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Hoodoo Honey and Sugar Spells: Sweet Love Magic in the Conjure Tradition
Deacon Millett of Four Altars Gospel Sanctuary presents full, complete, and authentic instructions on every kind of sugar, honey, apple, onion, molasses, and syrup spell you can imagine. Deacon Millett is a Reconciliation and Love Spell specialist, and the incredible opening section is filled with the Deacon's recipes for making your own sugar scrubs, sweet bowl spells, and honey baths! Plus, he has included an extensive "Frequently Asked Questions" section, gleaned from the pages of the Lucky Mojo Forum -- with incredible answers by our intrepid moderators and members of the Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers. The information you have always wanted is now available in one easy-to-read compendium.
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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September 28, 2013
They say that you can't judge a book by it's cover, but it also goes that there's an exception to every rule. Such is the case with Hoodoo Honey and Sugar Spells. It is clear that a great deal of attention-to-detail went into the book's design and no where is this more evident than with the cover-art. At first the art work seems simple, but a closer look reveals tiny details such as the bee and honeycomb motif along the edge and back cover that creates a sense of quaintness in keeping with the down-home origins of the subject matter.
The contents of Hoodoo Honey and Sugar Spells is no less impressive. The book opens with a brief overview of what Hoodoo is as well as what Hoodoo is not. From there it goes into specific details regarding the various types of sweeteners and how they are used in the practice of Hoodoo. This, in turn, is followed by a plethora of recipes, spells, and "tricks" for a wide variety of purposes (including a few for which one would not naturally think to include sweeteners). The remainder of this little tome is filled up with a large section of frequently asked questions pertaining to Honey Jars and Sweetener-Spells taken from the Lucky Mojo forum. In many cases, the reader is given several answers representing different perspectives as represented by forum moderators and options related to their question.
Hoodoo Honey and Sugar spells is written in an easy-to-understand style with brief but clear directions for each spell or concept given such as the section on how to write petitions. Deacon Millet has done what many other books on magic and the occult so often fail to do in that he doesn't just tell you what to do to lay your trick but also why you do what you do; which is an important factor in allowing the student to both understand the importance of tradition and increase his or her chances of success. It is clear that the subject matter of Hoodoo Honey and Sugar Spells is one close to Deacon's heart as his openness, kindness, and generosity of spirit really comes through in his writing. There is very little, if anything, I can point out which is erroneous or lacking in this book except that maybe it is too short! Do yourself a favor, add it to your book-shelf today!
The contents of Hoodoo Honey and Sugar Spells is no less impressive. The book opens with a brief overview of what Hoodoo is as well as what Hoodoo is not. From there it goes into specific details regarding the various types of sweeteners and how they are used in the practice of Hoodoo. This, in turn, is followed by a plethora of recipes, spells, and "tricks" for a wide variety of purposes (including a few for which one would not naturally think to include sweeteners). The remainder of this little tome is filled up with a large section of frequently asked questions pertaining to Honey Jars and Sweetener-Spells taken from the Lucky Mojo forum. In many cases, the reader is given several answers representing different perspectives as represented by forum moderators and options related to their question.
Hoodoo Honey and Sugar spells is written in an easy-to-understand style with brief but clear directions for each spell or concept given such as the section on how to write petitions. Deacon Millet has done what many other books on magic and the occult so often fail to do in that he doesn't just tell you what to do to lay your trick but also why you do what you do; which is an important factor in allowing the student to both understand the importance of tradition and increase his or her chances of success. It is clear that the subject matter of Hoodoo Honey and Sugar Spells is one close to Deacon's heart as his openness, kindness, and generosity of spirit really comes through in his writing. There is very little, if anything, I can point out which is erroneous or lacking in this book except that maybe it is too short! Do yourself a favor, add it to your book-shelf today!
August 19, 2013
Hoodoo Honey and Sugar Spells is a new area of magic that I've never knew existed, let alone explored. Neither am I used to reading books from a publisher called Lucky Mojo. So this was a brand new experience all the way around.
The book is very slim (only 96 pages) but I thought it was really good. What I especially liked about it was on some of the very last of the pages. On p. 92 is given a very good explanation by one of the moderators, Devi Spring, in answer to one of many questions given in the second half of the book. She takes the inquirer by the hand and gives a nice walk-through on how a well-performed ritual is supposed to go...any ritual, not just the one the questioner asked about. Well said.
And even though this was probably included by accident, pp. 93-94 address the controversy on whether spells actually cause things to happen (a question answered by Devi Spring) or if it's nothing more than a help (a question answered by Literarylioness). Two different questions, two different points of view.
When most people think of Hoodoo or New Orleans Voodoo, they think of curses, jinxes, hexes, "voodoo dolls", and the dark side. This book helps blow away the myth that this form of folk magic, even though it still can be manipulative, is all about death and destruction; on the contrary, it has a bright side too. In other words, magic, like science, is neutral. It's not the form, it's what you do with it.
The book is very slim (only 96 pages) but I thought it was really good. What I especially liked about it was on some of the very last of the pages. On p. 92 is given a very good explanation by one of the moderators, Devi Spring, in answer to one of many questions given in the second half of the book. She takes the inquirer by the hand and gives a nice walk-through on how a well-performed ritual is supposed to go...any ritual, not just the one the questioner asked about. Well said.
And even though this was probably included by accident, pp. 93-94 address the controversy on whether spells actually cause things to happen (a question answered by Devi Spring) or if it's nothing more than a help (a question answered by Literarylioness). Two different questions, two different points of view.
When most people think of Hoodoo or New Orleans Voodoo, they think of curses, jinxes, hexes, "voodoo dolls", and the dark side. This book helps blow away the myth that this form of folk magic, even though it still can be manipulative, is all about death and destruction; on the contrary, it has a bright side too. In other words, magic, like science, is neutral. It's not the form, it's what you do with it.
September 17, 2025
This is an amazing and short read. I read it years ago and it is still a absolute favorite of mine. Instead of cursing a problem maker or banishing someone you can always just sweeten them up to you. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar after all. It has several spells like, putting someone's name paper in a jar of sugar or honey, the reasons to use different kinds of sugar like confectioner's or brown sugar. There are numerous suggestions and they opened my mind to all the sweet possibilities ahead of me. I recommend this to any practitioner, and this book remains one of my favorites to this day.
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