Hoodoo and Voodoo

Folk Magic of the American SouthBy Trevór Jay Clinton

Hoodoo Vs. Voodoo

• Voodoo is a religion that mixes east African Vodun and Catholicism

• Hoodoo is a type of witchcraft that is closely related to Voodoo

Types of Hoodoo

• Practitioners of hoodoo are called Bokor or root doctors• Hoodoo is divided into two types; white magic and black

magic• White magic hoodoo is the art of healing using herbs and

roots• Black hoodoo involves curses and the creation of zombis

A Gris-Gris, not a voodoo doll.A Gris-Gris is mainly used for healing

Misconceptions

• Voodoo dolls are not associated with voodoo but with hoodoo black magic

• The Priests and Priestesses of Voodoo worship the Loa and are not involved with the black magic of the Bokor sorcerers

• Zombis creation is done by the sorcerers, not the Voodoo priests

Puffer fish that has TTX, one of the poisons used in creation on real zombis