African American hoodoo/rootwork
African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
African American hoodoo/rootwork is cataloged as a Practice / discipline within African & Afro-Diasporic. Its candidate country context is “United States” and its period or origin is “enslavement era–present.” It is associated with the parent tradition “African American folk religion.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Hoodoo / Rootwork; hoodoo; rootwork; conjure
- Parent tradition
- African American folk religion
- Public geographic context
- United States
- Period / origin
- enslavement era–present
- Living / historical status
- active and diverse
- Access / protocol
- Community-bound / restricted
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateUnited States
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
African American hoodoo/rootwork. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0068. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0068
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