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Hey Cousin! Welcome to Coco Conjure. Here we talk about all things Hoodoo, folklore , magic, and spiritual journeys. My goal is to provide a foundation for the novice, and inspiration to the advanced practitioner. Let's build up our personal practice, and get through this thing we call life.

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    • Apr 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    57: Sinners - Folklore in Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 111:09


    Listen... If you haven't seen Sinners yet, I don't know what you are waiting for. It's time to set the roof on fire, conjure up the past and future, and pass around a jar of garlic. (FULL SPOILERS) Further Listening: Albert King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WydRZHhVb00Whitney Houston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n9bxfxE25YQueen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kijpcUv-b8M & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJez0ljzSQw & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDaD2G9xjMcNina Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba1DUOLlkdo & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IACZdwwJI4 &https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRNrgDIJfoAvi Kaplan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wF6xP1Z0YQFurther Watching: Lovecraft Country (HBO Max & Prime) Nope (Prime) Get Out ( Prime) Black Panther ( Disney+) Sleight (Prime)

    56: Spiritual Baths

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 45:22


    Cuz, No need to fill up the tub with herbs and flowers. Let's take active part in our spiritual bath, and move them blessings over us. Harry Hyatt "Witchcraft, Conjuration, Rootwork, and Hoodoo: vol 1" Helpful reading: Mama's Mojo: A Mother's Guide to Hoodoo and Rootwork by Mama Baderiwna Rolland & Queen Co. MeadowsAfrican American Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditionsby Lucretia VanDyke

    55: Black Cat Bone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 44:14


    CUZ, There is a lot of lore around the black cat bone, one of the most powerful fetishes in Hoodoo. Let's explore. Show Notes: Zora Neale Hurston “mules and men” Pg 220-221Harry Hyatt “hoodoo, conjuration, witchcraft, rootwork” Vol 1. 74-97

    vol pg cuz hoodoo black cat bone
    54: Masculine & Feminine (spiritual chat vol 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 46:48


    cousin.... this is a ramble let me tell you. But this idea of masculine and feminine energy/forces, and how we use them to identify our roles in society has been heavy on my mind. Let's explore the topic together shall we?show notes: the daodejing http://www.fang.ece.ufl.edu/daodejing.pdfreligion for breakfast: https://youtu.be/lPkRkBuvAxQ?si=YlIxSTcAjCKNs5uGlet's talk religion: https://youtu.be/fTPxh6Sn_gI?si=YhqrtVzwCc7XB4DM

    masculine feminine spiritual chat
    53: HAINTS IN THE HOUSE ( An Other Tales Original)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 40:13


    Cousin! ya girl go to work and wrote another tale. This time we follow Roe as she takes her inheritance face on and meets new allies. TRIGGER WARNING: DOMESTICE VIOLENCE *

    52: The Alligator, the Whale, and the Colored Man (& Other Tales)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 34:18


    Cousin! Let's go back to our roots and read some tales from Richard M. Dorson's book "American Negro Folktales." Story 1: 16, " The fox the rabbit and the well" as told by J.D. Suggs. Story 2: 18 d. "The Alligator, the Whale, and the Colored Man" as told by Andrew SmithStory 3: 19 " The Rat and the Whiskey" as told by Bulah Tate

    51: Spring Equinox

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 30:10


    COUSIN! IT'S TIME TO GO OUTSIDE BABY! Show notes: https://www.countryliving.com/uk/travel-ideas/abroad/a60172393/spring-equinox-traditions/https://www.spokeandblossom.com/stories/2023/3/14/spring-equinox-traditions-around-the-world-how-your-can-celebrate-in-colorado#:~:text=Because%20Africa%20is%20in%20the,particularly%20by%20the%20Igbo%20people.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3Vlhh1o9ZIhttps://hcpl.net/blogs/post/spring-celebrations-around-the-world/

    CoCo Conjure Ep 50: Healing from Church Hurt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 37:53


    hey cousin!this week we take a second to answer new hoodoo's question around religious trauma and church hurt.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 49: THERE IS NO KARMA IN HOODOO

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 34:25


    COUSIN!! In this episode i'm going to say something around God and Karma that you may disagree with. I only ask that you take a moment and hear me out. Show notes: Introduction to buddhism; an explanation of the buddhist way of life by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. What is Karma according to Buddhism ?| Buddhism In English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUyUp3KS80o

    CoCo Conjure Ep 48: Meeting at the Crossbones Bar

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 48:44


    Sup Cosuin! This time for our folklore episode, I thought I'd share a coco original. Hope you like it.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 47: Internet Witches Got Questions (vol.4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 43:34


    SUP COUSIN!It's just me this time; Big Sis had life doing the most. But!... let's run around the internet and answer some questions shall we.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 46: Timing Is Everything (and nothing at all)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 44:02


    SUP COUSIN!When's the right time to do work or have a spell start? Let's discuss

    CoCo Conjure ep 45 : Mind, Body, Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 46:59


    Hey Cousin, IT'S SEASON 3 BABY! Let me tell you where I've been.

    Coco Conjure Ep 44: The Ancestral Garden (Meditation &Contemplation vol 1.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 11:00


    Hey cousin. Let's take 10 min to just exist together.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 43: Workin Mojo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 33:53


    Cousin! You betta werk dat Mojo! Muddy waters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJoqeTTK2cMore on Nkisi https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/africa-apah/central-africa-apah/a/nkisi-nkondihttps://www.famsf.org/index.php/artworks/nkisi-nkondi-nail-and-blade-oath-taking-figurehttps://www.britannica.com/art/nkisihttps://www.artic.edu/artworks/151358/male-figure-nkisi-nkondihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY5IK9KV6v4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVC0EAEuJSo

    CoCo Conjure Ep 42: The War of Hoodoo (& other tales)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 36:02


    Hey Cousin! It's folklore time, and this month we are sticking with tales of conjure found in Zora Neale Hurston's work Hoodoo in America found in the American Folklore Journal. Story 1: 16Story 2: 17Story 3: 18

    CoCo Conjure Ep 41: The Winter Solstice (& the Solar Rhythm)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 47:51


    Hey Cousin, The Winter Solstice is upon us. Time to start a new year with the coming of the sun.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 40: The Initiation of Zora Neal Hurston

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 39:35


    Cuz, There are Initiations in hoodoo. It might not look like or function like other occult practices, but it is done non the less. So let's dive into one of the initiations of Zora Neale Hurston and see what we can glean.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 39: The Road Opener

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 47:20


    Hey Cousin! I'm going to share with you the spiritual work I do to open my roads for the new year. It's a crazy amount of work, but it's worth the blessings that follows.

    Coco Conjure Ep 38: Spiritual Chats Vol 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 41:41


    Hey cousin, Just cause things are popping off, doesn't me we have to. Let me tell you about the time my Neighbor called the cops on me.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 37: Hoodoo for Beginners

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 41:53


    Cuz, Let's get you started on your Hoodoo Journey.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 36: Woman Smarter than the Devil (and other tales)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 38:35


    COUSIN!The Devil In hoodoo is more than just the biblical Lucifer or Satan. He's a slick practitioner of supernatural forces who dwells in the moral gray. So let's dive into some devil tales and get a feel for the folkloric devil in hoodoo. Sell yourself to the Devil collected by Harry Hyatt in " Hoodoo, Conjuration, Witchcraft, and Rootwork" Jack and The Devil found in Virginia Hamilton's "the people could fly" Woman Smarter than the Devil Found in Zora Neal Hurston's " Every Tongue Got to Confess"

    CoCo Conjure Ep 35: Animism In Hoodoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 35:39


    Hey Cousin, This is how I think our conjure works. If you want an in-depth, well researched video from a guy who studies religion and spirituality for a living, check out the youtube channel Religion for Breakfast : https://youtu.be/xoYZ5xNyKbc?si=eaET7rKis40HGNXu

    coco Conjure Ep 34: Internet Witches Got Questions (vol. 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 80:35


    COUSIN! Big Sis is back, and she and I surf the web to answer spiritual questions. and i may or may not have had some herbal upliftment halfway through...

    Coco Conjure EP 33: Skin, Don't You Know Me!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 29:12


    Time for the spooky tales, Cousin! tales sourced from Harry Hyatt " Hoodoo, Conjurations, Witchcraft, and Rootwork" Richard M. Dorson " American Negro Folktales."

    CoCo Conjure Ep 32: Hoodoo Graveyard Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 39:57


    COUSIN!!!! Let's hot girl walk through the graveyard, and commune with the spirits. Show Notes: story found in Hyatt's Hoodoo Conjuration and Witchcraft vol 1.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 31: High Sheriff V. Dr. Buzzard

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 34:12


    Sup Cuz, The High Sheriff of Low Country wanted to stop folks from prescribing snake oil for lethal diseases. His plan...take on the biggest name in root doctoring, Dr. Buzzard himself. Show Notes: J.E. Mc.Teer: 50 years as a low country witch doctor.Mojo Workin Katrina Hazzard-DonaldMules and Men Zora Neale Hurstonhttps://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/dr-buzzard/https://bdcbcl.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/dr-buzzard-1885-1947-and-rootwork/

    Coco Conjure Episode 30: Hoodoo Money Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 39:25


    Hey Cousin!! Money don't grow on trees and our spirits can't find peace on earth if our wallets are empty. Amen? Amen! So let's talk Money spiritual work and get these coins. Sources:Harry M. Hyatt Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Vol. 1 Pgs 613-677 https://archive.org/details/HoodooConjurationWItchcraftRootwork/Hoodoo%20Conjuration%20WItchcraft%20%26%20Rootwork%20Vol%201/page/n15/mode/2up

    CoCo Conjure EP 29: John & The Devil's Daughter (& Other Tales)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 31:03


    Cuz, Let's talk John Stories! John and the Devil's Daughter from " The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales" by Virginia Hamilton. (pg 107)The Escape of John Bennett from "American Negro Folktales" By Richard M Dorson ([g 284)The Power of Prayer from "Every Tongue got to Confess" By Zora Neale Hurston (pg 90-91)

    Coco Conjure Ep 28: Slave Becomes Man (the Story of Frederick Douglass and the Conjure Man)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 40:14


    Cuz, Sandy had a root for Frederick Douglass that could keep him safe from a notorious slave driver. And the story the followed turned Douglass's mind from bondsman to free man. Sources and Further Reading PBS: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.htmlNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave : https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/douglass.htmlLibarary of congresshttps://www.loc.gov/collections/frederick-douglass-papers/articles-and-essays/

    Coco Conjure Ep 27; High John De Conka

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 28:37


    Hey cousin! The myth, the legend, the spirt of High John de Conka is a hoodoo staple. Let's dig into the lore and get some work done with High John. gospel music: https://pixabay.com/users/3921568/?tab=music&order=latest&pagi=1High John de Conquer by Zora Neale Hurstonhttps://hackneybooks.co.uk/books/124/571/HighJohn.htmlKatrina Hazzard Donald : Mojo Workin Harry Hyatt, Hoodoo, Conjuration, Witchcraft, and Rootwork, vol. 1, 1970, pp. 455–457 and 593–595https://archive.org/details/HoodooConjurationWItchcraftRootwork/Hoodoo%20Conjuration%20WItchcraft%20%26%20Rootwork%20Vol%201/page/n563/mode/2up

    CoCo Conjure Ep 26: Protect Yo Self

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 49:46


    Hey Cousin! We ain't let no hag, gossip, or bad juju penetrate this temple, here. Gots to protect yo self. For a more traditional approach check our Hoodoo in America by Zora Neal Hurston and Hoodoo Conjuration WItchcraft & Rootwork by Harry Middleton Hyatt

    CoCo Conjure Ep 25: Say Their Name (spiritual Chats vol 3.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 32:25


    HEY COUSIN!I missed ya! let's start season two talking about Sonya Massey and let's take a second to remember all those we lost to police brutality. May their names stay on our tongues and their deaths never forgotten.CNN:https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/us/sonya-massey-police-shooting/index.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/sean-grayson-misconduct-sonya-massey-death/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

    CoCo Conjure EP 24: Fancy Pajamas (and Other Tales)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 28:58


    SEASON 1 FINALE! Let's talk stories, and take full advantage of the rest of summer.

    Coco Conjure EP 23: Hoodoo Is ...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 43:10


    Cuz!How did I make it 23 episodes without discussing what Hoodoo Is? Chile...

    CoCo Conjure EP 22: Mother Moses (The story of Harriet Tubman)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 58:02


    Hey cousin! This episode was on the backburner for months, but it's finally here! Let's talk about the Moses of our People...the Nurse...the Seer...the Liberator. Mother Moses. Resources used to write the script: "Harriet Tubman: imagining a life: by Beverly LowryHarriet Tubman Trail app (to accompany the riding tour of Dorchester County) Harriet Tubman museum and educational centerHarriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Centerand the good people of Dorchester who took a second and talk to me about their home and gave direction on where to go.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 21: Let My People Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 33:25


    Cuz! Who is the greatest conjurer of all time?! Some clues,: They are one of the chosen who's had direct contact with Source. They were able to lead their people to freedom. And...they inspired the oppressed to claim their freedom as well. Show Notes: Story: How the Hoodoo lost his hand found in "American Negro Folktales" by Richard M. Dorson. resources: "Mules and Men" by Zora Neal Hurston. "Black magic: Religion and the African American conjuring tradition" By Yvonne P. Chireau Music: Southern Gospel Piano By Julius H (found on pixaby)

    CoCo Conjure Ep 20: Spiritual Chats 'vol 2.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 42:55


    Cousin... we gotta work more with the spirit of Wealth and less with the spirit of Luck. Let's talk!

    CoCo Conjure Ep 19: Can't Get in (and other tales)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 37:21


    Hey Cousin! The ancestors moved my tongue to sing, and I had some spiritual matters weighing on my spirit. So come with me as we enjoy some negro spirituals and spit folklore around black faith. Show Notes:All stories taken from Daryl Cumber Dance " From My People: 400 years of African American Folklore" To be honest, i think the lyrics to the songs i sang are in there too.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 18: Internet Witches Got Questions Vol2.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 78:27


    Hey Cuzn!Big Sis is back to help me answer questions found around the internet. We talk ancestor work, lodestones, karma, black girl hair struggles. And if that wasn't enough, Big Sis dies laughing, and I almost tell you about the time I conjured the spirit of Death.grab some tea, and lets answer some internet witch questions.

    CoCo Conjure EP 17: CoCo's Hoodoo Library

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 51:19


    Hey Cousin! Welcome to CoCo's Hoodoo Library. Please, make yourself a drink, find a comfy couch, and enjoy the book recommendations. Show Notes Coco's Library Music from: https://pixabay.com/users/teodholina-32752748/https://pixabay.com/users/fassounds-3433550/Book Recs: “Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition." Yvonne P. Chireau“Mojo Workin” by Katrina Hazzard Donald"Hoodoo Conjuration WItchcraft & Rootwork" by Harry Middelton Hyatt." Hoodoo in America" & "Mules & Men" by Zora Neal Hurston“Old Style Conjure: Hoodoo, Rootwork & Folkmagic '' By Starr Casas “Stick Stones Roots and Bones." Stephanie Rose Bird"Mountain Conjure and Southern Root Work" by Orion Foxwood.

    CoCo Conjure EP 16: The Work Before The Work

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 47:28


    Hey cousin! In this episode I open up about the methods I use to plan and prepare for my spiritual rituals. Let's discuss. Show Notes: "Mountain Conjure and Southern Root Work" by Orion Foxwood

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    CoCo Conjure EP 15: Hoodoo Rising

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 106:57


    TW: suicideHey Cousins! Today I introduce you to a spiritual sister of mine. Netta's story is a wild tale of overcoming depression, navigating infidelity, and finding God. In the end, she set herself aflame and was reborn a Hoodoo practitioner and Reiki Healer.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 14: Color of Hoodoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 47:23


    COUSIN! COLORS IN HOODOO ARE CONFUSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Show Notes: Hoodoo Conjuration WItchcraft & Rootwork by Harry Middleton Hyatt: (2) candles pg 797-799Hoodoo Delish Color Chart : Yeyeo Botanica: Candle ColorsIvy the Occultist: road opener Jessica Winston; Haus of Hoodoo Zora Neal Hurston: Mules and MenThe Hoodoo Queen

    CoCo Conjure EP 13: Clear It Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 37:36


    Cuz! Sometimes you gotta do some clearance work. You gotta get the bleach, grab the broom, and light up the herbs and just...reset and clear it out!

    CoCo Conjure ep 12: Count'n Souls (& other tales)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 41:58


    Sup Cuz, Grab your headphones, cause this episode is all about storytelling. We got two boys count'n souls down by the graveyard, John tryin to code switch for Massa, and Dr. Rabbit giving the tar baby a molly wop. Reference: Story 1: Countin SoulsShukin & Jivin : Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans. By Daryl Cumber Dance. pg 33 (tale 47)Story 2: De First Colored Man Brought To This Country Mules & Men by Zora Neal Hurston. Pg 79Story 3: The Tar BabyAmerican Negro Folktales collected by Richard M. Dorson as told by E.L Smith. Pg 75 (tale 3)

    CoCo Conjure EP 11: Daughter of a Saint. Mother of Witches

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 105:09


    Hey Cuz!!! Your Auntie, my Mama, is here to tell you how she regained herself spiritually and mentally. She tells us about how the ancestors give her strength, and roots give her peace of mind. Her spiritual journey explains how the women on my family branch went from Saints to Occultists without losing our hoodoo.

    CoCo Conjure Ep 10: Spiritual Chats Vol 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 44:10


    So Cousin,By now you've figure out that I'm on the fringe. I'm the weird cousin at the Hoodoo Cookout talking about anime, which binder is good to make incense, and how Miss Smith use to catch witch spiders. Sometimes, believing on the fringe is tough. So what do you do when you can't find your tribe? You put the call out to the cousins that get you. Thankfully a few of you found me. You have no idea how grateful I am that you did.

    CoCo Conjure Episode 9: Hoodoo Altars (not Alters)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 57:17


    Hey Cousin! No folklore this week. Instead I give you a peak into my practice as a Non-Theistic Hoodoo (pretty sure i made that term up), and give you a few tips on ancestor veneration and altar spaces. Grab a notebook for this one, cause I talk about some things you might want to meditate on.

    CoCo Conjure Episode 8: Which Hoodoo is Witch

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 42:20


    I ain't no Witch, Cousin! I swear! Not my fault every "baby witch" and Evangelical Pastor is pointing at anything spiritual and calling it witchcraft. Can I just burn my sage and buy a yoga mat in peace?! Don't they know that in Hoodoo a witch is a type of cryptid that sits on your chest and rides ya? Never mind the shapeshifting. Sources: American Negro Folktales by Richard M. DorsonPastor Gregory Lock on Tik Tok (don't give this man no views. shile...)PBS World of Stories: Boo Hag preformed by Donna Washinton. https://mpt.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ket-storytelling-101/the-boo-hag/

    CoCo Conjure Ep: 7 From Witness To Witch

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 99:25


    Hey Cousins! Big Sis is back, and this time she's talking to us about her spiritual journey. From playing church as a child, to joining the witnesses to seek understanding, to building her own spiritual practice, Big Sis never lost sight of the most important thing. Found wherever you get your podcasts.

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