#conjure

There are so many cultures in which water is seen a conduit between here and there.

It flows from one place to another. It carries fish, people, plants, minerals and more to where they need to be.

When connecting to your people, water should be near. You can place your petitions in water to get them where they need to go. You can place your candles in water to connect your plane to theirs. You can specially sprinkle your herbs and drop in your oils. You can make tea with your choice herbs and use that to amplify your work.

However you decide to use water, use it when you can.

Water is precious.

Water is life.

How deeply water is ingrained in everyone's indigenous cultural practices and how it's been used to free the mind. Water is the only substance that can cut through all that blocks it's path, only thing needed is time. I want to become like water in every way possible. I want to face difficulties head on just as water does. The fact that water has so much to do with the other realms, intrigues me so deeply. Maybe because of its fluid nature and ability to change shape. It's the one substance that can change form depending on its vessel, pressure, and temperature. In each, resides a lesson that we all can gain wisdom from.

Water provides coolness in times of extreme heat. Water preserves in times of extreme cold and famine.

Water condenses under extreme pressure to form a supersolid, reminding us that external forces only bring refinement. Water does not cowar under the weight of pressure nor does it let anything hinder its destination. When water finds a block in its path, it reroutes itself to the easiest course of direction to still achieve its goal. It even wears down the previous obstacle for the next water to come along and continue to break it down until it's carved its own path. The path The Water, not the obstacle, chose.

It's easy to see how ingrained water is to the symbolic nature of the world around us. The more we return to the water, the more we listen and align ourselves to water, the more She speaks. And She reveals many answers to the daily challenges we face in our lives today and many futures to come.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010854524003886

Simple.

Enslaved people from America by way of Africa created a system of survival and protection. They used what they knew, practiced, worshipped and learned. They hid their survival in words that were accepted by their enslavers. They used what they had on hand.

Those ancestors carried that knowledge in many ways to their children and so on. Those lessons that only enslaved people needed to learn to survive. Those stories and habits that kept them alive. It is a history that is shared only by those who are descendants of enslaved people in American Chattel Slavery of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

The ancestors that give Hoodoo it's power are THOSE souls and the souls and entities those ancestors transfered over from their tribes and villages and religions from Africa.

Why is it closed and who is it open to then...?

It is closed to those who do not have that ancestry. It is open to those who do... regardless of how far away they or their family may have moved. Regardless of if their family taught them or not. It is that Ancestral Memory that calls them to pick up salt or basil. That memory that causes them to pick a penny up face up or not split poles when walking in a group. That memory that says not to put their wallet or purse on the floor...or many of the other things they do, but don't know why.

Now, anyone can DO whatever they want, but understand that things come with energies. When someone steps in to take part in activities that were not created for them, those activities will not hold the same meaning or power as they would for someone who is connected to it.

A person does not need to be initiated into Hoodoo because it is already a part of them when they are born. It is their choice to enact that connection or not.

A Two Headed Doctor or Spiritualist is someone whom can see the natural and supernatural world. Using their gift they aid the community around them. Two Headed individuals are usually born with the gift and come from spiritual bloodlines.

I have personally seen and known many Hoodoos who are Two Headed spiritual, but there is also a rising New Age definition among the diaspora. In 2020 a Black journalist and Rootworker who goes by Sayhira requested for the term Two Head to be expanded to include Black gender variances. As progressive as they claimed to be I find saying interracial marriage and relations w/ other races is wrong to be disgusting. I reject their version.

Even on days when your physical or mental energy is low, you can still nurture your craft and stay connected to your practice. Here are five simple, low-effort ways to bring magic into your day:

1. Light a Candle & Say Thank You: A ritual doesn't have to be long to be powerful. Lighting a candle and simply offering a word of thanks takes only seconds but effectively connects you to your deities or intentions.

2. Share a Simple Offering: You don't need elaborate preparations. Offer a portion of a meal, snack, or drink that you are already consuming as a gesture of hospitality and connection.

3. Dedicate Your Daily Chores: Transform mundane tasks into magical acts. Dedicate a cleaning task you are already doing, like vacuuming or folding laundry, to a specific deity or a personal intention.

4. Low-Effort Spiritual Cleansing: Clear the energy in your room without physical strain. Use incense, a spiritual spray, or even a quick "ritual sweep" to banish negativity and reset your space.

Let's Chat: Jars

A jar contains the intentions and energy for the work you are doing. It holds on to the energy and works for the desired amount of time it until you see results.

Do not open your jar. Activate and recharge your jar in your preferred method. You can shake it, hold it and recharge the intention, set it in the sun light or set it in the moon light. Whatever feels right to you...

Jars can be filled with whatever you work with that supports your needs, intentions and work.

Again, do not open your jar.

When you are done with your jar, release the energy and return the contents to the earth if possible. If not, discard in the trash and be sure to reiterate that it's work is done and no longer needed.