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

  Wall to wall carpeting only became common in houses during the 20th century, when the technology to make it cheaply and also the technology to clean it relatively easily (vacuums) made it much more practical than it had been in former times. In the old days, you had to uproot the entire carpet and take it outside to be beaten or scrubbed, while the wood floors underneath were swept and washed. Routine cleaning of a carpet would have usually been done by servants while the family was away on vacation. Nowadays a lot of people have carpets, and in many cases they're seen as a cheaper type of flooring than bare wood or tile. However, when dealing with traditional magic spells and hoodoo rituals, this can become a bit of a special encumbrance: instructions for floor sweeps, floor washes, and the use of colored sachet powders becomes an issue on a carpeted floor, whilst it is not an issue on a wood or tile floor.  Most traditional hoodoo cleaning and drawing rituals were made for...

Chinese Wash is an old washing product that's also believed to remove bad luck and restore good; part of the movement of spiritual merchants to promote the idea that physical cleanliness equates to spiritual cleanliness. Its scent is similar to that of Van Van and Hindu Grass formulas. Originally the product was sold in a bottle and a practitioner was told to add broomcorn straws to increase its powers, but nowadays many versions are made wit the broomcorn already mixed in. The book Sticks Stones Roots and Bones , gives the following combination for a Chinese Wash recipe: 6 oz unscented liquid castile soap 3 oz Murphy's oil soap 6 oz distilled water 1/2 tsp citronella oil 1/2 tsp lemongrass oil 7 pieces broom corn straw pinch of dried lemongrass a 16 oz bottle in which to store the mix Lucky Mojo gives this recipe on their site: Start with whatever combination of essential oils of Oriental Grasses you normally use for compounding Van Van oil concentrate (e.g...