If you have pictures of your ancestors, those are great to add. Showing respect to your ancestors, especially those who you knew and loved, and who loved you while they were alive, lets you develop your rapport with the spirit world in a safe environment.Īn ancestral altar can be as simple as a candle and a glass of water. Working with spirits in the graveyard requires a high level of intuitiveness before you go there, so if you haven’t worked with spirits before, the best place to start is with an ancestral altar. You need experience with spirits to know which to avoid, and the graveyard is not the place to start. They can bring you bad luck, bad emotions, bad dreams, and worse. Some are kind and will help you, some are not and will try and harm you, and many will be completely indifferent to your requests.Įvil or mischievous spirits can and will try and attach themselves to you in the graveyard. Please, be warned, the graveyard is not a place for Hoodoo beginners. If you ask spirits to help you find love, they can actually find the right person for you! Know the Risks Before You Go You may find yourself getting noticed by people you don’t have any interest in. While you might use a root to draw love, it can be hard to direct the power or predict the result. While roots are used in Hoodoo because of their innate energy, spirits are useful because they can think and adapt. They can protect you, bring you luck, jinx your enemies, and everything in between. The spirits in the graveyard are powerful because they can act as our agents in the spiritual world. You can visit a graveyard to perform divination with the spirits, to work a spell, or to collect graveyard dirt to use later. It’s where we go to commune with the spirits, to ask for their help, and to receive their guidance. It’s a place of rest, and in Hoodoo, it’s also a place of work. The energy of this dirt is amazing and the texture is gorgeous because it contains the natural flora of the surrounding woods.The graveyard is a special place in Hoodoo. This graveyard dirt comes from various wooded areas, paths and crossroads within an old rural cemetery located in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, IL. The dirt is carefully dried out, prayed over and blessed before packaging. Permission was granted from the Spirits to collect the dirt and a proper offering and small token of appreciation was left in return.
The magical possibilities of graveyard dirt are endless!īlackthorn & Rose's authentic Graveyard Dirt was gathered on a Full Moon in a respectful and honorable manner. Whatever your intention might be, graveyard dirt is a special ingredient that puts some spiritual power in your corner! Add a pinch to incense, oils, potions, powders, poppets, herbal blends, mojo bags, sachets, and sprinkle onto candles. Other uses for graveyard dirt include - prosperity, abundance, luck, money drawing, getting money owed paid to you, resolving financial issues, attraction, reconciliation, ending a relationship, drawing a new love, protection, binding, séance work, spirit communication, divination rituals, scrying, connecting to the spirit realm, changing the luck or direction of a circumstance, removing blockages, opening new doors and opportunities, hot foot tricks, go away spells, jinxing, cursing, karmic retribution, reversing, theft prevention, crossroads magic & rituals, invoking the Goddess Hekate, garden magic, healing from addictions and so much more. Graveyard dirt is also used in rituals to break and remove hexes, curses, jinxes, crossed conditions, bad luck and to protect against the evil eye. It can be used in spells to stop gossip, harassment, slander or put an end to toxic relationships. Witches and spiritual practitioners also favor graveyard dirt when working banishing spells or defensive magic for protection from all forms of negativity, harm and evil. Use graveyard dirt during Samhain rituals or anytime of the year to honor and communicate with your Ancestors and beloved dead beyond the veil. It is also used to form a connection to the Ancestors and Spirits of the Dead. Graveyard dirt is a powerful symbolic tool used to aid in spells and rituals to represent the sacred Element of Earth. Although graveyard dirt is more commonly associated in the mind of the general public with black magic and curses, in reality graveyard dirt is also an ingredient in various good works and positive magic, such as for protection, luck, prosperity and even love-drawing.
Graveyard Dirt is a famous ingredient in many spells of various magical traditions.