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Voodoo Dolls, Conjure Dolls, and spirit dolls

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In New Orleans, Voodoo moss dolls can be found all over the French Quarter in a variety of styles, sold as magickal curios infused with the power to heal or hex. These dolls are popular due to their affordability and flexibility. They come in all colors and sometimes carry a gris gris bag (a portable spell) of their own. A person can purchase one of these dolls and use it for whatever purpose is needed.

The Voodoo doll in Louisiana evolved during a time of great oppression and suffering. Its use as a defense mechanism by slaves permitted the symbolic unleashing of hate, humiliation, and suffering upon cruel slave masters without having to personally confront the slave master, which would have been extremely dangerous. Later, it was used as a principle tool in Marie Laveau’s standardization of the rituals and paraphernalia of Creole Voodoo. At the time, Voodoo dolls were widely feared because of the absolute power and control a person could achieve over another. This was possible in large part through a sort of psychological, as well as spiritual, warfare.

In New Orleans, you can often find dolls that come with seven pins. The purpose for sticking the pins in the doll corresponds to the color and purpose of the pin. Sticking pins in a Voodoo doll is not meant to cause pain and anguish in another human being; rather, it serves to focus and activate your intention, or for pinning a photograph, personal effect, or name tag to the doll.

If you need information for how to work your doll, please refer to my book Voodoo Dolls in Magick and Ritual, a great primer for beginners of doll baby conjure.