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

The so-called Obeah Bible of De Laurence was mostly copied from the 19th century book The Magus , which itself was largely copied from the works of Agrippa . Though very European in origin, De Laurence marketed his books well in countries like Jamaica and parts of Africa, with the result that his publications and his formulas often supplanted the traditional folk magic of the regions. There are numerous recommendations about what herbs and colors to use for each sign of the zodiac ( you can find some of the alternatives in this previous post ) but here are the recommended herbs according to De Laurence's book: ARIES Ginseng TAURUS Upright Vervain [n.b.: regular vervain] GEMINI Bending Vervain [n.b.: probably Small Scabious] CANCER Comfrey LEO Ladies' Seal VIRGO Calamint LIBRA Forget-Me-Not SCORPIO Mugwort SAGITTARIUS Pimpernel CAPRICORN Dock AQUARIUS Tarragon PISCES Pipevine Zodiac herbs can be used by adding them to spells where a per...

Zodiac candles, or, Astral candles as Gamache calls them. Not everyone uses these things, but I tell you I have found them invaluable when doing any sort of mental work, particularly on another person. I do not, myself, believe much in horoscopes or astrology readings, but there's apparently some merit in the zodiac system based on how strongly these candles help. Now, there is a bit of disagreement on the color system. Basically, everything I look at gives a different set of "colors" to use when representing each sign. The fact that they vary to such an extent usually is the sort of thing that indicates none of them really work. Amusingly, Anna Riva in her book Domination covers her bases by trying to list them all: Virgo: Gold, black, blue, pink, yellow Taurus: Yellow, blue, green, red Scorpio: Brown, blue, red, yellow Sagittarius: Gold, blue, green, purple, red Pisces: White, black, green, pink Libra: Black, blue, green, red, yellow Leo: Red, green, orange, ...