A generic term used in Hoodoo referring to any powder used in casting a spell that controls or harms someone. Specificlly, it is synonymous for dust from a graveyard or moss from a grave. The word “goofer” is derived from “kufwa,” a word in the Bantu language of Kikongo meaning “to die.” The actual formula may include such things as ash, powdered sulfur, powdered bones, powdered insect chitin, dried manure, or salt.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...