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To: alt.magick From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Re: a few starting definitions Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:19:38 GMT key@springhaven.org wrote: > > doctrine of signatures (aka doctrine of correspondences): the > attributes (shape, color, actions, stubstance, etc) of a thing > give clues to it's purposes. usually applied to plants. > e.g. red or hot/spicy plants are good for fevers and bleeding > because red and/or spiciness are associated with heat and/or > blood. also seen in asian cultures where gifts wrapped > in white are inauspicious because white is associated with > death. a variant of the magick theory "law of similarity". Most colour symbolism (except red = blood) is arbitrary and varies by culture. I prefer botanical and zoological examples when explaining the doctine of signatures: John the Connqueror root looks like a human male scrotum, hence carrying a John the Connqueror root in the pants pocket makes a man more virile. Violet leaves are shaped like a heart, so if you write the name of someone you love on a violet leaf and wear it in your left shoe, that person will come to love you in return. Racoons have a long bone in their penis, so if a woman hides a raccoon penis bone under the marriage bed, her husband's penis will always be hard for her (he will always "have a boner" in American slang). cat yronwode Hoodoo in Theory and Practice -- http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html No personal e-mail, please; just catch me in usenet; i read it daily. Lucky Mojo Curio Co. http://www.luckymojo.com/luckymojocatalogue.html Send e-mail with your street address to catalogue@luckymojo.com and receive our free 32 page catalogue of hoodoo supplies and amulets Copyright (c) 2001 catherine yronwode. All rights reserved.
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