Spirituality is a personal, sacred thing. It's tied to our physical and mental health. It's what sustained the enslaved during slavery in the United States and we can only imagine the strength needed to endure what our ancestors went through
This post is not about telling you to go to church. This post is a reminder that when considering changing our physical location that we consider our spiritual location as well. Our spiritual location is not binary. We can exist spiritually in more than one location, spiritually tethered to one place as we wander in another.
Spirituality is not corporeal and not limited by time and space. For example, we may still be spiritually connected to the past as lessons are still being learned, preventing us from truly moving forward.
Sounds a little mumbo jumbo? Replace the word spirituality with consciousness. Being 'stuck' in the past on someone or something can really hinder forward thinking and progress.
I recently worked with a root worker and would like to add her to available resources to check out. Her name is Sherry Shone ([email protected]). She is ThatHoodooLady and the author of Hoodoo for Everyone (modern approaches to magic, conjure, rootwork, and liberation). She is available for individual sessions.
**What is Hoodoo?
I don't think I'm best qualified to answer this question, as to me, it's very complex. Instead, I will paste some quotes I've found:
It is the spiritual tradition of the invisible institution.
Hoodoo, often joined with conjure, is a set of religious beliefs and practices that center on ancestor veneration, justice, and a botanical practices
**Is it voodoo?
No.
The most important difference between them is that Voodoo is an actual religion, while Hoodoo is not.
Voodoo has its own rituals, leaders, teachers, representatives, and services, plus two distinct branches: the Vodou of New Orleans and Louisiana, and the Vodue of Haiti.
Hoodoo, on the other hand, is not a religion. It has no organizational structure, and is practiced by individuals – sometimes called root doctors or root healers.
I personally see travel as a journey of mind, body, and soul. I see it as the ultimate freedom, something stolen from those who came before us.