ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SPIRITUAL CHURCHES
HOODOO HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2023
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Association of Independent Spiritual Churches and Ms. Robin Presents
2023 Hoodoo Heritage Festival
For the sixteenth consecutive year, the Association of Independent Spiritual Churches is sponsoring our annual Hoodoo Heritage Festival, and this year it will be our fourth VIRTUAL event! Join presenters and other special guests for classes, hands-on workshops, and panel discussions in African-American folk magic, rootwork, and hoodoo. These classes will teach you practical tricks and tips to take your conjure work to a new level of confidence and knowledge. In addition to spell-casting, we also showcase the mystery and magic of worldwide folk religions. Arrange your plans now to virtually attend this unique 2-day Festival of Hoodoo Heritage, African-American folk magic, and spiritual spell-casting! |
ON THIS PAGE: Workshop Program Schedule: Presenter Biographies: Hoodoo Psychics Readings: RELATED PAGES: WORKSHOPS BY YEAR
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Sunday, June 11, 2022 |
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Opening Prayer
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Sunday Wake Up Call
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Reverend James: Consecrating Altar Statuary Reverend James presents a survey of world-wide religious and magical traditions of consecrating altar statuary and images for Deities, Saints, and Ancestors -- and then leads you through your own brief consecration ceremony for the altar image or statue of your choice, using materials he has selected and supplied. WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival): Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Lukianos: Help Is On The Way - Virtual Gallery Reading and Amulets From whence comes your help? Sometimes you have to write (or conjure) your way out. The path of Art is open to all, for those who choose to walk it. Learn how you can harness the power of Creation to align Spirit and Matter. Explore how materials and material means can help you access resources in Spirit, and conversely, how you can communicate and work with Spirit to co-create in the material world. Find your allies, whether Seen or Unseen, both in times of ease and in times of struggle. As a festival attendee you will also receive your own hand-crafted talisman and sigils selected for you by the gifted conjure doctor Lukianos. WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival):
Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
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10:30 PM - 11:00 PM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
10:30 PM - 11:00 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Heidi Holton: Lucky Stones and Lucky Rocks When the great blues singer Ma Rainey wrote and recorded "Lucky Rock Blues" in 1924, she was NOT singing about New Age Crystals! In hoodoo and conjure practice, the names Lucky Rock and Lucky Stone refer to the otoliths or earbones of fishes -- usually drumfish -- which were carried for good fortune by Native Americans and thence entered the materia magica of African American practitioners. Heidi sings the song, provides the ingredients, and guides you through making your Lucky Rock mojo according to instructions collected by the folklorist Harry Hyatt in the 1930s. WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival): Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Doc Murphy: Southern Hoodoo in the Frozen North Doc Murphy offers a unique exploration of Hoodoo magic and its application in northern climates where freezing temperatures and snow are a common occurrence. She will delve into the use of freezing, frozen water, snow, and sleet in spells and rituals. Participants will learn how to work with the energy of cold and ice to achieve their goals, whether it be for protection, love, money, or other desires. Participants will have a newfound appreciation for the power of Hoodoo and the versatility of its magic in adapting to various environments and conditions.
WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival): Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Panel Discussion: Our Favorite Love Spells Join five amazing rootworkers from all walks of life and forms of relationships as they speak on and demonstrate their most favorite love spells:
WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival): Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Ms. Robin: Mystic Healing and Cursing with Water: How to Bring Things to You and Take Things Away with Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes Each form of water -- Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes -- has its own spiritual force and magical symbolism. Learn how to work with water with both hands in this workshop, as Ms. Robin takes you on a fluid journey to the depths to discover the hidden and magical powers of natural waters in hoodoo. WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival):
Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Miss Michaele: Sneaky Tricks: Hiding Hoodoo in Plain Sight Miss Michaele, that crafiest of conjure wives, will teach you how to create, empower, and deploy sneaky tricks that will bring you the results you want, with no one suspecting how you perform your spells -- or even that you are a secret rootworker. This hour-long class introduces her brand-new book, "Sneaky Tricks: Hiding Hoodoo in Plain Sight" and reveals how to efficiently conceal your magical and spiritual work from your intendeds by camouflaging it in a variety of ingenious ways. WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival): Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 catherine yronwode: Astrology for Rootworkers Astrology is a predictive system that helps people make effective plans in matters of business, location, love affairs, marriage, friends, enemies, health, finances, legacies, domestic life, and partnerships. In its most complex forms, it requires a knowledge of astronomical mathematics, but do not fear -- astrology with no math is possible -- and Catherine Yronwode will show you how it is done. In this workshop on ancient, rural star-lore, she will teach you how to work with and harness the power of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Signs, and how to adapt your work to the ever-changing “astrological weather” of planetary Transits, Eclipses, and Retrogrades. You will learn practical conjure with the Sun and Moon from African-American root doctors of the 20th century, transcribed in their own words. Included also is a revised and restored text from 1920 by Professor A.F. Seward, known in his day as "The World'd Foremost Astrologer," that tells you how to schedule planting, harvesting, grafting, and surgical operations according to the phases and signs of the Moon. If you have been put off of astrology because it somehow seemed “too complicated,” this workshop and its accompanying book will ease you into a full comprehension of Eternal Cosmic Knowledge that you can use on a daily basis! WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival): Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Reading Tent Open Pre-schedule an appointment with your favourite reader. |
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Saturday, June 10, 2023 Reverend Art: Taking Root - Hoodoo for Building and Protecting a Successful Business Business can be booming! Reverend Art discusses magical tools and techniques to attract and nurture customers, protect your business against negative energies or influences, and gain financial success. Whether you are starting a new business, a seasoned entrepreneur, or even a career professional, this workshop offers invaluable insights into the power of magic to transform your business, build your brand, and achieve your goals. WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival): Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Sunday, June 11, 2023 Jon Saint Germain: An Artist Among the Spirits: The Extraordinary Life of Reverend Adele Clemens Jon Saint Germain brings us the remarkable life of Adele Clemens, an Anglo-American woman who founded Divine Harmony Spiritual Church in Harlem, New York, in the mid-1930s. A prolific speaker who presented lectures on metaphysical topics during well-attended evangelical tours across the country, she was, despite her unlikely heritage, a pioneer in the Spiritual Church Movement, which was historically based in the African American community. Her methods of conducting candlelight prayer services, documented and published by Mikhail Strabo in the 1940s, are still used today by Spiritual Church Pastors and Ministers across America. WHAT YOU GET: Electronic Materials (via download):
Conference Access (on the day of the Festival): Physical Materials (via postal mail):
Workshop boxes sell out early, so buy your tickets ASAP. If workshop boxes have sold out by the time you purchase your VHHF 2023 tickets, and you already have or can acquire the items listed under "Physical Materials," you will have everything that is included in the workshop box. When you purchase your ticket, you can log into the Festival site and see a complete list of all items, with the names of vendors and SKU numbers, for ease of ordering anything you need. You do not need these items to follow the teaching, but they are recommended, as their use will be demonstrated to viewers. |
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| READINGS BY AIRR MEMBERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL READERS DURING THE HOODOO FESTIVAL! | LEARN CONJURE AND FOLK MAGIC FROM NATIONALLY KNOWN HOODOO ROOTWORKERS! |
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Saturday, June 10 - Sunday, June 11, 2023 The following members of The Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers (AIRR) and other professionals will be available during the Festival when workshops are not taking place and will be offering readings. Take advantage of some great discount prices for attendees only, and the opportunity to get a Zoom reading with someone you might not otherwise have a chance to book. All readings are scheduled at 20 minutes each to allow time for you and your reader to leave the workshops and return to them.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
Availability: Jun 10 - 11 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, except when attending workshops.
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Conjureman: 
Deborah Voith: 
Heidi Holton: 
Ilona Bliss: 
Mama E: 
Miss Athena: 
Miss cat: 
Miss Elvyra: 
Papa Newt: 
Rev. Sister Jacqueline: 
Reverend Art: 
JayDee: 
Papa Gee:
Papa Gee, based in Nashville, TN, is a diviner, perfumer, soap-maker, concoctor of potions,
business owner, and author. After practicing Appalachian folk magic for many years,
he took up the study of African American conjure and has brought them together
as a teacher and practitioner of Southern Folk Magic. This year he will be Co-MC.
Jon Saint Germain:
With over thirty-five years of experience helping people resolve
relationship, life, love, career, and other issues, Jon Saint Germain's
greatest pleasure in life is helping people attain the happiness they deserve.
He is a member of AIRR and Hoodoo Psychics, the Voice of the Crystal Silence League,
the author of many books, including Lithomancy and Crystal Magic,
and he hosts a weekly podcast for prayers and education. He is an ordained minister,
intuitive consultant and rootworker, and will be teaching a workshop this year bringing
to life the impact of Reverend Adele Clemens on Spiritualism and candle burning.
Miss Michaele The proprietor of Hoodoo Foundry and pastor of
Aunt Caroline Dye Memorial Chapel in Willetts, California,
Miss Michaele is also the Chairwoman of the AIRR Pro Bono
Fund, which distributes free readings and rootwork to those in need.
She is the co-author of Hoodoo Bible Magic and this year will be debuting and presenting on her new book Sneaky Tricks: Hiding Hoodoo in Plain Sight.
Ms. Robin:
Ms. Robin is the Bay Area's premier spiritual sister, a gifted reader, root
worker, and radio personality. She, along with miss catherine yronwode, founded
the Annual AISC Hoodoo Rootwork Workshops. She is best known for her money
spells, gambling spells, love spells, curse spells and doll baby spells.
This year she takes us to the shorelines to learn how to work with both hands
the mighty waters of rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Doc Murphy:
Doc Murphy has a PhD in cultural anthropology with a specialization in world religions. The reading, rootwork and other cultural magics that she performs and coaches people in are derived from decades of spiritual and religious study, both academically and personally. She is ceaselessly passionate about the world's wisdom traditions. Don't miss Doc Murphy as she presents on Hoodoo in the Frozen North.
Ms. Nikki Jean:
Ms. Nikki Jean is a natural intuitive, healer, and rootworker. At an early age she was able to sense and speak to spirits and their energies, an ability that further developed throughout her life. She now shares her gifts with others from a perspective of healing and by way of her tarot and oracle card readings. Catch Nikki Jean as she joins this years panel discussion "Our Favorite Love Spells."
Reverend Roy:
Reverend Roy is a tarot reader, rootworker, and healing arts practitioner. He has been in the metaphysical and healing arts for over 20 years now. The focus of everything he does comes from a place of healing, to help bring his clients to the place in their lives they want to be. Join Reverend Roy as he joins the panel to present on "Our Favorite Love Spells".
Lukianos:
Lukianos' practice is grounded in traditional forms and methods centered on the obi and dilloggun -- the divinatory arts of the African and African-Diasporic Tradition -- as well as spiritual attention to the energetic systems of the body, consciously co-creating with Nature and Spirit. He works with his clients to facilitate their connection with Spirit, and to help them articulate and manifest their goals, employing time-tested conjure methods. For the 2023 Festival Lukianos will provide participants with an energetic and engaging gallery reading session, connecting attendees with spirit in this unique session. SPONSORS
These organizations have provided material support to the 2022 Virtual Hoodoo HeritageFestival:
The Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers
Santeria Church of the Orishas
Missionary Independent Spiritual Church
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