Candle Rituals
Candle magic is an ancient practice common to all the African witchcraft traditions, from Santeria… [Read More]
Spiritual Cleanings
Spiritual cleanings are some of the most important ceremonies in Palo - almost like check-up… [Read More]
Reverse Witchcraft
When someone has had negative witchcraft done to them, then they need to reverse it before… [Read More]
Chamalongo Divination
Throwing the chamalongos (coconut shell discs) is one of the most basic forms of divination… [Read More]
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Kongo Shamanism and the World of the Unseen
In the world of Kongo witchcraft, people don't go to a "better place" when they die, but instead linger on as powerful spirits with their own appetites and agendas, the inhabitants of a hidden realm just as vast, bewildering and morally ambiguous as our own. What's more, this afterworld (or underworld) is not at all separate from the sunlit world of the Earth but mingles and mixes with it in an … [Read More...]
Palo Mayombe : The Mystery of the Branches
Like its better-known cousins Voodoo and Santeria, Palo Mayombe is one of the witchcraft-oriented religions which emerged when African tribal peoples were brought to the New World with the spread of the slave trade. Palo Mayombe : A Brief History Palo has is roots in the 15th century Kingdom of Kongo, where Bantu traditional healers grafted the teachings of Portugese monks into their own cult … [Read More...]
Louv and Let Die : Ultraculture, Voudon and Shadow Projection
Jason Louv is a copywriter and self-proclaimed "magician" who published the influential anthology Generation Hex, … [Read More...]
