Hoodoo Style Recipes
As time moves along, and we have an opportunity to learn how other witches, cultures, religions and traditions work with magick, we are adapting and changing our recipes to adapt with the times. To follow original recipes is difficult in folk magic systems, as the recipes are passed along via the spoken word, and will also be adapted according to what was available for use in the practitioners location.
For this reason, there is NO standard or “correct” recipe. In Hoodoo, we see “associations” trying to become the global association for “best hoodoo practices’. I could say more, but I won’t. Instead, if you are interested in getting into or researching traditional African based magical/spiritual traditions and see for yourself how religion and magic is used, I suggest you look into the Yoruba path (West AFRICA), if only for enlightenment.
Did you know………. Cuban Santeria; Haitian Vodun (voodoo); Brazilian Candomble; Trinidad and Tobago Shango are all Yoruba or Orisha based.
All of these religions are African derived religions having different names in different countries. They combine beliefs from the Kabbalah and Yoruba speaking peoples of West/Central Africa, with elements of Catholicism or Anglicanism. Even some Hinduism is included in Trinidad, because of the East Indian influence in that country.
Abramelin oil
- 4 parts Cinnamon essential oil
- 2 parts Myrrh essential oil
- 1 part Sweet Flag|
- Calamus essential oil – half of the foregoing total weight Olive oil
- Mix in about a 1oz or dram of olive oil. (extra virgin is not necessary) regular is fine.
Ancestor Powder
Use a clean dry glass jar.
- Burn a Photo of your Ancestor to ash and place in jar
- A pinch of Graveyard dirt from their grave
- A large pinch of Loveage
- A large pinch of Angelica Root
Sit the jar on your ancestor altar in front of their photo. While you are connecting with them each week, ask them to assist you with your magic, when requested, when you use the ancestor powder.
I would leave the powder on the altar for as long as possible or until you feel some “energy” in the powder.
Bend Over Recipes
The base for the “bend over” is natural licorice, orris, and calamus. After these 3, it will be your own addition for your purpose.
This spell can used anytime you want to get control over another person and bend them to your will. You can purchase Bend Over Powder and Bend Over Oil or you can make your own from the following recipes:
Make Your Own Bend Over Powder
If you can only get 1 or two of the base ingredients, then work with what you have in your pantry. For example:
Combine equal parts of the following:
- Calamus Root
- Cinnamon
- Allspice
Make Your Own Bend Over Oil
- To make the oil, combine the above powdered herbs, and add a piece of licorice or orris root, then cover it three times over with almond or sunflower oil.
- Keep it in a warm place for 3 to 5 months.
- Strain and bottle it if you like.
Banishing Oil
- 1/2 oz. olive oil
- 15 drops pine essential oil
- 12 drops rue essential oil
- 10 drops peppermint oil
- 7 drops pepper oil
TIPS:
- Add crushed black pepper corns and an obsidian or black onyx chip.
- Mix during a waning moon for best result.
Cascara or Cascarilla
How to Make Egg Shell Powder
Supplies:
- The shells of 6 eggs
- 1 teaspoon very hot tap water
- 1 teaspoon flour
- 1 clean rock Sheet of paper
- Spoon
- Cup
- Paper towel
TIP – (You can grind them in a coffee grinder or food processor too).
Directions:
- Wash the eggshells well, so they do not have any egg left in them. Let them dry for an hour. The shells must be completely dry, or the chalk will fall apart.
- Place a sheet of paper on a hard surface. Grind the shells on the paper with a rock. Make sure the rock is clean so you don’t get dirt ground in with the eggshells.
- Continue grinding the eggshells until you have a fine powder. Make sure you have enough powder to fill a large spoon, which is enough for one stick of chalk.
- When you have enough of the fine powder to make a stick of chalk, sift or pick up little bits of eggshells that are not ground up and throw them away. Leaving in little bits of eggshells may cause your chalk to break up.
- Put the teaspoon of flour and the teaspoon of hot water into a cup. Stir together to make a paste.
- Add the spoonful of eggshell powder into the paste and mix well. It may help to mash it with the back of the spoon.
- Add a few drops of food coloring if you want colored chalk. Too many drops will make the paste too wet.
- On a clean, dry surface roll the mixture into a stick.
- Wrap the stick up in a strip of paper towel and set aside to dry. Drying takes about three days.
- Peel the paper off one end and you’re ready.
CONFUSION OIL #1
Causes enemies and opponents to lose their way essential oils:
- 1 part Vertiver
- 1 part Marjoram
- 2 parts Patchouli
Herbs:
- Guinea Pepper Grains(grains of paradise)
- Poppy Seed
- Black Mustard Seed
- Top with carrier oil (e.g. almond oil which has been dosed with Vitamin E)
CONFUSION OIL #2
Enemies and opponents fight each other instead of you essential oils:
- 1 part Patchouli
- 1 part Essential Oil of Capsicum
Herbs:
- Guinea Pepper Grains (grains of paradise)
- Red Pepper
- Black Pepper
- Poppy Seeds
- Black Mustard Seeds
- Top with carrier oil (e.g. almond oil which has been dosed with Vitamin E)
Conjure Oil:
This oil works like “a genie in a bottle” to manifest anything you need into reality.. Mix together the following oils
- Frankincense 1/3dram
- Sandalwood 1/3dram
- Lotus 1/3
Fast Luck Oil
- Cinnamon oil 3 drops
- Wintergreen oil 20 drops
- Vanilla oil 20 drops
Combine in a carrier oil base such as sweet almond or jojoba.
Fast Luck MONEY Oil
- Patchouli oil
- Cedar oil
- Vetivert oil
- Ginger oil
Sometimes – cinnamon or lemongrass Too.
Combine in a carrier oil base such as sweet almond or jojoba.
PIRITUAL CLEANSING OIL
MIX: Equal parts: Lemongrass Oil, Hyssop Oil, and Camphor Oil.
ADD: A pinch of dried Lemongrass Leaves and a pinch of dried Hyssop Leaves.
BLEND: Shake well before using. If you let the mixture “work” together for at least one week, it will improve; a full month will bring out the best fragrance.
LOVE OIL
MIX: Equal parts: Rose Oil, Rose Geranium Oil, and Musk Oil.
ADD: A pinch of dried Rose Petals and a pinch of dried Lovage Root Chips.
BLEND: Shake well before using. If you let the mixture “work” together for at least one week, it will improve; a full month will bring out the best fragrance.
MONEY AND BUSINESS OIL
MIX: Equal parts: Cinnamon Oil, Bayberry Oil, and Mint Oil.
ADD: A pinch of dried Cinnamon Chips, a pinch of dried Mint Leaves, and a pinch of crushed Pyrite crystals.
BLEND: Shake well before using. If you let the mixture “work” together for at least one week, it will improve; a full month will bring out the best fragrance.
VAN VAN OIL
The ingredients for Van Van Oil have always varied from maker to maker, but the absence of any one or two of the Asian Grass oils will not hurt the results much, for usually the blend will focus on citrusy lemongrass and citronella, with only a hint of musky vetivert, floral palmarosa, and spicy gingergrass.
- 16 parts lemongrass oil
- 8 parts citronella oil
- 1 part vetivert oil
- 1 part palmarosa oil
- 1 part gingergrass oil if you can get it
Mix together and let sit for at least week. This is your stock oil. Do not apply it directly, for like all uncut essential oils, it can be a skin irritant to some people.
Therefore:
In each 1/2 oz. bottle of VAN VAN OIL to be made up, place a pinch of dried lemongrass leaves, a pinch of crushed pyrite crystal sone full standard dropper-full of the above stock blend
Fill the bottle with undyed almond oil as a carrier
FOUR THIEVES VINEGAR
Basically: garlic (crushed or whole),red pepper (crushed),black peppercorns (whole), and black mustard seed (whole).3 pints white wine vinegar or apple cider vinger
- Steep the plants in the vinegar for 10 days.
- Strain
- Seal tightly in a glass jar.
- Place the jar in a warm, dark cupboard for four weeks, shaking occasionally.
MONEY DRAWING OIL
Basically:
- Bayberry Root, Bayberry Oil (usually only available as a synthetic), and Pyrite Chips
- Top with carrier oil (e.g. almond oil which has been dosed with Vitamin E).