Hoodoo for Everyone

Modern Approaches to Magic, Conjure, Rootwork, and Liberation

By: Sherry Shone

Narrated by: Sherry Shone

A beginner’s guide to an inclusive Hoodoo practice—history, spellwork, folklore, and herbs

Hoodoo is a folklore tradition that was created by and for enslaved African Americans in the southern United States. And before there were honey jars, red brick dust, and everything else you may associate with Hoodoo, there was the need to be free.

This is not the #kitchenwitch Hoodoo you’ve seen on social: it’s magic for those who seek liberation and healing, for those who have been hurt, misunderstood, or cast aside. This is Hoodoo, updated: history, foundations, spellwork, and spiritual guidance made accessible to everyone, inclusive of all backgrounds and genders.

Written with three guiding Hoodoo tenets—Intention, Faith, and Direction—in mind, Hoodoo for Everyone offers everything you need to know about the practice: rituals, conjure, rootwork, divination, herbs, plants, and ancestor work.

Shone’s modern Hoodoo also goes in-depth into discussions of gender, religion, and cultural appropriation. She answers the questions:

• Is Hoodoo the same as Voodoo, Lucumi, or Santeria?

• How do I connect to an ancestor if I don’t know my family’s history?

• Is Hoodoo accessible to queer folks?

• Can I practice Hoodoo even if I’m agnostic or Christian?

• How can I practice Hoodoo respectfully and with sensitivity?

With spells and verses organized by topic and a list of spices, herbs, and spellwork objects, Hoodoo for Everyone is for all listeners called to Hoodoo, new and experienced alike. For anyone seeking a natural spiritual practice, a connection to their history, or a deeper connection to non-judgmental life energy, Shone offers a comprehensive guide to manifesting deliverance through Hoodoo magic.

©2022 Sherry Shone (P)2022 North Atlantic Books

Critic reviews

"Shone offers hoodoo ethics; an extensive index of useful Bible verses; a glossary of spices, herbs, and roots; and versatile chants, prayers, offerings, and blessings to help equip the new practitioner. [Her] gift is to be expansive, earthy, and inclusive."—Spirituality & Health

“From the first opening words, this book GRABS you! Shone is a master at painting a picture of what Hoodoo is, and what a Hoodoo practitioner looks like… which is anybody. She walks you through her own beginnings and how she came to recognize that she is a Hoodoo practitioner. Shone takes the reader into the richness of Hoodoo’s origins and history, and her personal self-discoveries that give the practice of Hoodoo a place in everyday life for anyone wishing to examine it. I found so much connection to my own practices in both rituals and content. I believe this book will help any person exploring the metaphysical arts find real-world foundations to build upon and enhance their own experiences. Thank you, Sherry, for sharing another part of your spiritual journey to help enlighten the path of others.”—Brenda M Hardwick, energy healer and author of Allowing the Magic, Allowing the Miracles

“Sherry Shone shines again. In her second book, Hoodoo for Everyone, Shone serves as a warm and compassionate guide through her updated practice of Hoodoo for the modern world. Her joie de vivre radiates in her writing, but she never tempts readers to look away from harsh truths. Rather, Shone helps us face reality head on and, armed with her stories, wisdom, knowledge, and the tools of her magic, heal.”—Amy Torok, coauthor of Missing Witches

A non-traditional spell book

I really loved the way this author shared something new and rarely introduced about her experience and love for the Bible while sharing the roots of Hoodoo discovered later in life and the application of this craft. This also feels like a story of family and legacy and how combining it all created and included all that wanted to try a form of Hoodoo.
The practices are intriguing if you could imagine a faith based practice all could share safely and under full understanding your responsibilities as a practitioner.
I look forward to hearing more from this author!

Great story teller!

Ms. Shone is a wonderful orator. If you are a xtian and wanting to step away from traditional xtain practice into something more niche but not the typical church going experience then this is a good way to go. Especially for those who feel conflicted about totally abandoning abrahamic dogma. But...If you are more used to Mobile AL, NOLA, and Gulf Shores Hoodoo traditions, this book is going to be a bit irksome. For those who are the old south hoodoo practitioners, this book may seem to attempt to dampen what you have been trained on. She does a lot of biblical quoting throughout the book. A WHOLE LOT OF BIBLE QUOTING. This book really could have been much much better because her practicum is on point however in my opinion it's missing something. That certain je ne sais quoi that gives Hoodoo it's powerful distinction of being an act of rebellion against xtian oppression. I'll call this book "diet vegetarian Hoodoo". I really wish she could have collaborated with someone residing in the old south to broaden her understanding. Hoodoo is a set of spiritual practices of a marginalized people, I do find it interesting that so many new aged practitioners seek to make it "all inclusive". It's a sort of forced assimilation. I think more people should know the difference between traditional folk healing and Hoodoo. Where they overlap and where they part paths.