Language of the Blues - Edmonton Blues Society

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Three factors determine what a mojo hand will accomplish: (1) the color of flannel
chosen to make the bag, (2) the ingredients placed inside the bag, and (3) how the hand is
colors of fabric for different mojos, such as green flannel for a money mojo, white flannel
to bless a baby, or light blue flannel for a peaceful home.
What goes inside the mojo varies with the purpose of the mojo and the proclivities of the
hoodoo practitioner who is preparing it. The mojo almost always includes something
ch as a lock of hair,
some pubic hair, fingernail clippings, or a piece of skin. The mojo maker combines the
will fulfill the desire of the person who plans to wear the bag. The most common
ingredients are roots, such as pieces of John the Conqueror, and herbs. Other
ingredients may range from ash, bone, and insect parts to snakeskin or feathers, or
symbolic items such as dice, a length of chain, or coins.
Once the
oil. A bag may also be fed with whiskey, perfume, or bodily fluids such as spit, urine, or
semen. This seals the spirit inside the mojo. While in West Africa, musicologist John
Miller Chernoff took part in the creation of a juju that involved feeding the juju with gin,
corn soup, and corn meal (see juju).
The mojo bag may be carried by the person casting the spell, or hidden in the home of the
person on whom the spell is being cast. If you suspect you are the victim of a mojo, you
can get a root doctor to help you break the spell, but your best bet is to find the mojo in
its hiding place and destroy it. As long as the person who has hoodooed you can keep the
mojo hidden, he or she can still control you. Of course, the real question is, Who done
hoodooed the hoodoo man?
rider) had a mojo hidden
from him that kept him from making love to any other woman:
Songs:
Every time I start to loving, she ease that thing on me
- Robert Johnson
- Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield)
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- Blind Lemon Jefferson
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