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They ask why grandma and the ancestors

didn’t have VD, yeast infections, tumors,

and smelled like fish. This was a big reason

why. This is a lost art. A modern day ancient

- Douglas Falk

technique. You let the white obgyn tell you

it’s unhealthy. This generation don’t know sith.

We do not ever have a need to walk in fear

Those who came before have walked these roads centuries before we were born

In anticipation of our coming into being

They left a path to show us the way

We have but to follow

Lead on with light Mothers & Fathers

All honor to hoodoo, all honor to rootwork, all honor to obeah, all honor to juju, all honor to two headed men, all honor to midwives, fortune tellers & healers

The path is well lit before us, we are not stumbling in the darkness

We are NEVER alone, we are NEVER unprotected

ASE o

- Apetebii iyalosa Osunyemi Akalatunde

This looks good.

#Youtube

You know it’s real when you seek the arms of your ancestors before you seek out folks. They are big enough to catch me. All of me. #HoodooIsHome #HoodooHeritageMonth

- LaKesha Parks-Broom

Jewish holocaust victims were allowed to be seen as VICTIMS and so they REMIND their children of who and what victimized them. People of African descent are blamed for their own oppression and that blame, and subsequent shame, makes them hide their history from their children unless the oppressor tells the story from his point of view. We are quick to say that "we are our own worst enemy" because people who have been denied the humanity and dignity of identifying their oppressors think they did it to themselves.

-Cheryl Irvin

Have you ever wondered what that thick, white layer on a fresh, new baby is.....?

Well, this waxy substance is called Vernix Caseosa - and it is a result of an important secretion - of a special oil - created in baby’s sebaceous glands.

Vernix typically begins to accumulate in the last trimester of pregnancy and is thought to not only protect the baby in utero, but it also serves as a mechanism of defense after baby is born.

In the past, as soon as baby emerged from its protective womb, it was quickly whisked away from its mother - to have that “gunk” wiped off, be given its first bath, have a whole series of tests taken, procedures done, and injections given.

Luckily, research has shown that (beyond leaving the baby alone with its mother) delaying baby’s first bath- and allowing that vernix to reside on the skin - has a number of health benefits!

•It has antimicrobial properties.

Recent studies have shown that vernix contains antimicrobial amino acids that block invasive bacteria present in the amniotic fluid from meconium contamination. After baby is born, these amino acids work to protect against harmful bacteria such as: B. streptococcus, E. coli, Staph aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Listeria monocytogenes, Serratia marcescens, and Klebsiella pneumonia.

•Vernix has wound healing properties.

It has been shown to help with the quick regeneration of skin following a wound. In fact, the use of vernix with skin grafting on burn victims is currently being investigated!

•It moisturizes and hydrates baby’s skin.

The newborn’s integumentary system undergoes immediate changes following birth, including dehydration. Because of its high water content, vernix acts as a natural moisturizer for your baby, protecting its skin from dryness and environmental exposure.

•It can help regulate baby’s body temperature.

There is only very rarely a need for a warmer and lights! Babies almost always do better skin to skin on their mother (even tiny preemies). Studies show that infants who have it washed off have a significantly higher rate of heat loss.

As the movement toward evidence-based practice has become standard, more hospitals are no longer bathing infants.✨

So, when you deliver your baby, don’t be surprised if they arrive with a thick coat of vernix. It is there for a reason! Instead of washing it off, use that time to snuggle up to your baby and enjoy the magic of skin-to-skin..... celebrating this perfection in its entirety.

*And if you are a friend or a family member of someone who chooses not to bathe their baby after birth, make sure you support - and even celebrate them - for working so hard to keep their new baby healthy. ✨💛

📸 pennypinchingmomma

Some of y'all been working with spirit in the amount of time that make you about 1 years old in your chronological spiritual age; still pissing on yourselves in many cases. One day you're posting about how you can help folks with your potions, powders and "readings" and some of you can. Then there are the folks who the next day you're on here posting about how confused you are/how turbulent/falling apart your life is and you're going to end it all because your dick or pussy moved on (this is where I make my Scooby Doo voice). You are confused and/or depressed about the least little bit of trouble/heartbreak life has thrown your way. You say stuff like "I'm not my ancestors" and you are correct. You would NOT have survived what they endured when their mate and children were sold away. You present as a warrior with absolutely no fight. Your sword is missing. Answer one question. How can you advise, lead, motivate, discern for others and you can barely handle your own lives? You are NEVER prepared for anything; not ever. I need to know. We all have troubles that come. It is the ebb and flow of life. The key is what you do when it comes. Do you TRY to work it out, find solutions, fix the problem or are you thrown into a loop of mass confusion/take to your bed for weeks? WE ALL GET DEPRESSED SOMETIMES but clinical depression and a little sadness are two different things. Do you grasp at the latest internet saying and throw that out there for others to appear as if you have life on lock...today? Be the spiritual age you are. It is okay not to know. The hustle you have going on with others who are also finding their way is hilarious and at the same time makes me want to vomit. You're one year old and haven't lived enough to advise anyone about anything. Are there old spirits? Yes there are. Some of us come here old as heck but that is rare. Look back over your own time lines and read your own post. I think that is why Facebook throws those "memory" post at you, they want you to take a look at yourself. Try to pretend it's someone else's time line and you'll see what I'm talking about. If you're confused about life and still growing; it is perfectly okay but please stop hustling folks with your desire to sell your wares to the community. Be honest. Perfecting one thing will carry you much further than creating/doing a whole bunch spiritual supply/wirks and none of it is effective. Learn to sit with yourself. All said in love. If I have said anything helpful, it is the Creator for any mistakes are truly all mine. Remember spirit CANNOT reside where the ego lives.

- Kichiwi Daktari

#Vimeo

Tip for Black folks doing family trees:

You will find that 1870 is the first time most of us will find our relatives on the census.

To go back further, you will have to piecemeal who they belonged to by

- identifying where they said they were born (1870 census will say)

- look for plantations of the same last name as your relative

- look up 1860 or 1850 slave registries

- compare enslaved people that are near the same age and attributes as your relatives

This takes a LOT of patience, but it can be done!

EDITED: don't be thrown off my different names and birth dates. The census workers often wrote down their own interpretations. So name spellings might vary from census to census.

Also many of our families cared for cousins, etc so they might show up as siblings.

Lastly, be prepared to uncover information your family never told you (we kept things secret out of protection sometimes). Extra marriages, family members you never knew about...

aleiamcdaniel.com

#HoodooHeritageMonth

- Aleia

Aaahhhh.. Happy #HoodooHeritageMonth 🥰😁😇

Look at my lil #BottleTree.

If you lived or traveled through the U.S. South seeing these on the entrances of properties, at crossroads and next to doors, mailboxes and in gardens and on farms, aint too uncommon...

But, did you know they aren't just quirky lil decor-- these are protective talismans.

Stemming from some Central and West African ancestral home/property protection traditions, we collect brightly colored glass bottles (usually blue--but use whatever you got)--clean them and bless them.... and hang them upside down onto tree branches or sticks in the ground..

It's believed that the the bottles attract, capture and ward off undesirable spirits.

Ya'll people got bottle trees?

- Oya Woodruff

:”Geechie is bottle trees. Geechie is haint blue. Geechie is getting home before the boo hags. It’s crossing fingers and crossing folks with hexes. It’s home-cooking like hoe cakes made with lard or bacon grease when you’re being fancy. It’s shrimp simmering in brown gravy on top of hot water grits ground that morning. It’s a quilt with protection in the stitches because meemaw prayed over it. It’s steering clear of the marsh to avoid Plat-Eye. It’s bedtime stories about Rawhead and Bloody Bones.

It’s kissing on the forehead to make sure you come home safely. It’s pouring out a line of bourbon for those passed on. It’s red rice. It’s crab dressing. It’s fried shark. It’s the rice fields on the Sea Islands. It’s St. Helena Island. It’s Savannah. It’s Charleston. It’s First African Baptist. It’s salt water. It’s River baptisms. It’s uninterrupted white at the church house. It’s laughter. It’s buried jars. It’s cobblestones and wrought iron gates. It’s deals at the Crossroads of Life with the Man in Black. It’s a plate of food for your Dead Folk. It’s survival. It’s thriving. It’s art. It’s culture. It’s history. It’s Hoodoo. It’s love. It’s Igbo. It’s Senegambian. It’s Black AF. it’s Gullah.

It’s Geechie. It’s Me.”

- Philemon Bell

Lavender Lemonade by Hoodoo Hussy

FWL PSA: Ancient and indigenous methods existed before modern ways. Medications would not exist without plants. Peace 😍

- Cathy Greenidge-Ellison

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