Category:Hoodoo Heritage Festival Workshop Presenters in AIRR

Ms. Robin: The Black Arts of Hoodoo

Hoodoo has always had a reputation as a repository for dark spells of hatred and harm, but those who actually study it learn soon enough that rootwork contains many benevolent spells of protection, love, and healing. Those will not be featured in this workshop! Instead, Ms. Robin will lead you down to the much feared depths -- the true Black Arts of Hoodoo!

• When dark work is justified
• How to draw upon infernal energies
• Crafting coffins for the damned
• Cleansing yourself after Black Arts work

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• To be announced

Miss Michaele: Hacks, Tips, and Tricks for Your Altar Work

Miss Michaele demonstrates her own unique methods for making your altar work more powerful, less stressful, and more beautiful. The secret to success is to learn how to treat the altar as both a practical work-space and as a work of venerational art.

• Choose the altar style that suits your lifestyle
• Time-saving tips for daily and weekly altar tasks
• How to candle-proof your altar
• A secret hack for keeping dust off the altar
• Crafting rustic oil lamps from found materials
• How to read a rustic oil lamp
• A secret hack for keeping reluctant vigil lights burning
• The best ways to set out and dispose of food offerings
• Two secret hacks for keeping animals out of the food offerings
• How to maximize altar space in limited quarters
• How to lay out multiple spells for one client
• How to lay multiple spells for many clients
• Home-made grandeur: your altar as a work of art

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• A Box of birthday candles
• One vigil light candle
• Approximately 3 feet of waxed hemp twine
• A single stainless steel chopstick
• Materials for the inner structure of a rustic oil lamp

Lara Rivera: Bottle Up and Go!: Magic Spells in Boxes, Bags, Bowls, and Jars

Lara Rivera presents a brand-new book, co-authored with catherine yronwode, that will introduce you to more than 100 time-tested ways to cast magic spells for protection, love, luck, wealth, health, and revenge within a variety of containers, including:

• Eggs, Bones, Shells, and Fruits
• Potted Plants and Hollow Trees
• Paper, Cloth, and Leather Packets
• Mojo Hands and Troll Bundles
• Doll-Babies and Loaded Statuary
• Glass Bottles and Jars
• Sugar, Cigar, and Match Boxes
• Mirror Boxes and Compacts
• Loaded Oil Lamps and Candles
• Ice Boxes and Freezers
• Black Hawk Buckets
• Scandinavian Spiritus Boxes
• Witch Bottles and Bottle Trees
• Jewish And Arabic Spirit Traps

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• "Bottle Up and Go!," a 96-page illustrated book by catherine yronwode and Lara Rivera
• A lump of wax
• A packet of herbs
• A small glass container

Richard Webster: Contact Your Angels

For thousands of years, people have sought the guidance and wisdom of angels. Compassionate providers of comfort, help, and love, angels are always available, just waiting for us to reach out and connect with them, and Richard Webster will help you learn to contact the angelic realms and get answers to your most pressing questions.

• How to know the angels by their names
• How to seek a message from an angel
• Contact an angel for insight and guidance
• Contact an angel for answers to questions

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• A selection of full-colour cards from Richard Webster's beloved "Oracle of the Angels" deck

Dr. J. Alton West III: Psychic Sex Magic

Dr. West presents the secret workshop everyone has been waiting for: how to cast spells for intimacy, endurance, and passion in the bedroom. No one under the age of 18 will be admitted to this steamy workshop!

• Paschal Beverly Randolph and the electrical-magnetic theory of sexuality
• How to find and attract the perfect partner
• Magical meditations to build a psychic sexual connection
• How to wrap your mate in the bonds of mutual love

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• A sacred brass palad khik penis amulet from Thailand
• A natural Cowrie shell

Jon Saint Germain: Crafting a Doll-Baby for Love, Help, or Harm

Rev. Dr. Jon Saint Germain reveals his private magical methods for creating highly effective personalized doll-babies that you can use in spells in a wide variety of spells, ranging from romance to rage.

• Tools and techniques for crafting the doll
• Embodying spirit within the doll
• Dolls for love
• Dolls for revenge
• Setting the doll to working

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• Materials for crafting a versatile doll

Madame Nadia: Hypnosis in Hoodoo

Hypnosis is one of the occult sciences rarely associated with hoodoo, but numerous first-hand accounts document its use among historical conjure doctors of the 20th century. In this provocative and inspiring workshop, Madame Nadia brings hypnosis, a powerful tool for change, back into the spotlight of contemporary conjure practice

• The conjure doctor as hypnotist
• Working with a hypnotherapist in the hoodoo tradition
• Self-hypnosis for self-improvement

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• To be announced

ConjureMan Ali: Skull Candles and Skull-Proxies to Influence Others

ConjureMan Ali teaches all the many ways to get into the head of someone you love, hate, or need favours from, using traditional proxy-images of the human skull to influence their minds and cause their thoughts to align with your commands

• Dressing, loading, and enchanting skull candles
• Skull-shaped bottles
• Afro-Caribbean coconut spells

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• A skull candle
• A bottle of dressing oil
• Pins

Papa Newt: Words of Power: You Can Learn To Pray

The Bible and other sacred texts contain many words of power, invocations to the Divine, and petitions for spiritual assistance. Papa Newt will teach you how to move beyond mere recitation and learn to use scripture to form your own powerful commands.

• How to select scriptural passages that uplift your desire
• The personal component: placing yourself in the petition
• Learning to speak from the heart

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• To be announced

Elle DuVall: Spiritual Baths

Ell DuVall teaches the how and the why of spiritual bathing in the rootwork tradition. You will learn how to prepare herbal baths, mineral baths, and perfumed baths for every form of conjure.

• How and why to clean yourself before spell-casting
• How to employ cleansing baths to remove crossed conditions and negative energy
• How to make regular spiritual bathing part of your magical life
• Hand-washes and foot-baths
• How to prepare special baths for specific types of spell-work
• How to dispose of bath water in a way that enhances the work you set in motion by bathing

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• One packet of Herbal Bath Mixture
• One packet of Bath Crystals

Dr. Jeremy Weiss: Bibliomancy: Divination from the Bible

Using the Bible for divination and readings is a long respected technique in rootwork. We will explore methods to improve your abilities and accuracy.

• Focused concentration
• Selecting your prophetess
• The casting of lots
• Consulting the book

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• A set of 7 hand-crafted casting lots from The Temple of Miriam the Prophetess

Miss cat yronwode: The Guiding Light to Power and Success

Miss cat introduces a newly revised, expanded, and illustrated edition of Mikhail Strabo's famed 1942 course in candle-magic, "The Guiding Light to Power and Success: A Study of the Use of Candles in the Search for the Truth." This is the fifth book in the "Lucky Mojo Library of Occult Classics," a project that preserves and presents rare mid-20th century texts on traditional "drug store hoodoo," Freshly illustrated, and with much added material, Mikhail Strabo's essential introduction to conjuring with candles includes:

• The Power of One: Single Candle Rites
• The Power of Seven: Planetary Candles
• The Power of Eight: The Sacred Octave
• The Power of Nine: The Holy Novena
• The Power of Ten: Oil Lamps on the Altar
• The Power of Eleven: The Sacred Seals
• The Power of Twelve: Zodiac Candles
• The Secret Life of Mikhail Strabo

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• "The Guiding Light to Power and Success," a 96-page illustrated book by Mikhail Strabo, edited by catherine yronwode
• One dozen sample candles

Papa Gee: The Stranger in the Cup: How to Read Tea Leaves

Tasseomancy or Tea Leaf Reading is probably as old as the invention of drinking cups. Some claim it originated in China, but it seems to have been native to Scotland, Ireland, and England before trade with China developed, and came to America with the earliest settlers. Meanwhile, it is also found in the Middle East as a method for reading coffee grounds.

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• The Stranger in the Cup: How to Read Tea Leaves, a 96-page illustrated book by Papa Gee and catherine yronwode
• A specially-blended packet of Tasseomantic Tea

Lady Muse: Magnetize, Magnify, Manifest, and Master Your Success

Learn how to transform your thoughts and raise your vibrations to supercharge your success spells by illuminating and projecting natural magnetic energy to attract and acquire your deepest desire. Whether it is love, money, health, or success you want, you can make your dreams come true!

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• Lodestone
• Pyrite
• Magnetic Sand
• Master Root

Miss Athena: Uncross Yourself! Panel Discussion

Miss Athena leads a team of some of the greatest hoodoo spiritualists of our time in a panel discussion in which you will learn five foundational conjure methods to remove crossed conditions and negative spiritual entities.

Electronic Materials: (via download)

• Access code to the webcast
• Two-page pdf of lecture notes

Physical Materials (via postal mail)

• Spiritual Supplies for uncrossing yourself or others