A Southern Conjure House Blessing Rite

[pentaclequeenconjure]

PT 8: But as you can see my practice is quite eclectic and open, though it primarily remains rooted in Southern US conjure methodologies.

I consider my personal spiritual path to be gnostic spiritualist - meaning I believe that each person's individual relationship with the Divine in whatever way it chooses to reveal itself to them is of utmost importance, and I believe that the spirits around us can hold great knowledge and teach us a great deal.

I am always a student!

[pentaclequeenconjure]

PT 7: However, there are some classes of spirits that require very specific protocols for working w/ them, which are best learned directly from traditional clergy. To a certain extent working respectfully, effectively, & safely w/ those spirits involves embracing a specific religious context, & often involves formal teachings &/or initiations into said tradition.

I generally avoid working w/ those spirits out of respect for their culture. Spirits of Vodou & Palo are among these at this time.



[pentaclequeenconjure]

PT 6: I also occasionally work with the spirits of the Goetia, too. And I've been known to experiment with spirits from the compendium of entities by such magicians as Franz Bardon.

[pentaclequeenconjure]

PT 5: My Christian-based spirit work includes non-traditional saints such as folk saints and Santisima Muerte. I also work with some angels/entities from the Qabalah.

As to spirits outside the Judeo-Christian framework, I work with several deities from the Hindu pantheon, most often Ganesha and Lakshmi, though Kali, Durga, Radha-Krishna and a few others also show up from time to time as well.

[pentaclequeenconjure]

PT 4: I was raised in an evangelical Christian church, though I've rejected that particular set of dogmas. I don't particularly jive well with the religio-political agendas that pretty much all organized religions get into. I do however, follow the teachings of Christ, and work with Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God the Father, along with a host of angels and saints from the various Christian traditions in my practice.

I work with spirits from outside of the Christian tradition, too, though.

[pentaclequeenconjure]

PT 3: The Prayer for Peace in the Home that I read in this video is actually from Allen Kardec's "Book of Selected Prayers" that is used within the Spiritist and Espiritismo traditions which are also primarily Christian in orientation, though acknowledge and work with other beneficient spirits.

Though, I am not an Espiritismo either. :) I simply know a few who are, and have learned some methods of spirit working from them, and enjoy the beautiful Kardec prayers.

[pentaclequeenconjure]

PT 2: Now, my heritage is Germans on my mother's side who settled in New Orleans back in the mid 1800s (and who still live there), and then Mexican from my father's side. New Orleans is a Southern anachronism being most heavily Catholic. And obviously the Latin world is heavily Catholic as well. So my practice does have a more prominent Catholic influence than most old style hoodoo traditionally would have.

But I am not a Catholic. :)

[pentaclequeenconjure]

PT 1: Vodou is a specific religion & I am not a member of that religious tradition - though I admire it, and the NOLA strain of it has influenced my spirituality to a degree. So, not being a Vodouist, I do not petition any of the Lwa in my work.

Hoodoo is collection of folk magical practices that has deep roots in African American culture, and contains elements of Jewish, European, and Native American folk traditions. Hoodoo was developed & practiced primarily among Protestant Christians.

[ronjaveronika]

Hi,very interesting vids.

I'm just started to read a book of voodoo,vodou and hoodoo,thought your practise looks in my eyes very catolish cause of the prayers(I'm aware that these ways of practise differ in different areas but imagine catholic stress in more like santero point of view).

I wonder do you pray also other vodus(not christian entyties)but those many many others eg. Yemanja and others(wich I know are many and that they vary a lott too)?

Btw,thank you for the clear explaned videos.

[Nakomis1000]

Amazing video! Thank you for the new knowledge. Love all your videos, you explain everything well and clearly.