CoCo Conjure

Sup Cousin! It's Juneteenth. Let's gather some inspiration from those who walked before us. Show Notes: Frederick Douglas “What is the 4th of July to a slave” read by James Earl Jones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDcB1NhMfo Fredrick Douglas “A slave becomes a man” https://youtu.be/U-RmmTYxiGc?si=BlkPDACiLDkJqOQ5 Malcolm X “The Ballot or the Bullet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymPLDO0pOA...

COUSIN! Ro gets in a tussle with the reverend and his wife. Show Notes : Pt 1: Monitoring the Devil https://youtu.be/jez1hN1y82c?si=amn-wuhCPhdQqyAN Other Tale Originals full playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_q7nNxJyzeDBZ0jpIhuBtewPIa-S0z5&si=eiC5VY8BVr_04UjG Sources: American Negro Folktales by Richard M. Dorson PBS World of Stories: Boo Hag preformed by Donna Washington. https:/...

Cousin... it's time to sit and think. Show Notes: What is meditation: A deeper dive https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4171985/ https://newedenministry.com/2020/05/24/contemplative-meditation/ https://www.calm.com/blog/mantra-meditation Focused Attention Meditation CoCo’s Ancestral Garden: https://youtu.be/9wNmIJBIIz8?si=nj-pfw0QhWGeh4tb Body Scan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-OQn5Ui8g...

cuzin! I'm not your mentor. I'm just your cousin.

Cuz, Big sis is here to help us navigate questions around Mind & Spirit connection. Show notes: Big Sis tells you about Her Spiritual Life https://youtu.be/9LPOBEzC32s?si=GruIcts4US-nAzUb More Internet Witches got Questions https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe_q7nNxJyze7dMtGrceqhMdyXy-84e8k Wendy Mata: https://www.llewellyn.com/author.php?author_id=7301&srsltid=AfmBOopcmM6HVM0gdtyxJno...

Cuzn!!!! We have choices to make. Show Notes: All stories sourced from the book “ The annotated african american tales” edited by henry louis gates jr and maria tatar. Story 1: “A vital decision” Originally collected by Leo Frobenius in his work “ Atlantis: volksmarchen und volksdichtungen Afrikas.” Story 2: “The four Fools” adapted from John H. Weeks Congo Life and Folklore. Story 3: “Trackwell,...

Cuz, All your dreams can come true if you ask the man at the crossroad. Just know that the price may be more than you are willing to part with. Leave me an email at : CoCoconjure@gmail.com Follow CoCo Conjure on Ticktock and Instagram Show notes: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Johnson-American-musician https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/biography/ https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Cuz, Sometimes your call for spiritual life is thunderous. Sometimes the lightening bolt misses. Most of the time... it creeps up on you like a rolling spring shower. Show notes: Clifton H. Johnson’s collection of ex-slave narratives called “God Struck Me Dead” https://www.amazon.com/God-Struck-Me-Dead-Ex-Slaves/dp/1610970470 Langston Hughes “The Big Sea” https://www.amazon.com/Big-Sea-Autobiograp...

Cuz, My crash out was heavy this week. So we gonna talk about Phillis Wheatly's unwoke poetry from her youth. The Poetry Foundation : https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley Smithsonian Natural Portrait Gallery : https://npg.si.edu/blog/phillis-wheatley-her-life-poetry-and-legacy poems on Various Subjects Religions and moral : https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/a-selection-of...

Cuz, Competition and Vengeance could lead you to hurting a Heffa. Stories from Mules and Men and Hoodoo In America by Zora Neale Hurston

CUZ!!! break out your to do lists and get your reusable bags. We are going to the Botanica! Send comments, questions, or something you think is interesting to Cococonjure@gmail.com.

cousin, Let's lay it all on the table. Who is allowed to practice hoodoo, and how do we navigate the gray areas?

Sup Cousin, I'm giving answers to questions no one asked me. (LOL)

Sup Cousin! We are back with another Other Tales original. This time we travel along with the Reverend as he tracks the goings-ons of his enemy. Show Notes: Hoodoo in america, zora neale huston. Page 374. Work of Ruth Mason for business success. Red fast luck found on page 411 Japanese fast Luck explained by Lucky Mojo. https://www.luckymojo.com/japaneselucky7.html Isaiah 40:10 to gain some courag...

Sup Cousin! I promise this isn't a vocabulary test. Reach me at cococonjure@gmail.com Shownotes: CoCo’s Catalogue: https://rss.com/podcasts/cococonjure/?_gl=1%2a1e7wvgs%2a_gcl_au%2aMTE4ODg4MTMzMS4xNzcwMDUyOTM2 Monitoring Spirits: https://originalbotanica.com/blog/what-is-a-monitoring-spirit-and-is-one-watching-you?srsltid=AfmBOopk4SsLOdC7rPdhXkceNLwqmxhiQ5ImzDd2mSZGEZq-vSedXDip Sacred Space Confer...

Sup Cousin, If you can't learn hoodoo, then why are we so worried about gatekeeping it?

sup cousin! This episode is an other tales original. come with me as we follow Ro into the graveyard to meet her Aunt Bulah. Show Notes: Hoodoo Graveyard Work https://youtu.be/7Fcf_ULcHY0?si=CConJN8DUNOTSS2s Odd Hoodoo Tactics https://youtu.be/lb91vz5TCAA?si=xLRMpbdcqiHjX0C7

SUP COUSIN!!! Your favorite cousin, Big Sis, is with us for this episode. The two of us talk freedom of religion, the rapture, and machetes under doormats.

Show Notes: https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/henry-louis-gates-jr https://german.fas.harvard.edu/people/maria-tatar https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-bkiayu7R/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9EgvKJekrA All stories read from “Annotated African American Folktales” Edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr and Maria Tatar Story 1: Flying African’s on page 83. The original source is from Petronella Breinbur...

SUP COUSIN! It's ok to crack open a book now and again. Knowledge and wisdom are power. Show Notes: Book 1: Jambalaya, the natural woman’s book of personal charms and practical rituals. By Yeye Luisa Teish https://www.yeyeluisahteish.com/ Book 2: Rootwork using the folk magic of black america for love, money, and success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RtdorhLys8 https://www.instagram.com/tayann...

Cuz! Aunt Caroline is a mystery. One thing for sure, two things for certain, she and her playing cards put Newport AK on the map! Sources for Aunt Caroline Dye https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/media/caroline-dye-gravestone-8094/ https://www.conjuredoctors.com/aunt-caroline-dye.html https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/aunt-caroline-dye-14/ https://arktimes.com/entertainment/arkansongs/2005...

Sup Cousin! we pulled deep from the most obscure parts of the hoodoo library to put this together. And cousin... it gets down right odd.

CUZ!!! It's a folklore episode. And this time we gonna conjure up some remedies.

Cuz, You gotta get right to think clear. And clear heads produce results. Show notes: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/shadow-work https://health.clevelandclinic.org/shadow-work https://www.thesap.org.uk/articles-on-jungian-psychology-2/about-analysis-and-therapy/the-shadow/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPWhbbXuYa4 Your Shadow trails around you, slow as smoke, collecting your secrets. Old fo...

Cousin! I survived the rapture, and all i have to show for it is this podcast episode. Show Notes https://youtu.be/mvsjMuHkGBc?si=X8FCXG92-UiyQ_FU