Lucky Mojo Newsletter April 1st, 2011

The Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour, hosted by Dr. Christos Kioni of drkioni.com and catherine yronwode of luckymojo.com, is a live call-in show, where we read your Tarot cards and prescribe down-home, old-school conjure and rootwork remedies!

To get a FREE reading and rootwork advice, you must pre-register at either JujuCentral (jujucentral.net) or at the Lucky Mojo Forum (forum.luckymojo.com), then call in by telephone during that week's LIVE broadcast.

SUND AY, April 19, 2011:

HOODOO FOOD! COOKBOOK

RECIPE ROUND-UP DEADLINE

Share your magical culinary secrets with the Sisters of the Conjure Kitchen in "Hoodoo Food! The Best of the 2011 Conjure Cook-Off and Recipe Round-Up." Contribute recipes to the Ladies Auxiliary benefit for Missionary Independent Spiritual Church.

For more information on the Conjure Cook-Off, see
the Hoodoo Food! Conjure Cook-Off and Recipe Round-Up!

For an inspirational list of culinary magical herbs, see
Helpful Hints for Cooking with Magical Herbs!

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MOND AY, May 2 - FRIDAY, May 6, 2011:

APPRENTICESHIP WEEK

The Apprenticeship Program is a FREE 3-week series of lectures, personal training, and hands-on guidance For Graduates of my Hoodoo Rootwork Correspondence Course . May Apprenticeship 2011 features WEEK THREE of the program and leads up to our annual HOODOO WORKSHOPS AND POTLUCK PARTY on May 7-8.

May 2 - May 6, 2011 - Week Three Apprenticeship:

      Monday: Bath Crystals and Soaps Lecture; Making Bath Crystals
      Tuesday: Making, Labelling, and Praying Over Bath Crystals
      Wednesday: Sachet Powders Lecture; Making Sachet Powders
      Thursday: Making and Praying Over Sachet Powders
      Friday: Jack Balls Lecture; Making a Jack Ball

If you want to attend the May 2011 Apprenticeship, email Robin Petersen NOW at robin@luckymojo.com or telephone her at the shop -- 707-887-1521 -- Tuesday through Saturday, 9 to 5 PST.

SATURD AY, May 7 - SUNDAY, May 8, 2011:

HOODOO WORKSHOPS!

Two full days of hoodoo fun, friendship, and learning, complete with potluck meals and plenty of time to meet your fellow conjure workers, sponsored by Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, and featuring teachers from around the country! The May Hoodoo Workshops are a casual, relaxing, and sociable way to gain hands-on practice in the spiritual arts.

Here are some advance glimpses into what is on tap, subject to possible last minute changes in event timing.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

10:00 AM - Palo Road-Opening and Blessing Ceremony

Dr. Kioni will perform an outdoor Palo Road-Opening and Blessing Ceremony in the Congo-Cuban African diasporic tradition for the empowerment, protection, and benefit of all attendees. This invocation will open the Workshop Weekend and bring strength, energy, and spiritual focus to all who attend.

Cost: FREE! - This is an outdoor ceremony, weather permitting

11:30 AM - Hoodoo Foods and Conjure Cook-Off

Robin Petersen will present her annual Hoodoo Foods! workshop on

Conjure Cookery. Magical Chefs have submitted recipes for publication in this year's Recipe Round-Up booklet, and those attending the workshop are bringing your sorcerous dishes in for sharing and taste testing. Prizes will be awarded to the top three conjure cooks.

Cost: $15.00 - Includes 16 pg. 2011 Hoodoo Foods! Recipe Book

1:00 PM - Making a Consecrated Palo Protection Amulet
Dr. Kioni will lead an intensive workshop in Making a Consecrated Palo Protection Amulet in a seashell for you to take home and bury at your doorstep. Container spells are found in all of the African diasporic religious and magical paths, including hoodoo, conjure, rootwork, obeah, Palo Monte, Voodoo, Santeria, and Lukumi. This Palo amulet, called a macuto, is one of the oldest and most traditional forms of all.
Cost: $35.00 - All materials are supplied. Register early!

2:30 AM - All About Candles: Candle Magic and Wax Divination

Miss cat is going back to the basics with a workshop titled All About Candles, a hands-on intensive on how to choose, load, carve, anoint, seal, and pray over free-standing, figural, and vigil candles for love, money, protection, luck, reversing, and cursing - and how to "read" the results in the wax, soot, and glass remains of your magical candles. Be prepared to learn a LOT -- this is a compressed version of the 5-hour class cat teaches to student graduates, but geared for newbies as well. Learn the secrets of The Philosophy of Fire!

Cost: $25.00 - Includes Free Vigil Candle and Hand-Out Sheets

4:00 PM - Become a Professional Reader and Root Doctor

Valentina Burton, the Dallas Psychic and Palm Reader, will lead a workshop on How to Become a Professional Reader and Root Doctor, including how to set up a business; choose the divination style that's right for you and for your clients; how to read at psychic fairs, hotels, metaphysical shops, parties, in your own parlour, and via telephone, email, or skype; how to advertise both locally and via the internet; organizations you can join to enhance your business; how to book and schedule readings; how to handle clients from all walks of life; and, most importantly, how to keep yourself spiritually clean and protected while dealing with people who come to you in trouble.

Cost: $40.00 - A 96 page take-home book is included!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

10:30 AM - Making and Catching a Spirit in a Doll-Baby

Dr. E. will lead a hands-on workshop in Making and Catching a Spirit in a Doll-Baby for ritual use. This class covers everything from the historical perspective to hands-on work with dolls made from twigs, cloth, wax, clay, and other materials. Bring personal concerns of someone you wish to embody in your doll -- and be prepared to baptize your doll in the name of that someone special. This 1 1/2 hour workshop leads directly into the workshop on mirror boxes...

Cost: $30.00 - All materials are supplied; register early as attendance is limited.

12:30 PM - Making and Working With Mirror Boxes

Robin Petersen will conduct a hands-on class on Making and Working With Mirror Boxes to trap spirits -- such as the one who was put in the doll-baby you just made in Dr. E.'s workshop! Your custom mirror box will be prepared in a ritual manner and the doll will be interred in it, so that all deeds, both good and evil, will reflect back to the one embodied in the doll. All materials are supplied and Robin guarantees that even craft-newbies will make and take home a beautiful hand-made wooden decoupaged mirror box.

Cost: $40.00 - All mirror box materials and hand-out sheet are supplied; register early as attendance is limited.

2:00 PM - Introducing: The Crystal Silence League

catherine yronwode of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, Deacon Millett of Four Altars Gospel Sanctuary, and Mvanah Maloti of the First Spiritualist Church of Zion will lift the veil and reveal ... The Crystal Silence League! Learn about the use of crystal balls for divination and intuitive reception, thought projection with the crystal, and crystal skull readings -- then witness the revival of the worldwide Crystal Silence prayer network and healing circle, founded in 1919.

Cost: $30.00 - Your Crystal Ball and 32 page Booklet included

3:30 PM Sangoma Bone Reading

Mvanah Maloti teaches a two-hour intensive workshop in Sangoma Bone Reading (also known as Throwing the Bones or Casting the Bones). He went to Africa to learn this ancient art from a traditional healer and teacher in Swaziland, and now, for the first time, he is bringing it all back home to American hoodoo practitioners. This is a rare opportunity to learn bone-reading, and it is one workshop you must not miss.

Cost: $50.00 -- This is a TWO HOUR workshop; register early as attendance is limited.

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Make your travel plans now! Pre-register for workshops so we can plan ahead! If you need help selecting lodgings, check out
ANGELA'S LIST OF GOOD PLACES TO STAY .