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conjuremanj · 4 months

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The Souls Within Spanish Moss.

Here in the Southern U.S states, our old trees have this spiderweb-like plant called Spanish moss aka (old man's beard) some say. It's really not a moss at all. But It grows from Louisiana, all the way to Virginia even through some of South Carolina I read, basically anywhere there a lot of moister. Even Native Americans used it for medicine. This is the kind of plant that gives the south a Gothic look, that is shown is seen in a bunch of movies and Tv shows.

This Moss absorbed the humidity and helps keep the heat bearable. Some Slave families would sit under those trees to rest. Some people with Gullah heritage would celebrate their, or Congolese people in Louisiana gathered by a big tree with moss to celebrate their hopes, dream. You can probably imagine the amount of spirits of slaves that still have their hearts, souls and struggles in the moss, The men & women who built these plantations all those years ago.

Spanish Moss In Magical Practices. In Voodoo & Hoodoo practicers Some use spanish moss for positive and negativity workings. It absorbs the energy that the practicer gives to it. This moss can be used to create dolls like our voodoo dolls here in New Orleans. Its added to bottles of War Water & Snake Oil. (See my posts on both) It can be used to create a protection oil or wash. Therefore, Spanish moss have magic properties that is used in southern hoodoo & voodoo traditions alike.

How to Work with Spanish Moss in Your Magick First, If you buy or collect your Spanish moss yourself wash it, Sometimes It can have small pests/ bugs, ants etc that lives with in it. And I would know I got bit by fire ants years ago collecting some.😁 Now after it's clean let it dry.

Ways That It's Used. Stuffed into dolls for workings, used to make War water, Stuffed into herbal pillows. Put in spell bottles. Attached to ceremonial clothing. Use on the altar as a representation of the South and traditional hoodoo. There's many ways to use it.

The Legend of Spanish Moss and the Princess’ Hair In Florida. I read a old Native legend about how Spanish moss began and I wanted to share it. There was a Native Princess who fell in love with a Spanish soldier. Her father, the chief, forbade her to see her true love. The story is tragic – the Princess hangs herself by a tree when she realizes her father had her true love killed. Her hair stayed in the tree and continued to grow, becoming what we call Spanish moss. Another variation of this legend tells the tale of an old man who’s long beard is caught in the trees and becomes Spanish moss.

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steven-myself · 6 months

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Voodoo- Hamidou Banor by Baldovino Barani for FACTORY Fanzine XXXVI

#voodoo #hamidou banor #hamidiu banor #baldovino barani #factory fanzine #rufskin #beauty #muscle #new orleans #ritual #southern gothic #baron samedi

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samwisethewitch · 2 years

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Sam's Masterlist of Beginner Resources

These are some of my favorite books, podcasts, and blogs that can help you develop your spiritual practice even if you have zero previous knowledge. All of these resources are approachable enough for total beginners, but I also recommend them for more advanced practitioners who want to brush up on the basics. Some books are listed in multiple categories because they cover multiple topics.

This list will be updated continuously as I find new resources that I want to recommend.

Secular Witchcraft (witchcraft that is not part of an established religious or spiritual tradition)

Witchcraft for Everyone by Sam Wise

A Witch's Guide to Spellcraft by Althaea Sebastiani

"Witchcraft for Skeptics | Science and Theory Behind Magick" by Jessi Huntenburg on YouTube

A Green Witch’s Cupboard by Deborah J. Martin

By Rust of Nail & Prick of Thorn by Althaea Sebastiani (this book is about protection magic specifically)

Witchcraft Traditions (witchcraft that is part of an established religion or spiritual path)

Wicca For Beginners by Thea Sabin

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham

Reclaiming Witchcraft by Irisanya Moon

The Spiral Dance by Starhawk (written by a founder of Reclaiming, but also contains elements of Wicca and Feri)

Betwixt & Between by Storm Faerywolf (about the Feri tradition)

Witchcraft in History and Culture

Waking the Witch by Pam Grossman

Witches, Sluts, Feminists by Kristen J. Sollee

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deidre English

Paganism

Wicca For Beginners by Thea Sabin

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham

The Spiral Dance by Starhawk (written by a founder of Reclaiming, but also contains elements of Wicca and Feri)

Irish Paganism: Reconstructing Irish Polytheism by Morgan Daimler

Morgan Daimler's YouTube channel (Irish paganism and Fairy lore)

Lora O'Brien's YouTube channel (Irish paganism)

The Irish Pagan School

Temple of the Cosmos by Jeremy Naydler, Ph.D. (Kemetic paganism)

The Way of Fire and Ice by Ryan Smith (Norse Heathenry)

On Black Wings: A Site for Fire & Ice Heathen spirituality and practice: https://www.onblackwings.com/

Skald's Keep: https://skaldskeep.com/ (Norse Heathenry) (on tumblr as @skaldish)

North of Annwyn: https://northofannwn.wixsite.com/home (author is Heathen but posts about magic and paganism more generally; author is currently on hiatus) (on tumblr as @north-of-annwn)

American Folk Magic

New World Witchery podcast

Southern Cunning by Aaron Oberon (Southern folkloric witchcraft)

Roots, Branches & Spirits by H. Byron Ballard (Appalachian folk magic)

Sticks, Stones, Roots, and Bones by Stephanie Rose Bird (Hoodoo, African-American magic)

Jambalaya by Luisah Teish (New Orleans Voodoo and African-American women's spirituality)

Divination

Kitchen Table Tarot by Melissa Cynova

Astrology for Real Life by Theresa Reed

Fifty-four Devils: The Art & Folklore of Fortune-telling with Playing Cards by Cory Thomas Hutcheson

Religion, Spirituality, and Politics

"Rethinking How Paganism Engages Culture" by Sam Wise (blog post: https://www.samwisethewitch.com/post/rethinking-how-paganism-engages-culture)

Bringing Race to the Table edited by Crystal Blanton, Taylor Ellwood, and Brandy Williams

"Witchcraft PSA: The Chakras & Cultural Appropriation" by Anthony the Witch on Tumblr (https://anthonythewitch.tumblr.com/post/187293358858/witchcraft-psa-the-chakras-cultural)

Bright-sided by Barbara Ehrenreich (deals with toxic positivity)

McMindfulness by Ronald Purser (this one is a little bit dense but has a very important message about how American mindfulness culture misappropriates Buddhist practices)

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southern-gothic-soul · 2 years

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#marie laveau #southern gothic #southern gothic aesthetic #south #southern #south louisiana #louisiana #new orleans #voodoo #hoodoo #roman catholic #catholic

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pan-cakes-makes · 22 days

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VOODOO SWAMP COTTAGE

Marquise lives in a swamp cottage selling herbalism potions & taking voodoo commissions. It's just been them & their scrappy companion Boudin for years. That is until Rayne. Rayne dropped out of school to work on a fishing boat but got into hot water & needs to lay low. Marquise took the teen in & now they're becoming friends & connecting over their love of cooking. But will Rayne's past come back to haunt them? Will Marquise's paranormal tampering bring trouble?

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aestheteeq · 2 years

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New Orleans Gothic

#new orleans gothic #new orleans #southern gothic aesthetic #southern gothic #southern gothic moodboard #mood board #mood boards #voodoo #aesthetic #aesthetic moodboard #aesthetics #moodboard #find your aesthetic #gothic #mood cube #moodboards #french quarter #louisiana

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helloitshaley · 9 months

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Haley's Horror Recs

Oh it's Saturday? Have a horror recommendation!

THE SKELETON KEY

Supernatural/Southern Gothic

A hospice nurse finds herself working at an old plantation out on the bayou of Louisiana, and soon finds herself in a twisting and turning web of secrets, voodoo and mystery.

You should watch if: You want mild scares with a solid and intriguing plot. You love Voodoo, New Orleans, and the Southern Gothic vibe. You like movies with a big twist at the end.

Available to watch on (Unfortunately you can only rent this movie right now, it isn't streaming for free anywhere but its SO GOOD I think its worth it)

(If you like this try; Get out, The Others, Jessabelle, The Uninvited)

#Haley's Horror Recs #Horror Hounds #The Skeleton Key #horror movies #horror recs #movie recs #southern gothic #voodoo #honestly in my opinion: not enough southern gothic horror movies in the world

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pacificgrims · 1 month

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@bloodrodeo | soleil & trent

"Hope this is good 'nough for you?" Soleil stifles the urge to scrunch her nose as she opens the door to the bedroom. She doesn't know what the stench of old, dead folks is like, but the anticipation is enough. No one has slept in her grandparents' old room since they passed a handful of years ago, and while she visits it for a clean every month, she supposes the ghosts of a life once lived never really leave the place they know best. She licks her lips and holds her elbow, looking out at Trent. She'll say it to him later, not yet, but she's glad that Ford hired him for the summer, especially since Ford's not going to be home much like he originally planned. The farm and whole estate get quite lonely when it's just her. "Ford is out with his military buddies for the weekend so it's just gon' be us, hope that's okay. Can I fix y'up sum'n special for dinner?"

#bloodrodeo #closed starter #soleil x trent #i'm feeling out a southern gothic kind of verse maybe?? voodoo involved??#Soleil's farm is right by a biiig ole swamp #but we can also go fluffy or slice of life if ur not feeling the darker vibes ATM!!! <3 #sorry I always hit u with slightly unhinged bumpkins

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eggman91 · 3 months

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ok so I haven’t been posting a lot sorry and work on the Mordecai voodoo au is slow because work and me getting back into asoiaf and getting on that Jamie pill(God best arc fight me) so here helluva my random opinions and ideas on boss/ hazbin hotel

helluva boss

so yeah the pilot was good and the show was a mix of man I like the ideas and characters /man I’m very disappointed and not laughing

Like there some direction they took they made it to quickly into serious stuff a should keep comedy for like 2 seasons or something like my biggest things was

Stolas like i don’t if I get crucified now but keep more evil looking or like he was In the pilot this castist aristocratic, bird prick who didn’t really care for biltzo but over time fell for him and stuff. (Or just make him a fallen I would like that ) but the funny good dad Stolas is nice too

Stella ok,I mean I understand it fine to have a villain who doesn’t need a reason to be evil they just like hell I do that and they definitely exist in but I like Stella design and form the second episode it was more interesting to me if Stella and Stolas wasn’t in a good marriage but like they didn’t hate eachother like arranged and stuff but they both love Octavia like when I first watch the episode i thought (all in my head and I know it was canon) like she was promise to Stolas arranged marriage so imagine getting married to this ancient demon one of the fallen… but im actully ok how she is in the show right now

Ok random take but Beelzebub I really like that episode (all the hellhounds 😊) and her design but really that Beelzebub ? The sin of gluttony the fly really? Like yeah the embodiment of gluttony doesn’t need to fat and stuff but like ok but why make her into sparkledog but like the idea I had like that just a front (oh no she doing dogface )like to get people to party and indulge and bee was better then a fly but I didn’t think she was a villain she didn’t really care for hellhounds and stuff but she trying to do better because she genuinely love vortex there art by drunk ferret that I really like

(Also I wish there was more overweight hellhounds at the party i admit that )

as for the imps meh they fine as they are moxxie x Mille is best ship

so that was my helluva boss opinions (wow so original I bet he a Stella Stan) and now the hazbin hotel

I actually like it more helluva boss and stuff like I thought I dislike Alsator but no I like him like there was so many opinions, and what people thought it was going to happen in the show and I did have that too I meant and I finally watch it and well yeah meh but I was pleasantly surprised at times

(said for the whole val thing what the fuck viz I know hell and shit but fuck) yeah but Charlie and vaggie best ship fight me and nifty is best little gremlin and I like Lucifer but yeah he too goofy for the prince of darkness but I like him too and more then anything was a very emotional and etc but there one thing

god if he show up I hope they won’t make Jesus a bad guy or a hypocrite like Adam and stuff like dude Jesus died for our sins and etc but like I hope he give Charlie hope not everybody deserves to be in hell but a lot do but like,Jesus did descend into hell to save the righteous and Adam and Eve 1 Peter:4:6 acts 2:27-37 and revelation 1:7 but yeah I’m a degenerate but I still stand by Jesus (also I hope they don’t make him dress like the rest of heaven like you get and see what they all wearing and you see this dark skinned dirty white robe and red Jesus)

Yeah this was a random post I made when I woke up randomly

#hazbin hotel #helluva boss #random #ideas #Beelzebub is still in top 10 wafiu list #I’m a southern of course I love Jesus #I’m working on it voodoo Mordecai but it hard to write with a iPad at work #Viz is a Shitty person

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dancingdevildemon · 9 months

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@hembralfa

"Ya can't run forever darlin'." He spoke as he pasted her on streets on this lonely night. "Sorry for that...a spirit asked me to tell you that." He simply fixed his hat and kept walking with a skip in his walk as spun the cane in his hand.

#IC: Dancin' Demon #Southern Voodoo Demon Man #I am so sorry for him #Nine foot tall demon man trying to help people lol

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conjuremanj · 9 months

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Marie Laveau. Voodoo Queen.

Marie Catherine Laveau (September 10, 1801 – June 15, 1881) was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, herbalist and midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II (1827 – c. 1862), also practiced rootwork, conjure, Native American and African spiritualism as well as Louisiana Voodoo. Her daughter was to me the most powerful one.

Her Real Story. Her house was probably on St. Ann St. She would have lived in a creole cottage similar to the one in this picture but probably not as clean.

She did have kids with her husband but there's no record of them as adults so they probably died young. Her and her husband did get married at St Louis cathedral he was a Haitian man.Then sometime around 1825 Jacques Perry her husband so called disappeared they tried to make it a big mystery but in all honesty people back then didn't really report that loved ones death. After St Louis cathedral burned down they lost all the records so later on she started calling herself the widow Perry. The story of her actually being a hairdresser there is no record her being a hairdresser there was a book that was written by George Washington Cabal in 1880 who wrote about a voodoo priestess who was a hairdresser and people later on assume that he was speaking about Marie Laveau. There was also another man Kristoff Glapion and one of the stores that they have of him is that he was born a free man of color but record show that he was actually born of two white parents. She wasn't married to this man kristoff because at that time a black woman could not marry a white man but she did stay with him and she stayed with him until his death. They stay together for probably around 30 years and then she includes him in the Perry tomb. After kristoff died she was in so much financial debt they had to sell off the house on Saint Ann Street to pay for his funeral and anything else that needs to be paid off. So she didn't have a place to stay until one of their family friends name Crocker bought the property and let her stay there until she died.

Legend.

The legend of Marie Laveau it runs deep through the veins of New Orleans. The Voodoo priestess was believed to have been born free in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, about 1794, the daughter of a white planter and a free Creole woman of color.

The source of this power was the Voodoo religion and its queen, Marie Laveau. She was worshiped at the same time she's was feared by people of all races. Some people believe that her powers were actually based on a network of informants. Being a hairdresser, she was able to lesson to her clients (mostly white) gossip. She used this inside information to influence and instill fear in her believers. Whether or not the legends of this Voodoo priestess are true, it cannot be denied that she has left her mark on the city. She was buried in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans in 1881. Her daughter in St Louis cemetery no. 2

To this day her and her daughters tomb continues to attract visitors who unlawfully desecrate it by marking three “x”s (XXX) on its side, in the hopes that Laveau’s spirit will grant them a wish. Ok, let me say first no one who practices Voodoo whenever desecrate a grave of writing on it second she isn't a voodoo spirit since Louisiana Voodoo is part Haitian and African she's not a elevated spirit. She's a woman that is well known and well respected within our city. What she really is in voodoo. She's a conjured spirit similar to a saint she is called upon to do a specific task.

Here is a pic I took of the largest international Marie laveau shrine in the US.

BECOMING A DEVOTEE: these days Marie Laveau devotees are no different they still believe in Jesus and saints, just as Madame Marie did. They go to church, pray the rosary, and work the gris gris. Some voodooist here in New Orleans believe Marie Laveau is one of the Lwa (Loa) in Voodoo tradition. She is honored on many altars and shrines through New Orleans. People pray to her or even make wishes to her. Understand who she was and what she did for people and the city. The rituals and blessings she preformed like the St John's Eve blessings. So get to know her.

BUILDING AN ALTAR Building her altar isn't complicated a statue or pic of her. You can add flowers. Candles white, blue or red or even add her veves. (symbol) (normally she wouldn't have the symbol because she's not a voodoo spirit but she's important so they made one for her anyway)

OFFERING: This can be flowers, mini liquor bottle, cigarettes, cigars. Money she's not picky.

Your relationship with spirit will be different from the next person’s. The connection you make with Marie Laveau will be unique to only you.

This video I took of her shrine in The Healing Center. In New Orleans.

If your in the city check it out on St Claude in the building is the Island of Salvation Botanica own by priestess Sally Ann.

#Marie Laveau #Voodoo Queen #New Orleans Voodoo #Spiritual #Altar #Shrine #like and/or reblog!#google search #southern voodoo #follow my blog #ask me anything #Voodoo story.#african spirituality #african diasporic #Voodoo priestess #louisiana voodoo #update post

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steven-myself · 6 months

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Voodoo- Hamidou Banor by Baldovino Barani for FACTORY Fanzine XXXVI

#skull #art deco #ballets russes #hamidou banor #hamidiu banor #baldovino barani #voodoo #factory fanzine #new orleans #muscle #beauty #magic #divination #french quarter #ritual #southern gothic #othello #baron samedi

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horror-aesthete · 2 years

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From A Whisper To A Scream - On The Run

#Horror Movies #horror aesthetic #from a whisper to a scream #Southern Gothic #voodoo horror

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southern-gothic-soul · 2 years

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Marie Laveau Casting a Spell by John Turner

#marie laveau #southern gothic #southern gothic aesthetic #south #southern #south louisiana #louisiana #new orleans #art #artist #john turner #voodoo #spell #spellwork #catholic #roman catholic

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thecrookedcypress · 1 year

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Religious practitioners have been anointing themselves and their tools since at least as far back in time as ancient Egypt, and certainly in other cultures too. Anointing comes from the Old French word enoindre, which means “to smear.” Anointing is usually done with an oil or fat but in some cases blood is used. In witchcraft we anoint to consecrate, to inaugurate, and to cleanse. Some traditional cultures anointed themselves with animal fat to gain the powers of that animal and in aboriginal Australia, there’s evidence that the intestinal fat of ancestors was used to anoint to gain a dead person’s characteristics and strengths.

Currently working on an assortment of ritual oils to add to Facilier and Friends CO. Grand opening!

#hoodoo #voodoo #southern gothic lifestyle #witchblr

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betterlovers · 2 years

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There is no plan for the dutiful

We dried the county making room for our grave

But my time is sure taking its time running out

#every time i die #etid #rendez-voodoo #the big dirty #music #quote #lyrics #metalcore #southern metal #Spotify

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