Hoodoo for Everyone w— Sherry Shone
“Hoodoo is so precious to me because hoodoo was made by a people that needed deliverance, and deliverance is a universal need.”
— Sherry Shone —
Sherry Shone is a Black, Lesbian Hoodoo worker with years of experience helping clients receive deliverance using Hoodoo rituals, products, readings, clearings and classes. She sees Hoodoo as an accessible healing modality that people of all identities can practice responsibly. Her new book, HooDoo for Everyone is Hoodoo, updated: history, foundations, spellwork and spiritual guidance made accessible to everyone, inclusive of all backgrounds and genders; it offers everything you need to understand and responsibly practice Hoodoo: rituals, conjure, rootwork, divination, herbs, plants and ancestor work.
Sherry Shone is a Black, Lesbian Hoodoo worker with years of experience helping clients receive deliverance using Hoodoo rituals, products, readings, clearings and classes. She has presented her knowledge of Hoodoo in various media, as well through classes and events across the U.S. Sherry is also the author of two books : the Hoodoo Guide to the Bible and her newest book Hoodoo for Everyone : Modern Approaches to Magic, Conjure, Rootwork and Liberation. Additionally, Sherry is a leader in the tarot community: she co-led the largest tarot meetup organization (The Denver Tarot Meetup), was a facilitator and presenter at the Denver TarotCon, and has been a presenter and reader at fairs and conventions for more than 15 years.
we discuss
What is hoodoo? And what are some common misconceptions around it?
How practicing hoodoo helped renegotiate Sherry’s relationship to the Bible
What to do about ancestral work if you don’t know your family’s history or who your ancestors are?
Can folks who aren’t Black practice hoodoo without appropriation?
What is a root worker? And why is it a part of hoodoo?
links
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More about our guest —
Hoodoo for Everyone : Modern Approaches to Magic, Conjure, Rootwork, and Liberation, book by Sherry Shone
The Hoodoo Guide to the Bible, book by Sherry Shone
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