And so both awaited the card reader: $35 a reading, by appointment. Hoodoo, or folk magic, has been at work in the American South for generations. It was preserved by compounding pharmacies in ...

According to Wyatt, hoodoo is an African-based folk magic system that enslaved Africans used to persevere through the horrors of slavery in the United States. “Like when this young lady came in ...

This exhibit explores the cultural, spiritual and sociological dimensions of hoodoo, a nature-based approach to healing which combines traditional African folk medicine and magic. Need a break?

Hoodoo, also known as root work, is Black American folk magic, forged in the South but derived from various West African cosmologies. Unlike vodou, a formalized combination of Catholicism and ...

Photo by Machaela Treadway Known as Asheville’s village witch, Byron Ballard practices what she calls “hillfolk hoodoo,” a form of Appalachian folk magic. Ballard came by hoodoo naturally ...

And it just kicked off from there. The whole premise was to push back on the false narrative that was basically saying that Hoodoo is a folk magic tradition with European, Native American and ...

By surrounding the narrative with vampires, violence and breathtaking visuals, the film also subtly shows the quiet, grounded power of Hoodoo magic. Through the character of Annie, played with a ...

In this reported feature, writer Cierra Black speaks with the Hoodoo consultant of Ryan ... American Religious scholar and author of Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring ...