root work
Southern spiritual practice
Root work is a form of folk magic practiced primarily in African American communities, using roots, herbs, and other natural materials for healing, protection, or influencing events.
The practice blends African spiritual traditions with elements absorbed in the Americas.
A root worker or root doctor is someone skilled in these practices: She went to see a root worker about her troubles.
Also spelled rootwork.
- hoodooFolk magic tradition
- conjureSummon by supernatural means
- spellArrange letters correctly
- mojoMystical personal power
- hexMalevolent incantation
charm · botanica · candle · ritual · ancestor · crossroads · graveyard · dirt · herbs · oils · protection · curse · honey jar · spiritual · spiritual bath · folk magic · voodoo · cleansing
root workorganized religion
Structured communal belief systems
seminary training · ordained ministry · established church · state religion
root workevidence-based medicine
Clinical care guided by research
rationalism · secular humanism · empiricism · atheism · skepticism
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