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Hoodoo, Conjure, Rootwork: Definition and History (LuckyMojo.com)

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A practitioner-authored reference page summarizing the documented history of hoodoo, conjure and rootwork, consulted 2026-08-11.

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Catherine Yronwode's practitioner-authored reference page summarizing the documented history of hoodoo, conjure and rootwork, published at LuckyMojo.com, consulted 2026-08-11, the lower tier reflecting that it is one practitioner's own compiled account rather than an independently peer reviewed academic history, useful for the documented history it compiles.
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A practitioner-authored reference page on hoodoo history, consulted 2026-08-11. Not peer reviewed and not used here for any of its own uncorroborated claims; used only for its accurate, checkable account of two established academic documentarians of the tradition, Zora Neale Hurston's 1935 fieldwork and Harry Middleton Hyatt's 1936 to 1940 interview project, and for the plain sociological fact that the tradition transmits person to person without a formal clergy. Nothing about how any working is performed is drawn from this source.
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Author
catherine yronwode
Publisher
LuckyMojo.com
Publication Year
2026
URL
https://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoohistory.html
Source Type
reference
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This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Practices, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.
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