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

Let's face it, sometimes the basic dressed candle spell just doesn't cut it. When I needed some serious road opening, I devised this extra powerful Road Opener spellcast. It uses some additional products, not just Road Opener/Abre Camino formulas, in order to provide some much needed oompf . Road Opener, or Abre Camino, is a recent addition to the hoodoo formula list, but it is used to clear the way for happiness and success in one's ventures.  This spell is intended to be done for yourself, but if you want to do it for another person you will need to get them to cooperate with the bathing, spraying, etc. If you have been having very bad luck, you might want to do an additional uncrossing spell before beginning this, to ensure it's not the result of a curse or other spiritual problem. you need: Florida Water Glory Water Everclear or 90% rubbing alcohol lemongrass essential oil citrine (small piece) small spray bottle Road Opener oil Shifting Sands oi...

It's not unusual to find magic spells -- especially Wiccan style ones, or older hoodoo works -- where objects are thrown into a fire and burnt in order to unleash their effect. This is often done indoors in a small cauldron or fireproof bowl that will fit atop an altar.  If you've ever done this, however, you might have found most of your mental energy devoted to simply keeping the fire going and getting your items to actually burn. Common fuels like paper scraps, lit charcoal and piles of matchsticks often don't produce adequate heat to really burn ritual items -- even in cases where the item being burnt is just more paper and dried herbs! Recently I had the disappointment of a spell that requires burning small pieces of onion proving too moist for the pathetic piece of charcoal I had going (which the spell's original author had even recommended for creating the fire.) Not only did the coal make the house stink of lighter fluid, but it wasn't proving an...

From The Petit Albert: FOR MEN As it may come to pass that the woman will become disgusted by the man if he is not able-bodied in the actions of Venus, he needs to take precautions not only for the sake of her satisfaction, but moreover for those secrets that the ancient and modern researchers of the miracles of nature have put to test. He must, they say, compose a balm from the ashes of a stellion lizard, oil of St. John’s wort and of civet, and anoint the big toe of the left foot and the kidney region an hour before entering into battle; and one will be able to go forth with honor and to the satisfaction of his party. FOR WOMEN If the husband finds that his wife is of a frigid disposition, and doesn’t take pleasure in the sport, then he shall make her eat the testicles of a gander, and the womb of a hare, seasoned with good spices, and from time to time some salads which have a great deal of arugula, ragwort and celery, with red wine vinegar. 

I have felt a great affinity for the Hindu goddess Kali ever since I first laid eyes upon an image of her, in the pages of Cavendish's Man, Myth and Magic , when I was maybe 11 or 12 years old. A brief, encyclopedic article about her was alongside the picture.  At the time, there were only two commonly available books about Kali in English: Usha Harding's Kali , and Ajit Mookerjee's Kali, The Feminine Force.  I acquired both after some effort (this was before Amazon) and found Harding's book was the better of the two, being a more journalistic account of the temple in Calcutta and also brief biographies of important followers of the goddess, such as Sri Ramakrishna and Rani Rasmani  (or Rashmoni). In time I was able to acquire further literature about Ma Kali -- and wasn't much satisfied by most of the material, which tended to be so lofty it was like it was written for people who shit marble. During this same time -- my teens -- I became gradually aware...

This spell is one of many available in the The Intranquil Spirit Spellbook for bringing back an ex or a runaway lover. The Intranquil Spirit spell is perhaps the best known of this particular style of coercive magic in North America, but there are many other entities who can assist with such work, both saintly and demonic. The tool used in this prayer is a Cigar, which the petitioner regards as a living spirit as well. Appeals are made to both the cigar and outside spirits. Some people might be amazed that Saints can be called upon for what most modern magicians would call "evil work" but the fact is the entities that fall in the general class of intranquil spirits are a much more neutral than their reputation would lead some people to think. Please note: This Prayer to El Puro is NOT in the public domain, this is my own English translation of the original Spanish prayer. Do not copy this without attribution to Talia Felix.  Prayer to El Puro (The Cigar) ...

Thomas Hardy wrote with the eye of an antiquarian. His Wessex novels are set in a fictionalized version of his native Dorset, but the customs, dialects, and beliefs he transcribed into them were drawn directly from a vanishing rural England he was determined to preserve on paper. He kept folklore notebooks, corresponded with members of the Folklore Society (founded in 1878, the same year Return of the Native was published), and treated peasant superstition not as curiosity but as serious record of how people actually lived. Return of the Native takes place on Egdon Heath, a windswept tract of bracken and barrow-mounds where the modern world feels like a rumor. Among its cast is Susan Nunsuch, a heath-dwelling mother convinced that the striking and rebellious Eustacia Yeobright has overlooked her sickly son — that is, harmed him by malign or envious glance (what other cultures call Evil Eye.) Hardy's account of Susan's response runs to several pages of close working detail:

Those who have read Jim Haskins' book Voodoo and Hoodoo may have come upon a few spells where an ingredient called Make Your Wish Sand is used. This ingredient does not seem to be one of the most popular conjure products, and my research into it suggests it might have evolved simply as a way to market colored sand to occult customers. Colored sand, such as one would use decoratively in an aquarium or a centerpiece, is all is seems to normally consist of -- blue, gold or white are the most common hues. A simple way to acquire some would be to buy up regular quartz sand , (also known as "wedding sand") or sand colored in gold or blue ; but if you wish to make some of your own, here is my own exclusive recipe ! MAKE YOUR WISH SAND 1/8 cup fine beach sand 1 tsp powdered bismuth 1 tsp iridescent glitter Combine all ingredients and shake together well. To use: place about a tablespoon of the mixture into the palm of your hand, state your wish aloud, and cast the mi...