#hoodooherbs

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Most people tend to use the terms “rootwork(er)”, conjur(er), “diviner” interchangeably (especially on the internet) but there are varied and distinct roles within Hoodoo and they do not all mean the same thing or serve the same function, though they may at times intersect. Here is Root Doctuh, medicine woman, and Hoodoo Historian Lissah Mason (with help and guidance from Hoodoo elder Mama Rue) on roles in Hoodoo community. (Some of this is from last year’s Hoodoo heritage month, but I felt it was especially relevant now.)

It’s a New Moon. Ask your Ancestors what your role is, and listen for the answer.

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One of the biggest challenges folks will have (if they are in pursuit of AUTHENTIC Hoodoo) is resisting the urge to apply Western ideology to Hoodoo. We’ve all been indoctrinated and traumatized by Western religion and oftentimes bring that to Hoodoo.

But when we shed that, when we decolonize, that’s when this religion, this culture, this work, really opens up. That’s when you start to see the possibilities. Things that once didn’t make sense, will start to be clear. Things that once triggered and traumatized you, begin to serve a healing purpose. But, baby steps. It does take time.

And you can’t learn it from a book.

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What are some Hoodoo topics you’d want to see explained/expanded on as it pertains to the HISTORY and CULTURE of Hoodoo? (I’m not breaking down rites, rituals, and workings on the internet lol)