Hoodoo Recipe of the Day

Powders


What you are going to need;
• Talcum powder, rice powder, or cornstarch
• Essential oil
• Herbs
Crush up your herbs really well, I suggest getting yourself a pestle and mortar to do this work, a coffee grinder might be faster but I for one enjoy the energy I am working into the herbs, however you might come across a root that is way too tough to be ground down this way, at this point I would reach for that coffee grinder even if it is a noise maker. Once your herbs are down to a fine powder you’re going to put essential oils right in there mix it up real good and let it stand for a good day. Then you are going to add your powder, I personally would go with a 3:2 ratio when it comes to the herb and powder but then again if you feel half and half might be better or less go with what my mother use to call it "gut instinct”.

This is from my book Diary of a Crow woman, each day I am going to give a recipe for certain items and how to make them, if you have a request for a certain recipe or need help finding something to suite your need let me know.

Todays recipe;

ALGIERS POWDER
Used to attract love by dusting the body with it before going out.

Vanilla Oil
Patchouli
Orris Root

Knowing that each scent, herb, spice, ect. has multiple properties, how do you go about chosing which ones to put into the powders? Do you base this off instinct as well?

The research I did on Algiers Powder ended up with a interesting source of Judika Illes Encyclopedia of 5000 spells, which I consider to be a reputable source, the original use Algiers powder was for gambling purposes

"A traditional gamblers' formula, Algiers Powder evokes whispers of Hedy Lamarr, Pepe Le Moko, and the labyrinthe Casbah. Those whispers would be wrong. Algiers Powder isn't named after the capital of Algeria but instead for a town in the souther United States. During a nineteeth century period of intense legal harassment and persecution, New Orleans voodooists fled en masse across the mississippi River to Algiers, which eventually developed a magical reputation equal to its sister city."

The true recipe for Algiers powder;

Cinnamon sticks
Dried Patchouli Leaves
Vanilla Beans

Rashnu, a lot of what we do is guided by the spirits and gut instinct, so when choosing your ingredients yes it would be a gut feeling, a knowing that this was the right thing to put into your work.

CHINESE INCENSE

Chinese Incense always contains as a base Patchouli Leaves
or Root with a possibility of Cinnamon being added, and in
some incidents, it is used with Pig Dung. This is used
sometimes in the Temples on some religious ceremonies. Other
spices may be added. In the Lama Temples of Tibet, they
generally burn just butter.