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To: alt.lucky.w,alt.magick,alt..magick.tyagi,alt.satanism,alt.magick.goetia,alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic,alt.religion.orisha,talk.religion.misc From: catherine yronwodeSubject: The Black Pullet Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 18:50:58 -0800 a query from email: > I have no idea what the Black Pullet is. > I have a book on it called the The Black Pullet by Elbee > Wright, but it really gives no good explanation on what > it is used for. I do no that people in New Orleans use > is a lot. One book mentions that it is used for Power. As far as I know, the Black Pullet is a grimoire from the seventeen hundreds (18th century). Elbee is not the author, he's a modern editor who has copyrighted that version of the grimoire. It has been in print continuously in America since the early 20th century under other editors and contains diagrams and seals similar to but different than those found in the Key of Solomon (used for summoning and evoking of spirits). I don't know of the Black Pullet's use in New Orleans, but I have run across it under the name Gallina Negra extensively on soaps, candles, and sachet powders manufactured in Mexico, Central America, and Venezuela. It often appears in conjunction with a fish-goat or Capricorn figure called the Infernal Goat (Cabra Infernale). For instance, in an Exorcism of Saint Michael spell kit from Venezuela in my collection there are two small offertory candles, one black and one red. According to the prayer supplied with the kit, the black candle is offered to the Black Pullet and the red candle to the Infernal Goat. In African-American hoodoo, there are many wonders attributed to black hens (not specifically pullets less than a year old). The egg of a black hen can be used in a charm to jinx or ensorcel someone. Their eggs can be used to jinx an enemy. For this purpose, the egg may be blown and its contents replaced with a "killing powder" such as Graveyard Dirt, Goofer Dust, or a mixture of sulphur and cayenne pepper powder. Alternatively, a small amount of such a "poison" can be introduced into a black hen's egg and fed to an unsuspecting victim. In the 1920s, Blind Willie McTell, a blues singer from Georgia, mentioned the dangers of black hen's eggs in passing when he sang My momma told me, when I was a boy playing mumble-de-peg Don't you drink no black's milk, don't eat no black hen's egg For more information on Graveyard Dirt and Goofer Dust, refer to my illustrated web page at: http://www.luckymojo.com/gooferdust.html Black hens with so-called "frizzly" feathers (a genetic mutation) are widely believed to have the power to remove jinxes, crossings, hexes and other curses. The owner of a black frizzled hen may loan it out to afflicted families to "scratch up all the bad luck in the yard." Black hens -- and black roosters as well -- are also sometimes listed among the flock of animals that one will meet when performing a crossroads ritual, prior to the appearance of the so-called "Black Man" or "Devil." For more details on the crossroads ritual, see my illustrated web page at: http://www.luckymojo.com/crossroads.html Cordially, catherine yronwode Lucky Mojo Curio Co: http://www.luckymojo.com/luckymojocatalogue.html The Lucky W Amulet Archive: http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html check out news:alt.lucky.w for discussions on folk magic and luck CY:tn
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