When yo’ can’t get a job, gotta carry a lucky hand root…
“Can’t get no job,” he said. “Don’t have no-one to go to. I got big debts. Dunno where to turn.” This was back in the 1980s. This guy had fallen on hard times and had come to my voodoo mentor Earl Marlowe for help. Earl Said: “You can get dem jobs. You ... [More]
He could kill with jus’ one glance…
I was talking to an old client on the phone last night. She from Georgia. She was tellin’ me ’bout some of the root doctors she been to over the years. Goin’ back to the late1940s, and dependin’ where she was livin’, she’s consulted workers everywhere from ... [More]
Algiers blues: Skip James’ involvement with the fabled conjurers of New Orleans…
Mississippi bluesman, Skip James (1902-1969) was a regular visitor to Algiers, the New Orleans’ community on the west bank of the Mississippi, once fabled for its conjure workers. In fact, he himself was known as a “horse,” an old time name for a conjurer. James said: “I ... [More]
Bein’ born in Algiers at the dark o’ da moon bring a lifetime o’ bad luck…
Back in 1929, Alabama-born blues pianist and singer Charlie Spand was pumpin’ out his toon “Evil Woman Spell.” In it he sang: “I was born in Algiers, Twelve o’clock at night, An’ the moon wasn’t shinin’ And it wasn’t a bit light.” Where ... [More]
The best books on voodoo and hoodoo – and what to do with them…
Prof. Crow was just telling me how a lot of people ask him what the best books are on voodoo and hoodoo to learn from. This is what he tells them: “Well I tell ‘em it’s simple. Go to one of ‘em big book websites an buy every thing ya can with hoodoo or voodoo in the title. ... [More]
Back in my ole pappy’s day hoodoo tricks was straight down the line…
Prof. Crow was reminiscing ’bout his ol’ daddy and his hoodoo secrets last night… “My ole pappy taught me three things, Doc. How to lay tricks, how to lay chicks, and how ta’ lay low from the law. He he he. An’ he taught me the ol’ fashioned ways. Now ... [More]
How Muddy Waters killed a gamblin’ hand…
This was back in the day. Down in the Mississippi Delta. Before bluesman Muddy Waters headed on up to Chicago and went electric. Muddy ran a juke joint. This particular night the place was jumpin’, fish was fryin’, dice was rollin’, and money was being laid down. Muddy was ... [More]
Zono, the Tudor sorcerer who used secret magicks to become one of the immortals…
In life, Zono was a professional sorcerer, a cunning man, operating in London during Tudor times. He was born sometime in the 1520s and died in 1601, two years before the death of Queen Elizabeth 1. In those days spells, witchcraft and magicks could land you in hot water. To openly practice ... [More]
Photo curse – killing with a camera
It was a hellishly hot summer’s day during the mid-1980s. My voodoo mentor, Earl Marlowe, and I where walking by the Thames, not far from Tower Bridge. It was the early days of my association with Earl. He was telling me how, as a seasoned hoodoo man, he preferred curing to killing, but ... [More]
March prize draw winner…
…is Lester from Stoke Newington, London… well done! You’ll be getting a voodoo doll spell of your choice – livewire voodoo to supercharge your life! Get ready… ... [More]
