Correspondence By Archangels

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The Seven Archangels is a painting by Massimo Stanzione.


Asariel
"Beatitude of God"
Candle Colour: Green
Crystal: Amethyst, emerald
Day: Thursday
Herb: Carnation, heliotrope, jasmine, lily, morning glory, poppy
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Keter
Major Arcana Card: Temperance
Metal: Silver
Planet: Neptune
Rulership: Dreams, psychic powers, spirituality, truth, visions
Sign: Pisces

Azreal
"Whom God Helps"
Candle Colour: Dark Red
Crystal: Bloodstone, garnet, ruby, tiger's eye, topaz
Day: Tuesday
Herb: Acacia, asphodel, basil, chrysanthemum
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Da'at
Major Arcana Card: Death, Judgement
Metal: Aluminum
Planet: Pluto
Rulership: Cleansing, death, transformation
Sign: Scorpio

Cassiel
"Knowledge of God"
Candle Colour: Black, brown, gray
Crystal: Jet, loadstone, onyx, sapphire
Day: Saturday
Herb: Balladone, coltsfoot, hellebore, hemlock, wolfsbane
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Binah
Major Arcana Card: The World
Metal: Lead, salt
Planet: Saturn
Rulership: Agriculture, astral projection, home, knowledge, politics
Sign: Capricorn

Gabriel
"Strength of God"
Candle Colour: White, silver
Crystal: Aquamarine, fluorite, quartz, moonstone, pearl
Day: Monday
Herb: Adder's tounge, all white flowers
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Yesod, Da'at
Major Arcana Card: The High Priestess
Metal: Silver
Month: January
Planet: Moon
Rulership: Emotions, fertility, motherhood, navigation, prophetic dreams, sleep
Sign: Cancer

Haniel
"Grace of God"
Candle Colour: Dark Green
Crystal: Emerald, lapis lazuli, rose quartz, turquoise
Day: Friday
Herb: Carnation, fennel, honeysuckle
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Nezach
Major Arcana Card: The Empress
Metal: Copper, brass
Planet: Venus
Rulership: Beauty, business, friendship, love, marriage
Sign: Taurus, Libra

Michael
"Like unto God"
Candle Colour: Gold, orange
Crystal: Amber, carnelian, citrine, diamond
Day: Sunday
Herb: Angelica, bay, chicory, marigold, rowan, sunflower
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Tiferet
Major Arcana Card: The Sun
Metal: Gold
Planet: Sun
Rulership: Defense, exorcism, peace, power, prosperity
Sign: Leo

Raphael
"Healing of God"
Candle Colour: Yellow
Crystal: Agate, serpentine, yellow topaz
Day: Wednesday
Herb: Celery, caraway, cinquefoil, dill, fenugreek, lavender, marjoram, mandrake
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Hod
Major Arcana Card: The Sun
Metal: Mercury
Planet: Mercury
Rulership: Business, communication, eloquence, healing, intellect, study
Sign: Gemini, virgo

Samael
"Severity of God"
Candle Colour: Red
Crystal: Jasper, ruby
Day: Tuesday
Herb: Cardamom, daisy, devil's claw, nettle, thistle, wormwood
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Gevurah
Major Arcana Card: The Tower
Metal: Iron
Planet: Mars
Rulership: Balance, courage, creativity, endurance, strength
Sign: Aries, scorpio

Sandalphon
Candle Colour: White
Crystal: Smokey Quartz
Day: Any days of the week
Herb: Carnation, lily, ivy
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Malkuth
Month: All months of the year
Planet: Earth
Rulership: Guidance, spirituality

Uriel
"Light of God"
Crystal: Iris
Day: Saturday
Herb: Bryony, pokeweed
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Hokhmah
Metal: Platinum, alloy
Month: September
Planet: Uranus
Rulership: Astrology, change, divorce, inspiration, revolution
Sign: Aquarius

Zadkiel
"Benevolence of God"
Candle Colour: Purple
Crystal: Amethyst, Sugilite, Turquoise
Day: Thursday
Herb: Anise, beech, cinnamon, hyssop, nutmeg, sage, valerian
Kabbalistic Sephirot: Hesed
Major Arcana Card: The Wheel of Fortune
Metal: Tin, bronze
Planet: Jupiter
Rulership: Health, legal matters, luck, success, wealth
Sign: Pisces, Sagittarius

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See, What Our Path Is

Being immensely interested in African diaspora religions and Folk Catholicism, we primarily honor our ancestors, Church saints, angels, folk saints, and Afro-Caribbean spirits such as loas and orishas. If we absolutely have to put a label on ourselves, we prefer the label of “Folk Judeo-Christian” as we live according to the customs and traditions of conjure workers and root doctors from the Deep South and syncretic followers of Christ in various nations of the Caribbean and Latin America.

Our spirituality includes West African-based Caribbean-style tradition as well as Esoteric Christianity and Yoruba religion. Generally, we practice Gullah folk magic popularly known in the Deep South as Hoodoo or Lowcountry Voodoo; the ancient wisdom founded by Orunmila in Ile-Ife called Ifa, and a bit of Lihim na Karunungan (Filipino Esotericism or Philippine Mystery Tradition).

Respect, What Hoodoo Is

Despite visible evidence of Central West African, Islamic/Moorish, Native American, Judeo-Christian, European, and even a few East Indian/Hindu, Chinese, and Latino/Caribbean retentions, influences, and admixtures, this does not mean that Hoodoo is an open and unrestricted system of eclectic magic.

Conjure, and Rootwork is rooted in African-American culture and Folk Protestant Christianity. Any practitioners of Hoodoo who did not grow up within African-American culture should still have a fuller understanding and high regard for its origin.

In the beginning, the early conjure doctors were entirely Black. The students were all Black, the elders were Black, the teaching was Black, and they focused only on Blacks as their audience. But other races were accepted when they had also been brought into the Hoodoo community and learned the tradition. Even so, we should still acknowledge that Hoodoo, Conjure, or Rootwork is not ours but only belongs to the Black community. We are just believers who are grafted into their rich yet humble tradition and, by word and deed, embrace genuine African-American folk spirituality and magic. This is all we can do for all the blessings we received from God and our Black ancestors.

Hoodoo's lack of religious structure and hierarchical authority do not mean that any person or group can appropriate or redefine it. If one cannot respect Hoodoo as it is and for what it is, then please, do not play with it.



Learn, How Conjure Is Worked On

Authentic Conjure is not all about blending and selling oils and casting spells online to make money. Hoodoo has its own spiritual philosophy, theology, and a wide range of African-American folkways, customs, and practices which include, but are not limited to, veneration of the ancestors, Holy Ghost shouting, snake reverence, spirit possession, graveyard conjure, nkisi practices, Black hermeneutics, African-American church traditions, the ring shout, the Kongo cosmogram, ritual water immersions, crossroads magic, making conjure canes, animal sacrifices, Jewish scriptural magic, enemy works, Seekin' ritual, magical incorporation of bodily fluids, etc.

Unfortunately, they are currently missing in marketeered or commercial Hoodoo, as they are being removed, disregarded, or ignored by unknowing merchants who simply want to profit from an African-American spiritual tradition, thus reducing Hoodoo to just a plethora of recipes, spells, and tricks.

Tim and I are completely aware that we are not African-Americans, so we are doing our best to retain and preserve the customs and traditions of the slave ancestors to avoid unnecessary conflict with the larger Black-Belt Hoodoo community and prevent them from labeling us inauthentic outsiders and our practice as mere 'cultural misappropriation.'

Accept, Who We Are

The byproduct of eons of slave history, Black supremacists believe that only people with African or African-American blood are real Hoodoo practitioners and are often inclined to consider themselves as the elite of the Hoodoo community; a place in which they believed that Whites, Latinos, Asians or any other races who do not have Black ancestry do not belong. Black supremacists are prone to be very hostile towards both “outsiders” and those accepting of them, fearing that their promotion and acceptance would dilute or even negate the Black identity of Hoodoo.

Although we do understand why some Blacks hold this stance, since a lot of people nowadays are misappropriating many aspects of Hoodoo and teaching the spiritual path even without proper education and training (for purely monetary purposes), we would, however, want to say that not all non-Black Hoodoo practitioners are the same.

WE respect what Hoodoo is, and we never try to change it, claim it as our own, disregard its history, take unfair advantage of it, speak against the people who preserve it, and mix it with other cultures (like our own) and call it Filipino/Pinoy Hoodoo, Gypsy Hoodoo or Wiccan Hoodoo because there are no such things.