Hoodoo in Theory and Practice by Catherine Yronwode
An online book with hundreds of interlinked illustrated web pages on African-American folk-magic (a.k.a. hoodoo, rootwork, or conjure). Included are descriptions of how to lay tricks; burn candles and incense; sprinkle powders; make mojo bags; prepar
http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoo.htmlHoodoo: An Afro-Diaspora Tradition
A New World name of an Ancient African Magical Tradition.
http://www.MamiWata.com/hoodoo.html
Index of 19th Century Southern Texts
An archive of texts by Charles W. Chestnutt, Joel Chandler Harris, and Mary Alice Owen that mention African-American hoodoo beliefs that derive from African religious sources. Also included at the site are extracts from Mark Twain's works that me
http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/projects/riedy/texts.html
Obeah and Kumina - Definitions
Brief definitions of Obeah and Kumina, from a larger site on Jamaican folklore.
http://luna.cas.usf.edu/~alaing/jfolk.html#obeah
Obeah: Afro-Shamanistik Witchcraft
An occultist's compilation of views on Jamaican Obeah, stressing magical aspects and minimizing religious ones, with extracts from W. Somerset Maugham and Azoth Kalafou.
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/obeah.html
Rethinking the Nature and Tasks of African-American Theology
Anthony B. Pinn of Macalester College provides scholarly examples of how hoodoo and other African-based religious practices form a "second stream" within African-American Christianity, forcing a recognition of theological complexity beyond
http://www.mamiwata.com/hoodoo4.html
UCLA Folklore Archives - Hoodoo Heritage: Hyatt Field Recordings
A brief introduction to UCLA's holdings of the collected papers of the folklorist Harry M. Hyatt, who interviewed hoodoo practitioners throughout the South during the 1930s and again in 1970. The site contains sound clips and transcripts from a 1
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/folklore/special/
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