Hoodoo is community and community needs more people then folks flipping cards and casting spells

Hoodoo is not just work. It’s how Black people care for each other through Spirit. YJ 🕊️☠️

“Christianity is the problem” isn’t decolonizing. It’s an oversimplification Colonialism used religion as a tool. It’s not the same thing as faith itself Blaming all Christianity is no different than how some people blamed all Islam after 9/11, instead of understanding how extremism works YJ 🕊️☠️

Your Ancestors don’t want you to be tending altars while you’re ignore sleep, meals, being dehydrated, or not addressing your personal boundaries. Tending to Ancestors while neglecting yourself isn’t devotion; it’s depletion dressed with Colonial piety. They want you to be sovereign first. YJ🕊️

To the Over-Giving Matriarch: You are allowed to say no without explaining yourself. You are allowed to discipline without remorse. over-giving is not love. It is survival adaptation dressed up as “I am a good mother” devotion. You are allowed to live without sacrificing yourself. YJ 🕊️💀

The Over-Giving Matriarch didn’t choose exhaustion. She chose survival. And somewhere between then and now, Survival became personality. Pour a libation for the over-giving matriarchs in your lineage. May they finally rest. Women’s History Month. YJ 🕊️💀

Mercury is a Roman road deity. My Ancestors were watching the moon, the land, the water, and the crossroads. Different cosmology. Different interpretation. Hoodoo Skywatch ≠ panic astrology. YJ 🕊️☠️

You lit a road opener. Then stood in the doorway afraid to walk through. The door is still open, baby. Walk through. Love your Ancestors 🕯️

Ancestral Psychology

Low Country basket weaving was never just art. It was an Ancestral communication tool. Fanner baskets. Winnowing baskets. Sweetgrass, palmetto, pine needles. Low Country descendants still weave. Still carry the Ancestors’ hands, prayers, and messages. Black History 365: Day 4 YJ 🕊️💀

Before Black church denominations, there were Praise Houses. Black-governed spiritual spaces. Spiritual governance came first, before choosing a religion. Black History 365.

Black people, may you find your joy… A joy that endures.

Hoodoo doesn’t bypass pain. It supports healing without skipping self responsibility. Anything promising relief without that is lying. YJ 🕊️☠️☠️

Your crown is your glory. If you can’t sit with your own head, You can’t hold money, love, or protection work with integrity. Crown work comes first. Take care of your CROWN! YJ 🕊️

To the smaller creators whose work is being lifted without credit! A lot of people with bigger audiences get “rewarded” for ideas they didn’t originate, straight stealing It's important to protect your content intellectually AND spiritually Hoodoo your everyday life, y'all. YJ ☠️☠️☠️

Evening Decree: I let go of the colonial ideas that taught me that my Ancestors are evil. No matter how long I practice, I keep this as a reminder. YJ ☠️

A giant has transitioned. A man who carried liberation in his bones. “Violence is as American as cherry pie." May he rest well Jamil Abdullah al-Amin YJ 🕊️🕊️🕊️

New Moon in Scorpio reminders: Please handle your blessings with the discipline they deserve Blessed New Moon YJ 🕊️🌑🕊️

I keep a Bible in one hand. I keep my Roots in my other hand. God in me, Ancestors in the bones. May you remember the Hoodoo your people carried. Hoodoo Bible Study tomorrow night. I am sooooo excited. YJ 🕊️

Goodnight, Sweet Souls May your Ancestors cover you while you rest. May your dreams be gentle and guide you. May your bones and your mind finally exhale. Rest is for our protection. Rest is a prayer in action Rest is holy. Love, YJ 🕊️🤍

Sweet Souls, Sometimes you don’t need to perform a new ritual. Or leave another offering. Or do any more spiritual work. Sometimes you need a real week off. To cool your waters. To let your work actually work. Rest is part of a healthy Spiritual practice. YJ 🕊️🕊️🕊️

Hoodoo, Rootwork, has always been a safe place for ALL Black People! We never needed your letters, pronouns, or bedroom business What we need …… is your love for your Ancestors and Black Liberation Some of y’all need to go back to the colonializers' church with all these exclusionary regulations

“Taurus Full Moon aftercare: reviewing, revising, your boundaries are a love language.”

Blessed Hearth Medic. Ancestors, I am grateful to you. I’m sharing 31 Gratitudes for Hoodoo Practitioners this month on Substack daily devotions in honor of those who carried our roots. Read + join the gratitude practice: open.substack.com/pub/hoodoo/p... #HoodooHealing #AncestorVeneration

I give praise to all the Saints and holy helpers who crossed the Kalûnga line. Not just the canonized ones of the church, I give praise to all the Hoodoo Saints, known and unknown, who lit lamps so we could see freedom. I thank you. May your names never be forgotten. ☠️🕊️☠️ #AllSaintsDay #Hoodoo

Make sure to read our Hoodoo Heritage Month contribution on Blackstack open.substack.com/pub/blacksta...

Day 28 of Hoodoo Heritage Month 2025 Our Ancestors left us the technology of Hoodoo and Rootwork to help us decolonize. - Yayi Joyce #HoodooHeritageMonth ☠️🕊️☠️

Christmas fuels corporate capitalism I'm referring to Christmas in the USA. If we want actual change, we need to reimagine how Christmas looks, not with expensive gifts, and spending at the same corporations that are killing true democracy What are your thoughts on holiday reimagined this year?

For The Love Of Our Ancestors Please understand: Working with your Èṣù-Ẹlẹ́gbára, Elegua It is not the same as working with Hoodoo Crossroad Spirits. Ancestral Blessings ☠️🕊️☠️🙏🏽 #HoodooHeritageMonth

Day 19 of Hoodoo Heritage Month 2025 May our African and Black Ancestral roots always be honored. May all practitioners have wisdom and understanding not to let pride or impatience in their ” work” cause them unnecessary spiritual blockages. #HoodooHeritageMonth ☠️🕊️☠️

Day 2 of Hoodoo Heritage Month 2025 May our Black Ancestral roots always be honored. May we understand we are more than superstitions. Because a Black person won’t put their purse on the floor to avoid “bad luck” with money doesn’t automatically make them a Hoodoo practitioner #HoodooHeritageMonth

Day 1 of Hoodoo Heritage Month 2025 May our African & Black Ancestral roots always be honored, and may our Spirits be well fed this month. And may our power be remembered that we are more than honey jars and whitewashed tarot readings. #HoodooHeritageMonth #GullahGeecheeHeritageMonth

Day 273 of 365 to my Guardian Ancestors Blessed Guardian Ancestor that safeguards me. Thank you for going ahead of my day and clearing out obstacles, interceding on my behalf, and protecting me from spiritual and physical dangers seen and unseen. It is so and so it is Hoodoo Healing ©️ ☠️🕊️☠️

The internet and social media are wild, chaotic energy fields. I want to spray it all down with some holy water, mint, rue, hyssop, and wash it all clean Mi GAWD Hoodoo Healing ©️ ☠️🕊️☠️

This Lunar Eclipse is about closing chapters. No fancy rituals are required; just be open to the chapter's closing and set firm boundaries with those chapters you need to close. Trust that whatever you close this season needs to be closed. Hoodoo Healing ☠️🕊️☠️

When you get a prescription from a reading, you do it, but the Ancestors don't accept it & ask you to repeat it. There could be bigger things at play, which is why they ask you to repeat it. This work isn’t about control, and yes, sometimes you have to repeat rituals Rhutsworker Rambles ☠️🕊️☠️

Blessed September #Hoodoos We start September with Sun in Virgo + constellation in Leo. Which means we start with the energy of balancing the Earth + Fire. Virgo says: Organize + self care Leo says: be steady + show yourself compassion Move sustainably, don’t burn out. In this eclipse season

Day 241 of 365/2025 Dear Sweet Child, Use these life frustrations as an invitation. Welcome these moments to grow. These are not punishments. These are intentional moments of growth. With Love, Your Ancestors

Day 239 of 365/2025 Sweet Child, sometimes we take you the long way to prevent you from going the wrong way! With love, Your Ancestors Hoodoo Healing ☠️🕊️☠️

Day 238 of 365/ 2025 Sweet Child, We don't expect you to shine brightly every day or be in high spirits all the time. Part of being human is understanding that some bad days will happen, and that’s okay. As your Ancestors, we walk with you through all phases of life. With Love, Your Ancestors

As I reread some of my old posts that popped up on Hoodoo & Rhuts, I thought, “Wow… maybe I’m not even a teacher.” At my Ancestral Altar, I felt peace: it’s okay to cringe at old work. That’s how we know we’ve grown Who we are today in Hoodoo won’t be who we are years from now. And that’s ok

This week, I reflected on Hillary Clinton's remarks about gay marriage with a dear friend and my predictions I pray we don’t revert back to normalizing “pray the gay away” camps again and criminalizing being gay. Those enabling this type of oppression face karmic debt even the devil wouldn’t want

Fun Fact Friday In some herbal medicine practices, taro leaves (Colocasia esculenta) are used for steam inhalation to help ease various respiratory matters. Taro can irritate the skin/lungs if not prepared properly. Always consult a trained herbalist provider before trying! Hoodoo Healing©️

Sweet Child, Please stop tying your worth to romantic relationships. It is unbelievably freeing when you do. With Love Your Ancestors ☠️🕊️☠️

To be a good astrologer, you have to be a good historian and understand humans. Astrology is math, history & patterns. Whatever you thought it was because of pop culture, throw it away.

Hoodoo and Rhutwork is political Put your local officials in your work, libations, and prayers. Include reps ( yes, even ones you don’t fully agree with) in your covering. Focus on the work and the policies that align with you for the greater good to benefit the community!

Trump’s “anti-woke campaign” & Kim Jong-un’s “propaganda” Are so similar they both rely on similar tactics: Where you create a cultural “enemy” to consolidate power behind them. Different systems, but the same damn playbook for sure. Such a shame more folks can’t see it.

Have you ever watched a cat move? Just in silence and watching them has taught me a lot There is an old country saying that’s used by Hoodoo and Rhuts elders, “A cat that wears gloves can't catch any mice I wrote a story about it on Substack; read it here 🔽 open.substack.com/pub/hoodoo/p...