Island Mojo: Travel Diary 2

At Outlaw Magazine: http://www.outlawmagazine.tv/content/island-mojo-travel-diary-2/

Art by Wes Freed

http://www.wesfreed.com

Favorite Blogs from the Vault

The Moon, Katelan Foisy Tarot

Zen Quotes by Sun Sign: http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2010/08/zen-quotes-by-sun-sign.html and http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2010/08/zen-quotes-by-sun-sign_10.html

Orpheus Descending: http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2010/08/orpheus-descending.html

The Meaning of Moonstones: http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2011/11/meaning-of-moonstones.html

A Gallery of Witches: http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2011/11/meaning-of-moonstones.html

Haunted Places: http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2011/11/5-haunted-places-that-fascinate-me.html and http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2011/11/5-more-haunted-places-that-fascinate-me.html

How to Read Omens: http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2011/09/omens.html

My Tarot Features from BellaOnline and Suite101: http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-tarot-articles-from-suite101com-and.html

My Story in the best-selling 'Everything Ghost Hunting Guide': http://conjurewomanscorner.blogspot.com/2011/05/from-best-selling-everything-ghost.html

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Southern Folk Magic, Hoodoo in Savannah: http://blog.gratefulweb.net/2012/05/southern-folk-magic-hoodoo-in-savannah.html

Some Traditional Hoodoo Beliefs: http://blog.gratefulweb.net/2011/04/some-traditional-hoodoo-beliefs.html

Native American Moon Names: http://blog.gratefulweb.net/2010/07/tonights-full-thunder-moon-and-other.html

Spirit Bottles of the Gullah Links

Art by Lonesome Liz, inspired by the links below  & South GA

Photos by James Neighbors

Spirit Houses: http://www.squidoo.com/spirit-houses?utm_source=google&utm_medium=imgres&utm_campaign=framebuster

Post and Courier Feature: http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20100210/PC1602/302109958

Spirit Trees: http://www.grannulsgrove.com/2010/09/blue-bottle-tree.html

Gullah Customs and Traditions: http://www.yale.edu/glc/gullah/05.htm

Haint Blue:

History of Haint Blue: http://historiesofthingstocome.blogspot.com/2011/09/history-of-colour-haint-blue.html

Curious Expeditions: http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=722

Haint Blue Play: http://haintblueplay.com/

More Lonesome Liz Mojo Art at The Lonesome Liz Page

The Language of the Animals Lately ...

Two horseshoe crabs... one dead, one just a shell. Both 4 feet long.

Two orioles...

Several Lizards...

Two Rabbits...

Fields full of fireflies...

A Sand Dollar...

Southern Folk Belief - Hoodoo in Savannah

I'm on my way to Savannah and have just discovered it's Hoodoo Central - here are a few of the beliefs and practices recorded by the Georgia Writers Project in, 'Drums and Shadows' - read the full text at SacredTexts.com http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/das/das06.htm

To dream of a dead person is a sure sign of rain.

If you hear an owl hoot in the day time, someone you know will die.

If you hear a ghost call you, they want to take you with them and you must tell them you aren't ready to go yet.

If the first person to come into your house on Monday morning is a woman, you'll have bad luck the rest of the week.

It is bad luck to borrow or lend salt.

Sweeping out the house at night will sweep your luck away.

Shaking a tablecloth out the door after dark will bring death in your family.

Laying a broomstick across the door at night keeps witches away.

If your left eye twitches, you'll get bad news. If your right eye twitches, good news is on it's way.

Placing a knife or a bible under your pillow keeps witches away.

If you blow on a coin, it will help you get more of them.

If you dream of a snake, it means you have an enemy.

Babies born with teeth will have bad luck all their lives.

The Elves and the Shoemaker

THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
by the brothers Grimm


I

THERE WAS once a shoemaker, who, through no fault of his own, became so poor that at last he had nothing left but just enough leather to make one pair of shoes. He cut out the shoes at night, so as to set to work upon them next morning; and as he had a good conscience, he laid himself quietly down in his bed, committed himself to heaven, and fell asleep.

In the morning, after he had said his prayers, and was going to get to work, he found the pair of shoes made and finished, and standing on his table. He was very much astonished, and could not tell what to think, and he took the shoes in his hand to examine them more closely; and they were so well made that every stitch was in its right place, just as if they had come from the hand of a master-workman.

Soon after, a purchaser entered, and as the shoes fitted him very well, he gave more than the usual price
for them, so that the shoemaker had enough money to buy leather for two more pairs of shoes. He cut
them out at night, and intended to set to work the next morning with fresh spirit; but that was not to be,
for when he got up they were already finished, and even a customer was not lacking, who gave him so
much money that he was able to buy leather enough for four new pairs. Early next morning he found the
four pairs also finished, and so it always happened, whatever he cut out in the evening was worked up by the morning, so that he was soon in the way of making a good living, and in the end became very well-to-do.

One night, not long before Christmas, when the shoemaker had finished cutting out, and before he went to
bed, he said to his wife, “How would it be if we were to sit up tonight and see who it is that does us this
service?” His wife agreed, and set a light to burn. Then they both hid in a corner of the room behind some
coats that were hanging up, and then they began to watch. As soon as it was midnight they saw come in
two neatly-formed naked little men, who seated themselves before the shoemaker’s table, and took up the
work that was already prepared, and began to stitch, to pierce, and to hammer so cleverly and quickly with
their little fingers that the shoemaker’s eyes could scarcely follow them, so full of wonder was he. And
they never left off until everything was finished and was standing ready on the table, and then they
jumped up and ran off.

The next morning the shoemaker’s wife said to her husband, “Those little men have made us rich, and we
ought to show ourselves grateful. With all their running about, and having nothing to cover them, they
must be very cold. I’ll tell you what; I will make little shirts, coats, waistcoats, and breeches for them, and
knit each of them a pair of stockings, and you shall make each of them a pair of shoes.” The husband
consented willingly, and at night, when everything was finished, they laid the gifts together on the table,
instead of the cut-out work, and placed themselves so that they could observe how the little men would behave. When midnight came, they rushed in, ready to set to work, but when they found, instead of the pieces of prepared leather, the neat little garments put ready for them, they stood a moment in surprise, and then they showed the greatest delight.

With the greatest swiftness they took up the pretty garments and slipped them on, singing, “What spruce and dandy boys are we! No longer cobblers we will be."

Then they hopped and danced about, jumping over the chairs and tables, and at last they danced out at the
door. From that time they were never seen again; but it always went well with the shoemaker as long as he
lived, and whatever he took in hand prospered.

Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom: The Housewive's Tarot

Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom: The Housewive's Tarot: If you've been following me for a while, you've probably heard me mention The Housewive's Tarot. I bought this deck a while back, and fe...