Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
“Black magic” is not who you work with or even what methods you use, it is what you do and why.
If you pray to God with hatred in your heart and ask Him to strike down an enemy, then you are performing “black magic.”
If I burn a candle in front of my nganga and send [...]
Candle magic is an ancient practice common to all the African witchcraft traditions, from Santeria and Palo in Cuba to Voodoo in Haiti and Hoodoo in the Southern US.
Candles let us give light to the spirits, so that they can see clearly into our world and focus their energies on our prayers and requests.
When I’m [...]
SOURCE : Spirit Pot Operations
In 2006, I read an article written by Aaron Lietch. He was talking about the Brass Vessel in the Goetia, and how it relates to the Spirit Pot in African Tribal Religions like Palo and Hoodoo. He laid out a neat way of creating a Spirit Pot for the Goetic entities, [...]
SOURCE : Psychic Self-Defense, Obsession and Shadow Entities
One of the problems which faces the aspiring witch… is an increased sensitivity to and awareness of the “unseen” forces of the world. Usually this sensitivity is a delight, but occasionally it becomes a nightmare…
There are many things that one can do if one suspects that obsession [...]
SOURCE : High Magick : The Elemental Adept
There is a difference in talking with the elementals, as within the woods on mushrooms, and when then in ceremonially invoking them. For one, it is truly dangerous to call upon the elementals, in ritual. For not only, will they play simple tricks, like hiding ones tools, knocking [...]
SOURCE : The Ethics of Love Spells : Hoodoo and New Age Wicca Compared
…in modern terms, love magic has taken a very “safe” and “harmless” approach to obtaining your perfect mate. Much of the “harm none” and “no magic without someone’s permission” ethics that we’ve assumed as the pinnacles of morality have simply bled over [...]
SOURCE : Baby Ghost Spirit : Kumon Thong (Black Magic in Thailand)
There’s one type of ghost that helps human, but it’s very disgusting looking, in the olden day, they called it Goumonthong (golden boy) or baby ghost. This type of ghost can be found in Laos or Issan region of Thailand. It’s born from a [...]
SOURCE : Witchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Europe
Using spells and rituals to kill or maim a man or his beasts, to spoil a neighbour’s butter-making, to cause the water from a well to be foul, to produce good or bad weather, to make Jack fall in love with Jill – all these are [...]
SOURCE : Black Magic
The simplest form of low magic is sorcery, in which a certain physical act is performed to achieve a particular result. For example, a wax image is melted over a fire to make a victim die; blood is scattered over a field to ensure a bountiful harvest in the next growing season; [...]
SOURCE : McCartney: Ten, Ten the Bible Ten : Obeah in the Bahamas
This classic work on magic and psychology in the Bahamas provides a unique and fascinating glimpse into the traditional sorcery of the African diaspora as it evolved in the British Bahamas. Because it is both the best and the most oft-cited book on [...]
