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I'm looking for a good crash course in making gris gris bags (or something similar) for my personal work. Anyone have a book or website they can personally recommend, before I start wading through the offerings on Google?

Karen

Never leave home without 'em . I just make my own out of things which are meaningful to me.

 Here is one take on them. Whatever one may think of Yronwode, she does put a lot of interesting info out there for others to use freely.  

http://www.luckymojo.com/mojo.html

Never leave home without 'em . I just make my own out of things which are meaningful to me.

 Here is one take on them. Whatever one may think of Yronwode, she does put a lot of interesting info out there for others to use freely.  

http://www.luckymojo.com/mojo.html

Just posting to add a link onto this to clarify why one might be uncomfortable with Yronwode.

Her husband holds views regarding the LGBTQ+ community and suicide that I personally am not comfortable with, as well.

Not to say Mrs. Yronwode doesn't know her stuff. She has good information, but this may be pertinent as well.

The article seems to be missing.

 
Thanks for letting me know! I'll put up the fixed link when I get home (there's internet restriction where I am now).

I'm looking for a good crash course in making gris gris bags (or something similar) for my personal work. Anyone have a book or website they can personally recommend, before I start wading through the offerings on Google?

Karen

 
http://www.amazon.com/Magics-Bag-Creating-Spellbinding-Sachets/dp/073871903X

This one is quite extensive.

This line from one of the reviews would give me pause before I considered buying such a book " ( there are no spells containing a negative basis nor any un-hexing just the positive aspect )". Right there I'd wonder how much the author(s) understood about this kind of magic.

I can agree with that, this more of the lighter side of things. IMO, I haven't seen bags typically used for the more negative work. In my experience I've seen tricks laid out more so with powders, jars or dollbabies.

There's always this one,
http://www.amazon.com/Charms-Spells-Formulas-Llewellyns-Practical/dp/0875425011
which is more of the traditional hoodoo than the eclectic type I mentioned previously.

Hi Karen, I personally like Denise Alvarado's work and her book Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook is excellent and contains a section on making gris gris.

http://www.amazon.com/Voodoo-Hoodoo-Spellbook-Denise-Alvarado-ebook/dp/B005SG3YFY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1431135262&sr=1-1&keywords=hoodoo+voodoo

The stuff that goes on with Catherine Yronwood and their business is pretty off-putting. I really don't know what to think sometimes but as Carillon mentioned there is lots of info on the luckymojo.com site.

Thanks. I sent a book sample to my kindle. I've heard of the issues with Cat Yronwood. I don't know what to make of it. I haven't bought anything from Lucky Mojo, though the last set of renters next door seriously tempted me into hot foot powder.

Karen