Bottle Up and Go! The Magic of Hoodoo Container Spells in Boxes, Jars, Bags, Bowls, and Buckets

by Catherine Yronwode, Lara Rivera

This foundational book of conjure methods will introduce you to more than 100 time-tested ways to cast magic spells for protection, love, luck, wealth, health, and revenge within a variety of containers including:

• Eggs, Bones, Shells, and Fruits
• Potted Plants and Hollow Trees
• Paper, Cloth, and Leather Packets
• Mojo Hands and Troll Bundles
• Doll-Babies and Loaded Statuary
• Glass Bottles and Jars
• Sugar, Cigar, and Match Boxes
• Mirror Boxes and Compacts
• Loaded Oil Lamps and Candles
• Ice Boxes and Freezers
• Black Hawk Buckets
• Scandinavian Spiritus Boxes
• Witch Bottles and Bottle Trees
• Jewish and Arabic Spirit Traps

Genres: Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

Published September 15, 2020

About the author

Catherine "Cat" Yronwode (b. 1947) is an American writer, editor, publisher, and teacher. A practitioner of herbalism and traditional magic, she is a founding member of the Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers. She has had an extensive career in the comic book industry, and coauthored Women and the Comics (1985), the first book on women in comics. Born and raised in California, Yronwode attended Illinois' Shimer College in the 1960s, through the school's unique early entrance program.

Reviews

[Jeanine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting education and history on hoodoo workings.

[Onyx · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn’t know there were so many things that could be used as containers. Not just the usual suspects, like jars, boxes, and cans. Also included are natural ones (eggshells with the contents blown out, walnut shells, melon shells, and probably coconut shells if they would have included it), bottles, packages, bags, even kerosene lamp reservoirs and hollow porcelain dolls. There are so many possibilities in this book, I doubt you would get bored or run out of ideas if you were thinking about creating your own spells. It broadened my mind a little.

The craftwork included in this 96-page book are given mostly as examples drawn from different sources, but they can also be used as is, or you can adopt and rearrange the components as needed. Don’t feel like you have to slavishly follow the instructions word-for-word. Except for certain (common sense) instances, feel free to add and/or subtract and simply adjust whatever’s necessary to fit your objectives.

This can make a good reference book. That’s how much useful info is in there.

[ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ · Rating 1 out of 5]

OMG this is bad. I am only flipping though it and am stopping at page 31. Here's two examples from the book:

"To stop up an enemy's bowels, get his or her feces directly or a strip of soiled underwear. To stop a woman's period blood, get her menses directly or her soiled menstrual pad or tampon"

"If you wish to run around on your spouse but not get caught, make a cloth doll-baby out of your mate's soiled undergarments."

So sorry I wasted money on this garbage!
Edited: I requested a refund off Amazon saying it isn't what I thought it was, and they are processing the refund without wanting me to return the book.

To the rude commentors, yes I know what hoodoo is. Doesn't mean I have to like it. So shut up! You aren't going to change my opinion. Put your own opinion in your own review.

[Nancy McQueen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple book for doing great little spells