Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System

Index

index abiku, 139 Abosom, 23 Achebe, Chinua, 59 Achmed ibn Sirin, 130 advertising, 110–12, 125; catchphrases in, 117–18, 160; confessions market, 158, 159, 160–61; Internet, 160–61, 162–63, 181; television, 170 African Americans: assimilation of, 3, 43, 113, 124, 125–26, 157, 168, 181; cultural life of, 5–6, 9, 12, 14, 19, 84, 157; ethnic identity of, 14, 15, 16, 92, 117, 169; as nation within a nation, 9, 168; problems of, 3–4, 180–81; spirituality of, 14, 179; stereotypes of, 14, 165. See also religion, slavery African Religion Complex (ARC): cultural elements of, 41, 43, 97, 171; eight components of, 40, 44, 125, 184; and Hoodooized Christianity, 94 African traditional religions (ATRs), 1, 19–33; ancestor reverence in, 25–27, 32, 41, 56, 57; bonds of sacred and secular in, 21, 46, 47; chart, xi; continuum of life, 56–57; divination systems of, 22–24, 27, 30, 31, 55–56, 92, 129; evolution of, 6–7, 61; flashpoints, 24–25; healing power of, 27–29; herbal knowledge in, 29–30; names of, 32–33; oral transmission of, 44; pejorative labels attached to, 20–21; sources of, 30–32; spirit possession in, 27, 30, 47, 48, 57, 94, 125; string used in, 28–29, 147–50; syncretic transfer of, 2–3, 30, 33, 45, 63, 94 Akan society, 13, 22, 38, 87, 166, 168, 184 Albertus Magnus, 111–12 amulets, 37, 81, 91, 93, 94, 147–50, 148, 149; mojo bags, 41, 65–67, 65, 66, 85, 107, 113, 131, 162, 170; Native American use of, 99; prayer cloth, 147, 170, 181; and track gathering, 102 Anansi/Anancy, 32, 87 ancestor reverence, 25–27, 32, 41, 56, 57, 89 Anderson, Ann, 106–7 Anderson, Jeffery, 16; Conjure in African American Society, 12 animal intestines, eating of, 8 animals, sacred, 39, 105, 120 animal sacrifice, 35, 57, 64, 93 animal signs, 92 ants: charms made from, 102; as diagnostic tool, 27 Artemidorus, 130 Ashanti/Ashantee, 23, 26, 28, 30, 32, 51, 87 astrology, 111, 162 Aunt Memory, 101 Aunt Nancy (spider), 86–87 Aunt Quintilla, 140 Aztec culture, 69 Hazzard_Text.indd 227 10/10/12 8:45 AM 228 Index Babalawos, 72, 139, 168 Babaloricha/Babalorisha, 31 Bacons, Alice M., 9 Bailey, Cornelia Walker, 144, 151 Bakongo society, 22, 31, 35 balance, 63, 87 Bambara society, 22, 24, 25, 30, 31, 37, 41, 42 Beecham, John, 26, 27, 29, 51 Bell, Michael Edward, 11 Berendt, John, 86, 89 Bess, Willie, 14 Big Apple (dance), 61, 86 Bioho, Benkos, 77, 80 birthing ritual, 143–44 black belt Hoodoo complex, 84–115; adaptations of, 162–63; chart, xii; and Christianity, 5, 93–94, 96, 112–13; commercial exploitation, 98, 103, 105–8, 111–12, 116–19, 122–28, 157–58, 163; and crossroads, 93, 101, 114–15; decline of, 116, 124, 126, 128, 157, 166–67, 171, 184; diversification process, 96–97; and emancipation , 84–90; and great migration, 85, 91–92, 97–99, 109–12; problems addressed by, 171–72; from Reconstruction to World War II, 90–115; speaking and pronunciation, 113; track gathering, 99–102; tradition of, 15–16, 163 black consciousness movement, 89–90, 168 blackface performers, 106–7 Black Herman, 92 blues singing, 113, 168, 185 bones, 92 Bradfield, Mattie, 1 Brazil: religion in, 31; slavery in, 30 Brickell, John, 99 Brown, Henry, 97 Brown, William Wells, 78 burial traditions, 89 Burnett, Chester Arthur (Howlin’ Wolf), 100 Buzzard Lope (dance), 44, 86 candles, 4, 124, 126–27, 134, 162, 167 Candomble, 13, 30, 31, 44 Carlson, Gustav, 130 Carroll, Patrick J., 69 Catholicism, 30, 31, 33, 45, 64, 127 cauls, 104, 117, 122, 138, 140 Cayton, Horace, 125 cemetery, as power site, 44 Cesar (healer), 50 Charleston/Savannah, Hoodoo in, 36, 37 charms. See amulets Chesnutt, Charles W., 54, 86, 89; “HotFoot Hannibal,” 87–88; “Po Sandy,” 88 Chireau, Yvonne, 11, 16 Christianity: adaptation to, 63, 64, 162; and black belt Hoodoo, 5, 93–94, 96, 112–13; competition with, 44; Islam as backlash against, 90; missionary work, 19–20, 64, 96–97; Psalms, 92, 140 cloud formations, 92 community sanction, 17, 166, 167 compensation, 87 confessions market, 158, 159, 160–61 conjure, 4, 6, 32; in Chesnutt’s work, 87–88; and community sanction, 17, 166; early research in, 9–12; evolution of, 61–62; survival of, 60. See also Hoodoo conjure doctor: authority of, 50; root doctor, 52, 104; as slave, 62–63 conjurers, 153, 169; caches of, 54–56, 55...