The Spellcaster's Source Hoodoo and Voodoo Witchcraft Blog of Talia Felix

Some people find difficulty with traditional room purifications that require fumigating with incense or burning candles. Even washing the room can be too much of a burden if there is a lot of furniture to move or other people in the house who will interfere with the lengthy work.  This is a nice simple room purification that can be done quickly. You do need a few prepared items (but that's common for hoodoo practices.)  1) Exorcism Room Spray or Purification Room Spray (recipes can be found in Conjure Cookbook ) - in a pinch you can also use any commercial Pine scented room spray. 2) Florida Water Room Spray (can be made by pouring Florida Water cologne into spray bottle) 3) Protection Water  in a spray bottle Ideally this should be done with open windows to let in fresh air, but if your room has no windows, it's okay.  First use the Exorcism Spray, spraying in a spiral motion all through the room. Then at each of the doors and windows make a cross or X shape with t...

The original recipe for cologne was reputedly given to St. Elizabeth of Hungary by an angel -- the concoction was known as "Hungary Water" and was used primarily as a medicine, rather than just a mere fragrance. Charles Godfrey Leland remarked that it therefore was appropriate hoodoo practitioners would use such a substance for feeding their conjure bags and other talismans. The term cologne actually comes from a later preparation, Cologne Water (named for the German city.) The original Cologne Water is a spirit-citrus perfume launched in 1709 by Giovanni Maria Farina (1685–1766), an Italian perfume maker from Santa Maria Maggiore Valle Vigezzo, Italy. In 1708, Farina wrote to his brother Jean Baptiste: "I have found a fragrance that reminds me of an Italian spring morning, of mountain daffodils and orange blossoms after the rain". He named his fragrance Cologne Water, in honour of his new hometown. The Original Cologne Water composed by Farina was used on...