Hoodoo Dolls and Effigies: How to Craft and Cast Spells with Poppets, Fetishes, and Voodoo Dolls in the African-American Conjure Tradition($12.00Value)

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Here is your encyclopedia of Doll Magic! Toy Dolls; Stuffed Animals; Wooden Dolls; Cloth, Leather, and Sock Dolls; Knitted and Crocheted Dolls; Bone, Horn, Antler, and Feather Dolls; Clay, Mud, and Dirt Dolls; Paper Dolls; Wax, Butter, Fat, and Meat Dolls; Twig and Stick Dolls; Rope and Twine Dolls; Loaded Statuary Dolls; Figural Candle Dolls; Photograph and Tintype Dolls; Dough, Bread, and Cookie Dolls; and Corn Husk Dolls. Learn the basic techniques: How to link an effigy to a person, how to baptize it, speak to it, feed it, and keep it working for you, as well as how and why to stab, cut, tie, bind, burn, drown, deploy, dispose of, kill, and unmake your magical dolls. Dozens of step-by-step doll spells! Complete lists of herbs, roots, and incense powders to stuff inside them, liquids to splash on them, and prayers to say over them are included. More than 50 pages of traditional spells: Dolls for Romance and Love, to Draw and Hold Money, for Power and Success, to cause Pain and Suffering, to Cleanse and Heal, and for Protection, plus a bonus chapter on Venerated Idols and Fetishes. A complete course in doll magic in one handy book! Catherine Yronwode is the co-proprietor of the Lucky Mojo Curio Company. A writer, teacher, psychic reader, and spiritual pastor, she lives in Northern California with her husband, a dog, cats, and chickens.