For those who do not know, my name is Jatohn or you can call me Jah. I am many things--a Conjurer, a Rootworker, an Ancestral Medium, Apetebi within Orisha Tradition and a teacher. But let's keep it simple, I am what they would call a Hoodoo, in the plainest of terms.
Obituaries are records of people's lives. Especially for black folks. My grandma kept a tin of every single obituary of family and friends. It's allowed for us to trace family lineages because they often mention names of parents, spouses, children, cousins and more.
Ancestors in the mouth is a whole nother level. I also see amethyst and possibly black obsidian?? He knows his words are powerful and reinforcing them. He could speak a man into the grave.
A bunch of mostly ⚪️ people having a giant party on Indigenious sacred ground. Last year there were fire tornados. This year, acid lakes and the plague. What's not clicking?
Everyone is talking about exes coming back during the Retrograde but I think people should be moreso on the lookout for old frenemies. Because those will be the ones you actually let back in and they will give you evil eye.
Kendrick wasn't referring to homosexuality, he was referring to predators. And now yall out here creating videos about hypothetical SA. YOU 🫵🏾 are the Freaky Ass Nigga he was referring to. Get packed up immediately!
A white person will never be able to learn or practice Hoodoo. I dont care how many herbs they collect or how many books they read or how many videos they watch. Hoodoo isn't just knowing a recipe. It's about the spirit that flows through an entire culture and lineage of our ppl
Do people not realize how hard it is to focus on your health when you are just trying your best to keep a roof over your head? What therapist or who's gym you going to when you work 18 hour shifts/6 days a week? These are some people's reality. I know because it used to be mine
So glad my great grandma broke that generational curse. She had 17 kids and refused to hit them because "my chil'rn ain't slaves" HER WORDS. And she grew up in the deep Mississippi SOUF. OKAY
You need to tell your ancestors that you are dreaming bigger than what they received and refuse to accept less because of generational traumas. That's part of elevating your dead.
A lot of these "divine feminine" influencers are trying to live up to the colonizers standards of feminity. Being feminine is so much more than having babies and trying to be delicate.
This next full moon is extra special. Not only is it the second of 2, back to back Aquarius Full Moons. It's 2nd full moon in the same month also known as a "blue moon". Closing out a very powerful Leo Season, on a SUN day. This energy is really "once in a blue moon".
Every year I get older, I find why there is the old witch in the woods stereotype. Because that witch truly has the right idea. Go get you some land in the mountains away from all the chaos. And if someone really needs you, they should be willing to take the journey.
Being able to read energies and receive messages isn't as amazing as it seems. Knowing people's motives saves my ass a lot of times, but it's also tiring severing relationships constantly
The belly button and the back of the neck are main entry ways for spirit to enter your body. So when your stomach is in knots. Or when that chill go down the back of your spine. That isn't just because, it's signals from spirit. Usually telling you something ain't right.
Yemoja took her own son, Shango, into the middle of the ocean who was fire and threatened to extinguish him just to teach him respect. Yemoja flooded the entire earth because Obatala forgot to invite her to a party. That's the energy we are fucking with.
People pretend like they want this life as a spiritualist. Like it's some cute aesthetic. Can we talk about how this shit is actually work tho! I'm constantly doing self shadow work even unintentionally. I spend so much time at the altar, caring for the spirits I work with and
My neighbors found out that I own over 200 different herbs and now every time they have an ailment of some sort, they message me asking what can help. I usually end up blending them some sort of tea. They repay with weed and food.
People start doing spiritual work and then freak out when things start moving and changing. This is what you asked for. You are the one who set this in motion. It doesn't look like how you thought it would, did you?
My first ancestor altar in my home was just the top of a paint chipped dresser with some photos and art I painted for them. I would read Bible verses to them even though I was still battling my own trauma with Christianity. It wasn't much. But they heard me.
Can we talk about why money manifestation can be dangerous without tapping into Ancestral energy. Specifically money manifestation. Not abundance or wealth. Which yes, there is a difference. It's easier to manifest a quick $1k than it is to become a millionaire. Here's why...
So I just uploaded all 5 volumes of this collection onto The Library on The Hoodoo Forum (yes for free). Hyatt Middleton was an anthropologist who collected thousands of interviews from Rootworkers, Conjurers and Hoodoos in the late 1930s.
Some of the deepest spiritual conversations I've ever had is with gang members. They have seen some things. Because some of the most active spirits live around death, trauma and the streets. Talk about shadows living over them. But they actually mean literally.
Hoodoo really does gatekeep itself. The plants, jars and herbs aren't what make Hoodoo. It's the black ancestral spirits. And if you don't have ties to both the blood lineage AND accepting of black culture, you will never have the key to the gate.
There is a difference between Hoodoo and Rootwork that I think has gotten used as a synonym over the years. There are Rootworkers who are Hoodoo. But Hoodoo is much more than Rootwork. There are Griots, Doulas (both birth and death), Mediums, Musicians and more.
Being a manifester/spiritualist/conjurer/etc and still letting your co-workers, manager and these companies stress you is FOOLISH. Everyone ready to throw their neighbors, cousins and FB associates in a jar. 🗣 PUT BECKY IN THE FREEZER AND GET YO PROMOTION! 🗣 PUT BOB IN YO SHOE
Rootwork isn't Hoodoo.
But the spirit of Hoodoo can help with Rootwork
Conjure isn't Hoodoo.
But the spirit of Hoodoo can help with Conjure
Hoodoo is blackness existing.
Hoodoo is the spirit of black culture and our story.
Anyone can use herbs and pray.
But only WE can Hoodoo
Hoodoo was created from enslaved BLACK folks who were doing what they could with the nothing they were given and with the leftovers of theirs that was taken. Those ancestors broke free of working for white folk when they left this plane of existence, back across the seas.
Hoodoo spirits will never share their power or truths with those who don't understand boundaries, hard work and respect. You could read all day. You will never truly understand if you not in and FOR the culture.
This altar was set up outside in my neighborhood and is very much a traditional boveda. This filled my heart with so much joy to see this in public. We shouldn't be shamed of our Ancestral practices.
We living in an age where you can't just be a Hoodoo, you gotta be a Hoodoo Scholar. That in itself is a new transformation within the practice. I see why people who have legitimate blood ties to the tradition feel so ousted. This is a new barrier created by capitalism.
Yall are so used to living in a "next day delivery" world. That you have no patience for your own workings. Conjure takes time. You literally manipulating nature-centric forces. It takes while for a seed to grow. And you should be watering it with hope. Doubt is killing your work
You can freeze your boss. You can put every nasty co-worker in your shoe. And I'm not saying nothing is wrong with it because I've done it to get by. But we spend so much of our time at jobs. Even if we don't really want to be there. If it's really that bad, LEAVE. Trust me.
You can burn as many candles, buy all the oils and speak all the Psalms you want. None of that will do anything if you don't believe in yourself. And have the patience and fortitude to back up your faith. Losing faith is the biggest way to cross yourself up
Black people have been disconnected from their spirituality because for many they associated it with being "country". And people considered that to be uncultured and uneducated. When that wasn't the truth. It was truly just propaganda for anti-blackness.
Every time I talk about money, I always get those people who want to downplay it like it's not important. Money is important. Money is a entire spirit and it's not evil. The source you are looking to hate is colonialism which has turned Money into an oppressive tool.
Some of the best spiritualist/practioners/ect I know have the smallest social media followings or no social media at all. Can't let social media clout dictate who you decide to work with or learn from.
I know we like to throw around the word ancestor as a meaning to someone who has passed, but on a serious tip, not everyone who dies becomes an ancestor. Ancestors become ancestors through PURPOSEFUL elevation and Veneration.
Protection jewelry is meant to break. That's really the entire point. It's a warning system to give you a heads up on what's happening in the ether. Depending on what you were using the jewelry for, gives you some insight.
My TL is filled with gardens, art, spirituality and beautiful joyous black people. These algorithms are based off how we perceive life and what we decide to engage with. So if you hate what your seeing on your TL, maybe it's time to redirect your energy and focus to your joys.
@kemimarie
My social media is so spiritual heavy I sometimes forget how a majority of other people have almost none or even negative connection to Spirit. And honestly it's wild to see people with no spiritual development of any kind.
Being clairaudient is truly sick sometimes. Because people would love to believe spirit can be heard in full sentences. When more often its beeps, clicks and whistles and every now and again a disembodied word/phrase.
A 50ft snake just happens to show up in your house and destroy your whole ceiling??? Snakes don't even wanna be around other creatures like that so how??
Stop being scared to do work against the corporate machine that only wants to use you up and then throw you to the side after they no longer find you useful. Your co-workers are not your friends. I'll say it again--YOUR COWORKERS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS. The spiritual energy that
I know yall like blowing cinnamon out your front door for prosperity but mix a lil red brick dirt into the cinnamon next time.
No point of asking abundance to come to your door if you can't secure it.
venerate. This is a lonely ass path. You will no longer resonate with many old friends and even family as well. You expend so much energy into work! And sometimes you have to get your hands dirty to clean shit up. Love n light isn't real spirituality. Work is.
I really can't deal with performative spiritualism. And what I mean by that are people who are basically doing a cosplay or theatrics of what being a spiritualist should stereotypically look, speak and do. It's very obvious and very corny.
@nottydesignss
100 percent an air sign thing. I didn't watch Insecure for years just because everyone told me to watch it. And I binged the whole thing in 2 weeks last year.
People are gonna come for me for saying this. But question your ancestors, too. They are here to help guide you. But YOU are the one who has to live this life.