Personal thoughts about Blackness, from an Ancestral perspective.
My thoughts on current events in the geopolitical climate.
Part two of the finale episode of Mama Rue’s Ancestral Musings. WARNING: This podcast contains language that may not be suitable for younger listeners. Content includes discussion on spiritual abuses. Listener discretion is advised.
Part one of the finale of Mama Rue’s Ancestral Musings. WARNING: This episode contains language that may be unsuitable for younger listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
In this episode, I talk about the HBO series “Lovecraft Country” and the aspects of Black American spiritual practices therein, particularly in the episode “Holy Ghost”. I also mention the highly enjoyable and Black AF podcast “Lovecraft Country Radio”.
In this episode we’re gonna talk about what’s happening with this viral pandemic, the bad and the GOOD.
In the spirit of “Cussin Monday” (a nod to Papa Lou’s old Working with the Spirit radio show) I talk about anti-Blackness as it exists in Afrikan and Diaspora Spiritual traditions.
In this episode I reiterate how Hoodoo is Blackness, and how pervasive anti-Blackness distorts the truth about us as a people, our culture, our traditions & practices.
In this episode I speak on a number of things pertains to the Hoodoo tradition.
It has been declared that the month of October be Hoodoo Heritage Month! In this episode I share what that is and what it means, and how all of us can participate.
In this episode I talk about our first ever Walking The Dikenga 2019 and its importance in Hoodoo, not just for us but for our Ancestors, too
The sh*t has hit the fan. What we gonna do about it? What *can* we do about it?
More info is given pertaining to our event held this month in Chicago, IL. The goal of this event is to bridge the rootworking aspect of Hoodoo with the spiritual. Whether one is new to the tradition or a seasoned worker, Walking the Dikenga will empower you!
In this episode I revisit the topic of Revolutionary Juju with a renewed perspective. Also more details about the upcoming “Walking the Dikenga” event are shared.
In this episode, I address the confusion, idolatry and fascination about the historical iconography surrounding the “mammy” archetype and explain why it doesn’t belong in Hoodoo spiritual practices. STRONG LANGUAGE, be advised.
In this episode I review a gem of a book, A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo by Tony Kail.
In this episode I answer this and other questions about what Hoodoo is. Be prepared for unexpected answers!
Here I give my views on whether or not an Ancestral altar, space or shrine acts as a portal for other types of spirits.
In this episode I continue talking about this and that.
In Gumbo episodes I talk about a lil this, a lil that. Fix yourself a bowl.
This is a listener-requested topic that features input from two esteemed guests, fellow workers of tradition. Enjoy!
In this episode, we talk about the limitations and misunderstandings of public hoodoo and the ATRs, and the result of passing around of misinformation.
In this episode I give my initial impressions of Sister Michele E. Lee’s book Working the Roots: 400 Years of Traditional African-American Healing.
This is a revisitation on the topic of Haints, what they are, who they are, and what role they play in not only the practice of Conjure but in Black culture as a whole.
Continuing the discussion about Hoodoo, Rootwork and Conjure with regard to reestablishing the traditions of YOUR bloodline Afrikan Ancestors.
This episode is about the titled topic as I understand it to be, the differences between rootworkers and conjurers and how the practice is learned/taught. Artwork by Bisa Butler “The Conjure Woman”
In this episode, we will unpack the European influences in Hoodoo, a notion that’s being bandied about by appropriators, marketeers and those otherwise being bamboozled by them.
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