Hoodoo (spirituality)

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Hoodoo is a complex set of spiritual observances, traditions, and beliefs—including magical and other ritual practices—developed by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United States from various traditional African spiritualities and elements of Native American ethnobotany. Hoodoo practitioners are called rootworkers, conjure doctors, conjure men or conjure women, and root doctors. Regional synonyms for Hoodoo include roots, rootwork and conjure. As an autonomous spiritual system, it has often been syncretized with beliefs from religions such as Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Spiritualism. Hoodoo, frequently associated with conjure, is a compilation of religious beliefs and practices, centered on showing gratitude to deceased family members, justice, and rootwork, a botanical practice used for healing and protection. It is mostly influenced by West African spiritual practices, incorporating Indigenous herbalism and European grimoires. While there are a few academics who believe...

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