The Student Library
Everything a student of hoodoo needs to look things up, in one place, free. The words, the roots, the old records and the books, all drawn from the people who did the work.
Start anywhere. Every page links to the others.
The Hyatt FilesOur free library from Harry Middleton Hyatt’s five volumes: the hag, the mojo hand, foot track work, court case work and dozens more, in the informants’ own words. New entries every week.
Hoodoo DictionaryThe old words of the work: hand, trick, fix, crossed, toby, nation sack, goofer dust, two-headed. Each explained, and shown in use by someone who lived it.
Roots and HerbsThe roots, herbs and minerals the old workers reached for most, A to Z, with what they used each one for, in their own words.
The Hyatt MapEvery town where Hyatt recorded, 1936 to 1940: how many informants each gave, and the entries that quote them.
Free Hoodoo ResourcesThe slave narratives, the first conjure folklore reports, the old grimoires, the Bible, timing tools and the scholars worth hearing. All free.
Hoodoo Books and SuppliesFree rootwork books you can read tonight, the histories worth owning, the working books we rate, and the top 10 supplies.
In the Store
Plain guides to what is on a hoodoo shop shelf, and what each thing is for.
Hoodoo OilsFast Luck, Van Van, Come to Me, Crown of Success, Hot Foot: the condition oils on the shelf, and what each is for.
7-Day Jar CandlesPlain, double action, reversing, saint, labelled, pull-out or poured, and how workers read the glass.
Figure CandlesMan and woman, lovers, divorce, skull, black cat, seven knob, devil: every shape and what it is burned for.
Roots and CuriosHigh John to coffin nails: the roots, bones, stones and waters on the shop shelf, and what they are for.
Correspondence tables
What each thing was used for, laid out in tables, with a line from the old workers on every row.
Psalms by PurposeThirty Psalms and what the old workers read each one for: court, love, enemies, luck and protection.
Candle ColoursWhat each colour of light was burned for, from white for truth to black for harm, and how a candle was dressed.
Saints and SpiritsThe saints, holy names and spirits the informants called on, and what each was worked for.
Minerals and CuriosLodestone, bluestone, coffin nails, black cat bone and more, A to Z, in the old workers’ words.
Oils, Powders and WatersThe named conjure goods by name: hot foot, steel dust, devil vinegar, Lucky Dog and the rest.
Days, Hours and NumbersWhich day, which hour, which moon, and why three, seven and nine kept turning up.
For our students
Students get printable versions of the tables, a divination record sheet and a working log inside their courses, and 20% off everything at Black Magic Witch, our own supply store. Ask us for your student code.
Learn the work
Hoodoo Witch Certification Course
The Library tells you what things are. The course teaches you how to work them, start to finish.