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Hoodoo Bible Magic: Sacred Secrets of Scriptural Sorcery
It has been said that we are created in God's own image. There are those who know and understand this to mean that IN EACH OF US IS A SPARK OF THE DIVINE -- a spark which can aid us to attain wisdom, riches, love, joy, health, and success through the power of God's Holy Word. THIS IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT!
Practical, honest, and straightforward, this book teaches the history and unlocks the mystery of Christian Conjuration with the Holy Scriptures. Learn ancient traditional spells of Psalmic Magic from forgotten books of Jewish wisdom preserved by African American elders, open the Bible's treasure-house of Secret Charms and Sacred Amulets, and prepare yourself for revelations and wonders. The Bible is a magic book! THIS book tells you just how to use it.
QUESTIONS THE WHOLE WORLD HAS ASKED ARE NOW ANSWERED!
Practical, honest, and straightforward, this book teaches the history and unlocks the mystery of Christian Conjuration with the Holy Scriptures. Learn ancient traditional spells of Psalmic Magic from forgotten books of Jewish wisdom preserved by African American elders, open the Bible's treasure-house of Secret Charms and Sacred Amulets, and prepare yourself for revelations and wonders. The Bible is a magic book! THIS book tells you just how to use it.
QUESTIONS THE WHOLE WORLD HAS ASKED ARE NOW ANSWERED!
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First published May 14, 2014
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January 26, 2016
This book is an interesting book. It covers a lot of different aspects of working with the bible within the folk magic tradition of Hoodoo. As a witch I am interested in learning more about Hoodoo and working with the bible in their spells and rituals. That is one of the reasons why I bought this book. The other reason was so I could start to add Bible magic to my spell work and my personal practices.
This book is a very short read but packed full of information. It is very concise but covers many topics from how the bible entered the practice of Hoodoo to if working magic is even compatible with reading the bible and understanding its work. There are also several different examples of practical magic and ways to work with the bible in day to day life.
The book starts with covering how the bible enters Hoodoo. The authors made it clear that the use of the Bible in Hoodoo is directly tied into some of the hardest times for the Slaves and the African American's in the south. It is also made clear that now today these practices are inseparable from Hoodoo in any real sense of the work.
Next they cover if magic is compatible with the Bible. Here we are given examples of scripture and texts from within the Bible that illustrate magical practices and that you can work magic from the Bible. In this section the authors cover a selection of different "Heroes" within the Bible that worked magic in some way shape or form.
Finally in the section of begining to understand the Bible and Hoodoo the authors cover Root Doctors and Rootworkers as spiritual leaders and leaders of the church. Several examples are given for how these workers were community leaders not only in magical work but spiritual needs as well.
The section section of this book is probably the largest and most important section. This is the section that teaches working with the Bible in magical works. This section is titled "Forget Not it's benefits". This gives the idea of just how important the Bible is as a text to Hoodoo workings.
The first section is about how the Bible itself is a magical text. Here we are showm just how much power is within the Bible. We are taught about making prayer papers and how each verse of the Bible has its own power. The most important lesson here I found was that of the respect for the Bible.
Some spells and workings in Hoodoo call for tearing out passages from the Bible. Here the authors make it clear that by writing the passages down on paper and tearing that paper you have the connection to the verse without needing to deface a Bible. The power for them is in the verse itself so simply writing the verse has power.
Other topics include a folk story about how in battle a Bible stopped a bullet from reaching a Solider, the Jewish Mizpah and the Jewish Protective Mezuzah, and several other small biblical charms.
The next part of this section was on scriptural uses of magic. Here the author goes into discussions about how there are other verses and books of the Bible that can be worked with for magic as well as the Psalms. The author included a lists of various Bible verses and how they could potentially be used in magic. The author also included a list of verses that explain that God does in fact listen to people. This part of the Scripture ends with a description of "pleading the blood pf Jesus" with scriptures giving examples to the practice and how it is used.
The largest section of the "Forget not it's benefits" is a section on working with the Psalms. Here the authors do include a list of uses for every Psalm in the Book of Psalms. The author includes a passage on the "secrets of the Psalms" as well as how to find the sacred names within the Psalms. The most useful section of this chapter is the two lists of uses for the Psalms. One is a quick list by type of working listing the Psalms in order by number and the other is listing each Psalm individually with the uses next to them.
The 23rd Psalm is one of the most well known Psalms out there. After providing us with a list of Pslams and their uses the authors provide us with several different uses for the 23rd Psalm. There are examples of blessings, protection spells, and a succsess spell as well. The 23rd Psalm is one of the most versitile Psalms in the book of Psalms which is why these suggestions are great for getting to know and work with that Psalm.
This section ends with a list of Pslams for fighting your enemies and sending back or reversing evil sent to you. Both of those sets used together could create powerful spells for protection. These lists give you some ideas on working with the Psalms so you can then start to create your own spells and rituals with the Psalms.
The next section was on using the Bible for Divination. In essence this practice involves flipping through the Bible with your eyes closed. When you stop flipping through pages you read the verse that you fingers land on and contemplate it's meaning. The other topic covered is the use of dream interpretation and dreams in the Bible as a source of oracles and divination practices.
The final section covering the uses of the Bible in magical practice is a section on Devotional Prayer. The authors cover how we should Pray and what prayer is. The author covers types of prayer and how you can use prayer to preach. This section ends with a sermon that was essentially a prayed Curse regarding Hitler.
Bible Spells Old and New comes after reminding us of the uses of the Bible. Here the authors provided several different types of spells and workings that use the Bible. The authors start with steady work and succsess, which is followed by returning people and lost goods, Love is next (covering love, family, and reconciling with loved ones). After love we get into Helping and blessing, Harming and Cursing, and we end with protection and Jinx breaking. These spells cover basically every need that comes up in most day to day lives.
The Book ends with a selection of Frequently asked questions regarding Hoodoo, the Bible and the many practices associated. These questions include how to choose prayers for specific works, asking about psalms or scripture verses for quick financial windfalls, and even making a payment to Jesus. These are questions that are found on my Hoodoo and Conjure forums so having a list and answers is a great way to get answers for questions you have that may have already been asked.
This book gets 5/5 stars as it covers so many different ways to work with the Bible. The authors provide several resources, contextual examples, and workings that we can use right away to get started. They cover most magical and spiritual needs within the book so it is an excellent resource for beginners.
This book is a very short read but packed full of information. It is very concise but covers many topics from how the bible entered the practice of Hoodoo to if working magic is even compatible with reading the bible and understanding its work. There are also several different examples of practical magic and ways to work with the bible in day to day life.
The book starts with covering how the bible enters Hoodoo. The authors made it clear that the use of the Bible in Hoodoo is directly tied into some of the hardest times for the Slaves and the African American's in the south. It is also made clear that now today these practices are inseparable from Hoodoo in any real sense of the work.
Next they cover if magic is compatible with the Bible. Here we are given examples of scripture and texts from within the Bible that illustrate magical practices and that you can work magic from the Bible. In this section the authors cover a selection of different "Heroes" within the Bible that worked magic in some way shape or form.
Finally in the section of begining to understand the Bible and Hoodoo the authors cover Root Doctors and Rootworkers as spiritual leaders and leaders of the church. Several examples are given for how these workers were community leaders not only in magical work but spiritual needs as well.
The section section of this book is probably the largest and most important section. This is the section that teaches working with the Bible in magical works. This section is titled "Forget Not it's benefits". This gives the idea of just how important the Bible is as a text to Hoodoo workings.
The first section is about how the Bible itself is a magical text. Here we are showm just how much power is within the Bible. We are taught about making prayer papers and how each verse of the Bible has its own power. The most important lesson here I found was that of the respect for the Bible.
Some spells and workings in Hoodoo call for tearing out passages from the Bible. Here the authors make it clear that by writing the passages down on paper and tearing that paper you have the connection to the verse without needing to deface a Bible. The power for them is in the verse itself so simply writing the verse has power.
Other topics include a folk story about how in battle a Bible stopped a bullet from reaching a Solider, the Jewish Mizpah and the Jewish Protective Mezuzah, and several other small biblical charms.
The next part of this section was on scriptural uses of magic. Here the author goes into discussions about how there are other verses and books of the Bible that can be worked with for magic as well as the Psalms. The author included a lists of various Bible verses and how they could potentially be used in magic. The author also included a list of verses that explain that God does in fact listen to people. This part of the Scripture ends with a description of "pleading the blood pf Jesus" with scriptures giving examples to the practice and how it is used.
The largest section of the "Forget not it's benefits" is a section on working with the Psalms. Here the authors do include a list of uses for every Psalm in the Book of Psalms. The author includes a passage on the "secrets of the Psalms" as well as how to find the sacred names within the Psalms. The most useful section of this chapter is the two lists of uses for the Psalms. One is a quick list by type of working listing the Psalms in order by number and the other is listing each Psalm individually with the uses next to them.
The 23rd Psalm is one of the most well known Psalms out there. After providing us with a list of Pslams and their uses the authors provide us with several different uses for the 23rd Psalm. There are examples of blessings, protection spells, and a succsess spell as well. The 23rd Psalm is one of the most versitile Psalms in the book of Psalms which is why these suggestions are great for getting to know and work with that Psalm.
This section ends with a list of Pslams for fighting your enemies and sending back or reversing evil sent to you. Both of those sets used together could create powerful spells for protection. These lists give you some ideas on working with the Psalms so you can then start to create your own spells and rituals with the Psalms.
The next section was on using the Bible for Divination. In essence this practice involves flipping through the Bible with your eyes closed. When you stop flipping through pages you read the verse that you fingers land on and contemplate it's meaning. The other topic covered is the use of dream interpretation and dreams in the Bible as a source of oracles and divination practices.
The final section covering the uses of the Bible in magical practice is a section on Devotional Prayer. The authors cover how we should Pray and what prayer is. The author covers types of prayer and how you can use prayer to preach. This section ends with a sermon that was essentially a prayed Curse regarding Hitler.
Bible Spells Old and New comes after reminding us of the uses of the Bible. Here the authors provided several different types of spells and workings that use the Bible. The authors start with steady work and succsess, which is followed by returning people and lost goods, Love is next (covering love, family, and reconciling with loved ones). After love we get into Helping and blessing, Harming and Cursing, and we end with protection and Jinx breaking. These spells cover basically every need that comes up in most day to day lives.
The Book ends with a selection of Frequently asked questions regarding Hoodoo, the Bible and the many practices associated. These questions include how to choose prayers for specific works, asking about psalms or scripture verses for quick financial windfalls, and even making a payment to Jesus. These are questions that are found on my Hoodoo and Conjure forums so having a list and answers is a great way to get answers for questions you have that may have already been asked.
This book gets 5/5 stars as it covers so many different ways to work with the Bible. The authors provide several resources, contextual examples, and workings that we can use right away to get started. They cover most magical and spiritual needs within the book so it is an excellent resource for beginners.
June 9, 2016
This book is an interesting book full of information. It covers a lot of different aspects of working with the bible within the folk magic tradition of Hoodoo.
July 29, 2020
First Reading: September 15, 2016 - September 22, 2016
I realize the name of the book, and even its colors, might be rather cheesy-looking, but try not to judge a book by its cover. It's meant to reflect an era when books of this type were usually published. If I could give this seven stars, I would. But five will do.
When I was a fundamentalist a while back, I got a strong impression that somehow the bible could be used as a kind of a grimoire, but I couldn't prove it. I would "search the scriptures" over and over again periodically, trying to figure out exactly how someone could do what Jesus, Moses, Elijah, and a number of other people in the bible did, and how I could use scripture like that. I really meant it, considering I was once in the midst of more than one situation that, because of my age, I couldn't legally get out of. (Yeah, it was bad.) Even when I finally could, the damage was done. So I took ministers and scripture seriously when it came to causing things to happen. I never did find what I was looking for, and the ministers themselves limited the power to such things as evangelism, healing, and worship. Not much more beyond that. I was obviously in the wrong set of churches. So secrets were left buried. Well, too late now.
This book was written in 2014, long after I needed it. Nevertheless, it's not vague...it's unbelievably clear and understandable. For a book that's only 96 pages, it answers a ton of questions on how to effectively use the bible in a practical manner...more than what I could ever hope for. It also gives background, history, and even how words and turns-of-phrases in the KJV (and only that version) come extremely close to the original Hebrew scripture...which is really impressive. Just because the bible itself has questionable sources overall, that doesn't mean it can't be used like an arsenal. The two authors put a lot of thought, study, and organization into their material...this is no hack job. It even gives web links in the midst of the book to refer to for more info.
I could go on and on, but I'll sound like a raving maniac. So I'll just say this book is highly recommended. It's far more than what I could ever imagine, let alone ask for...even if it did come a few decades late for me. But better late than never, I guess. After all, there's been a lot of improvements since the early twentieth century anyway. That's a good thing...and in this case, a very good thing. Just be careful...knowledge can be abused for no good reason.
Second Reading: June 28, 2020 - July 28, 2020
I read the book slower this time. It’s read at a time when Covid-19 is raging all over the place, especially in Florida, Black Lives Matter protests are taking place in several cities, Little Beirut (aka Portland, Oregon) is turning into another Hong Kong because of a standoff between ever-growing numbers of protesters (at one time down from only several hundred,) and more federal presence that is being sent in from DC...Austin, Texas (Portland’s sister city) just had someone killed by a driver trying to run over protesters, an election is supposed to happen in just four months, and the economy is in deep six. And there’s talks about sending kids back to school...safely. (Sure.) That’s only part of what’s happening. This is the environment which motivated me to reread this book, because at any time I just might need what’s in it at the spur of the moment.
Anyway, there’s almost nothing I would change from the first review. Probably the only thing I would add...and the thing I’d recommend...is to not just take the spells as they are. I think the reason they were included in the book was not just to be used as is, but to demonstrate how scripture can be included in any spell, no matter how simple or complicated. I suggest to take each spell apart, analyze where the passage(s)of scripture are, ask yourself why it’s in there (sometimes that could be the toughest part, but if you look hard enough, you’ll find its reason isn’t as random as it first looks,) which component of the spell represents what, and how it all works together. You can use the spell as a whole later, but at least study it first to get the idea how each part might relate to the other, and how they might logically work with the rest.
One word though...There are a few spells in there that don’t actually include scripture. Instead, it’s replaced by a bible-based prayer or statement. Don’t let it throw you like it did me. In a remote way, it’s still connected to the subject matter at hand.
I realize the name of the book, and even its colors, might be rather cheesy-looking, but try not to judge a book by its cover. It's meant to reflect an era when books of this type were usually published. If I could give this seven stars, I would. But five will do.
When I was a fundamentalist a while back, I got a strong impression that somehow the bible could be used as a kind of a grimoire, but I couldn't prove it. I would "search the scriptures" over and over again periodically, trying to figure out exactly how someone could do what Jesus, Moses, Elijah, and a number of other people in the bible did, and how I could use scripture like that. I really meant it, considering I was once in the midst of more than one situation that, because of my age, I couldn't legally get out of. (Yeah, it was bad.) Even when I finally could, the damage was done. So I took ministers and scripture seriously when it came to causing things to happen. I never did find what I was looking for, and the ministers themselves limited the power to such things as evangelism, healing, and worship. Not much more beyond that. I was obviously in the wrong set of churches. So secrets were left buried. Well, too late now.
This book was written in 2014, long after I needed it. Nevertheless, it's not vague...it's unbelievably clear and understandable. For a book that's only 96 pages, it answers a ton of questions on how to effectively use the bible in a practical manner...more than what I could ever hope for. It also gives background, history, and even how words and turns-of-phrases in the KJV (and only that version) come extremely close to the original Hebrew scripture...which is really impressive. Just because the bible itself has questionable sources overall, that doesn't mean it can't be used like an arsenal. The two authors put a lot of thought, study, and organization into their material...this is no hack job. It even gives web links in the midst of the book to refer to for more info.
I could go on and on, but I'll sound like a raving maniac. So I'll just say this book is highly recommended. It's far more than what I could ever imagine, let alone ask for...even if it did come a few decades late for me. But better late than never, I guess. After all, there's been a lot of improvements since the early twentieth century anyway. That's a good thing...and in this case, a very good thing. Just be careful...knowledge can be abused for no good reason.
Second Reading: June 28, 2020 - July 28, 2020
I read the book slower this time. It’s read at a time when Covid-19 is raging all over the place, especially in Florida, Black Lives Matter protests are taking place in several cities, Little Beirut (aka Portland, Oregon) is turning into another Hong Kong because of a standoff between ever-growing numbers of protesters (at one time down from only several hundred,) and more federal presence that is being sent in from DC...Austin, Texas (Portland’s sister city) just had someone killed by a driver trying to run over protesters, an election is supposed to happen in just four months, and the economy is in deep six. And there’s talks about sending kids back to school...safely. (Sure.) That’s only part of what’s happening. This is the environment which motivated me to reread this book, because at any time I just might need what’s in it at the spur of the moment.
Anyway, there’s almost nothing I would change from the first review. Probably the only thing I would add...and the thing I’d recommend...is to not just take the spells as they are. I think the reason they were included in the book was not just to be used as is, but to demonstrate how scripture can be included in any spell, no matter how simple or complicated. I suggest to take each spell apart, analyze where the passage(s)of scripture are, ask yourself why it’s in there (sometimes that could be the toughest part, but if you look hard enough, you’ll find its reason isn’t as random as it first looks,) which component of the spell represents what, and how it all works together. You can use the spell as a whole later, but at least study it first to get the idea how each part might relate to the other, and how they might logically work with the rest.
One word though...There are a few spells in there that don’t actually include scripture. Instead, it’s replaced by a bible-based prayer or statement. Don’t let it throw you like it did me. In a remote way, it’s still connected to the subject matter at hand.
April 22, 2021
As a southern Jew raised in NC it was great to learn some things about my own area, where I grew up, and be brought back to my core through the magic of the Bible!
July 17, 2022
I made the mistake of not buying this book sooner. Anyone who practices hoodoo must add this to the collection. This is a great way to enhance your bible magic.
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