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From: catherine yronwodeNewsgroups: alt.religion.orisha,alt.lucky.w Subject: Re: Palo Cuaho? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 20:04:21 GMT Eoghan Ballard wrote: > > You are discovering the essence of Kongo practice. Yourba emphasizes > cool. Kongo is immediate, hot, and rapid. Kevin, this is one reason why Eoghan and i believe -- contrary to some other scholars' opinions -- that the African magical survivals in African-American hoodoo are mostly of Congo derivation and not Yoruban -- for the natural elements most often used in hoodoo spells are hot and biting, and include red pepper, black pepper, cinnamon, ginger, little john (wild ginger), nutmeg, cloves, and "hot" minerals like salt, sulphur, and lye. cat yronwode Hoodoo in Theory and Practice -- http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html No personal e-mail, please; just catch me in usenet; i read it daily. Lucky Mojo Curio Co. http://www.luckymojo.com/luckymojocatalogue.html Send e-mail with your street address to catalogue@luckymojo.com and receive our free 32 page catalogue of hoodoo supplies and amulets
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