So what is D.U.M.E. ?

Hello Everyone,

I've been having a nice relaxing first day of the new year, and I'm also excited because one of my favorite old T.V. programs is going to be run on one of the retro T.V. stations "Kolchak: The Night Stalker"  I loved that program when it came out, it was the inspiration for X-Files, and I think for a few other shows.   So for this old lady, I'm happy.

But that is not why I'm posting here.

One of my readers (and you know who you are   ;)   )   posted a comment to me about a particular powder and oil called “D.U.M.E.” 

I’ll post his comment here---

“Dear Ms. Q,

I'm a recent reader of your blog. Seeing from one of the comments from above, I see that you mentioned "D.U.M.E" (Death unto my enemies). And what I've read from the "Goofer Dust" post you wrote, I thought that "Goofer Dust" was the most powerful/lethal powder that one could utilized in hoodoo/conjure/rootwork. And seeing from the previous comment, are you implying that there's another formula that's much powerful than Goofer Dust, because you said: "She by-passed hot foot, by-passed Goofer and went straight to D.U.M.E. Her situation was that horrible." Please clarify, Is there one powder this "D.U.M.E" powder much more lethal than Goofer Dust?

Thank you.”

I answered his question in my reply in the comments section, but I'll admit it was abbreviated in terms of history because he later asked me---

P.S Ms Q, If I may suggest that you should do a blog article for the D.U.M.E powder so future readers don’t confuse it with Goofer Dust.

Well my young friend, with all of this I may just confuse you even more, because just as I said that X-Files was inspired by "The Night Stalker"  we see that with D.U.M.E  and Goofer Dust.

So here it is-----  my more expanded reply on  What makes Goofer Dust D.U.M.E.  and what is D.U.M.E?

So I first need to explain what is DUME and why is it a little different from Goofer Dust.

Traditionally the letters D.U.M.E.  pronounced Doom, means “Death Unto My Enemies”  but I’ve also seen is called “Destruction Unto My Enemies” as well as “Do Unto My Enemies” and it’s also among some Wiccans called “Kiss of Death”  and elsewhere it’s called “Blacklist”.

So how can one thing have so many different names?  

Well based upon my own personal experience, talking to my friend and with some other practitioners and what research information I’ve been able to come across, and I admit its meager, I’d have to say it’s adapting, adjusting and “marketing”, as well as how nasty and vengeful does one want to get without fear of making a bargain to the Devil---not that you would, but for some folks a certain moral code holds them back and really that’s fine.  

Because if you really want someone dead you have to really be worked up and super-villain angry

Goofer Dust is extremely powerful and it is the bases or foundation of DUME, BUT with an addition or deletion of other “items” it can be changed or ramped up to DUME level,  BUT to make it effective it has to be done in concert with  candle and spell rituals as well as a lot of will power of the one doing the work, and one may need to be prepared for any possible back-lash.

Many years ago, I had a friend who owned her own store selling Botanica items, she eventually closed up shop when she married a very good man who understood her path and how she worked it.  She did continue selling but out of her own home and mostly to those who were her former customers who use to go to her “brick and mortar store” as well as by word of mouth.

She and I get together occasionally for tea and the most wonderful cookies (she can bake and cook up a storm, they are so delicious), and we’d also compared formulas’ aka recipes, there was and is no rivalry between us as oppose to some other groups and persons that I can think of, and more than once I’ve said to her “Hey, you have here the same recipe but under two (or at times 3) different names. How come?”

She said “Because what we’d would call it traditionally in Conjure or Hoodoo or Voodoo, to others who come into the shop but are somewhat uninitiated to the concept of Hoodoo or Conjure, being more airy-fairy Fluff bunnies or believe in the Harm None philosophy, they would not understand or just pass on it, but if it’s given a different name, a more mundane name, even though it does the same thing its better understood by the uninitiated.”

And also it depended upon the focus and the intent. It was all in the marketing and since she had been for a long time operating her own business she could understand why one thing would have different names, because of “marketing”.

For example and this is a good one, DUME is also called “Blacklist” and among wiccans or witches it’s also called “Kiss of Death”, for those that seek serious retribution and are willing to accept the consequences.

Now at the time why it was also called Blacklist I didn’t have a clue, but “Kiss of Death” made perfectly good sense. But DUME is becoming a more frequent name---it can mean, as I said,  “Death unto my Enemies” or “Destruction unto my Enemies” or more milder “Do unto my Enemies”   the old “do unto others as they would do unto you” kind of concept.

So before we get to DUME let’s look at “Kiss of Death” first, in all my hunting on the internet and the few old catalogs I have,  (unless I’m missing something) the only place that even mentions this version is the web site The Village Witch in the U.K.  they call it “Kiss Of Death™ Oil – Witchcraft Hoodoo Voodoo Wicca Pagan  Used as, well…. as the name says. Use ONLY ON CANDLES! WASH HANDS AFTER USE AND USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION!  This is the witchy version of the hoodoo/voodoo/conjure DUME oil which we also sell.”

So we are back to the DUME oil, but they do make it clear that it should only be used on candles but they soften its idea by saying it’s a witchy version of the same thing.  But it’s not.  What would make it different is the type of spell work done with it.

So let’s go to the next name variation on the DUME list and that is Blacklist----I can understand using this name or title if you want your enemies to be humiliated and humbled to the point that no one believes them or will hire them, in a way it would be like the old Communist Blacklisting done in the 1950’s.  

But Original Products Botanica sells a DUME black candle and they call it a “Black List 7 Day 1 Color Prayer Candle…..Even the score with those who do you harm by burning our 7 Day Black List Candle. Write the names of your enemies on the glass in the space provided. Anoint with our Crossing oil for added strength.”   So on this candle on the back or somewhere on it you can write the names of those you want “Blacklisted” but it’s on a DUME candle.   And they suggest using Crossing Oil not DUME oil.

So one would be doing with the Blacklist (aka DUME) candle is you are sending to those persons on the list on the candle “crossed conditions”.  Not necessarily “death” but misery.

This is also repeated on a product from Wisdom Products and they advertise it as a “7 day glass candle black list dume - Black list condition candle DUME”

Wisdom Products goes on to explain to you to “Even the score with those who do you harm by burning a 7 Day Black List Candle.  Opens the doors to hell- problems, bad luck, sickness, poverty, failure and enemies.  Write the names of the individuals on the candle whom you wish to cause distress in their life.  Burn the candle until the name and blow out the flame.  Concentrate on the incantation.  Repeat the ceremony for the remaining names. “  

 Now no mention is made of using an oil but it is a DUME candle where once again you can write the names, but now it’s explained to the purchaser how to do the ritual, so now we are looking at the will of the person working the spell.

But they are not saying to send Death to your enemies but to make their lives completely miserable, but as I said it is a DUME candle, but the intent is only misery but not death.

You see how this is going?

Now we get into the D.U.M.E. Part.

 But first we’ll start with “Do Unto My Enemies”   I have to admit I really like Conjured Cardea’s take on this oil, she makes it clear “…My formula can be tailored to bring about your desired outcome-it is not only to cause harm…” now that works if you are afraid of the stain of causing death on your soul.  So it does have the punch but now you can adjust the “punch”  she states “….D.U.M.E-"Do Unto My Enemies".  An old formula used in very strong control/compel and sometimes reversal workings in which an enemy receives what they have sent out. It can also be used to debilitate a target or their workings or to harm those who have harmed you or your loved ones. My formula can be tailored to bring about your desired outcome-it is not only to cause harm. Some places claim the name of this oil stands for "Death Unto My Enemy". I find this to be a later, misappropriated, meaning.”

She makes it clear that it is to only make a person’s life, one who may have cursed you, miserable,  her formula is designed to be an extremely powerful reversing type of oil formula, because she clearly states “…it is not only to cause harm.”   Now how she adjusts it I do not know and it would be rude of me to ask as each formula is private to the individual. 

But her statement that the phase “Death…etc”  she found to not be the correct phase, I’m not sure.  Whether this is true or not I have found that Wisdom/Indio products which has been in business since 1987 has been making this candle and DUME oil since then.  So until I can get to my Anna Riva books and see if it’s mentioned there I will let that date stand for now.    I did come across an old catalogue from the early 1970’s that mentioned the DUME candle so it’s possible that it goes back further.

And that brings us to “Death/Destruction Unto My Enemies”  well who hasn’t wished ill to those that torment us. 

Doc Conjure makes it clear that this is in the “Black Magic” field “D.U.M.E. (Death/Destruction Unto My Enemies), a.k.a. Black List, is the name of a particularly strong black magic condition formula used in the practice of Hoodoo/Rootwork and which is believed to bring about the complete destruction and death of one's enemies.

I do not know of any official recipe for this line of spiritual products, but my opinion would be that recipes along the lines of Goofer Dust would be appropriate. This means that any recipe for spiritual products such as D.U.M.E. oil, powder, or incense, may include items such as graveyard dirt, brimstone powder, red pepper, black pepper, snake sheds, and crushed insects such as ants, wasps, snails, spiders, scorpions, etc. Additional toxic and malefic herbs may also be used.”   

Now he makes it clear that it is used along with candles, oils and powders so it’s not just a powder or a candle alone being used, there has to be a combination of things, he goes on further to say “On a personal note, I have never used D.U.M.E. spiritual products. I once bought a D.U.M.E. Hoodoo Candle "just in case" but I ended up simply burning it as a Halloween decoration. I had previously bought some D.U.M.E. oil, again "just in case", but it gave off such a negative vibe that I ended up throwing it away. Personally, D.U.M.E. spiritual products should only be used with extreme caution. Don't rush out to purchase D.U.M.E. supplies for silly and trivial revenge purposes. D.U.M.E. spiritual supplies are for when someone needs to die, as in with regard to a child molester, serial rapist, serial killer, etc.”

Of course with the way some folks feel about our president-elect, Donald Trump, they might consider him to be in that league.

Denise Alvarado offers the D.U.M.E. oil   and she makes it very clear what it is supposed to be according to lore--- In her offering of the oil she states “New Orleans Hoodoo has a marked reputation for notorious conjure works, including Conjure oils. D.U.M.E is one such oil. For left-handed practitioners, this oil may be used either offensively or defensively; but for those who subscribe to justified conjure, then the use of D.U.M.E is reserved as a defensive measure for situations in which someone has caused harm on another and is in need of a serious slap down from "karmic" forces. In general, this formula is reserved for cursing, to anoint candles, doll babies. coffin works, and the like. Make no mistake, according to lore, whenever this oil is used it is for the express result of causing harm or even killing someone. It goes without saying that its use should never be taken lightly and one should be fully prepared to deal with the consequences of acting as judge and jury on another human being.”

She makes it clear that it is intent that describes its use, either to defend or to take action against someone in a justified intent, but she like Doc Conjure and even Conjured Cardena emphasize that it MUST be justified. 

Catherine Yronwode  since 1994 offers the DUME oil, candle, powder and other items but she clearly states “ D.U.M.E. products are always applied with curses”  she goes on to say “This spell is alleged to cause trouble, pain, and even death to an enemy. It is not guaranteed to work, and it is recommended that you think very seriously about your needs and desires before undertaking this type of work. It is best to work this spell in justified revenge, not out of anger.”

And she makes it clear that after working this for 7 days that the person doing this work take a spiritual cleansing bath with hyssop and other cleansing herbs stating  “cleanse yourself and ask God for forgiveness from sin if you have transgressed. This is optional, but many people find it a good idea to perform this additional spell after the seven days of D.U.M.E. work.”   And she recommends setting up protection around the practitioners' as the home.

She intimates on her site that Goofer Dust is separate from DUME, and I respect her opinion on that as I do the others mentioned here.

But in talking to my friends recently who are long time practitioners, DUME appears to be a more recent development from Goofer Dust.  So it maybe a Grandchild if one thinks about it.

Mojo Moon suggests combining DUME oil with Jezebel oil to make it an even more powerful oil on one’s enemies but I think it would be to get even on an ex-lover, the hard way.

In using the oil I say dressing a candle or a mojo bag is fine except, and I really want to caution everyone, Never, Ever put it on your skin or in a bath,  because it would be physically harmful to you because of the ingredients used.

Whenever you handle the oil or powder or whatever, ALWAYS wash your hands.

So now we come to DUME’s great-grand pappy, Goofer Dust. 

Goofer Dust and that is exactly what it is -- dust, was and is used in Foot Track magic, you have to put the dust physically where the person(s) you want to get rid of is going to stand, or in something they are going to wear such as socks or tennis shoes or mixed with talcum powder inside dress shoes (men mostly but it’s been done to ladies)  but this is being used up-close and personal.

And for many people getting up-close and personal to one’s target could be a problem, so DUME appears to be a more long distance ritual utilizing one’s will and calling in those spiritual energies to carry out one’s will on those who have harmed you.   There is no direct contact except perhaps to collect those biological concerns from the target for the ritual.

Is DUME more powerful than Goofer Dust? In terms of the dust/powder/oil itself, no it is the same, because it is the same recipe but instead used in a specific ritual that can add more oomph to it, as oppose to basic foot track magic which Goofer Dust is usually used for (which goes back at least to the 17th Century), then yes because It is the will of the person, focused by the ritual that can add to it.

 Otherwise the formula is the same.

I did find out about a “little extra added ingredient” to Goofer Dust, many years ago from Mrs. Washington and from Bella, my Granny’s neighbor, they told me how extremely dangerous this extra ingredient is, in either form, to both the practitioner and the one on the receiving end. I know what it is but thank goodness it’s hard to get (at least I hope it is) even Agatha Christie the author was aware of it and used it in several of her novels and short stories.  I would never touch it myself.

 BUT--- according to my meager sources, the name D.U.M.E. appears to not have come into use until the early 1970’s so it appears to have always been Goofer Dust, at least from my sources.

It’s possible that the DUME candle itself,  goes back to the 1940’s or earlier, but even in Hyatt’s works I’ve not seen it mention and his book was printed in 1939,  but from what I’ve been able to find out from my sources it appears more likely very early 1970’s or even the  late 1960’s.  Unless I happen upon a much earlier catalog of metaphysical supplies or another source, I’m going to go with that approximate date for now.

 But in the 1970’s with all the protests and such, there were people who wanted stuff which they thought was more powerful.  Even my friend said that she had people coming into her shop wanting stuff to curse Richard Nixon and this was before Watergate, so maybe it did work.    Really they should have cursed Lyndon B. Johnson, he wanted the war, Kennedy was against it. Maybe that was the reason Kennedy was assassinated.

At the little “Tea Party” that I had recently with some of my “friends”, we talked about Goofer Dust and DUME, and I remembered my Cousin who was desperate, she combined Goofer Dust with mineral oil and used it to apply to something, I can’t remember what (I’ll need to look at my notes) but when I mentioned it to my friends at the “tea party” one of them said that was what she did to start her own DUME oil,  but to make it even more powerful she added coffin nails to her Master bottle, the ladies talked and one of them said that she even considered adding crab shells, she was asked why and she replied “so that everything this S.O.B. worked for will be eaten away”  because crabs are scavengers and eat dead things as well as ocean plant life and fish. 

Even my friend who owned her store, offered for sale a powder and oil called Ragnarok (Old Norse Ragnarök, “The Doom of the Gods”) the recipe was the same as Goofer Dust but she added the hair sheds of a black wolf (very hard to get) to her Master bottle to represent the jaws of FENRIR the wolf destined to break his bonds and devour Odin at Ragnarok.

Another friend mentioned that she had a very old formula of Goofer Dust that said to add red powdered mercury but that mercury is extremely poisonous so she eliminated it from her process and I too had such an old formula and I never used powdered mercury for the same reason, I don’t know about the Ladies from Granny’s group.   They never talked about that.

As we discussed this a collective light bulb went off in our heads, it appeared to be obvious to us, that D.U.M.E is a mid to late 20^th century development of Goofer Dust but without doing the foot track work, but instead adding oils, candles and rituals.  It was simply, it seemed to us, a natural progression from one to the other, developed out of necessity, access or lack of, and marketing depending upon the moral fiber of the individual that created it.

That somehow in some way the DUME candle was created first and somehow it became merged with an oil that had Goofer Dust as its base and was renamed DUME.

Anger, revenge, desperation created it, and smart marketing provided it, and those practitioners who offered it developed their own formulas for it. 

And we all agreed no matter what it was called Goofer Dust, DUME, Kiss of Death, Blacklist, Ragnarok---it was the same, it was only the various adjustments, the additions, the ritual, the intent and a bit of marketing that made them different,  either way----it works!

But no matter what, its original ancestor was and is dangerous and since it is the foundation for the oil, it is still dangerous, but one’s own will can make it explosive.

 And I caution everyone to be very, Very careful with it. It is Not a play thing.

Bright Blessings,

Ms. Q

The deadly use of Goofer Dust~~~~

" Dear Ms. Q,

I Read about Goofer Dust, what is it?  Is it really that powerful?  How do I make it?"

Well I was concerned that eventually you'd ask me this question.

You've asked me a question because you've come across this term or item, Goofer Dust,  no my dear it does not make a person goofy, it is a powerful, deadly powder to be used only with extreme caution, and only as a completely last resort.   It is NOT a play thing.

So what is “Goofer Dust”? 

Before I continue I have to give you a warning in that I present this information for educational purposes only. I do not condone the making of or use of Goofer dust. Don't be deceived. Goopher Dust has no positive uses only negative.

If you need to get someone out of your life then I recommend using “Hot Foot” Powder, they will leave and it’s a bit safer to use, not by much but it is safer.

But if you are serious about Goofer Dust then I will tell you about it starting with first how I used it directly on a person only just one time and never again.

Goofer Dust, if you are a very serious practitioner is one of the more dangerous “powders” that one can put together for a hexing ritual.  In essence it is a poison of spiritual nature and you can get sick from it if not carefully handled.

I myself have used Goofer Dust one time, over 40 years ago, the reason was to get rid of an abusive boyfriend that was stalking my cousin, she pleaded with me to help her as she had tried repeatedly to get away from him but he kept stalking her, finding her new home or new job, even causing her to lose jobs.  So besides taking her into my home to protect her, I also talked to a police friend of mine to have him and his compatriots watch my house.

I found out what office her abuser worked at and made an appointment to see him, luck was on my side, his secretary let me into his office while he was attending to something else, I wore ladies gloves since it was chilly outside, while I was alone I quickly pulled out the small bottle, and sprinkled the dust under his desk where his feet would rest.   I found out from my cousin that he had a habit of slipping off his shoes, (he always wore loafers) when he was sitting behind his desk.  How she knew about that is that she worked for him as his secretary for a while until it turned romantic and then abusive.

Since the carpet was dark as well as the dust it would not be readily noticed.  I recapped the small bottle, put it into its small paper bag and into my purse.  I also manage to find a couple of stray hairs that clung to the high back cloth of his office chair where his head rested and in his waste basket a note that he had scribbled to remind him of something, which he had made a check mark so it I knew he had written it.  Those I tucked into a new empty letter size envelope that I kept in my purse.

When he came into his office he sat down not realizing who I was, I knew that he had put his feet on the dust, I then told him who I was and how I was related to his ex-girlfriend, I said to him that she wanted nothing more to do with him and for him to move on.  

 Since the door to his office was closed he told me quite pointedly that he was going to get her back, or make sure no one would have her.   I asked him if that was a threat, and he just shrugged and said that nothing that belongs to him including my cousin, ever leaves him.  I advised him to reconsider since a restraining order was going to be taken out against him.  He then asked me to leave, which I did but I said to him that it would be wise to leave my cousin alone.    Now this was over 40 years ago.  Men back then are pretty were pretty much the same as now who think they can frighten women into submission.

The restraining order worked in that he didn’t physically come near her, we had heard that he had been feeling ill on and off since I visited him, which helped, but for nearly 4 weeks he still would call my home and if she picked up he’d make threats to her, that was when I bought one of those early type of answering machines, so if he did call she had at least that as a barrier against his phone threats.

I could not change my phone number as too many people knew me so I needed to keep it.  After 4 weeks she felt she had no choice but to go back to him I told her that he could kill her, so I gave her a tiny bottle of Goofer Dust and said to add it to some of the foot powder that was used to dust the inside of his tennis shoes prior to him going jogging, I told her what precautions she need to take to handle it.  Since she had to act as his maid and make sure all his clothes, etc. were just so, it was no problem for her to do that.

After the 2 weeks that she was with him, he felt very ill, and was admitted into the hospital, he had been diagnosed with having a serious stroke, which was thought unusual for such a young man.   With him being incapacitated she left his place, moved out of state, found another job and eventually a good man. 

Her former abusive boyfriend never recovered from his stroke.

That was the first and last time I used Goofer Dust directly upon a person. There is a ritual one can do that indirectly uses Goofer Dust which I consider far safer, and we did apply it as well to my cousin’s abuser, I have it posted further down.

 My Grandmother and her friend from Granny’s group, Mrs. Washington told me that it was dangerous Hoodoo and since Mrs. Washington was from New Orleans and knew of such things I had no reason to doubt her word.

The making and use of Goofer Dust is for the Advance practioner, beginners should avoid it like the plague, but then if there is one thing I’ve known is that when an adult tells a young person to not do it, they will.

All I can say is that it is only as an ultimate last resort, once used it cannot be stopped unless one knows what to do and knows it in time, it can result in a serious debilitating illness, stroke and/or death.  That is the reason for the warning. 

It is an evil, negative agent intent on doing the worse possible harm.  So one needs to seriously consider if it is really called for.  It is not to be played with or for “fun and games” or just to get “even” with someone, this is a very serious step down a dark path.

Again if you want someone out of your life or to leave you alone I recommend using “Hot Foot Powder”.

However I know that many of you youngsters will look on the internet for a recipe for this dangerous item, and there are many different recipes out there.  But instead of graveyard dirt they will have you substitute the herb mullein, in real Goofer dust, you cannot substitute the herb for the dirt, it won’t work.

And the best kind of Goofer dust is the kind you make yourself. 

So before I give you the recipe let me first give you the history behind this so you will understand the origins of it.

Goofer Dust is the name of powder used to curse one's enemies in the practice of Hoodoo/Root work. 

Occasionally the term goofer dust is used as a synonym for graveyard dirt but usually graveyard dirt is but one ingredient in a recipe for goofer dust. The name 'goofer' stems from the Kikong word 'Kufwa', meaning "to die" while other people have translated it as "to kill". In effect, Goofer Dust is "magical killing powder" or to poison. It is perhaps the strongest black magic powder found in the practice of hoodoo/root work.

It was pointed out that The presence of iron filings within the formula points to the true origins of how this powder was originally prepared and empowered. While iron has been associated with both good workings such as repelling evil, and in negative aspects such as being referred to as the "Bones of Set" in Egyptian folklore, it has one interesting use that makes sense in regards to goofer dust. 
Iron bars are used around cemeteries to keep the spirits of the dead within it's confines. The same material could be used to keep spiritual energy trapped inside the powder as well. A spiritual energy that would be attached to the powder both from the graveyard dirt, and also from bone used within the powder as a base for a particular spirit to work through,  Essentially goofer dust when made in the traditional sense is far more necromantic then it is given credit for today. 


It is "conjure" in the purest sense of the word

The actual recipe for goofer dust varies from practitioner to practitioner.

Traditionally this powder is put wherever the person has to walk through it. It’s usually more effective if the person is barefoot or wears sandals or flip-flops.  Sometimes it’s added to a scented talc and used to dust the inside of shoes.  It causes extreme discomfort and is used to drive people away or worse. 

So, if you want to get your spouse/ boyfriend/girlfriend or free-loader, out of the house, put Goofer Dust where he or she must walk through it. If you find that your boy/girl friend has been cheating on you in the worse possible way, use Goofer Dust, if you are being beaten up by your spouse and you cannot get an agency to help you, use Goofer Dust,  BUT USE IT WISELY.  So you don’t get into the stuff yourself, carefully sprinkle a small amount in and around his or her shoes. Sprinkle a little under his or her pillow, or on his/her mattress but under the bottom sheet,  but if you do that do not share their bed.

As I said once concocted the powder is traditionally deployed by sprinkling in the path of the enemy. 
Usually this is done by sprinkling the power while walking backward in an odd number of steps,
while praying for the intended magical effect.

When the victim steps on the goofer dust it is believed to magically "poison them through their feet". More creative practitioners may find other uses for goofer dust, such as to sprinkle it on the victim's mattress, laundry, or in their shoes. Other hidden forms of deployment include placing the goofer dust in a mojo bag or bottle which is secretly hidden in the home of the victim or buried on their property, preferably near to where the victim will walk.

Besides the Laying of some Goofer Dust in your enemy's tracks to poison them through their feet, you can Dress candles with Goofer Dust to curse your enemies and toss the remains in the graveyard so they’ll end up there.  Some people will Sprinkle Goofer Dust into food to serve to their enemy to destroy their health and leave them rolling around on the floor howling in pain, however because graveyard dirt is used and sulfer, it's possible that the taste would not be palatable.

Remember to cleanse yourself with Uncrossing Herb Bath after using Goofer Dust to take the powerful evil of this hoodoo curse off of you.

I cannot stress enough that this is horrible stuff. Please handle with care, keep away from eyes and mouth (and children and pets), do not burn as incense, and take a spiritual cleansing bath after you use

If you or anyone unintended falls ill, sprinkle salt in the corners of your house, and commence sweeping and washing. Be sure to ritually cleanse the unintended victim, preferably in a magical bath.

 

Modern medicine will have no effect on goofering. If you or a loved one is goofered go immediately  to someone VERY knowledgeable in HooDoo, etc. to remove the curse. As for the home, scrub the floor in clean water and your urine, or urine from a child, another method of washing water is to use Chinese Purification Wash, which can be purchased from some Hoodoo dealers on line. Discard the water OFF of your property, throw it at a crossroads if possible, away from your home and never carry this water out the front door of your home.

  
 Victims who have been successfully cursed with goofer dust are referred to as being "goofered", and sometimes the term goofered is used as a synonym for being cursed or poisoned. People who have been goofered will begin to experience extreme bad luck, dangerous health complaints, insanity, and even death if the proper magical procedures are not performed to remove the cursed condition.

Though normally deployed in black magic spells for revenge, goofer dust is sometimes used in love spells designed to make a specific person love the spell caster. BUT IT IS NO LOVE SPELL, MORE LIKE LOVE ME OR DIE.   Such spells also fall under the category of black magic as they interfere with the free will of the intended person. 

Such spells are designed to produce pain and suffering in the object of desire in order to force them to submit to the spell caster. If by chance the victim does not submit then they may eventually die if the curse/love spell is not eradicated with the proper counter-rituals.

WARNING WHEN MAKING OR HANDLING GOOFER DUST WEAR MEDICAL DISPOSABLE GLOVES AND A MASK TO PROTECT YOURSELF

ALTERNATIVE GOOFER RITUAL

This powder can be used in other rituals to rid yourself of any unwanted person. An alternative to using it the traditional way is to place some Goofer Dust in a cardboard box like a shoe box or something smaller like one of those jewelry gift boxes, then place a picture of your victim alone in the box, if you have anything like hair or a personal item add that to the box and bury it but bury it far away from your own home, where the cardboard box will rot.

Another Goofer Ritual :

Take personal items of the person you want goofered, such as hair, a tissue, some tiny personal item they won’t miss put it into a jar add  goofer dust into the jar seal it well, shake it to mix well .  Then go to a lake, river, ocean or even better a swamp, when there poke a hole in the top of the lid it doesn’t have to be too big, then throw it into the water. As it sinks, the person will begin wasting away.

HOW TO TELL IF YOU’VE BEEN GOOFERED

Traditionally it is believed that if a person wears on an ankle bracelet or chain a real silver dime (before 1964) the dime first needs to be cleaned with a little baking soda and water before it’s attached to the ankle bracelet, should the dime get very tarnished then a person has been goofered and needs to do cleansing ritual baths and other rituals.  Another way is to have the dime taped to the bottom of your foot.   Another way to tell is changes in health and behavior, which might show up later if nothing is done.

REVERSING A GOOFER SPELL

The rituals performed to counter-act goofering include spiritual baths, the burning of candles and incense, and cleansing or "uncrossing" rituals of the afflicted individual and of the home and property. Generally such rituals are often followed with rituals to protect from further attack or to reverse the curse back to the spell caster.

The ritual can vary, but the first thing immediately is to first wash the bottoms of your feet, scrub them hard with salt and water, then get under a shower wash yourself with either an unscented soap such as Ivory, or Dove for Sensitive Skin or an oatmeal soap, wash yourself from the top of your head to between the toes of your feet and the bottoms of your feet.  Then in a muslin bag that is filled with Hyssop herb soak that in the shower and allow the essence of the herb wash all over you saying 3 times “Cleans me with Hyssop O Lord, that I maybe as pure as the whitest snow.”

Then wash or dry clean all your clothes and underwear, if you have a lot do it a load at a time, be sure to wear gloves, make sure all your shoes are cleaned from the inside and out, wash your bed linens, vacuum and dust your house but damp down your dust mop with a lemon furniture polish spray, you may need to throw your dust mop heads away, so using disposable ones is best.  Wear a hospital type filter mask and disposable gloves.

Still wearing gloves and a mask, sweep your front and back porch, steps and pathway with an old broom and a disposable dust pan, any dust you find put into a paper bag, seal it then put the broom, dust pan and the bag into a large garbage bag, along with the gloves and mask that you used, take it to the dumps, put on fresh disposable gloves and mask at the dumps and get rid of it there, after you’ve thrown it into the dumps throw in the gloves and mask.

Follow up with other spiritual baths, uncrossing rituals and candles both on the person and the property.    Then determine who might have “goofered” the person and do a reversing ritual.

RECIPE FOR GOOFER DUST

First you must remember there are NO SUBSTITUTES 

Second you must remember it is Extremely Dangerous

WARNING ALWAYS WEAR DISPOSABLE MEDICAL GLOVES AND A HOSPITAL MASK, NEVER TOUCH YOUR EYES, MOUTH, NOSE OR FACE OR ANY PART OF YOUR BODY,  WHEN CONCOCTION COMPLETED, SEAL IN A DARK JAR OR CROCK --- 

Wipe the outside of the jar with a damp paper towel dispose quickly and safely, dispose of mask and gloves, wash clothing you were wearing.   Completely clean the area and wash all utensils that you were using use fresh set of disposable gloves.

Mark the jar with a white X keep away from children, pets and curious people.

You will need:

1/4 cup   Sulfur aka “Brimstone”

1/4 cup  Salt (the old style was to use non-iodized sea salt in the 1930's and 40's ---later on Black salt aka witches Salt was used when the European influence came in)

1 tablespoon Either the skin or head of a venomous snake, dried and ground sometimes skin sheds (that is the old skin sluffed off of the snake is used---but make sure it is from a venomous snake)

1 tablespoon Black pepper finely ground

3/4's cup Graveyard dirt preferable from the grave of a murderer, if possible collected at midnight *** See note on Graveyard dirt

 1 tablespoon Red pepper (I’m talking hot pepper, not bell pepper, the hotter the better, if need be Cayanne pepper will do)

1 tablespoon Ground bones Powdered bones of one of the following animals (black cat, possum, skunk, mole, rat, mouse or bat) (Use about a tablespoon)  There are places where you can order legitimately collected bones then you can powder them, sometimes the house cat she had would be a little lazy so she’d set up mouse traps, almost always would catch a mouse, shed let it dry out and put it into a dark jar for future use, but if you can’t wait then Bone Meal will do.  Some practioners have used ground human bones calling upon those spirits to assist.

Ground insects--- my Granny used 6 dried maggots, 6 dried blow flies, and 6 dried spiders preferably black widow or brown recluse, but when she found out that a Hispanic neighbor could get dried scorpions she would also add 3 powdered scorpions

 A pinch of Anvil dust--yes the dust from a blacksmith’s anvil, some people will substitute iron fillings but Anvil dust is finer, if you can find a blacksmith that does creative iron work that will do.  Get permission to collect it---some people will use iron filings or magnetic sand and that seems to work as well, but I prefer Anvil dust.

Dried and powdered poisonous plants just a teaspoon each from 3 of them ----such as belladonna, wolf’s bane (yes it does exist), believe it or not the leaves and stems of tomatoes are poisonous (keep away from dogs), the leaves and stems of the common Oleander bush and the leaves of the rhubarb plant is also poisonous, the leaves seeds and flowers of Foxglove is deadly.  There are many more.

WARNING---if you use extremely dangerous poisons plants and if you search the internet you will find them listed,  there is no reversal, not even doing ritual, spiritual cleansings will work, the action would be permanent.   And I don't want anyone to have this on their soul or part of their karma.

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 For some reason of late there had been the addition of the herbs of mullein and sage, but since sage especially is for purification I cannot see the use of it in a baneful product.  Lots to times people will substitute mullein for graveyard dirt, and that is incorrect.

There are many common garden plants that we do not think of as being dangerous but they are, in my next post I will list them so you will be aware of the to protect you, your family and your pets.


**** NOTE ON GRAVEYARD DIRT

Graveyard dirt must be collected in the proper manner with payment to both the "guardian of the cemetery or graveyard" as well as asking permission from the spirit and leaving payment for the spirit, see my postings on Graveyard Dirt and Collecting of Graveyard Dirt.

To ignore the proper proceedures or to ignore giving honor to the spirits of the dead is inviting trouble of the worse kind.

There you have it Ms. Q, all that I know and have learned about this deadly powder, that is why I only used it directly on a person just the one time.   I heeded the cautions from my Granny and her friend, since I live in the city doing what I call "country type hoo-doo" is difficult, but not so difficult if you know what to do.

So if there is someone that you want out of your life, then use "Hot Foot" powder, although similar in some of the ingredients, it's not as dangerous. 

And as a side note----in the T.V. program called "Supernatural" the writers make the claim that goofer dust will either kill or keep Hell Hounds away, no such thing, if Hell Hounds are coming to your "half acre" they Will come, nothing can stop them.

I post this for you for your educational knowledge and plead with you to never, ever use it.  The Karmic repercussions if used indiscriminately will be very bad.

Blessings Ms. Q