CHEESE WAX Back in the day, a coating of wax or a combination of cloth and lard/gee was used as a way of packaging and protecting cheese from mold and keeping moisture in until it was properly aged and ready for use. You would go to the grocery store and pickup a can-shaped “block” of American or Cheddar, and it was covered in a red wax that ...

THE SUCCESS SIGIL Many practitioners like to work with "folding money," that is, paper money that is folded and placed in a wallet. "Hunting money," AKA "trained money," is dollars or other bills inscribed with symbols, words, and phrases that both create a link to the practitioner and provide magical instruction for the money. For example...

ASAFOETIDA POWDER AKA "Devil's Dung" or "Hing" or "Ferula asafoetida" is a smelly and bitter root resin that is most commonly known for its use as a replacement for onions and garlic in Indian cuisine. In folk magic, however, it is used in works of protection, reversing, revenge, and jinxing. It is often worn on the person, in a mojo bag or ...