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To: alt.lucky.w,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.occult.methods From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Tecnhniques: Anointing and Dressing Oils Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 18:20:00 GMT In an e-list, this question came up: > when a spell calls for the anointing of either > yourself or another with oils or potions is there a > technique? Or proper procedure for this (i.e.starting > point, placement on the body, motion, etc.)? All > advice, comments and tidbits are invited and greatly > welcomed. In the hoodoo root work tradition, methods of anointing and dressing the body with oils vary from one practitioner to another, and certain forms are only used with certain named types of oil. Here are just a few of the methods i know -- but please understand that none of these are hard and fast rules; rather they merely reflect instructions given to me over the years by various root workers with whom i have conversed: When using an anointing oil for uncrossing, jinx-breaking, or cleansing, rub the body downward from head to feet. Expel bad tricks put on the person by rubbing them down the legs and out the feet and toes. The same is done when bathing someone for uncrossing. When using King Solomon Wisdom or Crown of Success oils, anoint the head only: place oil on thumb, index, and middle fingers of dominant hand. Starting at the bridge of the nose, brush outward, above and parallel to the eyebrows, with thumb and middle finger, then brush upward from the bridge of the nose along midline of scalp with index finger. This form of anointing is accompanied by appropriate spells. Anoint the mould of the head (under-side of the back of the head, where the skull joins the spinal column) for healing, blessing, power-enhancing, and other life-changing spells; use your palm and make a massage-like squeezing-rubbing motion, end with an upward brush of the palm. When dressing the genitals with oil such as Come to Me, Follow Me Boy, Love Me, Stay With Me, or other named formula intended to draw, keep, or enforce faithfulness in a lover, anoint the penis from tip to root, or anoint the vulva from perenium to clitoris; this draws the person closer. When dressing the genitals with oil such as Break-Up, Get Away, or any other named formula intended to break up with a lover, anoint the penis from root to tip, or anoint the vulva from clitoris to perenium; this sends the person away. When anointing to draw in love, luck, or money, rub the entire body upward from soles of feet to armpits, then from palms of hands to armpits, then up over the head to the mould of the head. This may be administered to the self but is more often a treatment given by a root worker. Anoint the palms of both hands right before you go to play, when using money-drawing or gambling oils such as Lady Luck, Fast Luck, Money Drawing, Three Jacks and a King, or Special Dice Oil. Well, as you can see, there are many different ways to anoint the body with oils, but i think this will give you a working start. I have written a general article on the subject of dressing oils and placed it online at http://www.luckymojo.com/oils.html Good luck! 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 Copyright (c) 2001 catherine yronwode. All rights reserved.
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