#RootWorkers
In folk lore, magic is the ultimate tool of resistance. From rootworkers aiding freedom seekers to outcasts using curses as justice when the law failed, witchcraft has always belonged to the rebellious.

How does your craft honor resistance & autonomy?
#FolkWitchFriday #FolkWitchcraft #WitchSky
October 29, 2026 at 8:56 AM
#FolkWitchFriday

Today's Topic: In folk lore, magic is the ultimate tool of resistance. From rootworkers aiding freedom seekers to outcasts using curses as justice when the law failed, witchcraft has always belonged to the rebellious. How does your craft honor resistance & autonomy?
This is making me think. I totally agree with your statement.

My spirituality empowers me & I use that power to fight against oppression. It's important that it's not all 🕯️& correspondences. I have to speak up for others & myself. Protection work for resisters & hex the oppressors.
October 30, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The Relative Tarot: Your Ancestral Blueprint for Self-Discovery

The Hoodoo Tarot: 78-Card Deck and Book for Rootworkers

I have the Hoodoo Tarot deck, and could assign cards to my disembodied ancestors and living relatives.
October 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Rootworkers and African American Herbalists are a wealth of important physical and spiritual healing information.

theherbalacademy.com/blog/pot-liq...
Pot Liquor Healing Broth: A Nutrient-Rich Way to Nourish the Body
Learn about pot liquor broth, a nutrient-rich tradition in African American herbalism, and download an ebook to explore its history!
theherbalacademy.com
August 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Get on it, rootworkers, cunning-folk, and lay people. 🧵
okay! Kendra asked for some suggestions here, and I'm going to offer something like a Litany of the Saints for all your "dear God, please let It™️ happen soon" prayer intentions

there's no one immediate obvious candidate, but an "Avengers, assemble" approach to these folks might be worth trying:
If I buy a Luigi prayer candle, bless it with holy water, stick a rosary bead at its base and use it to pray to free the US and the world from tyranny... do you think the reaper would get the message?
August 28, 2026 at 12:02 AM
'A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Rootworkers, Conjurers and Spirituals'
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Trailer for 'A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Rootworkers, Conjurers and Spirituals' from The History Press.
Trailer for 'A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Rootworkers, Conjurers and Spirituals Available
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August 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Listen up, fellow witches and rootworkers who dabble in the herbal arts: buy your herbs and spices in more than one form to save time. If you’re working high-volume sales, having ground herbs on hand cuts down the grind when it’s time to whip up that special potion.😉🪄 #witchmadness #hoodooalmanac
April 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Maybe they have something planned. Perfect opportunity if there are any rootworkers among them ijs
March 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I wanna connect with Black femmes who are:
✨rootworkers
✨alt/emo
✨doulas
✨sex educators
✨organizers
✨Hotties/Hoochies
✨queer/t4t
#addtoblacksky
a woman wearing a black t-shirt and a headband is smiling while standing in front of a door .
ALT: a woman wearing a black t-shirt and a headband is smiling while standing in front of a door .
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November 15, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Stayed in their well-equipped libraries studying high, scholarly magic under the patronage of the upper classes. They’d have had nothing to do with the real life Granny Weatherwaxes and other hedgewitches and rootworkers.
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It’s completely fine! To us modern day people, it’s cologne. But to old folks, Haitians, rootworkers, voodoo practitioners, and hoodoo enthusiasts, it’s called Florida Water. It’s meant for mental, spiritual, and emotional cleanse and healing
April 26, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Lmao I gotchu Unc😂

So traditionally in today’s society, we call it cologne. But traditionally southern folks (rootworkers, Vodou practitioners and hoodoo workers) know it as Florida Water! It’s used for spiritual cleanse and emotional cleanse
April 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
La Madama is a host of ancestral spirits in Santeria, Lucumi, and Espiritismo, and represents a spiritual horde of patron saints (tho not specifically considered saints) for diviners & rootworkers.
May 5, 2024 at 2:11 PM
My understanding is that container spells originate in rootwork; how do people on both sides (rootworkers + those who aren’t rootworkers but still use container spells) feel about this? Is it culturally appropriative or is it simply utilizing a brilliantly practical method in another way?

#WitchSky
December 9, 2024 at 10:36 PM
And don't get me started on the misuse of the spirit of the plant (marijuana).

Like... I want us to just take better care of plants and the earth period.

You cannot call yourseles rootworkers and the like and not understand the total landscape of environmental health and ecosystems.
March 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
But rootworkers, #witches, and #folkmagic practitioners across centuries? They knew exactly what to do with it. #Psalm109 has been prayed over candles, written into petitions, folded into spell bags for generations. If you've been truly wronged, this one was written for you. #WitchMadness #WitchLife
Let's talk about #Psalm109. As many know, the Bible has grit and has roots in malediction. This is an imprecatory psalm, a direct, unapologetic call for God to bring SPECIFIC harm to an enemy. Financial ruin. Loss of legacy. Public humiliation. The church doesn't preach these, do they? #WitchMadness
March 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM
(4/5) What is a Folk Witch?
Historically, these practitioners were the neighborhood Cunning Folk, Yarb Doctors, or Rootworkers. They are "practitioners of trying." Their authority doesn't come from books or initiations, but from their success in helping their community through the land.
May 1, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A not-conclusive list of Black witches, rootworkers, and spiritualists that *aren't* caricatures:

* Missouri Moseley, Supernatural

#witchsky #Blackwitchsky
February 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM