shewhohonors

[shewhohonors]

Reblog if you’re black tumblr

and yes you have to be black, this isn’t an all access typa club

[shewhohonors]

Hello! I feel like this is the first actual newsletter type thing I’ve ever written. I’ve never been one for super formal announcements in written form. I’ve never been one for a long spiel about what is coming or what I’m up to, but this is different as you’ll see. As I've been on my own personal journey, spiritually and otherwise, one thing that has remained consistent is my connection to the ocean and to my blackness, though this has come through in different ways as far as my practice.

Over this past year I’ve been thinking of how I can create healing space for my folks to reconnect to that and each other. This concept was solidified for me in the past week. I saw a post on facebook going into the depths of black trauma as it relates to water. This fear and trauma extends beyond fear of swimming and the waves themselves, but goes into fear of being swept away, fear of feeling, and knowing all the ways we’ve been disconnected from our bodies makes sense.

This is a call with open arms

If you are black (or a poc) and feeling a call to the ocean, a call to the water of any sort please reach out to me. I would love to help you cultivate that in a way that is safe. How would I help with that? It will be heavy on ancestral work, heavy on raising the vibes of the sea around you on dry land. I would like to point out that this isn’t only a space for healing that one particular wound, but we are moving through trauma, shadow work, and anything else the spirit deems fit in this watery space.

As we return to the sea that is our mother, and the sea that is ourselves I pray that you feel held.

There is a public facebook for events and open doors, but most if not all of the work will be done in discord and zoom calls. Please feel free to contact me for anything.

[shewhohonors]

Yea, we have one it’s been active since 2018. Hoodoo/conjure based. Open to minors. Blackness required

do you know of any active witchy/hoodoo discords?

Not at the moment, no! I usually stay away from discords, but if anyone knows any please let anon know!

[shewhohonors]

Hi! I see that you have a lot of helpful information on hoodoo and rootwork. I was wondering if you had any information on doing work at/in a cemetery. I know what I want to accomplish and the workings for when I get in but i want to make sure my protection is strong and I am confused about the passenger seat stuff. TIA

My only advice is to not go to the cemetery UNTIL you’re ready and fully equipped to handle “the passenger seat stuff”.

I don’t give advice about the cemetery cause no matter what I say if a person wants to go they gon go. So either wait and get better in your spiritual skills, find a mentor that you vibe with or fuck around and find out.

[shewhohonors]

@biracialandconfused you’re welcome.

HELP PLEASE, I NEED KNOWLEDGE THAT I DON’T HAVE!!!

Hello world, so I’m hoping I’ve tagged this right and it’s gotten to the black/African American, biracial, and poc magic users on tumblr. 

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[shewhohonors]

You’re right on the Hoodoo & voodoo part but my best advice would be to look into past religions of Cameroon and if that area before it was “Cameroon”. Also if you do your ancestral work-once it comes to that point you can just ask your family to lead you.

HELP PLEASE, I NEED KNOWLEDGE THAT I DON’T HAVE!!!

Hello world, so I’m hoping I’ve tagged this right and it’s gotten to the black/African American, biracial, and poc magic users on tumblr. 

Keep reading

[shewhohonors]

Hey everyone~  I’m not sure how to title this, but I wanted to share some of what has helped me along my ancestral journey. When I made my tumblr about 11 months ago, I came here to learn and honestly didn’t expect to have much to input myself. I certainly wasn’t expecting nearly 1,000 people to follow my blog and I’m truly grateful for every one of you. I appreciate the platform that has been granted to me and I hope that it’s of help to you. Here are some of the steps I’ve taken in my life that have assisted my journey, sparked my remembering, and have truly helped me develop both an internal peace and a steady fire to face the material conditions of the world we inhabit.

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[shewhohonors]

Linkin Park feat. Jay-Z - Numb/Encore (Collision Course 2004)

Truly a masterpiece and groundbreaking fusion of rap and rock. 

[shewhohonors]

@punkkeroppi

We are a collective of Black rootworkers who have created a safe space for other Black rootworkers to learn and share information! We welcome Black conjurers of all experience levels and ages above 15 (please be honest about your age as there are age-locked channels). 

We offer study groups to advance and strengthen members knowledge of hoodoo practices, movie nights to build community within our server, and events that heal, protect and honor our community as a whole. 

Church of Conjure is very firm on holding each member accountable for their actions and opinions. We do not condone bigotry or cultural appropriation in any capacity. 

To join us, click on the link below to join our discord server! Please be prepared to send a photo or something to prove that you have African ancestry to one of our mods/admins. We do not discriminate against mixed or white passing people, but we want to ensure that we are not allowing appropriators in our space.

https://discord.gg/SMTGDFz

[shewhohonors]

Hi! I've recently been trying to connect with my more traditional african american culture by learning and practicing hoodoo. I was wondering if there were any discord servers or groups that are open to accepting any newbies. I want to get more perspective and advice from more hoodoo/rootworkers.

Yup have one. Send an asks off anon & I’ll invite you

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About afrolatinx practicing hoodoo... change the word hoodoo in the post to santería or voudún and latinamerica and see what happens. We need solidarity across the diaspora. If afrolatinx should be excluded from hoodoo then how about we get off santería and haitian voudún? i mean, those aren't american... how could they help us??? right??????

I feel like you’re trying to either bastardize my point, or make it into a race war thing when that’s not it at all.

I agree we need solidarity across the diaspora, my point is that Afro-Latinos should not act or position themselves as an authority on what is & isnt Hoodoo. I feel like people (some Afro-Latinos~some others) often use Hoodoo as a catch all and I don’t view Hoodoo in that way. And at the time of my post, I saw people uplifting the voice of an Afro-latin Hoodoo practitioner OVER the voice of a Black practitioner and I had questions because wtf is that. Like just cause you’re African descendant doesn’t mean Hoodoo is where you need to be, just as me being Black is not a key of entrance for some other practice. People just go to Hoodoo cause there’s “no initiations” and cause there’s “no journey other than your ancestors”. They individualize Hoodoo and then promote others to continue that movement. Obviously I disagree.

Is this sufficient? Do you understand my point now?

[shewhohonors]

I agree with what @samorisesh said in their reply. Hoodoo is african period. The end. It didn’t need any influence from any other culture to be hoodoo.

Appalachian folk magic might be more of the collective/augmentation of other practices here. And some people will call it Hoodoo or “Hillfolk Hoodoo” but I disagree with that and feel like that’s extremely dismissive to the fact that Hoodoo is a religion and not “magic”.

Hoodoo is also the full religion/practice while Conjure and Rootwork are branches within it: Conjure is working with spirits. Rootworking is utilizing the spirits of herbs and roots. Hoodoo’s can do both or one of them.

I would also,personally, either exclude or dive deeper into the claim of Vodun being the possible originating religion of Hoodoo.

Question for the Conjurerers, Rootworkers, and Afro-practitioners

Does Hoodoo incorporate any Appalachian folk magic? I’m changing up this subreddit and the definitions for our traditional practices feels..... off.

Anything y’all feel should be changed?

[shewhohonors]

I was looking for information on candles for my witchcraft blog, specifically if there was significance in how the wax melts. I found some information about melted-wax-reading, however the website is purely Hoodoo, so I was wondering; Is candle wax reading a closed practice? Because I know Hoodoo is a closed religion, but I also know that some of its practices are shared with other religions/crafts

no. candle wax reading is a open method of divination for folks.

[shewhohonors]

This has been on my mind for a while but tbh if you aren’t a descendant of enslaved africans in america you aren’t practicing Hoodoo. While I appreciate the afro-latin homies, I’m tired of y’all feeling like you have room to speak on what is and isnt hoodoo.

No shade all tea, how can a practice born under the influence of oppression and slavery in america benefit someone under the oppression and slavery in latin america—or anywhere else. This is a problem with the umbrella of Blackness. They are not the same and I really wish we could have a conversation about this nuance within Hoodoo.

It’s also cringe considering the amount of anti-blackness I’ve seen exhibited by afro-latin “Hoodoo” practitioners.

Hoodoo as it is and has been, is more so like a gateway tradition where people connect with their ancestors then go to some other ATR. But I genuinely feel there’s unspoken centering of none 100% AfAm’s within certain spaces of Hoodoo practitioners and I’m 100% over it.

2021, Hoodoo isn’t a catch all for any body Black. If that makes you mad, take it up with your ancestors.

[shewhohonors]

This has been on my mind for a while but tbh if you aren’t a descendant of enslaved africans in america you aren’t practicing Hoodoo. While I appreciate the afro-latin homies, I’m tired of y’all feeling like you have room to speak on what is and isnt hoodoo.

No shade all tea, how can a practice born under the influence of oppression and slavery in america benefit someone under the oppression and slavery in latin america—or anywhere else. This is a problem with the umbrella of Blackness. They are not the same and I really wish we could have a conversation about this nuance within Hoodoo.

It’s also cringe considering the amount of anti-blackness I’ve seen exhibited by afro-latin “Hoodoo” practitioners.

Hoodoo as it is and has been, is more so like a gateway tradition where people connect with their ancestors then go to some other ATR. But I genuinely feel there’s unspoken centering of none 100% AfAm’s within certain spaces of Hoodoo practitioners and I’m 100% over it.

2021, Hoodoo isn’t a catch all for any body Black. If that makes you mad, take it up with your ancestors.

[shewhohonors]

good luck, pcos is difficult but manageable- you just gotta be ready to self advocate.

tmi but i just passed like 4 or 5 golf ball sized cl*ts since this week started and my p*riod has been going for 3 months lmaooo i am lightheaded and cold

[shewhohonors]

For the first meeting of 2021, Reclamation Reads will be discussing Mojo Workin by Katrina Hazzard-Donald. Are you of African descent and interested in joining us? Fill out the Google form for additional information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ma3uZrcXMWzw3cSHfdWehfS2WxeKmsaCQgDgWri8yG8/edit