The Hoodoo Culture By Mama Yana

04/22/2026

Man passing a baby through a hoop to cure stretches. According to Hoodoo culture, stretches are caused by a women menstruating who isn't its mother, picking up a young baby or newborn baby. It's said the baby can feel the pain or discomfort of the menstruating woman.
The baby must be passed through for 7 consecutive days.
Picture is cicra April 1939

Comment if you remember being told this. Comment if you still live by this custom and taboo.

04/19/2026

When we ask for the spirits' blessings, we are not asking them to do the work for us, but are asking for divine intelligence based on their principles and core values they oversee.

• When you call on spirits for doors to be opened, you are asking for the spirits to bless you with the intelligence and direction to receive the blessings of opportunities.

•When you call on spirits of love, you are asking for the strength of emotional maturity and heart to receive and give love with balanced reciprocity.

•When you petition the spirits to remove blockages, you are asking those spirits to give you strength, vitality, and innovative intelligence.

• When you call on spirits for healing, you are asking the spirits to help you with the mental strength to push through so strongly that a placebo takes over the body, miraculously healing the one with faith.

The power you ask for doesn't necessarily drop from the sky; it is accompanied by your personal effort and alignment with what you're asking for that's provided by the spirits you call on.

04/10/2026

Here's your prosperity rituals for the month. May everyone be prosperous and reflect and have gratitude for living out things you've prayed for.
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04/10/2026

This is an image of part of the last rituals regarding protection and peace. I did not post a community ritual reading; however, I would like to share with you all part of the process with those who participated. If you still want me to post a reading for the community rituals comment and let me know. Considering, the manifestation of the work is moon to moon or 28 days. The workings were done over the span of two weeks. Truthfully, because of "skipped magic" (a Hoodoo term stating a day may have been skipped) due to energy draining. However, I made sure to complete the work.
I gathered from the reading that strong divine protection and peace will be granted to those who wish for it and wish to cultivate it.
The steps included prayer of names over a span of days over a particular ritual sign, and each day a sprinkle of oils and certain waters are dropped onto the paper to activate and feed both the paper and sign. The last day, real dove's blood is used to seal the ritual before burning the names as burned offerings with a mixture of different herbs and dirt. Later, it is disposed of properly after being mixed with Ascension Water (Peace) and May Water (for Protection).
I purposely blurred out the names for privacy reasons and purposes. Pictured is just one of the papers.

04/06/2026

Hoodoo Starch Baths are meant to be soaked in to absorb the spiritual medicinal properties of the ingredients. Let's talk about it...

Starch baths create a cooling element for the skin, helping with anxiety and stress, while simultaneously healing wounds and skin conditions. Often, starch from rice, clay, oats, and even potatoes would be a component or ingredient in a type of white bath. White baths are used to cool down the spirit, creating balance, awareness, and clarity. The starch can give a physical cooling effect. In some cases, you create a paste and slather it on the body to help draw out "poison," i.e., a hex, curse, bad luck, or conjure.

The white potato is an active ingredient that is used to remove warts and pulls toxins out of the skin, similar to Epsom salt, which is magnesium sulfate. Epsom salt is used to bless, purify, and cleanse. Hence, it is also an ingredient used to heal wounds and absorb or pull toxins. Practitioners often instruct soaking in Epsom salt baths during hex-breaking phases that may create purging. This helps to alleviate the pain as impurities are being drawn out. White potatoes are known for their healing element of magnesium as well, so if one doesn't have Epsom salt, potatoes can be used.

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04/04/2026

We all know that Easter is based on celestial timing. That's right; apparently, the resurrection of Jesus isn't about Jesus at all. Easter is the astronomical celebration of the coming of spring.
Easter is always on the Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox.

Ascension Day is also based on celestial timing. Although it was celebrated on a Thursday, it is now a Sunday; either way, its timing is one week after the new moon, after two full moons have passed after Easter.
Ascension Day water is collected around 40 days after Easter. Around 40 days after Easter is during the phase of the new moon, which is after the second full moon and after the seventh Sunday after Easter. Remember, we know how the number 7 is holy—7 days of the week, 7 continents, 7 major bodies of water, etc. Which means Ascension Day moon water is powerful. According to Hoodoo, the new moon allows for things to grow as the moon grows: preparation for the future, new beginnings, and wishes.
There are recordings of how to work the new and full moon in the slave narrative transcripts, BTW. Ascension Day water is considered blessed and can heal the sick.

Omens and Customs around Easter according to Hoodoo:

* Missouri Hoodoo says that if a person dies on Easter Sunday, for seven consecutive weeks, there will occur seven deaths.

* Always wear something new on Easter for luck.

* The sun will typically come out to shine on Easter.

* If it rains on Easter there will be more rain for the next seven days.

* If it rains on the Friday before Easter it is good luck.

* If there is an early Easter there is an early spring.

* If there is a late Easter there is a late spring.

* If it snows on Easter there will be bad luck and is a sign of death.

Please be advised: This is a Hoodoo cultural and historical page. What's posted on this page primarily has to do with historical Hoodoo culture and logic, and the focus isn't regarding rituals, spells, or workings.
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04/03/2026

Hoodoo Omens, Customs, and Taboos surrounding Good Friday

• If it rains on Good Friday, it's bad luck.

• Many say it typically rains on Good Friday. So, it's best to rest on Good Friday unless you're digging holes and sewing seeds.

• It's good luck to prepare for your life and sow seeds on Good Friday.

• It's good luck to plant peas, potatoes, and beans on Good Friday.

• A child born on Good Friday is a seer and can see spirits.

• If you are prone to headaches, it's good luck to wash your hair with snow water to get rid of them.

• Make a wish during Good Friday service and stay to have it come true.

• It's good luck to cook black-eyed peas or navy beans on Good Friday.

• It's bad luck to buy things on Good Friday.

• It's good luck to go fishing on Good Friday. It increases the chances of catching fish all year long.

• It's good luck to cut your hair on Good Friday to make it grow faster.

• On Good Friday, flowers can be used to heal cattle. After the service, burn the flowers with flour and salt, then put the ashes in a sachet. To heal a sick cow, rub the ashes on its belly three times in one direction, or lead the cow over an unbroken sachet three times in one direction.

Burned offerings play a big role in Hoodoo.
Flowers, salt, and flour for cattle is a classic example of sympathetic magic.

The Flowers: Represent the life and beauty of the altar.

The Salt/Flour: Used for purification.

Rubbing or walking in "one direction" (counterclockwise) is meant to align the animal's energy with the natural order of the universe to restore health.

Good Friday isn't a day of mourning per se, but is a day of death, ancestors, and those laid to rest in Hoodoo, it is viewed as a time and day when the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is at its most transparent, making any action taken more potent. So, if you've been experiencing a lot of supernatural activities, strange events, or extremely vivid dreams, from a Hoodoo lens, at this time of year, the veil is thin.

Historically, many of these beliefs emerged from the enslaved African experience in the American South. Because Good Friday was one of the few days where work might be halted or "a day off" and the atmosphere felt dim and somber, it became a focal point for communal spiritual work and agricultural planning.

In Hoodoo, Good Friday is considered a day for putting things in motion. Because it marks the death of Jesus (the "seed" being planted in the earth) before the resurrection, it is seen as the peak of fertility or insemination.

So planting (peas, beans, potatoes) is done because it's believed that Christ was buried on this day; anything put into the earth will "rise" with him on Sunday. Specifically, root vegetables and legumes are favored because they represent hidden growth beneath the surface. In addition, don't forget Easter is based on celestial timing. Customs in Hoodoo are based on celestial timing, correlating spiritual beliefs and the interconnected energy of one's surroundings. Workers worked with the energy of their environment because the energy was relative to time, space, and "magic."

Cutting hair on this day follows the same logic of sympathetic magic. As the earth prepares life at Easter, cutting hair encourages it to grow back with divine health and life.

The belief that a child born on Good Friday is a seer stems from the idea that those born on holy days are "marked" by the spirit.Since Good Friday is the day death was conquered, those born then are thought to have one foot in the grave-world and one in the living, allowing them to communicate with ancestors or see "haints."

Weather on Good Friday is often seen as an omen for the coming harvest and personal fortune.
Rain is frequently viewed as nature crying. During Easter, rain matches the energy of mourning or death. While some see it as a blessing (holy water from the sky), many view it as bad luck because it suggests a heavy year ahead or a lack of crops.

Snow collected on specific holy days (or the first snow of the year or March) is often kept in jars and treated as "Heaven's Water." In Hoodoo, it is believed to have cooling spiritual properties that can draw out the heat and pain of a headache or fever.

There is a strong tradition that "money should not move" on the day of the Crucifixion. To buy something is to focus on material gain during a time of spiritual sacrifice, which is thought to invite empty pockets for the rest of the year.

Black-Eyed Peas and Navy Beans are abundance foods. Eating them on Good Friday is a way to ensure the home remains fed and prosperous.

Please be advised: This is a Hoodoo cultural and historical page. What's posted on this page primarily has to do with historical Hoodoo culture and logic, and the focus isn't regarding rituals, spells, or workings.

04/03/2026

It's such a blessing to have pictures of my ancestors passed down, going as far back as the 1800s. My family even has our family prayer written down and saved (I will not be sharing that publicly). I'm feeling a bit nostalgic and would like to share a few pictures from my maternal side. Some of these pictures are from the early 1900s, hence the WWI uniforms. I come from a long line of military people on both sides; I'd like to think that's why all my primary spirits manifest as warriors.

04/02/2026

03/30/2026

Those who have been studying the historical standpoint of Hoodoo: At what time in history did you recognize the unique ethno-tradition and ethnogenesis of Hoodoo was established, making it indicative and complete on its own without the complete logical tenets of another tradition (Continental African included)? What common ground and formation of Hoodoo traditional view (common denominator) pointed to such understanding?

03/30/2026

Even if it goes against what you believe in regarding Hoodoo, are you more traditional and culturally based, or do you refute things that don't align with your beliefs if it's regarded as Hoodoo? In other words, are you more traditional and cultural, or are you more feeling and neo as a Hoodoo practitioner or follower?

03/30/2026

Florida Water was created in 1808 in New York and distributed by the Murray and Lanman Company. It was in shops, including drugstores, where many Hoodoo products were sold by 1830, and it became a household name in the 1850s. It was used to freshen sheets and in the service or concierge industry. Our ancestors decided to incorporate it as a spiritual tool and not just a cologne (And I'm not in the business of saying my ancestors were wrong in how they practiced their own tradition that existed before I was a thought).

I've found note of Florida Water use in Zora Neale Hurston's work and in the enslave narratives overall. The use of Florida Water has nothing to do with who created it or a political stance. Most ingredients in Hoodoo don't, be it bank dirt or that horseshoe above your door.

I think it's important to understand why we use colognes in the spiritual community and in Hoodoo. Hoodoo uses colognes for the same reason other traditions use them. It is the scent that calls and attracts spirits. With that said, for those who are looking to make their own Florida Water, it's not the ingredients alone, but you have to be able to recreate the scent (not your personal scent). I've successfully done so with several colognes such as Florida Water, Kananga Water, and even Hoyts. It took some time to learn and sharpen my perfumery skills, but I did it, lol.
I've even recently remastered my original recipe to make sure it smells exactly like the cologne.

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