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One of the old things that a RootWork-Conjure practitioner would
do is make up their own potions which include incense, powders,
oils, etc. This was due to the fact that many of the practitioners
were able to get most of the ingredients they needed out in the
wild.
Now being transplanted from their native homes to places like
Trinidad, Jamaica, North Carolina, Florida, etc., the practitioner
would look in the surrounding woods and fields for the requisite
ingredients. When they could not find the plant or tree they
needed, then they�d do the next best thing: sit and talk to the
plant!
This was not a five minute, one day or one week thing, rather this
was a considerable amount of time spent in doing this. In fact,
the thing my teacher taught me is that the RootMan would sit there
and talk to the plant until the plant talked back to him. From the
plant he�d find out what it was used for, what parts of it to use
and how to use or prepare it. Other times the RootWorker would
discover how to use a plant from the Spirits that he was
introduced to when he was confirmed. Sometimes these Spirits would
teach the RootWorker a formula to help someone and of course
they�d have to tell him which plants to use, how to use them and
where he could find them.
In this way, the RootWorker was able to have all he needed at his
disposal. Also unlike many modern theorists, the RootWorker did
not substitute nilly-willy. There is a lot of misinformation out
there among those who consider themselves knowledgeable on the
subject of Hoodoo, that smell and color alone is what a RootWork-Conjure
practitioner would base his substitutions on. Wrong! That is a
dangerous way to approach substitution as you are literally trying
to substitute by loose association.
When the RootWork-Conjure practitioner had all of his ingredients
he�d add them to the root bag one at a time. Prior to just putting
them into the bag, he�d say something like, �Spirit of the
[plant]. I need your power in the name of the Lord to help
[client�s name] overcome [affliction]. As God commanded and the
world was formed, so do I ask your spirit to help [client�s name]
gain peace. In the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost. Amen.�
If the root bag was for something more sinister, then he may
address the ingredients one at a time too but saying something
more like, �Mr. Spirit of the [name of plant], I need your help
and power. As the Lord allowed the Devil to afflict Job, so too
must you afflict [name of victim] and torment him in mind, body
and soul. In his whose name is to be said for vengeance, so must
you bend your knee and help bring misfortune and misery to [name
of victim]! Amen! Amen! Amen!�
Of course this is why I do not call the above true secrets since
many in the Southern Conjure arts tend to know such already.
However it has been my experience that the general metaphysical
community does not know these simple techniques.
Brother Moloch 969
www.molochsorcery.com
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