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he lick!

he yell!

he round!

he grump!

he squish!

he run!

gone!

This is a question I get all the time and I’ve always been hesitant to answer. However, I think it’s time I do so. I guess I don’t understand why if you truly understood hoodoo, you’d want to practice it.

Hoodoo was created out of slavery, in attempt to protect and preserve ourselves. It is a blend of African magic and traditions, and Christianity because it was forced on us by our oppressors. A lot of true hoodoo is what the west (i.e. Wicca, high magick) would say is “dark” spells. Goofer dust, jack balls, hot foot powder were used against enemies yes, but that largely included white people.

If you do your research and you know what to look for several slave accounts and memoirs talk about “working the root” on their masters or some will talk about the “poisoning” of their masters, or finding a packet of sticks and herbs and people falling ill, some even dying.

The ingredients we use in hoodoo are practical because they HAD to be versatile. One did not buy honey for a jar, they just had it on hand. That’s why so much of hoodoo is dirt, herbs, sticks, and kitchen supplies like sugar and honey. It’s baffling to me why you’d be interested in a practice that was born out of protecting ourselves against the brutality of racism and colonialism. ESPECIALLY when there are so many European traditions that are folk too. That also use dirt. That also use bones and household goods. So why hoodoo? Why practice something born out of black resistance? Why call on a tradition and spirits colonialism tried its best to beat out of us?

We don’t need to define ourselves as masculine-aligned, feminine-aligned, or even unaligned! We are just who we are and that’s awesome!

So a real big shout out to all us folks out there who don’t use any alignment terminology, some people might try to force it on us, but that’s cause they are ignorant or hateful!

Enbies who have complicated feelings about their AGAB! 💗

Enbies whose identities don’t include their AGAB at all! ❤️

Enbies who have major dysphoria about being associated with their AGAB! 💛

AFAB enbies, especially NBLW, who hate being seen as lesbian/wlw! 💚

AMAB enbies, especially NBLM, who hate being seen as gay/mlm! 💙

Enbies who identify as trans! 💜