Black Witch says. OK.here is my version of how I collect dirt from the graveyard. Some of my coven believes people start running when they see me coming not true well.whatever J Still I am EXTREMELY respectful when I take dirt, and here is my thoughts and procedure. Graveyard Dirt or Graveyard Dust is literally dirt, dust, or soil taken from a grave at a cemetery. Graveyard Dirt is a famous ingredient in many spells of various magical traditions. Although graveyard dirt is more commonly associated in the mind of the public with black magic and curses, in reality graveyard dirt is also an ingredient in various good works, such as for protection, luck in gambling, and even love-drawing. In order to harvest graveyard dirt certain rituals must be performed. Rituals for the gathering of graveyard dirt vary from practitioner to practitioner 1
but the following is a good basic guide as to how graveyard dirt is gathered. - For legal reasons do not use any tools to dig the dirt. Also do not carry any containers into the cemetery as well. Ideally one should place any dirt they gather into their pockets directly but some people choose to use a small baggie. - Items needed include a small baggie (optional), and a small gift to leave behind at the grave. One or more shiny new pennies or dimes, or items the deceased individual enjoyed in life such as a cigarette, a shot of whisky, etc., will usually suffice. - For good works, dirt taken from the graves of family members, friends, lovers, or people who had a good moral reputation are best. For black magic spells dirt from the graves of "sinners", evil people, criminals and murderers are the most powerful. - Pray and meditate before going to the graveyard. - Ideally one should only gather dirt from the grave of one's ancestors. - Upon reaching the grave one has been led to, knock on the headstone three times and call out to the spirit of the person buried there. Ask them permission to take the dirt from the grave and then wait for the answer. If the spirit answered positively then proceed by bending over and grabbing a fist full of dirt in one hand from the area located over the heart of the deceased. In the other hand place the gift one brought with them at the spot where the dirt was taken. Otherwise the gift can be 2
placed on top of the headstone. Only gather one fistful of dirt per visit. - Perform a cleansing on one's self. - Upon returning home one might want to transfer the graveyard dirt to a respectable container, as one should show respect to the dead. A small decorated container should do. Graveyard dirt can also be purchased in various occult shops; however let the buyer beware. Very few places seem to sell pure graveyard dirt and there is no guarantee the dirt was gathered according to the proper rituals. Usually the dirt sold in these stores has been adulterated by adding talcum powder or similar powders. In some cases powdered mullein herb is sold as a substitute for graveyard dirt. Don't be deceived. Graveyard dirt is also sometimes referred to as 'goofer dust'. Such term most always refers to a negative or black magic use for the dirt. Traditionally graveyard dirt is but one ingredient in a powerful recipe for 'goofer dust', which is used to magically kill or harm one's enemy. 3
USES AND GATHERING OF GRAVEYARD DIRT As the theme of this month is around timing of spells here is information you can use in conjunction with the dirt collecting. YOUR HOMEWORK IS TO GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IN YOUR BOS TO GO OUT AND COLLECT DIRT FOR A SPELL YOU ARE WANTING TO PERFORM. Though a predominant ingredient in many hoodoo recipes, I have read that is is actually a uniquely Kongo practice that somehow spilled over to other systems of magick. It is customary to place a coin on the grave that you take the dirt from out of respect for the deceased. Usually one picks a grave that will reflect what your intentions are. As for how one acquires the dirt, it is believed that one must get a bit of it from the head,center and foot of the grave. Below are variations and their correspondence in regards to the time of day (or night) the dirt is to be obtained as well as during what phase of the moon, direction etc... 4
=========================================================== ================================= TIME CORRESPONDANCES FOR OBTAINING GRAVEYARD DIRT =========================================================== ================================= 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT-NORTH SIDE OF THE GRAVEYARD Go to the graveyard at nine o'clock at night, and get some dirt out of a grave on the north side of the cemetery. And carry it to a woman's house that has a husband, and you want that husband. You get some of your friends to take that dirt there. And if she can become friendly with the woman in that house and get a chance to sprinkle it around their bed and in the house, so she will have to walk over it, this woman, this mans wife will dwindle away and die. Then you have the opportunity to get with this man MIDNIGHT People say that if you have been having tough luck and haven't had much success, go to the graveyard at midnight and get some graveyard dirt and put it in little sacks or bags (tiny ones) and wear them around you waist. And from time to time you will be more successful that if you didn't do this. MIDNIGHT-NO MOON SHINING At twelve o'clock at night you get graveyard dirt. That's mostly for 5
harming, that for nothing good. You go there at midnight but when the moon is not shining. You go there on a dark night. And you take the graveyard dirt. If you just want a person to have bad luck, you just throw the dirt at the person - strictly without anything else. They will never be successful in any undertaking that they do. NEW MOON - INNOCENTS GRAVE If she wants to run around on you..you go to the graveyard on a new moon and get some dirt off an innocents grave, take sulfur and table salt. And when she leaves the house you go into her room and throw it in the room, and as she goes out the door you throw it in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost, and go on. Just like she comes in at night, you know, like she is going out at night and she doesn't want them to be out looking for her. Well she gets it fresh. She goes there on a new moon. (She does this so they won't bother her while she goes out at night?} Go anywhere she wants. 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING Go to the graveyard around four in the morning and buy a pennies worth of graveyard dirt. And come back and sprinkle it around the house, all around and sweep off they do step behind them. That will move them. Sweeping graveyard dirt is both an uncommon and dangerous rite. The woman here that wants to rid herself of an unwelcome roomer or friend, sprinkles graveyard dirt about the house outside, leaving herself a dirties entry. Coming indoors she closes the dirt less entry, the doorstep, with graveyard dirt. She is a prisoner in her own home. But, as soon as he walks over the dirt, entering or leaving, she sweeps it away. The spirit in graveyard dirt, not liking to be swept by the dirty broom, flees back to the 6
graveyard; the man, having crossed the dirt, must go away forever; and the woman, now immune from the graveyard-dirt spirit, is free - for another roomer or friend. [How much dirt do you get from the graveyard?] Penny's worth. [How much would that be?] That would be two ounces. BEFORE SUNRISE - THROW IN DIRECTION VICTIM LIVES - BIBLE They can do most anything with it, such as hurting a person. You can take graveyard dirt and you can cause a person to, if you don't want them to stay there, you can cause them to move to another place. But you must go to the graveyard soon, before morning, before the rising of the sun, get the dirt and cast it in the direction the person lives. If you cast it in the direction the person lives and read a portion from the Bible, they will move immediately. (Did you say portion or any peticular portion?) Just any 7
portion of the Bible, doesn't matter, just any portion to drive most anyone away with graveyard dirt. BEFORE SUNRISE - DIRT FROM THE HEART There are alot of people who say if you go to the graveyard, say, just before morning and dig down right about the heart of a person, right about the breast of a person, dig down way deep into the grave and get the graveyart dirt, no doubt, and put it in your shoes or wrap it in a rag, and place in your pocket, this is good for luck in gambling. FULL MOON-DIRT FROM A FRESH GRAVE TO BRING IN CUSTOMERS You use the dead man, and the way they mix it, you mix the dirt taken from a fresh grave on a full moon. Mix the Sulphur and red pepper and bury it under the foot of a step, and it brings in customers/persons. 8
=========================================================== ================================= PERSONS GRAVE-TYPE CORRESPONDANCES Just as the times & phases when dirt is taken plays a significant role in its usage, so does the various types of graves it is taken from. The dirt is thought to work special magick in accordance with the type of person who inhabits the grave as you will see in the following examples BABY'S GRAVE If you want two women to get along, wanted them to live in the same house together. Well, you go to the graveyard where a baby is buried, run your hand down there and get some dirt from the head. Come home and sprinkle it around the house nine morning in a row and that will make peace in the house. (What do you mean have two women in the house and have them get along?) If you have two of them and you just want them to get along. If they stay in separate houses it will be all right but you have to sprinkle it in both houses. (I see) You could put them in the house CATHOLICS GRAVE You go to the Catholic Graveyard and reach down in there, dig down in there and get some grave off the breast. (A woman's?) It doesn't make any difference but it has to be a Catholics grave where you get the dirt. Take that dirt and you get some gourd seeds (green seeds) and you get 9
some red pepper and take nine grains out of the red pepper. Then you get a good bit of the mixture and go to the fork in the road and sprinkle a little bit there. Do this for 3 nights and on the third night call out the party's name and they will return. CHILD'S GRAVE They say if you have an enemy around and you want to drive them away from you, go to the graveyard, to the grave of a child. You run your hand down there to the elbow and grab a handful of dirt. You go to the persons house, you can go all around [circumambulate] his house, and scatter dirt [also] on his step. You will cause a fuss in their house and they will be gone GAMBLERS GRAVE You can cause a whole lot of confusion in the house by taking graveyard dirt, red pepper, and if he died for instance a man gambling, a man that was swearing all about you, the worse a fella acted when he was living the worse it will make people act, the people you use it on. If you take the dirt from a Christian grave it won't do anything because that's a good spirit. Its the evil spirit the man that died that had been a gambler and a drunkard. The way he acted when he was living the same the dirt will have an effect. Take the graveyard dirt, red pepper,black pepper and sprinkle it in the house anywhere, the dirt is dry you see and it will cause confusion between a man and his wife 10
GOOD PERSONS GRAVE You go to the grave and you get dirt from a good persons grave, if you want peace in your home. And then you sprinkle it around and in the house, well then you go to work and then you find peace there when you return. INFIDELS GRAVE They go to the cemetery, now listen according to the Bible, some people believe they have a God and some don't. Well the man and woman that don't believe they have a God is an Infidel. Or a man that gambles practically all his life, and dies, they figure he is gone to hell. He doesn't dwell where the good dwells. Go to the graveyard at midnight and take some mud from the infidels grave with a knife, bring it back and let it dry well. Get some red pepper and mix it well, and if you want to disturb here, just sprinkle that here and the two parties, I guarantee won't be together long. RELIGIOUS PERSON GRAVE Now if there's anything done that's going to ruin you mind or just anything done to your home, or if somebody hoodoos you to keep you from a job. Which is why you use this method here. If there is a man you know that killed a religious man, a relative, you can take a penny and you put it in the middle of the grave. That's in case of an emergency if the person you know or not, is a religious person died. You give them the penny that day and take some dirt. For you take that dirt which is why it will cause an evil spirit to follow you, because you got something that belongs to them. 11
Now they get in around you home which is why it causes confusion and will cause a separation. Now you'll have to be around and take the method with a good man, with a spiritual man, he met the spirit. You can head home when the spirits come, you know what time to meet him and you cure him if he's not too far gone. [Informant says if you are HOODOOED, A SPIRITUAL MAN WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO]. You must pay for graveyard dirt or the spirit will follow you home,evil or good, depending who is buried there. A SPIRITUAL MAN (USUALLY A PERSON WORKING LARGELY WITH SPIRITS) can sit home and wait for the coming of the good mans spirit, and use it for curing. If the sick or hoodooed person is not too far gone. SINNERS GRAVE Go to the graveyard and carry 3 pennies in your hand, reach down, if it is the grave of a sinner, if it is someone who didn't have a religion. You dig a little hole and leave the 3 pennies and take some dirt with you. (Then you use the dirt?) You can take the graveyard dust and sprinkle it around your home and this will break up you and your husband. It will cause confusion in your home but it has to be from a sinners grave You can also sprinkle it in the corners of one room where people penetrate, like the front room and theirs minds will be stirred up, and they will have to leave. GRAVE OF YOUR NEAREST RELATIONS If your scared of the law or an enemy coming upon you, that's going to try to venge you, they say to go to the graveyard. If any of your nearest 12
relations have died, you dig a hole at the head of the grave and put any amount of money you want to pay them there,.50 cents to a dollar anything you wouldn't mind paying. Take a tablespoon full of dirt out of the hole. Put the money in the hole and cover it back up. And tell him/her to keep your enemies from you. After that you take the dirt and go to your enemies place, you'll have to know your enemy and sprinkle the dirt around their steps or in front of their home. You won't have to worry anymore. SUNKEN GRAVE If a man breaks up with his wife and the wife wants him back? She should go to the graveyard and get some dirt from the head of a sunken grave. She should take that dirt and bury it under the first doorstep. If she can get her man to come back and step over the first doorstep and over the graveyard dirt? She will get him back and he will stay with her., she'll come home. 13
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