Southern Preparations to Bring in the New Year

Hello everyone. Today, I will discuss the traditions and customs you can do to bring success and prosperity in for the New Year. I am going to start with a little story. So, when I was a child, from as early as I can remember, every New Year’s Eve I would help the family with preparing to bring the New Year in with traditions to bring prosperity and success.

First, one of the things that my family and I would do on New Year’s Eve is clean the house. Cleaning the house was very important because you have to clean out all of the negativity from the house, and we would clean from the top all the way to the bottom, and we would clean from back to front. 

Spiritual Cleansing Bath 

Next, you want to keep all of the dirt at the front of the door, so you can sweep it out when the clock strikes twelve. Sweeping out the dirt clears out your home of blockages and stagnation. Then, you want to get some powdered cinnamon and place it in your right hand. You will blow the cinnamon in your house to bring in money and prosperity. Another thing is clothes, with my family and the traditions that we have, is to wear the color red. For me, wearing the color red is very beneficial. For anyone who wants to start the New Year strong, wear red clothing. Red is the color of prosperity and strength.

Something else that we do is take a spiritual cleaning bath on New Year's Eve to come into the New Year with positive energies and to be cleansed from all the things that were dragging us down from the prior year. This is everything that I would do beforehand on New Year’s Eve to complete all of these rituals. Now, for New Year’s Day, there is still more work to do. For starters, having money in your wallet/purse is so important because you want to bring money with you for New Year's. Also, some people believe this, and I am one of these people too; it's the belief that you want to do things that you would normally do that will reflect how you spend the entire year. So, on the actual day of New Year's, I don’t like to do heavy cleaning because I would have completed this on New Year’s Eve. 

Money Drawing Candle 

So, I normally do a light cleaning, but I try to keep it light for the day. After the light cleaning, what I do is I start a candle for money on my spiritual altar, so I will be able to bring more money in for the year. The candle spell that I do is very simple; it is normally a green glass candle with money drawing oil placed on and in the candle. I light the candle and then say the 23rd Psalm, which is a catch-all prayer, but it is very good for money drawing. Then, after my candle ritual, what I do is I start to prepare dinner, and this is very important because in Hoodoo/rootwork/conjure, something that you want to do is eat something yellow, green, and also black-eyed peas. I will explain that eating something yellow symbolizes prosperity and good health, eating something green will be for money and increased prosperity, and the black-eyed peas are for luck. These food items are traditional items that our ancestors ate during the New Year as a sense of tradition and also to bring in more prosperity. 

So these are all of the steps I take to get ready for New Year’s Day; these are the steps I take to be able to eliminate evil and blockages and also to bring prosperity into my life for the year. I hope these tips will help you on your journey of hoodoo/rootwork and conjure. 

Food for New Year's Day(Minus the Black Eyed Peas)

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” 

• Roald Dahl

How to Do an Egg Cleansing

In today’s article, I will be writing about the steps on how to do an egg cleanse. An egg cleanse is very simple, but extremely effective in removing evil and negativity from the person receiving the cleanse. The belief of the egg cleanse was essential during the Transatlantic Slave trade which was during the 17th century, and this was during the time of hoodoo and rootwork when Africans who were brought over from Africa had to hide their spiritual practices, so hiding their spiritual practices, and also learning more herbal information from the natives in the United States. The spiritual practice of hoodoo grew and expanded, and with this expansion came resourcefulness. A common way to remove evil spirits from a person would be to pass a black chicken over the individual for the black chicken to absorb all of the evil and blockages that were set on the person. However, during the Transatlantic slave trade, the slaves who were brought here to the United States did not have a lot of resources, so instead of using chickens to remove evil, they used something that was more accessible, which was the egg. So we have it today by using eggs as a form of cleansing. Now, I will discuss the materials you need and the steps for cleansing.

Ingredients:

First, you are going to need an egg, a glass of room-temperature water, and salt. 

Next, starting off with this work, you will need the egg to be at room temperature. Then, you start off rubbing the egg from the top of your head all the way to the bottom of your feet, while you are doing this, you will want to recite the ‘Lord’s Prayer’, if you do not know the prayer, I will insert it here: 

“Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen” 

Now, I know people who may be reading this might not be comfortable with reciting a traditional Christian prayer, but I would implore you to look at this only as a step for cleansing yourself. Personally, I would take any gripes with religion out of this cleansing ritual. That was a little caveat I felt that I needed to put in this article, so going back into the ritual. When you are rubbing the egg around you and your body, you will recite this prayer until you have concluded with the cleansing. Once you are done rubbing the egg around your body, you will then get a glass of room-temperature water. You will break the egg into the water, but DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE WATER; this will negate the cleansing, and your efforts will be for naught. So, you cracked the egg into the glass of water and you look at the glass from the side. You should feel lighter from the cleansing. Now you are going to want to wait for at least 20 minutes to see if any shapes have formed in the glass. From here, you can see the evil that you have removed. Here are some examples: if you see any animal shapes, that means someone has sent negative energies towards you, or if you see bubbles at the top, that means secret enemies. There are many other signs of egg cleanses, which I could write a whole other article about, but not today. 

Finally, when you see what you removed, you will now want to take the salt and throw it into the glass with the egg to destroy the evil. From this point, you are going to throw the mixture away either in the toilet and flush or you can dump it outside so these negative forces cannot come back to harm you. Thank you for reading this article, if you have any other questions please feel free to leave a comment so I can answer any questions. 

“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg. Not by smashing it. 

-Arnold H. Glasow