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Now and then, the old hoodoo doctors of the American South used to say to clients, “You been poisoned nearly to death.” They didn’t mean the person had swallowed arsenic or some other noxious substance. They meant a hex or curse had been laid on them.

The rootworker would go on to explain that an amulet or charm had been buried in a graveyard, thrown in a river, nailed up a tree or simply buried in the dark conjurer’s backyard. And that this was the bad work which was affecting them.

If the person went to a regular doctor, they’d typically be told there was nothing physically wrong with them. But afflicted person would know deep down that something was not right.

That’s why they’d put their faith in a rootworker who would not only diagnose a spiritual illness, but would also lift the curse with a fancy little trick or two of their own.

“…The practice of conjuration was carried out by quite a few. The Negroes who were from the Indies and other islands were greatly responsible for these teachings. The brewin’ of certain concoctions composed of roots, herbs and scraps of cloth with certain fowl feathers was believed to work charms or spells on the persons desired… Read more…