Mojo bags, sachets, and dream pillows

MOJO BAGS
What is a mojo bag, really? It is an amulet of African-American
hoodoo practice, a flannel bag containing one or more magical items.
The word is thought to be a corruption of the English word “magic.”
Other names for it include conjure bag, hand, lucky hand, mojo bag,
mojo hand, root bag, toby, jomo, and gris-gris (pronounced gree-
gree)
bag. Gris-gris means spell, specifically of the voudoun variety. (As
you study and cross-reference, you will find modern Wicca has
borrowed and adapted much from voodoo and other magickal
traditions.)

Southern style mojo bags are usually made of red flannel, but many
root doctors use color magick in choosing their flannel. Herbs,
roots, powders, stones, hair and nail clippings, and many other
unusual items may be used in a mojo or gris-gris bag. These bags are
steeped in voodoo lore and superstition.

SACHETS
Sachets are a very simple form of amulet, containing one herb or
combination of herbs. These are very simple to make. Take a small
piece of fabric or bag, add one tablespoon or so of enchanted herb
in
the center of the material. Using a tie of the appropriate length
and
color, tie up the bag. Charge and knot the tie while strongly
visualizing your need. Make two more knots and you are finished.
Carry or place where needed. Use sachets for your ritual baths by
placing one-half to one cup herb mixture in cheesecloth, binding,
and
dropping in the bathwater.

DREAM PILLOWS
These sachets are sewn into a placket and are geared toward
affecting
our subconscious as we sleep. An herb mixture is sealed in cloth,
charged, and placed inside the pillow at night. Most dream pillow
mixtures contain mugwort or lavender.                       

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