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    Black Cat Dust

    Copyright 2013 Denise Alvarado, All Rights Reserved Worldwide

    Most folks have heard about the horrible practice of boiling a black cat alive in order to procure that one special bone that will render one invisible or bring good luck,especially withregardsto gambling. TheBlackCatBonewasamostcovetedbonebybelievers,andeventoday,thereisa power and mystique associatedwith it due to the fact that it is such ataboopracticebytodays standards. Animal cruelty is not an acceptable activity, and while it was notconsideredsuchby practitioners in thepast,itisinnouncertaintermsconsideredcruel today.Thistaboo,alongwith the actual ritual itself lends a certain forbidden knowledge to the curio, something most people will never experience. But, there are many paths along a similar destination, and perhaps the newerworkscreatedwiththesamegoalinmindwithsimilaringredients,arejustaspowerful. In additiontothespecialboneusedfor gambling, therewasalsothepracticeofkillingablackcat in order togetaleftfrontshoulderboneasaningredientforapowderwhichwascreatedtokeep the law away. Called Black Cat Dust, thispowderwasbelievedtobringgoodluckineveryarea oflife,fromgettingajobtomakingfriendsandkeepingawayenemies. Black Cat Dust consisted of the powdered left front shoulder bone of a black cat mixed with ground up lodestone.The combination was then placed insidea bottle of Jockey Club Cologne and worn to attract luck, make friends and get a job. The technique for grinding both the lodestone and the black cat bone was similar it involved grinding each back and forth using a screen. This technique was described by an informant from Tennessee in Harry Middleton HyattsHoodooConjurationWitchcraftandRootwork:

    1731. Tuh git ajob. Well, nowyo' git chew some lodestone an' yo' set down an'yo' git chew a screenin'wirelakdatscreenupdere. (Thescreeninthewindow.)[Hotelwindow.] Co' se it take yo' a long time tuh do it but yo' set down an' yo' rub it an' rubuntil dat lodestone come tuh dust an' yo'gitchewsomecologneyo'knowdisheahJockeyClub.Yo'takeitan'put itinabottlelakahgotheahnow.See,datlodestone.[Heshowsasmallbottle.] (Whatistheliquidyouhaveinthere?) That's that Jockey Club Perfume. And den yo' could put yo' if yo'wanta,yo'killyouablackcat an' git hisbone an' grind dat up jist lak yo'do de lodestone. Put it in dere an' denyo'kingoto a man,talkin'tohim,an'he'llgitovahtuhyo'giveyo'ajob. (Youhavethatblackcatdustinthisbottle?Bothofthemtogether?) Yessuh. (Anybonefromthecat?) Any bone?Yo'seeyo'gottagitabonefromroun'hisshoulderupheah,deleftshoulder,fromin front. Grind it to a powder an' take dis heah bone an' rub it on dis heah screenin' wire until it comes [to a powder]. It goin' take yo' a long time tuh do it.But hit'll do it. Ah use dis fo' luckin gamblin' an' luck an' successful in meetin' mah fren's an' everythin'. Ah make fren's, ah don't makenoenemies.[Memphis,Tenn.,(939),1520:3].

    If a person wished to make a powder like this today, one could buy a skeleton that has been humanely harvested in other words, found as roadkill and prepared for sale by a reputable animal bone dealer such as the Bone Room. You could then identify the correct bone and proceed to grinding. Magnetic sand could be used in place of grinding a lodestone, as grinding lodestone in the manner in which the aforereferenced informant described would take an inordinate amount of time. The mixture could then be added to your bottle of Jockey Club Cologneandyouwouldhaveasimilarendproduct.

    If you like this article and wouldlike tohave access to more uniqueandinformative articles on Hoodoo, Southern Conjure and New Orleans Voodoo and folklore, then sign up for Creole Moons Conjure Club.Youwillreceiveoneebookamonthplusdownloadscontaininginformation like this one (this is an excerpt, our documents are 515 pages long and our ebooks are 80 to

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    Copyright 2013 Denise Alvarado, All Rights Reserved Worldwide

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