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To: alt.traditional.witchcraft,alt.magick.tyagi From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Re: Traditional Practicers? Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 07:02:54 GMT Phoenix wrote: > > "Aetyr" wrote: > > "catherine yronwode" wrote: > > > I practice in the African-American and European > > > traditions of folk magic, witchcraft, brujeria, hoodoo, > > > powwow magic, conjure, hexenkraft, stregeria, et al, > > > without respect to coven membership or a specific > > > religious orientation. > > Yes, it would be hard to have a specific relgious > > orientation with such a mixed bag, unless you created it > > yourself. > Yes, it would and I can see the probability that there would > be conflict of interests, in such a mixed bag.. Not really, in my experience. What seems like a "mixed bag" is really very unified. There are robably less than a dozen deep structural differences between these forms of witchcraft. I'll give three examples of how i see the various branches overla and differ, outlining them here in brief brief, because details would require a book, and i trust you know where i am coming from with this and can understand the short-form version: FOOT-TRACK/"DEVIL"/CROSSROADS African: foot track magic and rites of the crossroads god (the black man, called "the devil" by some in the USA, but not the same as Christian Satan; sometimes said to have dog's feet) Germano-British: the devil (not Christian Satan) as both a woods god and a crossroads god, but no foot track magic per se, except note the unspoken but obviously important goat-foot or claw-foot of Krampus, Old Nick, Old Split-Foot, etc., pointing to a perhaps "lost" foot-track magic tradition. Latin American: underworld god appears in caves and at crossroads, with a modern overlay of Euroean "devil" imagery; no foot-track magic per se, but parallel wind/breath magic from Native American sources Native American: underworld god, wind/breath magic EVIL EYE/HORSESHOE Italian/Jewish/Arab/Greek/Turkish/etc: evil eye belief, apotroaic blue eye, eye-in-hand, horseshoe faces downward as the vulva of the goddess pouring out blessings and offering protection Germano-British/Irish: evil eye belief modified with horseshoe upward as vulva "filled" by sky-god, less use of apotropaic blue eye as blue eyes are common in this population Asian/Native American/African: no evil eye belief at all BOWL/BOTTLE/BAG/PACKAGE Jewish: prayer/spell inscribed in clay bowl in a spiral, clay fired, bowl buried at corner(s) of building(s). Germano-British: prayer/spell in glass bottle, blue glass favoured, bottle buried under house, hidden in chimney, or hung from tree African/Sicilian: prayer/spell in a red bag (mojo, wanga, etc.), bag always tied to fix it, odd number of ingreedients, in USA bottle spells also adopted for houses, but mojo usually kept on person. Asian: silk brocade/embroidered prayer/spell bags and package-amulets, usually one or three items per bag. Native American: leather rayer/spell bag, unspecified number of items, always tied to fix it Latin American: similar to Native American, plus small pillow-like rectangular or square sewn (not tied) package amulets which contain several items including a red bean seed ( with DMT- psychedelic properties, but not ingested), package often red since the days of influence from African slaves or in a clear plastic wrap as a form of modern glass-bottle-spell. See what i mean? The central ideas "map" well upon one another, like different dialects of the same world-language. The key points of the old religion are there as well, very easy to see. I could go on and on and on, but you get my drift, i think. cat yronwode Lucky Mojo Curio Co. http://www.luckymojo.com/catalogue.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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