Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Newsletter

November 1st, 2012

In This Issue
Your Free Magic Spell
Featured Article
Get a Tarot Card Reading or Rootwork Consultation
Lucky Mojo Radio Show
Quick Links
Link-to-Steady-Work-Spell

Get your FREE  
Steady Work

spell to find and
hold a job!
 

Vulva-Amulets-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Read all about how
Vulva Amulets
are employed
in protection and
fecundity spells.

Tarot Card Readings and Rootwork Consultation
A psychic reader can help you clarify your goals or prescribe spiritual supplies
appropriate to your
spell-casting needs.
  
Schedule a Reading
with Cat or Elvyra

or get an Instant Reading from either of us at
 
Lucky Mojo Forums
Enter the
magical world of the
Lucky Mojo
Community Forums where more than 3,500
friendly hoodoo practitioners,
helpful Lucky Mojo
Staff Members,
HRCC graduates,
and professional members of the Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers
share their spell-casting success stories, answer new user questions, and pass along traditional conjure craft and family rootwork techniques.

Featured Article
Follow Us On Facebook
Follow us on Facebook!
Join 5,000+ other fans of
Lucky Mojo
on Facebook
and receive news, information and chit-chat about what's cooking at the shop!

Twitter
Twitter
Follow us on Twitter!
Get timely updates from
LuckyMojoCurio
on Twitter
with daily tweets
from the shop!
 
Crystal Silence League
To place a prayer request or pray for others in need, visit:
The Crystal Silence League Online Prayer Requests Page 

Crystal Silence League
To subscribe to the monthly CSL email newsletter, filled with ideas for spiritual spell-work and personal development, check out:
The Crystal Silence League Newsletter Archive 

Crystal Silence League
For news on the League, go to Facebook and "like" the CSL page:
The Crystal Silence League on Facebook   
 
Hoodoo Rootwork Correspondence Course Homework Party

FRIDAY,
November 9, 2012:

MONTHLY  
HOODOO ROOTWORK CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
HOMEWORK GRADING PARTY!

More than 1,800 people have enrolled in
cat yronwode's
Hoodoo Rootwork Correspondence Course
-- and to graduate, they must turn in
8 pieces of homework. Every month we hold a work-party at which we look over incoming homework. All are welcome, whether students or not! We meet at 5:00 PM at the shop, and PIZZA IS FREE. See how hoodooers do their thing! 

November's Homework Party is Friday the 9th.

December's Homework Party is Friday the 7th.

January's Homework Party is Friday the 11th
 
Hoodoo Psychics Logo

HOODOO PSYCHICS

Who Ya Gonna Call for Hoodoo? 

Call
1-888-4-HOODOO 

Hoodoo Psychics is the only Live Psychic Reading Line operated by the ethical and authentic conjure doctors and spiritual root workers of AIRR, the Association of Independent Readers
and Rootworkers!

You can connect with a live hoodoo rootworker for $3.99 per minute through the 
Hoodoo Psychics
web site
or by calling
1-888-4-HOODOO.

For updates and more information, go to the Hoodoo Psychics Facebook Page,
then "like" the page and say hello, so that Hoodoo Psychics updates will appear in your Facebook newsfeed.  
 
LOCAL ACCOMODATIONS
Do you need local accomodations while
Visiting the
Lucky Mojo Curio Company? 

Check out
A LIST OF
GOOD PLACES TO STAY
in the Russian River area!


We Sell WHOLESALE!

Become an Authorized
Lucky Mojo
Reseller!


Want to sell Lucky Mojo products at your brick-and-mortar shop or internet store?

Read More about our Reseller Programs.

The rains have begun, the leaves are falling, the Bat Nuts are back in stock, and all is well in Lucky Mojo Land!

 

Lucky Mojo Love

THIRTEEN THOUSAND WORDS 

 
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then here are thirteen thousand of the most beautiful words we've seen in a long time, courtesy of my dear Rootwork Course student "Love Potion," also known on Blog Talk Radio as "CandleMagic." 

Entrance-Sign-Before-Arriving-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


The entrance to Lucky Mojo Land, the sign almost obscured by red Pyracantha Berries. Photo by Love Potion.

 
Church-Reader-Window-on-the-Way-to-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


A small emergency light for a client shines in the window of Missionary Independent Spiritual Church. Photo by Love Potion. 

 
Garden-Visit-Near-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


The rose-hedged herb and vegetable garden behind the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Photo by Love Potion.  

 
Fortune-Teller-Sign-Outside-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


A metal sign in one of the front windows at the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Photo by Love Potion.  

 
Mahakala-Banner-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Embroidered brocade banners from Nepal depict the wrathful Tibetan Buddhist deity Mahakala. Photo by Love Potion.   

 
Bottle-Shelf-Window-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Bottles and glassware in the front window against a view of Fall foliage. Photo by Love Potion.

 
Amulet-Aisle-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Enamel hamsa hands from Israel, tiny papier mache Tibetan Buddhist deity wall masks from Nepal, blue faience all-seeing eye and hamsa hand charms from Egypt, a framed prayer to the Kitchen God from Taiwan, clay devil-head Beckoning Cat beads from Peru, glass eye beads and black cat beads from China, blue faience donkey bead pendants marked with the name of Allah from Iran, black clay bat beads from Peru, and green glass witch-head beads from China. Photo by Love Potion.

 
Milagros-and-Detentes-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Wrapped horseshoe (herradura) wall plaque from Mexico, winged cherub-head milagros from Ecuador, small and large Catholic detentes from Peru. Photo by Love Potion. 

 
Saints-Statues-and-Pyramids-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Santisima Muerte statuettes from the USA, mermaid-witch ornaments from Peru, glow-in-the-dark Quan Yin car statuettes from China, lucky acrylic pyramids from Mexico, Jesus Malverde bust from China, clay bride and groom statuettes from Peru, a framed prayer to the Kitchen God from Taiwan, clay saint statuettes from Peru, and a sequined Orthodox ornament from Greece. Photo by Love Potion.

 
Amulet-Shelf-and-Holy-Family-Portrait-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Reproduction dzi beads from China, various styles of chinese cash coins, a metallic foiled print of the Catholic Holy Family from China, and hand-carved bone eye-in-hand charms from India. Photo by Love Potion.

 
Dorjes-Phurbus-and-Kagdas-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


An assortment of Tibetan Buddhist charms in brass, copper, and white metal finishes, including dorjes, double dorjes, purbas, and kartris, all made in Nepal, and metalic foiled prints of Jesus and Mary from China. Photo by Love Potion.

 
Buddhist-Statues-Shelf-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Large silvered dorje from Nepal, hand-painted resin statues of Buddha from China, acrylic statue of Buddha containing a Christian cross from Mexico, and a Nepalese bronze statue.

 
Amulet-and-Keychain-Display-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


An assortment of key rings and key chains including Catholic saints, lucky encased pennies, blue glass eyes, plastic skulls, and 8-balls.

 

   


 

An Artist's Eye

THIRTEEN THOUSAND MORE! 

 
Thank, you, Love Potion, for sharing your photos with us and allowing us to send them out to our newsletter readers.

Money-Altar-and-Maneki-Neko-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


The money altar in the shop, presided over by a lucky trunk-up elephant and our exceedingly large Maneki Neko Beckoning Cat, plus jars of bulk herbs. Photo by Love Potion.  

 
Money-Altar-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view

 

On the money altar: offerings, statuary, and decorations, including Hoyt's Cologne for gambling luck. Photo by Love Potion.     

 
Love-Light-on-Love-Altar-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view

 

On the love altar: dried Rose buds, a red enamel heart-shaped spell-box, and descriptive text about the use of oil lamps in conjure. Photo by Love Potion.     

 
Michael-and-Buddha-Statues-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view

 

Hand-painted resin statues of Buddha, Archangel Saint Michael, and Bastet, a world globe and bulk herb jars.  

 
Mahakala-Banner-Oshun-and-Mary-Statues-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Hand painted resin statues of Bastet, Our Lady of Grace, the orisha Yemaya, Our Lady of Lourdes, and a Nepalese embroidered banner of the fierce Mahakala with mirrors sewn into all three of his eyes. Photo by Love Potion.    

 
Palmistry-Hands-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Model palmistry hands for those who wish to learn the art of cheiromancy, plus a crystal ball, for the study of scrying. Photo by Love Potion.

 
All-Seeing-Eye-Hanger-and-Apothecary-Jars-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


An Egyptian stamped-tin evil eye protector wall hanging, with jars of bulk herbs in the background. Photo by Love Potion. 

 
5-Cat-Maneko-Neki-Family-and-Red-Master-Candle-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


A red Master Hand candle for use in Spiritual Church services or on the altar, and a hand-painted ceramic 5-Cat Maneki Neko savings bank. Photo by Love Potion.  

 
Hoodoo-Candles--and-Master-Candles-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


A couple of our many shelves filled with vigil candles. On the top shelf are new titles introduced this past year, plus Master Hand altar candles, and on the bottom shelf are our alphabetically-arrayed classics, from the letters D through H. When the top shelf is completely filled with new vigil candle designs, we will begin the project of remaking the entire multi-shelf alphabetical array, and then we'll also find new places in the shop for the Master Hand candles. Photo by Love Potion.  

 
Chinese-Pharmacy-Shelves-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company

Click on the photo above for a larger view


A small portion of our Chinese Traditional Medicine pharmacy, featuring beautiful and much-loved remedies from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. Photo by Love Potion.   

 
Fortune-Tellers-Statuary-at-the-Yronwode-Institute-YIPPIE

Click on the photo above for a larger view


In the office of Y.I.P.P.I.E. (the Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology): an array of ceramic figures depicting professional diviners, including an Italian bird fortune teller, a gypsy with a crystal ball, a tea leaf reader, and a crystal ball and card reader. In the back is a fortune teller's wooden painted sign board. Photo by Love Potion. 

 
Lou-Florez-Reader-at-the-Missionary-Independent-Spiritual-Church

Click on the photo above for a larger view


Lou Florez reading tarot cards at Missionary Independent Spiritual Church. Photo by Love Potion. 

 
The-Main-Altar-at-the-Missionary-Independent-Spiritual-Church

Click on the photo above for a larger view


A close-up of the lower altar at Missionary Independent Spiritual Church. Photo by Love Potion. 

  

    


Upcoming Conjure Events:

Mark Your Calendar Now!

________________________________________________ 

 

SATURDAY, December 29, 2012:

CAT YRONWODE BONE READING WORKSHOP, SANTA MONICA, CA


This is a special two-hour evening class event, as cat yronwode brings her latest book, "Throwing the Bones: How to Foretell the Future With Bones, Shells, and Nuts" -- along with materials for hands-on use and study -- to MADAME PAMITA'S PARLOUR OF WONDERS in Santa Monica, California. You will be introduced to many methods of bone reading, culminating in demonstrations of Sangoma bone throwing techniques. Starter sangoma sets plus rare bones of many species will be available for purchase as well.

DATE: DECEMBER 29, 2012
TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

More details next newsletter, or contact Madame Pamita:

Madame Pamita's Parlour of Wonders
2307 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-310-0029
[email protected]
http://parlourofwonders.com

________________________________________________ 

 

MONDAY, April 1, 2013:

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 2013 Conjure Cook-Off and Recipe Round-Up." Contribute recipes to our FOURTH 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!

________________________________________________ 

 

MONDAY, April 29 - FRIDAY, May 3, 2013:

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. Spring Apprenticeship 2013 features WEEK TWO of the program and leads up to the annual MISC HOODOO WORKSHOPS AND POTLUCK PARTY on May 4-5. 

April 29 - May 3, 2011 - Week Two Apprenticeship:   

      Monday: Oils and Salves Lecture; Making Oils
      Tuesday: Making, Labelling, and Praying Over Oils
      Wednesday: Incenses Lecture; Making Incenses
      Thursday: Making and Praying Over Incenses
      Friday: Mojo Hand Lecture; Making Mojo Hands   

 

If you want to attend the Spring 2013 Apprenticeship, email Robin Petersen NOW at [email protected] or telephone her at the shop  -- 707-887-1521 -- Tuesday through Saturday, 9 to 5 PST. 

 

Bird Bath at the Lucky Mojo Curio Company 

 Birdbath. Photo by cat.          

        

 SATURDAY, May 4 - SUNDAY, May 5, 2011:  

MISC 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. A dozen MEMBERS OF AIRR have already committed to attend as presenters and readers, including

 

ConjureMan Ali

Dr. E. 

Khi Armand

Lou Florez 

Miss Michaele

Miss cat 

Miss Elvyra

 

Momma Hen
Miss Bri
Deacon Millett
Madame Nadia (tentative)
Ms Robin (tentative)

 

In addition, we will have workshops led by

 

Sister Robin Petersen

Michele Jackson

 

Make your travel plans now! Pre-registration for the workshops opens on January 1, 2013, so we can plan ahead!  

________________________________________________ 

MONDAY, April 29 - SUNDAY, May 5, 2013:

 

READINGS BY AIRR MEMBERS DURING WORKSHOP WEEK!

 

The following members of AIRR will be on site during the Apprenticeship Week and MISC Workshop Weekend and will be offering readings. Take advantage of some great discount prices for attendees only, and the opportunity to get an in-person reading with someone you might not otherwise have a chance to meet:

 

Signboard. Photo by cat.          

 

TENTATIVE LIST OF READERS: MORE ADDITIONS NEXT TIME:

 

Dr. E.: Tarot Card and Diloggun Readings

Miss Elvyra: Tarot Card Readings   

Khi Armand: Hands-On Spiritual Healings  

ConjureMan Ali: Scrying with a Kapala plus Tarot

Miss Michaele: Tarot Cards and Bibliomancy 

Miss cat: Palmistry Plus Tarot  

 

Open Tent Readings: Various Divination Techniques   

 

Student-readers as well as professionals are welcome to use the Open Tent Area for readings on a drop-in basis. Those who are embarking on a career in Professional Reading are encouraged to come read for the public or trade readings with colleagues. Be sure to bring a stand-up (A-shape or L-shape) table sign to advertise yourself! 

 


Visiting-the-Blue-Spirit-Bottle-Tree-at-the-Lucky-Mojo-Curio-Company 

Bottle tree and fallen leaves. Photo by Love Potion.

 

HOODOO ROOTWORK HOUR

RADIO SHOW!


The Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour, brought to you every week by catherine yronwode of luckymojo.com and ConjureMan Ali of conjuremanali.com, is a live call-in show, where we will read your fortune on the air and prescribe down-home, old-school conjure and rootwork remedies!

Special Guest Readers and Rootworkers from AIRR, the Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers, will be featured on November 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2012. Tune in and see who's up!  

Show Time:

 

      * 3:00 PM Sunday, Pacific Time
      * 4:00 PM Sunday, Mountain Time
      * 5:00 PM Sunday, Central Time
      * 6:00 PM Sunday, Eastern Time

Listen Live via the Web and get into the Live Chat Room at
The Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour on BlogTalkRadio!

 

To get a FREE reading and rootwork advice, you must pre-register at the Lucky Mojo Forum, then call in by telephone during that week's LIVE broadcast and press '1' to request to be on the air. 

 

Call-In Number for pre-registered applicants: 

      1-818-394-8535

 ________________________________________________ 

 

Next month we will have many more details on MAY 2013 HOODOO WORKSHOPS. Be sure to mark your calendar. These yearly gatherings, sponsored by Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, are a wonderful way to learn hands-on hoodoo tricks, meet with other practitioners, and hang out with the best conjure teachers of the present era! Eleven members of AIRR have already commited to appear at the MISC Hoodoo Workshops for 2013, and if you only plan on attending one hoodoo-fest next year, THIS IS THE ONE.

Cordially,
 
 
Save 20%
on our Featured
Spiritual Supplies

HURRY NOW AND SAVE 20%
ON THIS MONTH'S FEATURED
SPIRITUAL SUPPLIES!
 
Save 20% on your next order of Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Steady Work, Spiritual Supplies, including Bath Crystals, Incense Powders, Sachet Powders, and Oil. Enter the following promotional code when checking out:

COU-NEW-1112

Offer can only be applied to Online Retail Orders or in the Shop.
Offer does not apply to Wholesale, Telephone, Fax, Email, or Postal Mail Orders.
Offer Expires: 12/10/12