News — hoodoo history
Cut-up Technique with Carolina Dean
conjure hoodoo hoodoo education hoodoo history hoodoo petition hoodoo theory hoodoo tricks petition spell work
This is a petition paper crafted by Carolina Dean using the cut-up technique that I’ve been meaning to bring y’all’s attention to. He’s done quite a few of them but this is the one that caught my attention at first and prompted me to ask if I could quote and use it as an example. I love this so much, as a rootworker and as a former literature professor. I think the technique is really powerful on a number of levels. Of course it’s a petition/prayer and depending on how you structure it, an affirmation. And the construction of a...
Hoodoo in the Lowcountry
beaufort black history conjure drama dr. buzzard dr. eagle ed mcteer folk magic folk medicine georgia gullah-geechee culture hoodoo hoodoo history lowcountry minerva mother kent prophet south carolina south magazine southern culture st. helena island the high sherrif
“Lowcountry Root Doctors” in South Magazine covers, among other things, the delightful (and epic) tale of the battle between the High Sherrif vs. Dr. Buzzard.