so that you can sing along as you study the deep-felt links between hoodoo and the blues.



Go to:
https://www.luckymojo.com/bluesscareydaymctell.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

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#blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #folkmagic #rootwork #conjure #fishbones #otoliths #drumfish #amulets #charms #talismans #gamblingluck #moneyspells #moneyluck #fortunemagic

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Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons are getting an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American rootwork. Today our conjure documentation comes from a 1964 recording by Muddy Waters, in which he sings and plays guitar on a composition by Willie Dixon that describes the many reasons to carry a High John the Conqueror Root. I have written a short biography of Waters, for those who enjoy musical history alongside their education in hoodoo, and thanks to the help of my husband nagasiva, the bio is accompanied by a portrait photo, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and fortune telling.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until April 7th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #muddywaters #johntheconquer #roots #johntheconquerorroot #hoodoo #conjure #witchcraft #rootwork #folkmagic

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Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to write a new web page every week on the history of folk magic and divination. This week we release "The Dream Book Bibliography, Part Two at YIPPIE."



This week "The Dream Book Bibliography, Part Two at YIPPIE," takes a long dive down a very specific rabbit-hole, one that will be particularly welcoming to art-spotters and old film buffs. Join me in a throw-back to my fannish days as i unravel the clue-filled linguistic, visual, photographic, and timeline connections between Jean Sothern in "The Mysteries of Myra" (1916), Theda Bara in "The Tiger Woman" (1917), Theda Bara in "Salomé" (1918), Betty Blythe in "Queen of Sheba (1921), and, going the long way around, on to the unnamed artist who painted the cover for "Myra Moore's Dream Book," published in 1921, in Scotland, of all places.

This is a one-year Patreon exclusive for those who financially support my writing and research. I greatly appreciate the support, because no one is paying much for popular culture academia projects these days except you, my dear friends, fans, and fellow-travellers. When AI takes over the world and history becomes fiction, you can stand proud and tell your grandchildren, "I sent cat and nagasiva $8.00 per month to scan and catalogue dream books." And your grandkids will reply, "What's a dream book, Grandy?" And you will reply, "Well, Kiddo, i'm not really sure anymore. It was something people made 'way, way back, before before.'"

Find it now at:
https://www.yronwode.org/dream-book-bibliography.html

The YIPPIE web site includes bibliographies on an array of occult and spiritual topics currently open to the public, for the aid of scholars, researchers, and students at http://yronwode.org

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons for as little as $8.00 per month:
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#fortunetelling #divination #dreambook #dreams #crystalgazing #crystallomancy #oneiromancy

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Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons are getting an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American rootwork. Today our conjure documentation comes from a 1928 recording by Alger "Texas" Alexander, in which he sings and is accompanied by Eddie Lang, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams on a composition of his own that tells us about the lure and lore of the Louisiana mojo hand. I have written a short biography of Alexander, for those who enjoy musical history alongside their education in hoodoo, and thanks to the help of my husband nagasiva, the bio is accompanied by a portrait photo, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and fortune telling.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until April 14th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Follow me on Facebook at
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and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #mojobag #hoodoo #conjure #witchcraft #rootwork #folkmagic

[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" we are releasing an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American folk magic. Going back to the 1970s, we get to hear K.C. Douglas singing about one of the most mysterious of hoodoo curios, the fabled Black Cat Bone, and learn all about its use in his native Mississippi, as well as his adopted state of California. This time two different MP3 audio files are included, one acoustic and one electric, so that you can sing along as you study the enduring links between hoodoo and the blues.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/bluesblackcatbonedouglas.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #folkmagic #rootwork #conjure #mojo #mojobag #blackcatbone #bluesandsex #bluesandhoodoo #hoodooman #conjuredoctor

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This week in "It's All Ephemera" we offer a new chapter of "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice in Progress" -- spells for tying a man's or woman's nature, capturing their libido and sexual desire. These old conjure spells are the best known, and most often requested, magical methods for holding love, and i am sure you will find them useful ... but only if you are one of my Patreon supporters, because ...



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"Hoodoo in Theory and Practice" at the Lucky Mojo web site consists of hundreds of free pages about African American conjure and root magic, written and uploaded to the web over a period of 25 years. Patreon members support the site with contributions of $8.00 per month and in return that get one-year advance access to the pages.

If you are not yet familiar with the public portion of "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice", check it out!

http://luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html

And if you want to support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my weekly update posts and sign on as a Patron for as little as $2.00 per week:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Please follow me on Facebook at
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Thanks to my dear, supportive Patrons -- you have made these pages possible.

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#rootwork #hoodoo #conjure #witchcraft #spells #folkmagic #sexmagic #nature #nationsack #knotspells #tyingnature #binding #controlling #domination #hoodoointheoryinpractice

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This week in "It's All Ephemera" we give "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice in Progress" a thorough cleaning with washcloth and dishrag spells. Enhance the range of your root doctoring using old-time techniques for job-getting, love-holding, nature-tying, dreaming of your future mate, curing bad luck, protecting yourself from magic, driving enemies away, and cursing -- with nothing more than a washcloth or a dishrag as a personal concern. This great collection of spells dates from 1892 to 1970 and it will surely open your eyes to domestic conjure.



Find it at:
https://www.luckymojo.com/washcloths-an ... njure.html

"Hoodoo in Theory and Practice" at the Lucky Mojo web site consists of hundreds of free pages about African American conjure and root magic, written and uploaded to the web over a period of 25 years. Patreon members support the site with contributions of $8.00 per month and have one-year advance access to the pages. If you are not yet familiar with the public portion of the site, check it out!


Please consider supporting me on Patreon for as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, so i can keep on working on "It's All Ephemera!"

Thank you, Patrons, for making this possible.

#herbs #rootwork #hoodoo #conjure #witchcraft #planets #floriography #herbology #hoodoointheoryinpractice

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Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons will receive a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American rootwork. Today our conjure documentation comes from a 1926 recording written and performed by the Texas blues pianist and singer Victoria Spivey. Spivey's piano playing is legendary, and this song contains a lovely piano break in the middle, but what is most unusual is that it describes in simple terms, with neither mockery nor sexual double entendre, a Louisiana-born root doctor who takes on love cases for broken hearted women, and guides their searches for new lovers. I have written a short biography of Spivey, for those who enjoy musical history alongside their education in hoodoo, and thanks to the help of my husband nagasiva, the bio is accompanied by a portrait photo, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and fortune telling.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until April 28th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #hoodooman #witchcraft #rootwork #folkmagic

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Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week's Patreon sneak-peek page consists of a fourth collection of memories and sketches spanning many years of my life. The place: Missouri, a hippie commune. The time: 1972 - 1977. I recently came into a tranch of letters i had written to my beloved mother-in-law about our lives, and work in the field of arts and crafts.

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"Experiments in Autobiography" is a new section at the Lucky Mojo domain.

This material has not been formally published as a collection until now. At the present it is intended to be seen by my Patrons only, and it may never reach the public. I dedicate it to Fred Burke and Ignacio Ceja, two long time supporters of my writing.

Support me on Patreon for $8.00 per month and get a one-year preview of new pages and access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum:

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#autobiography #reminiscences #music #motherhood #spinning #weaving #naturaldyes #goats #angoragoats #sheep #hippie #commune #ozarks #gardenofjoyblues

[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to write a new web page every week on the history of folk magic and divination. After a year, these pages are given to the public to read for free.



This week in "From the Land of Tea," we make a second pass through the almost forgotten world of department store and restaurant tea rooms, including tea rooms that doubled as psychic reading parlours.

Most psychic readers who set up in tea rooms had their own business card, but the tea room proprietors themselves tended to use a standard restaurant advertising medium, the matchbook cover.

At one time matchbooks were given out for free by almost every business in America, but when smoking was outlawed in restaurants, these ubiquitous pieces of commercial art became less common. They are still with us, but most folks now carry petroleum-fueled lighters.

Vintage matchbook covers tell us the amazing history of tea rooms and tea room themes, including tea room divination. This new web page, "Vintage Tea Room Matchbook Covers No. 2," takes us down the matchbook rabbit hole once again, to a little pocket-dimension of graphic delight.

Go to:
https://www.mystictearoom.com/wiki/Vint ... vers_No._2

and please consider supporting me on Patreon so i can keep on working on "It's All Ephemera!"

#tealeafreading #teacups #tearooms #tasseomancy #MysticTeaRoom #tea #matchbookcovers

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The Mystic Tea Room is taking a journey to the Continent to visit the amazing bygone landmarks of conditerei, confiserei, patisserie, and hotel-pensione tea culture that flourished in Switzerland during the first half of the 20th century. From the basements of Zurich to the Mythen Mountains of Montana-Vermala, this is a grand tour for all lovers of cozy tea room and restaurant architecture and interior decor -- with a twist Yes, there will be white linen, rattan chairs, floral stencilling, and potted palms, but we will also meet daring American Red Cross volunteers and receive a warning to "use only radio-interference-free devices."

"Old Tea Rooms of Switzerland" is online now for my Patrons, in gratitude for your support. The public will not view it until May 14th, 2026, at which point it will be open to all, as a souvenir of times gone by.

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The Mystic Tea Room web site is dedicated to the traditional art of fortune telling by tea leaves, also known as tea leaf reading, cup reading, cup tossing, divination by tea leaves, tasseomancy, and tasseography. If you are not yet familiar with the public portion of the site, check it out!

http://mystictearoom.com

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:

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Cordially,

cat yronwode

#tealeafreading #teacups #tearooms #tasseomancy #MysticTeaRoom #tea #vintagepostcards #vintagetearooms #vintagearchitecture #switzerland

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Hello, everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



Reading tea leaves means having tea on hand, so this week we present our second illustrated gallery of antique and vintage tea tins from all around the world. This is all about the Mystic Arts -- with the emphasis firmly on Art. The new array of tins will be on display at the Mystic Tea Room web site for everyone to enjoy in May of 2026, but my dear Patrons will have access to it one full year before the public does.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

The Mystic Tea Room web site is dedicated to the traditional art of fortune telling by tea leaves, also known as tea leaf reading, cup reading, cup tossing, divination by tea leaves, tasseomancy, and tasseography. If you are not yet familiar with the public portion of the site, check it out!
http://mystictearoom.com

To support me on Patreon for $8.00 per month and receive FOUR new web pages every month,
please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#mystictearoom #tea #teatins #teacompanies #tinlitho #vintagetins #vintageteatins #containers

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Thanks to my wonderfully supportive Patrons -- you have made this work possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

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Hello, everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



You can't read tea leaves without tea, so tasseomancers tend to become tea-lovers, and that means sampling many types of tea. You can't buy tea without a tea company to grow it and importers to blend and pack it. And the tea companies can't tell you how wonderful their tea is without promotional material. Back in the early 20th century, at the height of the proliferation of grocery distributors, every tea company handed out brochures and booklets to magnify the glory of their products, and since this era was also the height of graphic art and design, the tea company booklets were works of stupendous artistry. This week we present a sneak peek at a wonderfully illustrated gallery of antique and vintage tea company booklets. Tea leaf reading is one of the Mystic Arts -- but as a reader, i always put the emphasis firmly on Art. These lovely graphics will be on display at the Mystic Tea Room web site for everyone to enjoy in May of 2026, but my dear Patrons will have access to it for one full year before the public does, in gratitude for their financial support.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

The Mystic Tea Room web site is dedicated to the traditional art of fortune telling by tea leaves, also known as tea leaf reading, cup reading, cup tossing, divination by tea leaves, tasseomancy, and tasseography. If you are not yet familiar with the public portion of the site, check it out!
http://mystictearoom.com

To support me on Patreon for $8.00 per month and receive FOUR new web pages every month,
please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#mystictearoom #tea #teacompanies #booklets #vintageephemera #teapluckers #tasseomancy

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Thanks to my wonderfully uplifting Patrons -- you have made this work possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

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Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" we are releasing an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American folk magic. Blind Lemon Jefferson, who was born in Texas and recorded in Chicago for Paramount Records, gives us a lesson in how someone can turn a trick -- and to his surprise, the trick is turned on him, in "Broke and Hungry," a classic country blues about what happens when you meet your magical match, and lose.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/bluesbrokeandhungryjefferson.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #folkmagic #rootwork #conjure #mojo #mojobag #blackcatbone #bluesandsex #bluesandhoodoo #hoodooman #conjuredoctor

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Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons will receive a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today our conjure documentation comes from a 1936 recording written and sung by the extremely obscure Tommy Griffin, accompanied by the better-known Walter Vinson (of the Mississippi Sheiks) on guitar and Ernest "44" Johnson on piano. The topic is the use of dream books to interpret dreams, an essential form of African-American fortune-telling. I have written short biographies of Vinson and Johnson, to make up for the utter lack of data about Tommy Griffin, and the page includes a label shot and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until June 7th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #folkmagic #dreambook #dreamsymbols #sexandhoodoo #fortunetelling

[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" i release an illustrated and annotated transcription. Johnny Shines, who was born in Frayser, Tennessee, in 1915, travelled and performed with Robert Johnson from 1935-1938, and in 1969 he recorded a previously unknown song composed, but never recorded, by Johnson, called "Going to Algiers." Written in 1935, recorded in 1969, and only released to the public in 1995, this song about a mojo hand and the fabled Seven Sisters of Hoodoo Town came so close to being lost forever that it will make your head spin. No transcription of it exists on the internet as of a year ago, but i have done my best to set forth the lyrics on this rweb page, as part of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and fortune telling.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/bluesgoingtoalgiersshines.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #folkmagic #rootwork #conjure #mojo #mojobag #bluesandhoodoo #neworleans #sevensisters #algiers #conjuredoctor

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Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons will receive a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today our conjure documentation comes from a 1955 recording written by Calvin Carter and sung by the popular rhythm and blues artist Jimmy Reed. The song's topics range from dream books and lucky numbers to mojo hands for love. I have written a short biography of Reed and the page includes a portrait, an album cover, a butterpat from a department store chain mentioned in the lyrics, an MP3 audio file so you can sing along, and a bonus MP3 for an instrumental by Reed which takes its title from the name of a popular conjure root. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until June 14th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #folkmagic #mojobag #luckynumbers #dreambooks

[catherineyronwode]

This week is the first part of our set of the 1923 Wills's Cigarette Cards set called "Lucky Charms." This inaugurates the completion of a series on these cards that i first started in 1994. I did not finish the series 30 years ago (So many scans! So much text! Such a slow dial-up connection!) -- but with the financial support of my patrons, we began making weekly updates with new, larger scans, full texts, and additional commentaries. The series release concludes with all 50 cards in beautiful colour with added information about these esoteric objects, plus links to other pages that i have written on these topics over the past three decades.



Find the page now at:
https://luckymojo.com/willss0intro.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic

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[catherineyronwode]

Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons will receive a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today our conjure documentation comes from a 1932 recording written and performed by J.D. "Jelly Jaw" Short -- one of several blues songs in which the snake (as a metaphor for a man's penis) and the snake doctor or dragonfly (which is reputed to fly down low to tend to and heal wounded snakes) are combined in the person of a root doctor who specializes in curing male erectile dysfunction and female anorgasmia with herbal medicines. I have written a brief biography of Short and the page includes a portrait, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until June 21st, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #folkmagic #sexandhoodoo #herbmagic #rootmagic

[catherineyronwode]

This week is the second part of our set of the 1923 Wills's Cigarette Cards set called "Lucky Charms." This week's Patreon sneak-peek page marks our embarcation into the long and complex work of scanning and transcribing all 50 of the 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt, commenting on their content, and uploading the finished pages to the Lucky W Amulet Archive for permanent display. The amount of behind-the scenes prep work that has gone into this seemingly simple project has been overwhelming, but we have our templates and work-flow in place now, and we hope for smoother (and more rapid) sailing in weeks to come. Today, Aries. Tomorrow ... The World!



Find the pages now at:
https://luckymojo.com/willss01aries.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss02taurus.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #zodiac #astrology #aries #taurus #willsscigarettecards

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Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons will receive a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today our conjure documentation comes from a 1935 recording written and performed by Alice Moore (1904 - c. 1950) with piano accompaniment by Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch, (1902 – 1941), better known as "The Devil's Son in Law." This week's song is unusual because Moore admits that she does not practice hoodoo, but is looking for a Gypsy to read her lost lover's mind and a conjure doctor to lay tricks that will bring him back to her. I have written a brief biography of Moore and the page includes a portrait, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year advance exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until June 28th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #folkmagic #tricks #gypsies

[catherineyronwode]

This is our third foray into the long and complex work of scanning and transcribing all 50 of the 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt, commenting on their content, and uploading the finished pages to the Lucky W Amulet Archive for permanent display. The behind-the scenes prep work that goes into this seemingly simple project is both grueling and finicky, but we have our templates and work-flow in place now, and this week we were able to complete three web pages (a 50% increase over last week and a three-fold increase over our first week on the job). Gemini, Cancer, and Leo are now ready for our Patrons to enjoy!



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss03gemini.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss04cancer.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss05leo.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #zodiac #astrology #gemini #cancer #leo #willsscigarettecards

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[catherineyronwode]

This marks our fourth go-round in the rather complex task of scanning and transcribing all 50 of the 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt, commenting on their content, cross-linking them, and uploading the finished pages to the Lucky W Amulet Archive for permanent display. The behind-the-scenes prep work supporting this seemingly cute project was a bit overwhelming, as we decided to tear our earlier templates down and re-make the code, and we also bought a new, and supposedly better, scanner to replace our old one. After getting the new scanner up and running, we realized it was a TERRIBLE scanner. It could not distinguish denim blue from grey-blue or grey, and it perceived darker blue-green as black! Siva had already scanned several cards ahead and had cleaned up one card, front and back, when he showed me his first results -- and i was horrified! All that work -- and an entire new machine -- useless. The damned scanner was visually auto-tuning chromolithographic ink colours to a limited palette range of pre-sets. I hated it! I wanted to smash it with a hammer! Even a child should not be given a scanner this crappy to use as a pre-school toy! So Siva had to start scanning again, from scratch, while i forged on ahead of him with more text. But without the images, the text was nothing, of course, so we only had one card for our Patrons this week, and getting it online was stressful and wearisome as Hell. Between that unexpected glitch-and-fix and our ongoing care for the shop cat, Boots, who was convalescing in the downstairs bathroom, we ran behind this week. We will get back on track next week. Virgo is now ready for our Patrons to enjoy!



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss06virgo.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #zodiac #astrology #virgo #libra #willsscigarettecards

Follow us on Instagram
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and
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Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons will receive a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today we travel to Chicago in 1957 to hear Junior Wells recount how his nationwide search for a rootworker who can break the spell that his lover has laid on him has proven fruitless ... because the woman is herself a conjure doctor and nobody wants to go up against her! I have written a brief biography of Wells and the page includes two portraits, two label shots, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year advance exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until July 21st, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #folkmagic #rootdoctors #twoheadeddoctors

[catherineyronwode]

This week's Patreon pages present our sixth pass through the scanning, cleanup, and text transcriptions of all 50 of the resplendent 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt, depicting a selected set of precious amulets from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. I have transcribed, coded, and annotated the final three Zodiac talisman texts and Siva has scanned and cleaned up the images. As we work on each card, we are also cross-linking these miniature chromolithographic masterpieces to other Lucky Mojo pages on astrological folk magic. We will release the full cigarette card set to the public for permanent display at the Lucky W Amulet Archive in weekly increments. Next week we will take a one-week break from this project and thereafter we will make three uploads of these cards and one surprise page per month until all the Lucky Charms pages are finished on October 14th.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss10capricornus.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss11aquarius.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss12pisces.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #zodiac #astrology #capricorn #aquarius #pisces #willsscigarettecards

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and
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[catherineyronwode]

Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons will receive a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today we travel to Chicago in 1937 to hear mystery songwriter and vocalist Lil Johnson plot her magical revenge against her former roommate! Since no biography is possible, i have written a brief careerography of Johnson and her musical partner, the equally unknown pianist Black Bob, and the page includes a label shot and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year advance exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until July 28th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #folkmagic #gooferdust #killingpowder #goofy

[catherineyronwode]

This week's page presents our seventh pass through the scanning, cleanup, text transcriptions, and annotations of all 50 of the much loved 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt. These antique trading cards showcase a selected set of the rarest and most precious talismans in the collection of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. I have transcribed, coded, and annotated the first four of the 38 ancient amulet texts and Siva has scanned and cleaned up their glorious chromolithographic images. As we work on each card, we also cross-link these miniature masterpieces to other Lucky Mojo pages on world-wide folk magic. The finished cigarette cards will all be open to the public as of October 14th in a permanent display at the Lucky W Amulet Archive.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss13abracadabra.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss14abraxas.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss15ankh.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss16caduceus.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #abracadabra #abraxas #ankh #caduceus #willsscigarettecards #britishmuseum #victoriaandalbertmuseum

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to "It's All Ephemera"!



Earlier this week i wrote a web page for the Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers (AIRR) on the Black Spiritualist, astrologer, numerologist, root doctor, and illegal lottery promoter Edward H. Lowe, who flourished in Chicago from the 1920s through the 1960s. That got me started going through my data folders, and i decided to bring forward an actual interview with him, conducted by Matilde L. Bunton in 1941 for the never-published book "The Negro in Illinois." For more than 80 years, these faded manuscript pages lay crumbling in a library archive. Now, thanks to digitization and the support of my Patrons, we have transcribed this forgotten piece of hoodoo history for the benefit of all at "Where the Southern Cross the Yellow Dog."

EDWARD H. LOWE, ASTRO-NUMEROLOGIST
(Collected from WPA files, 1941)

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

This illustrated and annotated web page describes rural African-American and Native root doctoring and herbal medicine in the early to mid 20th century.

The Southern Spirits web site includes material about hoodoo gathered from old books, magazine articles, newspapers, and fragments extracted from novels and short stories, annotated with interpretive and comparative notes. If you are not yet familiar with the public portion of the site, check it out!

http://southernspirits.org

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons for as little as $8.00 per month:

http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Please follow me on Facebook at

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and on Instagram at

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Thanks to my dear, supportive Patrons -- you have made these pages possible.

cat yronwode

#astrology #astrologist #spiritualism #numerology #policy #chicago #lottery #authors #dreambook #numerologist

[catherineyronwode]

Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week my Patreon supporters get a sneak-peek page presenting 100 years of fine gallery art paintings featuring card readers and their clients. From 1835 to 1935. All of the cartomancers are women, and the works, both European and American, vary in style from portraiture to genre art. A few of the the subjects are Romani -- or pretty young women dressed as stereotypical "Gypsies," but most of them of older women, members of their communities. The overall impression is one of card reading as a domestic form of divination.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

"Your Wate and Fate" spotlights popular and folkloric methods of fortune telling. The web site is filling up with articles that have been underwritten by my Patrons and are now open to the public. Check out what's new at:

http://yourwateandfate.com

Support me on Patreon for $2.00 per week and get a one-year preview of new pages and access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum:

http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

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Cordially,

cat yronwode

#fortunetelling #classicalart #vintagegraphics #fortunetellers #cartomancy #cardreaders

[nagasiva]

We have passed the half-way point! This week's page is the eighth installment (out of fifteen total) of our scanning, cleanup, text transcriptions, and annotations of all 50 of the classic 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt. These full-colour trading cards present a selected set of the rarest and most valuable magical charms in the collections of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. This week i have transcribed, coded, and annotated the second four of the 38 ancient amulet texts and Siva has scanned and cleaned up their exquisite chromolithographic images. As we work on each card, i also write commentaries on these miniature masterpieces and cross-link them to other Lucky Mojo pages on world-wide folk magic. The finished cigarette card set will open to the public as of October 14th in a permanent display at the Lucky W Amulet Archive.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss17crescent.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss18cross.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss19hand.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss20scarab.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #crescent #cross #hand #scarab #willsscigarettecards #britishmuseum #victoriaandalbertmuseum

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[catherineyronwode]

Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons will receive a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today we touch down in San Antonio, Texas in 1929 to listen to a rather strange song about love troubles, a court case, and, of course, hoodoo folk magic, composed and performed by the Texas musician George "Little Hat" Jones. The page includes a biography of Jones, a portrait, a label shot, an advertisement, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year advance exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until August 21st, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Check out this YouTube show for more information on the importance of this project:
Hoodoo Lyrics in the Blues - Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour 3/4/18
with co-hosts catherine and ConjureMan, special guest Deacon Millett, and announcer Papa Newt
https://youtu.be/mfr5Bl3Py0I

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #folkmagic #mojohand
#littlehatjones #hoodoohand #mojobag #louisiana #tyingnature

[catherineyronwode]

Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons are going to get a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today we attend a recording session in Chicago in 1935 to listen to Walter Davis and Henry Townsend performing "Ashes in My Whiskey," a song about poisons -- literal, hyperbolic, and magical. Poor Walter Davis is lucky to be alive, the way they are rooting him. The page includes a biography of Davis, several portraits, a label shot, an advertisement for a notorious laxative, a complete explanation of the spell-work, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year advance exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until August 28th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Check out this YouTube show for more information on the importance of this project:
Hoodoo Lyrics in the Blues - Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour 3/4/18
with co-hosts catherine and ConjureMan, special guest Deacon Millett, and announcer Papa Newt
https://youtu.be/mfr5Bl3Py0I

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #folkmagic #poison
#walterdavis #livethings #livethingsinyou #roots

[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to write a new web page every week on the history of folk magic and divination. After a year, these pages are given to the public to read for free.



This week in "From the Land of Tea," after enjoying the hot tea, oyster sandwiches, fresh spinach, and home-made apple pies of the cozy tea rooms of yesteryear, we return again with pleasure to Vintage Tea Menus and Cookbooks -- a graphic selection from all over the USA, each one accompanied by a descriptive caption. The new release joins our previous 20th century menu covers on display at the Mystic Tea Room web site for every tea lover and tea leaf reader to enjoy.

Go to:
https://www.mystictearoom.com/wiki/Vint ... Room_Menus

and please consider supporting me on Patreon so i can keep on working on "It's All Ephemera!"

#tealeafreading #teacups #tearooms #tasseomancy #MysticTeaRoom #tea #vintagetearooms #vintagemenus #vintagecookbooks

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[catherineyronwode]

Hello, everyone, and welcome to "It's All Ephemera"!



"The Hypnotism Bibliography, Part Seven at YIPPIE," is yet another installment of my insanely long-running, in-depth Hypnotism History series, hosted at The Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology as a one-year Patreon exclusive for those who financially support my writing.

In this episode, Melvin Powers leaves his home in Irvington, New Jersey, and heads West to Hollywood! Power Publications becomes a dusty memory as Our Hero makes a new home amidst the Eucalyptus and the Palms, founds the Wilshire Book Company, concocts distribution deals with British publishers, searches the Library of Congress for expired copyrights, and satisfies a nation's unspoken need for knowledge. As always, my reviews of these decades-old hypno-books are illustrated and annotated. The aim is not merely to catalogue, but also to educate and entertain -- and whether you are a hypnotist or not, this tour through my personal hypnotism library, gathered over the course of 60 years, will certainly get you to thinking about the nature of your own mind.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

The YIPPIE web site includes bibliographies on an array of occult and spiritual topics and is currently open to the public, for the aid of scholars, researchers, and students at http://yronwode.org

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons for as little as $8.00 per month:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Please follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode

and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my wonderfully supportive Patrons -- you have made these pages possible.

cat yronwode

#hypnotism #learnhypnotism #mesmerism #personalpower #psychology #rarebooks #selfhypnosis #autosuggestion

[catherineyronwode]

Hello, everyone, and welcome to "It's All Ephemera"!



"The Hypnotism Bibliography, Part Eight at YIPPIE," is a train wreck! While chugging clickety-clack down the rails, reviewing and illustrating one old hypno-text after another, i found that someone had thrown the switch and the whole project got shunted onto a sidetrack so overgrown with weeds that we had to send out a road gang to open the way. Hypnotism meets a primate researcher who reports on hypnotizing crayfish! Hypnotism meets the angry spoil-sports of the U.S. Postal Service who hate palmistry even more than they hate hypnotism! Hypnotism meets lip-liners and laxatives in an ostentatious chateau on the Riviera! It all sounds so crazy, and yet, if you read it from start to finish, one paragraph after another, like a long, long string of boxcars carrying everything from dental equipment and small boys to luxury limousines and ex-wives, it will, i hope, make sense to you.

Or maybe you can just count the cars as they roll by and wonder when the bell will stop clanging and the caboose will go by. Will the workers ever get this train back on track and back on schedule? Who knows? Join my Patreon supporters and find out what the heck is going on with the Hypno-Bibliography at the Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology!

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

The YIPPIE web site includes bibliographies on an array of occult and spiritual topics and is currently open to the public, for the aid of scholars, researchers, and students at http://yronwode.org

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons for as little as $8.00 per month:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Please follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode

and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my wonderfully supportive Patrons -- you have made these pages possible.

cat yronwode

#hypnotism #learnhypnotism #mesmerism #personalpower #psychology #rarebooks #selfhypnosis #autosuggestion

[catherineyronwode]

We're coming 'round the back stretch with Part 11 (of 15) of our set of educational and illustrative Lucky Charms web pages. We have four more pages released this week. This installment (out of fifteen total) features our diligent scanning, cleanup, text transcriptions, and annotations of all 50 of the classic 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt. These full-colour trading cards present a selected set of the rarest and most valuable magical charms in the collection of the British Museum. This week i have transcribed, coded, and annotated our fifth set of four of the 38 ancient amulet texts and Siva has scanned and cleaned up their exquisite chromolithographic images. As we work on each card, i also write commentaries on these miniature masterpieces and cross-link them to other Lucky Mojo pages on world-wide folk magic. The finished cigarette card set will open to the public as of October 14th in a permanent display at the Lucky W Amulet Archive.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss29buckleisis.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss30menat.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss31necklacecharms.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss32bulla.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #buckleofisis #menat #charmnecklace #bulla #willsscigarettecards #britishmuseum #victoriaandalbertmuseum

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[catherineyronwode]

Hoodoo in Theory and Practice: THREE NEW WEB PAGES September 21, 2025

This week in "It's All Ephemera" we give "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice in Progress" a three-page upgrade. For those unfamiliar with it, "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice" at the Lucky Mojo web site consists of hundreds of free pages about African American conjure and root magic that i have written and uploaded to the internet over a period of 31 years. If you are not yet familiar with the site, check it out at:

http://luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html

Patreon members support my work with contributions of $8.00 per month and in gratitude, i give them a one-year advance access to four new articles per month.

This week, to give you all a chance to see how my Patrons are helping you learn hoodoo by funding my work, i am releasing three new pages to the public on the same day that they go out to the Patrons. I have only done this twice before, so be sure to take advantage of the opportunity and read the new pages today, instead of next year. They are:

Algiers Spiritual Supplies:
https://www.luckymojo.com/algiers.html

Five Finger Grass Spiritual Supplies:
https://www.luckymojo.com/fivefingergrass.html

Hindu Grass Spiritual Supplies:
https://www.luckymojo.com/hindugrass.html

If you like what you see, please consider becoming a Patron yourself by going to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for $8.00 per month:

http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Please follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my dear, supportive Patrons -- who have made these pages possible.

cat yronwode

#oils #powders #hoodooproducts #algiers #fivefingergrass #hindugrass #rootwork #hoodoo #conjure #witchcraft #spells #folkmagic #herbology #hoodoointheoryinpractice #luckymojo

[catherineyronwode]

Hello, everyone, and welcome to "It's All Ephemera"!



"The Hypnotism Bibliography, Part Nine at YIPPIE," is accompanied by banjos! But just when you feel comfortable with four stout men standing on your chest and abdomen as you lay stiff as a board between the backs of two chairs, along come the Freudians, the Dianeticians, and the just plain looney-tunes doctors who aim to hypnotize you with chloroform and cure your neurosis, depression, inferiority complexes, alcoholism, drug addiction, hay fever, arthritis, dermatitis, lethargy, sex-fetishism, and slipped disks!

Will you survive? Will hypnotism itself survive? Who knows? Join my Patreon supporters and find out what the heck is going on with the Hypno-Bibliography at the Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology!

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

The YIPPIE web site includes bibliographies on an array of occult and spiritual topics and is currently open to the public, for the aid of scholars, researchers, and students at http://yronwode.org

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons for as little as $8.00 per month:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Please follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode

and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my wonderfully supportive Patrons -- you have made these pages possible.

cat yronwode

#hypnotism #learnhypnotism #mesmerism #personalpower #psychology #rarebooks #selfhypnosis #autosuggestion #entertainment #freud #freudian #chloroform

[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to write a new web page every week on the history of folk magic and divination. After a year, these pages are given to the public to read for free.



Today i return with pleasure to Vintage Tea Rooms by Location -- in this case to the tea rooms of Italy -- with a gallery of very old postcards, dating back to before World War One, each accompanied by a descriptive caption. These images are now on display at the Mystic Tea Room web site for every tea lover and tea leaf reader to enjoy.

Go to:
https://www.mystictearoom.com/wiki/Italy_Tea_Rooms

and please consider supporting me on Patreon so i can keep on working on "It's All Ephemera!"

#tealeafreading #teacups #tearooms #tasseomancy #MysticTeaRoom #tea #vintagepostcards

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[catherineyronwode]

Here it is -- Part 13 of 15 weeks of work, crafting four more pages in our colourful and educational set of Lucky Charms from around the world, sponsored by my patient Patreon supporters. These installments will result in our detailed scanning, cleanup, text transcriptions, and annotations of all 50 of the classic 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt. These full-colour trading cards comprise a collection of some of the best magical amulets in the collection of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Zodiac amulet series is complete and this week i have transcribed, coded, and annotated our seventh set of four of the 38 ancient talisman texts, and Siva has scanned and cleaned up their stippled chromolithographic images. As we work on each card, i also write commentaries on these miniature masterpieces and cross-link them to other Lucky Mojo pages on world-wide folk magic. The full collection of 50 web pages of Zodiac amulets and Lucky Charms, plus an introduction to the set, will be open to the public as of October 21st in a permanent display at the Lucky W Amulet Archive.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss37inscribedamulet.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss38gnostictalisman.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss39fish.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss40amuletbox.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #inscribedamulet #gnostictalisman #fish #amuletbox #willsscigarettecards #britishmuseum #victoriaandalbertmuseum

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[catherineyronwode]

Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons are going to get a newly illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about rootwork and conjure. Today we attend a recording session in New York in 1924 where Edna Hicks performs "Hard Luck Blues," a jazz number about what happens when a black cat crosses your trail. The page includes a biography of Hicks, a portrait, a label shot, a photo of the singer's grave, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. This project is being previewed by my patrons, who have a one year advance exclusive on every week's new web page, in gratitude for their financial support of my work as a documentarian of folklore, folk magic, and divination.

[THE SECRET URL IS SENT TO PATRONS VIA EMAIL]

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

-- and when you get there, you will see a placard announcing this week's new page ... but you can't click on it unless you are a Patron, because it is for Patrons only ... until October 7th, 2026.

After a year for my Patrons to enjoy, this material will be linked from the public-facing pages of the Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site. In the meantime, my Patrons also have access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum and participate in discussions with me about my ongoing publications.

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021 at
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Check out this YouTube show for more information on the importance of this project:
Hoodoo Lyrics in the Blues - Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour 3/4/18 with co-hosts catherine and ConjureMan, special guest Deacon Millett, and announcer Papa Newt at
https://youtu.be/mfr5Bl3Py0I

Follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
and on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode

Thanks to my amazingly supportive Patrons -- you have made this project possible.

Cordially,

cat yronwode

#blues #blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #ednahicks #badluck #blackcat

[catherineyronwode]

One more set to go! This week we are releasing the 14th of our 15 weeks of work on the Lucky Charms trading cards issued by Wills's Cigarette Cards from 1923. This time the focus is on Asian magic, as we present five more pages in our colourful and educational set of amulets and talismans from around the world, sponsored by my patient Patreon supporters. This installment features our detailed scanning, cleanup, text transcriptions, and annotations of these classic 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt. These full-colour trading cards comprise a collection of some of the best magical charms in the collection of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. This week i have transcribed, coded, and annotated our eighth set of five of the 38 ancient talisman texts, and Siva has scanned and cleaned up their stippled chromolithographic images. As we work on each card, i also write commentaries on these miniature masterpieces and cross-link them to other Lucky Mojo pages on world-wide folk magic. The full collection of 50 web pages of Zodiac amulets and Lucky Charms, plus an introduction to the set, will be open to the public as of October 21st in a permanent display at the Lucky W Amulet Archive.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss41foodcharm.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss42conchshell.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss43dorje.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss44tortoise.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss45bookofcharms.html

The whole set as planned may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #folkmagic #Foodcharm #conchshell #dorje #tortoise #bookofcharms #willsscigarettecards #britishmuseum #victoriaandalbertmuseum

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[nagasiva]

This week in "It's All Ephemera" we give "Hoodoo in Theory and Practice in Progress" a three-page upgrade. For those unfamiliar with it, "HITAP" at the Lucky Mojo web site consists of hundreds of free pages about African American conjure and root magic that i have written and uploaded to the internet over a period of 31 years. If you are not yet familiar with the site, check it out at:



http://luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html

Patreon members support my work with contributions of $8.00 per month and in gratitude, i give them a one-year advance access to four new articles per month.

This week, to give you all a chance to see how my Patrons are helping you learn hoodoo by funding my work, i am releasing three new pages to the public on the same day that they go out to the Patrons. I have only done this a few times, so be sure to take advantage of the opportunity and read the new pages today instead of next year. They are:

Bat's Blood Spiritual Supplies:
https://www.luckymojo.com/batsblood.html

Dove's Blood Spiritual Supplies:
https://www.luckymojo.com/dovesblood.html

Dragon's Blood Spiritual Supplies:
https://www.luckymojo.com/dragonsblood.html

If you like what you see, please consider becoming a Patron yourself by going to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for $8.00 per month:

http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

Please follow me on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/catyronwode
on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/catherineyronwode
and on YouTube at
https://www.youtube.com/luckymojocurioco

Thanks to my dear, supportive Patrons -- who have made these pages possible.

cat yronwode

#magicaloils #sachetpowders #incense #bathcrystals #magicalinks #hoodooproducts #batsblood #dovesblood #dragonsblood #rootwork #hoodoo #conjure #witchcraft #spells #folkmagic #herbology #hoodoointheoryinpractice #luckymojocurioco #luckymojo

[catherineyronwode]

We made it! We finished 15 weeks of work on the Lucky Charms trading cards issued by Wills's Cigarettes in 1923. We completed the final five web pages to fill out our colourful and educational set of amulets and talismans from around the world. This installment features our detailed scanning, cleanup, text transcriptions, and annotations of all 50 of the classic 1923 "Wills's Lucky Charms" cigarette cards by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pitt Pavitt.



These full-colour trading cards comprise a collection of some of the best magical charms in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. I have transcribed, coded, and annotated our tenth set of five of the 38 ancient talisman texts plus the set of 12 astrological talismans we finished earlier this summer. Siva has scanned and cleaned up all of the stippled chromolithographic images. As we worked on each card, i also wrote commentaries on these miniature masterpieces and cross-link them to other Lucky Mojo pages on world-wide folk magic. The entire collection of 50 web pages of Zodiac amulets and Lucky Charms, plus an introduction to the set, is now open to the public for permanent display at the Lucky W Amulet Archive!

Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/willss46eyeagate.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss47heitiki.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss48grotesquefigure.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss49axehead.html
https://luckymojo.com/willss50arrowhead.html

The whole set may be found at the Index for Wills's Cigarette Cards here:
https://www.luckymojo.com/luckywindex.html#w

This was a project 30 years in the making, and we are grateful that we got shoved into completing it by my patient and persistent Patreon supporters.

The Lucky W Amulet Archive is a folkloric resource that contains hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating amulets, talismans, lucky charms, and good luck pieces from all around the world and from all eras of history. It is a work in progress, and new pages are added on a regular basis at http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

To support me on Patreon, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as Patrons:
http://patreon.com/catherineyronwode

#cigarettecards #amulets #charms #talismans #tradingcards #luckycharms #agate #eyeagate #evileye #antievileye #heitiki #tiki #grotesque #axehead #axe #arrow #arrowhead #willsscigarettecards #britishmuseum #victoriaandalbertmuseum

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[catherineyronwode]

Hello everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"!



It's another blast from the past! Yes -- after FORTY YEARS, The Society for Decorative Plastics, and its bi-monthly newsletter, "Collectible Plastics," comes out of the old oak filing cabinet, gets run through a scanner, and LEAPS ONTO THE WORLD WIDE WEB!

Collectible Plastics, originally published from December 1984 through May 1986, was one of my many labours of love, a 4-page typeset and illustrated newsletter about Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid jewelry and novelty items that was sent to collectors and antique shops for a mere $4.00 per year. We had hundreds of subscribers, and even though four decades have passed since the last issue went out, this wayward periodical's information, enthusiasm, and community outreach are still valid, and so it brings me great pleasure to reprint these old issues -- and, if i can pull it together (you know i can) -- to publish the never-finished 11th issue.

This crazy-ass project is underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on October 28th, 2026.

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[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" we release an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American folk magic. Walter Davis, who was born in Grenada, Mississippi, in 1911 or 1912, became a popular singer, songwriter, and piano player in Saint Louis and recorded more than 150 songs in his 23-year music career. This piece, "Root Man Blues," is a funny double entendre song about a travelling root doctor and the woman who just can't turn loose of his root. I have transcribed the lyrics, set forth an explanation of what they mean, and with my husband's help, this has been accompanied by photos, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file to delight hoodoo and blues fans.



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To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

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"Collectible Plastics" Vol. 1, No. 2, December, 1984-January, 1985 is digitized and now online! After FORTY YEARS, The Society for Decorative Plastics, and its bi-monthly newsletter, "Collectible Plastics," is now on the World Wide Web!

This hobby-zine, originally published from December 1984 through May 1986, was one of my many labours of love, a 4-page typeset and illustrated newsletter about Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid jewelry and novelty items that was sent to collectors and antique shops for a mere $4.00 per year. We had hundreds of subscribers, and even though four decades have passed since the last issue went out, this wayward periodical's information, enthusiasm, and community outreach are still valid, and so it brings me great pleasure to reprint these old issues. In keeping with modern technology, i am also adding colour photos in addition to the original black-and-white half-tones, and the first of those have been added to the series Introduction, which went out to my Patrons last week. (They can revisit that page to see the new images.)

This crazy-ass project is underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on November 7th, 2026.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

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[nagasiva]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" we release an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American folk magic. Thomas A. Dorsey, well known as "The Father of Gospel Music" had an earlier career as Georgia Tom Dorsey, a blues singer, composer, and pianist. As Thomas A. Dorsey he wrote inspirational songs like "Take My Hand, Precious Lord," but as Georgia Tom he wrote some of the cleverest double entendre blues ever recorded, songs in which surprisingly sexual imagery was thinly veiled or "coded" in innocent-seeming metaphors. This week's song, the original version of "Root Man Blues" from 1931, is presented in the form of a dialogue between Georgia Tom as a hoodoo root doctor and his female client, voiced by the mysteriously pseudonymous singer Kansas City Kitty. Georgia Tom tries to sell Kitty a Georgia Jumpin' Root, but she turns it down and selects a Louisiana Crooked Root to chew instead. I have transcribed the lyrics, set forth an explanation of what they really mean, and prepared extensive (and i mean EXTENSIVE!) side-notes concerning the true identity of Kansas City Kitty. With my husband nagasiva's help, the article is accompanied by photos, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along.

Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/bluesrootmanblues ... orsey.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

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"Collectible Plastics" Vol. 1, No. 3, February 1985-March 1985 is digitized and now online! After FORTY YEARS in hibernation, The Society for Decorative Plastics and its bi-monthly newsletter, "Collectible Plastics," have awakened to the World Wide Web!

Originally published from December 1984 through May 1986, this esoteric hobby-zine was one of my many labours of love, a 4-page typeset and illustrated newsletter about the then-obscure and almost-antique plastic jewelry and novelty items of the pre World War Two era that were made of Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid. Back then we sent our little zine to collectors and antique shops for a mere $4.00 per year and to our surprise, we ended up with hundreds of subscribers. Strangely, even though four decades have passed since the last issue was released, the research, information, enthusiasm, and community outreach of the mid-1980s is still of aid to collectors, and so i have called upon my wonderful Patreon supporters to buy us the time for scanning, transcribing, and reprinting all 10 issues. This 8-week project does interrupt our usual focus on folk magic and fortune telling, but i think it is worth the effort because it brings to light an aspect of popular culture that would otherwise never have made it into the digital age.

This project is underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on November 14th, 2026.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

Support me on Patreon for $8.00 per month and get a one-year preview of new pages and access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum:

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#collectibles #plastics #catalin #bakelite #marblette #celluloid #novelty #cutlery #figurals #radios #newsletters

[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons are getting a one-year Patreon exclusive -- and illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American folk magic.



This week i am presenting the fourth in a quartet of blues songs that take as their subject the comings and goings -- and the scandalous doings -- of the paripatetic root doctors who travelled the South during the 1930s and 1940s, selling conjure roots, and performing other services for their eager female clients. This final piece is "New Root Man Blues" by the extremely obscure singer and guitarist Georgia Slim, also known as George Bedford. Recorded in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1937, this is a piece of hoodoo history you will not want to miss. With my husband nagasiva's help, the article is accompanied by an album cover, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along.

Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/bluesnewrootmanbluesslim.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

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"Collectible Plastics" Vol. 1, Nos. 4/5 (double issue) April/May and June/July 1985 is digitized and now online! After FORTY YEARS in a glass coffin in the woods, The Society for Decorative Plastics and its bi-monthly newsletter, "Collectible Plastics," have awakened to the kiss of the World Wide Web! This time the subject is radio cases, and how they evolved from brown wood-grained Gothic Cathedral styles into brightly coloured Art Deco Ziggurats of splendour. The 1930s was the age of Industrial Design, and radios were all the rage, so when Industrial Designers were invited to revamp what a radio ought to look like, they went completely wild with form and colour.

Originally published from December 1984 through May 1986, "Collectible Plastics" was an esoteric hobby-zine, one of my research-intensive many labours of love, a 4-page typeset and illustrated newsletter about the then-obscure and almost-antique plastic jewelry and novelty items of the pre World War Two era that were made of Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid. Back then we sent our little zine to collectors and antique shops for a mere $4.00 per year and to our surprise, we ended up with hundreds of subscribers. Strangely, even though four decades have passed since the last issue was released, the research, information, enthusiasm, and community outreach of the mid-1980s is still of aid to collectors, and so i have called upon my wonderful Patreon supporters to buy us the time for scanning, transcribing, and reprinting all 10 issues. This 8-week project does interrupt our usual focus on folk magic and fortune telling, but i think it is worth the effort because it brings to light an aspect of popular culture that would otherwise never have made it into the digital age.

This project is underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on November 21st, 2026.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

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[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" we release an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American folk magic. All of you (probably) know what it means to be jinxed -- but did you know that the first time this phrase appeared in a blues song was in 1924? Here is William Henry "Papa Charlie" Jackson to tell you all about the jinx and why he is leaving town with the "Salt Lake City Blues." Thanks to the help of my husband nagasiva, the article is accompanied by three photos of the man himself, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along.



Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/bluessaltlakecity ... ckson.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

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#blueslyrics #blueslyricsandhoodoo #hoodoo #folkmagic #rootwork #conjure #sexandhoodoo #bluesandhoodoo #conjuredoctor

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"Collectible Plastics" Vol. 1, No.6, August/September 1985 is digitized and now online! After FORTY YEARS in a dimly lit, dusty warehouse in Queens, The Society for Decorative Plastics and its bi-monthly newsletter, "Collectible Plastics," are being re-introduced to the public! This time the subject is the home-crafting of art deco Catalin jewelry and domestic knick-knacks, from pill-boxes to prayer beads, and from letter-openers to lamp stands. The 1930s was the era of the Great Depression, when hand-made gifts became a necessity and young people learned basic shop skills in school. With a scroll-saw, a stationary lathe or Dremel tool, a buffing wheel, and a subscription to "Popular Mechanics," an enterprising person could easily turn colourful Catalin "blanks" into novelty art-pieces and sell them at church bazaars or via mail order.

"Collectible Plastics" was originally published from December 1984 through May 1986 as a 4-page typeset and illustrated newsletter about the then-obscure and almost-antique objects made before World War Two from Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid. Even though four decades have passed since the last issue was released, the research, information, enthusiasm, and community outreach that flowed through this little zine is still fun to read, and so i have called upon my wonderful Patreon supporters to buy us the time for scanning, transcribing, and reprinting all 10 issues. This 8-week project does interrupt our usual focus on folk magic and fortune telling, but i think it is worth the effort because it brings to light an aspect of popular culture that would otherwise never have made it into the digital age.

The "Collectible Plastics" project is underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on November 28th, 2026.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

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[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic. This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons are getting a one-year Patreon exclusive -- an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American folk magic. Today i am bringing you one of my favourite singers and guitarists, Brownie McGhee from Tennessee, who recorded a fine blues song about his lover's "Secret Mojo" in 1947, the year that i was born. Thanks to the help of my husband nagasiva, this article is accompanied by two portrait photos, two label shots, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along, and i have also written a short biography of McGhee, whom it was my pleasure to see both in concerts and in coffee houses many times.

Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/bluessecretmojomcghee.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

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"Collectible Plastics" Vol. 1, No. 7, October/November 1985 is digitized and now online! FORTY YEARS after it was first published, the bi-monthly newsletter of The Society for Decorative Plastics is back in print! This time the subject is art deco Catalin jewelry and domestic knick-knacks in the form of Scotty Dogs, the most popular breed of domestic canine during the 1930s. Factories turned out hand-carved Scotty novelties by the score, colourful Catalin Scotty-shaped "blanks" were for sale to the home craftsman and hobby-carver, and colourful Scotty Dogs were seen everywhere, from simple dress-buttons and children's fork handles to spritely napkin rings and elaborate novelty brooches. Return with us now to those golden days of yesteryear, when scampering Scotties were worn as a sign of support for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal.

"Collectible Plastics" was originally published from December 1984 through May 1986 as a 4-page typeset and illustrated newsletter about the then-obscure and almost-antique objects made before World War Two from Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid. Even though four decades have passed since the last issue was released, the research, information, enthusiasm, and community outreach that flowed through this little zine is still fun to read, and so i have called upon my wonderful Patreon supporters to buy us the time for scanning, transcribing, and reprinting all 10 issues. This 8-week project does interrupt our usual focus on folk magic and fortune telling, but i think it is worth the effort because it brings to light an aspect of popular culture that would otherwise never have made it into the digital age.

The "Collectible Plastics" project is underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on December 7th, 2026.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

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Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to regularly write new web pages on the history of African-American folk magic.



This week in "Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo" my Patrons are getting an illustrated and annotated transcription from my collection of 20th century blues lyrics about African-American rootwork. Today i offer you a treat from 1927, with Martha Copeland singing, Porter Grainger on piano, and the great Bob Fuller on clarinet, in a little number they called "Shootin' Star Blues." Martha is troubled by many omens and signs that foretell bad and good luck, so Grainger and Fuller accompany her with a melody that shifts from minor to major and includes some funny -- and spooky -- musical references. Thanks to the help of my husband nagasiva, this article is accompanied by three portrait photos, a label shot, and an MP3 audio file so you can sing along. I have also written short biographies of Copeland, Grainger, and Fuller, for those who love the musical end of things as much as the education in hoodoo.

Go to:
https://luckymojo.com/bluesshootinstarcopeland.html

The Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo site is here:
http://luckymojo.com/blues.html

To support me on Patreon and make my new web pages possible, please go to "It's All Ephemera," where you can read my update posts and sign on as a Patron for just $8.00 per month -- four weekly pages at a mere $2.00 each. Your support keeps me writing, and i thank everyone who has helped me with this source of funding since January 2021.

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"Collectible Plastics" Vol. 1, No. 8, December 1985 / January 1986 is digitized and now online! FORTY YEARS have passed since it was first published, but the bi-monthly newsletter of The Society for Decorative Plastics is back in print! This time the topic is art deco Catalin Gambling Tools and Toys of the 1930s, from Dice and Chuck-a-Lucks to Poker Chip Caddies and Chess pieces. Factories and amateur crafters alike produced an amazing array of colourful game pieces during an era when home entertainment with betting on the side was all the rage -- and we've got the facts and the photos to open your eyes to a world of plastic that you never knew existed.

"Collectible Plastics" was originally published from December 1984 through May 1986 as a 4-page typeset and illustrated newsletter about the then-obscure and almost-antique objects made before World War Two from Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid. Even though four decades have passed since the last issue was released, the research, information, enthusiasm, and community outreach that flowed through this little zine are still fun to read, and so i have called upon my wonderful Patreon supporters to buy us the time for scanning, transcribing, and reprinting all 10 issues. This 8-week project does interrupt our usual focus on folk magic and fortune telling, but i think it is worth the effort because it brings to light an aspect of popular culture that would otherwise never have made it into the digital age.

The "Collectible Plastics" project is underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on December 14th, 2026.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

Support me on Patreon for $8.00 per month and get a one-year preview of new pages and access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum:

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#collectibles #plastics #catalin #bakelite #marblette #celluloid #novelty #artdeco #poker #gambling #dice

[catherineyronwode]

Thanks to my Patrons, who contribute as little as $8.00 per month for an exclusive one-year sneak-peek behind the scenes, i am able to write a new web page every week on the history of folk magic and divination. After a year, these pages are given to the public to read for free.



Today we take a side trip from Vintage Tea Rooms and visit some of the best designed dining establishments of the 20th century. From Victoriana to Art Deco to just plain weird, these places feature unusual architecture and unique interiors, as published on American postcards from roughly 1905 to 1955. These images are now on display at the Mystic Tea Room web site for every tea lover and tea leaf reader to enjoy.

Go to:
https://www.mystictearoom.com/wiki/Cool_Eateries

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"Collectible Plastics" Vol. 1, No. 9-10, February - May 1986, is digitized and now online! FORTY YEARS have passed since it was first published, but the bi-monthly newsletter of The Society for Decorative Plastics is back in print! For this final issue, the topic is Celluloid, the oldest plastic. Also known by trade names such as Pyralin, French Ivory, and Amerlith, Celluloid was available in plain, striated, amber, tortoiseshell, and pearlescent finishes in a range of pastel colours for use in dresser sets, mirror frames, brush handles, manicure tools, hair receivers, fountain pen cases, baby rattles, buttons, button hooks, and other small notions and necessities of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The only problem with it was its flammability, especially during manufacture. You think lithium-ion EV batteries are a fire hazard? Celluloid says, "Hold my beer."

"Collectible Plastics" was originally published from December 1984 through May 1986 as a typeset and illustrated newsletter about the then-obscure and almost-antique objects made before World War Two from Bakelite, Catalin, Marblette, and Celluloid. Even though four decades have passed since the last issue was released, the research, information, enthusiasm, and community outreach that flowed through this little zine are still fun to read, and so i have called upon my wonderful Patreon supporters to buy us the time for scanning, transcribing, and reprinting all 10 issues. This 8-week project has temporarily interrupted our usual focus on folk magic and fortune telling, but i think it has been worth the effort because it has brought to light an aspect of popular culture that would otherwise never have made it into the digital age.

The "Collectible Plastics" project has been underwritten by my Patrons. They get a preview, and the public will see the results of their charitable generosity on December 21st, 2026.

[PATRONS GET THE SECRET URL IN EMAIL ONE YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC]

Support me on Patreon for $8.00 per month and get a one-year preview of new pages and access to exclusive threads at the Lucky Mojo Forum:

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