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Hoodoo is a closed practice.
If you see something that's derived from hoodoo-- it's not for you to take and use if you're not of African descent.
Be respectful of closed practices. Be respectful and understand that some things aren't for you to touch.
Appreciate a practice for who it's for, and then move on about your day.
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Apparently thereโs MAGA witches out there rn, hexing witches that are hexing ICE, and using hoodoo in their practices, AND theyโre calling on Hekate, the Morrigan and Lilith for assistance?
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Need I explain why they all look so DEPLETED and physically drained???
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To anyone who's been in the Pagan or Spiritual communities for a while now, the appropriation of different traditions, the debates over modernization and the confusion over the term 'Syncretism', is probably something you've witnessed firsthand. When incorporating an aspect of a faith tradition or adding a new deity into your practice, it is important to research the history surrounding that deity or tradition. ๐๐น๐น๐ป๐ธ๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท Appropriation is when a practice, deity or other tradition is taken out of it's cultural or religious context and used inappropriately, some common examples would be non-Indigenous people using smudging supplies and techniques, using offerings or practices that would be considered offensive to a deity's culture when working with specific gods, or practicing certain closed practices without proper initiation. ๐๐ธ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท Modernization is the practice of taking something very old and adapting how you use or practice with that thing to better fit the modern era, modernization in and of itself is not appropriative, and modernizing religious and spiritual practices is often extremely necessary(we can't exactly go around practicing human sacrifice anymore *sigh*), however modernization CAN become appropriative if it is not done with respect and knowledge of the original practices, examples of this would be the commercialization of magical supplies like tarot cards or crystals, offering menstrual blood to hellenic deities, or the wicca-fication of modern paganism. ๐ข๐๐ท๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ถ Syncretism is the meshing of practices and beliefs, the practice of syncretism is as old as the concept of religion itself, and it is nearly impossible to not practice syncretism, even if you aren't always aware of it! Examples of this would be deity syncretism like Isis-Aphrodite or Serapis, practices such as Folk Catholicism, Santeria or Christopaganism, or folk magic systems. ๐๐ธ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ป ๐ข๐๐ท๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐น๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ช๐น๐น๐ป๐ธ๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ Incorporating some level of modernization to your practice is nearly unavoidable, but it is important to have a good grasp of how to do so without becoming appropriative, so here are some Do's and Dont's for modernizing! ๐๐ธ โก Research the history of the practice you are trying to modernize. โก Research what was and wasn't considered offensive regarding that practice in ancient times. โก Ensure the practice you are interested in is not closed. โก Be creative! Modernizing ancient practices takes not only research but creativity, find ways to adjust practices that are appropriate to the practice and are accessible to your lifestyle. โก Consider researching historical syncretism if applicable to what you are trying to modernize. ๐๐ธ๐ท'๐ฝ โก Ignore actions or things that were considered deeply offensive to the original practice(i.e. offering something considered impure or offensive to a specific pantheon). โก Steal practices from a closed tradition you are not a part of. โก "Research" historical practices purely off social media, if you want to build a practice, you need to dig a little deeper than that! โก Push new age/wiccan concepts, guidelines or traditions onto other spiritual traditions. โก Ignore people who are more experienced in a specific tradition, take their guidance!
In old hoodoo and Latin folk records, the first instruction was never action. It was containment. Emotion was acknowledged, then set aside. Because feeling revealed the imbalance but law determined the response. The work was never done in heat. It was done after clarity returned, when the field could be read clean. There were rules about proximity. Rules about what could remain attached to you. Rules about what must be placed elsewhere so it would stop interfering. Some things were grounded. Some were sent back to where they originated. Some were denied entry without confrontation. The elders taught that when order is restored, nothing needs to be chased. Nothing needs to be threatened. Nothing needs to be named. What does not belong cannot stand. That is why the work endured. It moved through law, not emotion, law does not explain itself. When divine order moves in, what was never meant to remain doesn't leave, it fades.
Inspired by traditional hoodoo and folk law as documented by Catherine Yronwode, Paper in My Shoe
I think a lot of people don't appreciate how a big reason many spiritual traditions and deities are closed is because white gentiles have this whole thing of projecting whatever they already believe onto other people's mythologies, convincing themselves that they have the "true" interpretation, then weaponize their distorted version against the the original culture by acting like they just don't understand their own myths.
Christian missionaries started this practice, and it's just so ingrained in a lot of Christianized society that people who don't consider themselves Christians do it, too. An example is when New Agers claim everybody else's myths are actually about alien visitors, and then talk about how important it is that everyone understands this truth and effectively converts to New Age spirituality. Eradication of the original culture through assimilation is typically the end game. If assimilation proves impossible, the original culture will be demonized, sometimes to the point where actual violence against them seems justified. (Just look at New Age conspiracy theorists claiming that all of their political opponents are part of a vast conspiracy that does, shall we say, terrible things to children.)
Appropriating closed traditions might seem harmless to you, or even like a way to stick it to the man, but for a long time now appropriation has been a strategy to dominate and in some cases try to eradicate other cultures. (You're not sticking it to the man, you are the man.)
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Iโm not native american or indigenous to the land I live in. So i canโt speak as an authority on this subject
but I will speak based off of what my indigenous friends and local indigenous practitioners have told me
If youโre concerned about using white sage, if youโre worried itโs closed or whatever but you want to use it, this applies to all herbs by the way,
simply, very simply
BUY WHITE SAGE FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
BUY ๐ WHITE SAGE ๐ FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ๐๐๐
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES
White sage is a common herb in hoodoo and other folk practices outside of the indigenous peoples of America, the native americans were not the only ones to use it. It is a very important herb to multiple groups of people. This does not mean to say that it isnโt tragically over harvested by large corporations that expend the very culturally significant resource from actual practicing natives.
SO BUY WHITE SAGE FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
Thatโs all you have to do. Put some money into the pockets of indigenous people. If you can buy it in person, even better, you can speak to indigenous people and learn a thing or two about its use. Every single time Iโve bought herbs from indigenous people (not just sage, literally anything) theyโre always so welcoming and happy that Iโm there. Theyโre excited to share. All of my herbs and tools come directly from small local farmers and artist markets. We have one in my town every Wednesday and one in the city every Sunday. You most probably have some going on where you live too. Take the time to look around.
I consider interacting with these small businesses to be a devotional act, and itโs a million times more fulfilling than buying a bundle on amazon or from the witchy section of the craft store, not knowing whether the shit is quality or even what it claims to be.
I think the โwhite sage is banned point blank periodโ take is extremely retractive, especially when white people start talking over indigenous people so they can crowd control other white folks.
Most of the harvesters of white sage are indigenous, and itโs silly as fuck to see people harassing indigenous sellers on etsy because itโs โclosedโ. It sucks to see their sales dip to an all time low because everyone is being told to avoid them.
I wish the popular opinion this entire time had just been โwitches who are not native can only use white sage that comes from native harvesters. Weโre collectively cancelling big corp herbs and putting all of our attention into uplifting small indigenous businesses.โ
All you have to do to assure that youโre not being disrespectful to indigenous people, is support them. This debate is so tired and frankly dumb as hell. Itโs so so easy guys. The solution has been in front of us the entire time.
Closed Practices
Closed practices are branches of spirituality not accessible to you unless you have been born or initiated into it. These are usually tied to cultures that have been persecuted, and as a defense mechanism they have closed their practices to outsiders to prevent colonization.
What is closed?
Indigenous practices, Voodoo, Hinduism, Judaism, Brujerรญa, Santerรญa, and Hoodoo are examples of closed practices. Do not touch these unless you have permission.
There are also closed communities such as the Amish, Roma, and Jew.
This is another reason research is so important, so you do not accidentally steal something or offend the spirits.
It is okay to research these practices and learn from them, using them as inspiration to create your own rituals and such as long as you donโt deliberately copy.
Research everything, especially neopaganism, wicca, and eclectic witchcraft if youโre interested in practicing them. They are known for mixing everything they could find to make one practice, donโt blindly follow that.
Is Florida Water Closed?
Florida Water is not a closed ingredient. The specific ritual way people in closed religions use it is closed. I've heard some say from Haitian Vodou that they use it because the Iwa like it, so they've developed some of their own ritualistic ways to use it. I've never heard anyone within the closed religions who use it claim that outsiders could not use it. In fact quite the opposite, I've consistently heard them claim that outsiders can.
Florida Water was first crafted and popularized as a cologne in 1808 by a man who made perfumes, Robert I. Murray. In an advertisement in the 1860s by Murray & Lanman, they attributed the origins of Florida Water to be Spanish-speaking colonies in the West Indies, Cuba, and South America.
Using Florida Water in a floor or wall wash is not a closed practice because floor washes and wall washes are common across various communities, even including special ingredients for spiritual means, but any specific rituals or prayers that come from the various closed religions when they make their washes would be considered closed. Using it as an offering to deities from other Pantheons is not closed, but using it as an offering to the Iwa would be closed. The line is mostly, does the practice come from one of those specific closed cultures? Then it's closed.
Nothing about Florida Water is endangered, by the definition of any group, nothing about Florida Water is over harvested to the point the land is suffering specifically to make Florida Water, and nothing about Florida Water has been used as a sacred medicine and has been used for hundreds if not thousands of years, like some other ingredients. There is no shortage and no major poaching for Florida Water or the ingredients.
The original Florida Water mixture, to my knowledge, contained a high proof alcohol, like everclear or vodka, citrus scents like lemon, lime, orange, or bergamot peel or oil, floral scents like lavender, jasmine, and rose, either petals or oil, spices like cinnamon and clove, and for some people, equal parts distilled water to the alcohol, to dilute everything to be less intense. I see some people add rosemary and mint.
The common way I see people do it is to take a mixture of dry ingredients and fill a mason jar with them then top it with alcohol and dilute and strain when transferring to a smaller bottle, if they dilute at all. Some people let it sit for 40 days, others one full lunar cycle of 28-29 days. Some let it charge under the moonlight during those nights, but bring it back in from the sunlight to preserve the potency of the ingredients.
If you wish to pay respects or homage to the closed religions that use Florida Water without stepping into closed practice territory, you can always purchase homemade Florida water from individual practitioners within the Haitian Vodou, Santerรญa, and Hoodoo, and other individual Caribbean and Latin American practices. This gets money directly to people who are making it for consumption by people outside of their religion, and doesn't step on any toes.
