Category: gambling

Saint of the Month: St. Martin of Tours / San Martin Caballero

Louis Galloche. “A Scene From the Life of St. Martin.” 1737. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Image Library. Public domain.

November’s saint for the Saint of the Month Box is St. Martin of Tours, aka San Martin Caballero, whose feast day in the Roman Catholic calendar is November 11th.

He was a 4th century bishop in Tours but had once been a soldier, and this is how he’s almost always pictured in the art of Western Christendom – a soldier on horseback cutting his cloak in half to clothe a beggar. He had a reputation for miracles even while he was still living, and he was one of the first non-martyred saints to be venerated so widely.

Officially, he’s the patron saint of beggars, the cavalry (and equestrians generally), innkeepers, soldiers, and geese, and he is invoked against poverty and alcoholism.

In popular practice, however, especially in the Latin American tradition, you’ll find his image in restaurants, hotels, bars, shops, and anywhere else where the proprietors rely at least in part on strangers/passing travelers for their income. You’ll also find his image — and especially his horse’s horseshoe — serving as a fairly broad-based good luck token in all kinds of contexts. Folks call on him when they need a job, pray for his intercession to protect them from evil and change their bad luck, carry his package amulet or bundle when they’re gambling, hang his image in their homes for general luck and prosperity, even build a shrine with his horseshoe when they need a better place to live (and they are sure to give the shrine pride of place when they move into the new digs!)

(c) Karma Zain 2014.

You can get your very own cool box of San Martin Caballero stuff in the Saint of the Month box for November at Seraphin Station. They usually contain something you don’t already have because I’ve collected a ton of cool stuff over the course of my lifetime working with saints and spirits, and they will usually contain some item or product that you can’t get elsewhere or otherwise.

Learn more or order your Saint of the Month box now at Seraphin Station.

new limited edition soaps and candles for the holiday season

Gold Rush handcrafted bar soap. A burst of sunshine in your daily bath, this handcrafted hoodoo soap is made in tiny batches and then blessed on my altars. Containing herbs and oils valued in traditional hoodoo rootwork for money- and luck-drawing, it includes soothing and gentle chamomile as well as golden calendula petals embedded into the bar. Each bar is finished with a light sprinkling of cosmetic-grade 24K gold mica powder before being blessed on my altars and set to cure. This large, luxurious 5 oz bar makes a great gift, especially for somebody who needs a little hoodoo in their life but needs to keep it on the down-low. Or, pamper yourself and enjoy this gorgeous golden handcrafted soap that is kind to your skin *and* bursting with botanical ingredients valued for generations for their association with prosperity and abundance. These large bars are really large; I also have smaller, 2 oz bars that make great stocking stuffers or travel-size soaps.

Three Kings votive candles. Like my Three Kings Oil, quantities are limited; read more about the tradition and about the formula at the web shop.

Keep your eyes peeled – I’ll be posting a few more new formulas and items as well as some sales over the next few days and weeks. I will be switching up to a new storefront/shopping cart format in early 2014, and I’ll have a “please buy this stuff so I don’t have to inventory it” sale towards that end for limited edition and OOAK items.

limited edition items NOT available on ebay

Below are items NOT available on ebay – please inquire for specifics:

Ultimate Gambler’s Oil — contains rare curios that I am not allowed to advertise on ebay, though it is legal to possess and sell these curios – ebay’s just picky about certain things (yes, I’m talking about bones. This bottle of oil contains a whole bone of the appropriate type as well as real 24K gold flakes, genuine diamond chips, and Lucky Hand Root). I have the materials to make one 2-dram bottle for the time being. First-come, first-served. One two-dram bottle of oil plus shipping is $40. Currently: one available.

Ultimate Black Arts Oil – contains rare curios that I am not allowed to advertise on ebay, though it is legal to possess and sell them (yes, we’re talking about bones again). When we talk about Black Arts, we’re not necessarily just talking about cursing and jinxing, though that’s certainly part of the power that Black Arts products are designed to amplify for the owner of the mojo bag or user of the formula. But Black Arts also refers to necromancy, the ability to communicate with the dead and with ancestors, the ability to work with spirits, scrying, conjuration of spirits, and the power of reversing hexes (and sending them back "with interest" which veers over into Revenge rather than simple Reversing). Bottle contains real bone chips. One two-dram bottle is $20 which includes shipping. Currently: one available SOLD OUT. Reserved for A.A.

Extra Strength Gambler’s Mojo Bag – contains rare curios that I can’t advertise on ebay, though they are legal to possess and sell (yes, I"m talking about bones). Also contains a whole Lucky Hand root among other herbal, mineral, and zoological curious, such as herbs, roots, a Mercury Dime, and a $2 bill. Contains one whole bone of the appropriate type, among other items. Comes with a one-dram bottle of Hoyt’s Cologne for dressing the bag. Bag plus shipping is $70, includes shipping.  Currently available: one.

Extra Strength Black Arts Mojo Bag – contains rare curios that I am not allowed to advertise on ebay, though it is legal to possess and sell them. When we talk about Black Arts, we’re not necessarily just talking about cursing and jinxing, though that’s certainly part of the power that Black Arts products are designed to amplify for the owner of the mojo bag or user of the formula. But Black Arts also refers to necromancy, the ability to communicate with the dead and with ancestors, scrying, conjuration of spirits, and the power of reversing hexes (and sending them back "with interest" which veers over into Revenge rather than simple Reversing). Contains one whole bone of the appropriate type among other items. Comes with a one-dram bottle of Black Arts Oil (regular strength) to dress the bag. Bag plus shipping is $50. Currently: one available.

Knucklebones Oil – Gambling and Mastery (human bone version).  I sell a cat bone version of this ebay, but ebay doesn’t allow me to sell the human bone version.  An old-school multipurpose hoodoo condition oil for gambling and mastery.  Comes in a two-dram bottle.  This is the original recipe which calls for bone powder scraped from a human hand bone.  Oil plus shipping is $12.50.  Currently: one available. SOLD OUT. Reserved for N.H.

Knucklebones Bath – Gambling and Mastery (human bone version).  This is an old-school multipurpose hoodoo formula for gambling and mastery.  Comes in a four-ounce bottle with a screw cap.  This is a highly scented, cologne-type mixture that can be used as a spiritual bath, used as a hand wash, or used as a sprinkle and to feed mojo hands.  You will want to dilute the heck out of this – it’s very strong and is more a perfume than a water.  This is the original old-school recipe which calls for bone powder scraped from a human hand bone.  Bath plus shipping is $17.  Currently: one available.

For more information, inquire with a comment, or write me directly at karmazain at gmail.com, or use the "contact me" form on the website at http://www.karmazain.com.  All items are first-come, first-served; you may reserve your item with a comment here or a direct email.  I will take money orders if I have dealt with you before.

new handcrafted artisan hoodoo soaps

New from my friend and apprentice Lor, of Jasmine Skies Body Therapy, Spiritual Cleansing and Money Luck bar soaps.  These are high quality, handcrafted goats’ milk soaps, made with traditional conjure herbs and curios.  Lor handcrafts them in small batches using our exclusive formulas, developed from her years of experience with therapeutic essential oils and my years of experience with conjure formulas.  After each batch is crafted, I bless them on the appropriate altars.

These are two-ounce, "gift" or "guest" sized bars.  If you guys like the soaps, we’ll probably start making them in larger bars (though if you guys like the smaller bars, we can keep offering those also – let us know!).

new formulas – oils and baths/washes

New formulas on ebay:

Revenge Oil
Banishing and Cleansing Spray
Hot Hands – bath/wash for sex appeal and gambling luck (John the Conqueror Root Version)
Queen of Hearts – same as above (Queen Elizabeth Root version)
Knucklebones Bath / Handwash (black cat bone version)
Knucklebones Oil (black cat bone version)

Also, I’m auctioning off a small decorated altar paket which is a chance to get a nice piece of custom juju for a deep discount!

new, limited edition formulas for love, luck, money, gambling, and necromancy

On ebay, limited edition, customized Condition Oils, containing real 24 K gold and real diamond dust:

Ultimate Attraction Oil
Ultimate Money Drawing Oil
Ultimate Fast Luck Oil

Continue reading “new, limited edition formulas for love, luck, money, gambling, and necromancy” →

update and limited time mojo bag offer

Just a note to let you readers know that I am still working to get caught up after my trip out of town, returning correspondence and filling orders as quickly as I can, in the order that they were received.

I have strained an old back injury this week, and so correspondence is going a little slower than it might normally – it is painful to sit and type for too long right now. But standing is fine, and and moving around is actually good for me, so it’s not slowing down orders too much.  I appreciate your patience as I get caught up, especially on correspondence, as I’m not able to sit and type for long uninterrupted stretches just yet.

ETA: SPECIALTY GAMBLING BAGS ARE SOLD OUT

Also, I have some special ingredients that I brought back from Alabama, to make extra-strength gambling mojo bags.  I will not be listing them on ebay, as they are in violation of ebay’s policies on certain bones and remains, and as I don’t especially want to see these go to people I don’t know will use them well and wisely.  But if you’ve been in the market for some gambling work, I currently have the ingredients to make *three two one* very special gambling/lottery luck/money luck/"luck in all your five fingers can do" type mojo bags, containing bones from two sources which are very valuable in hoodoo tradition.  If you’re interested, drop me a line at karmazain at bellsouth dot net for more information.

ETA: SOLD OUT.

Happy hoodooing!

a Hyatt spell for a “stuffed” black cat bone

Sometimes I get bones from people who have previously had the skeleton articulated and on display, so they’ll have little holes drilled into some of the joints. And then the way I learned to prepare and use these, they were always able to be worn on a necklace, so I used to drill holes in mine all the time.

Most folks don’t want a cat bone necklace these days, but many of my clients still prefer bones with little holes drilled in them so they can put herbs and oils inside the bone. Here is a spell from a Hyatt informant describing one such mixture of stuff you might put inside a black cat bone:

Vol.2, p.1358

“An’ now it’s a bone in his left hin’ laig – dat straight bone from de top part of de left hin’ laig – y’ git dat bone out of him [away]. But yo’ jes’ want dat bone out de left hin’ of de laig.

“An’ now, it’s a straight bone, yo’ see, an’ it has lak a little joint lak at de top. Now, yo’ take a knife or somepin an’ yo’ cut dat little joint off dat it has at de top. Yo’ see, yo’ cut it off round at de top.

“Now, into dat bone – yo’ stuff dat bone. Yo’ see it’s hollow on de inside of it. Yo’ take dat bone an’ yo’ stuff dat bone.
[Here is a new type of black cat bone {see pp.74-97) dressed or magically prepared {see p.92f.) by an expert. – Ed.]

“Yo’ git a powdah, yo’ understan’, whut dey call five-fingah grass, an’ yo’ stuff it into dis bone. Yo’ git steel dust an’ yo’ git dat genuine lodestone an’ see dat it be ‘live. An’ jis’ make it into dust, an’ put dat down into dat bone. Yo’ put all dat down into dat bone an’ yo’ take a piece of cotton – yo’ understan’, dis cotton dat chew use – an’ yo’ stuff de top of dat bone. Yo’ stuff dat aftah yo’ done stuff all de ingredients in dat boen – yo’ take a piece of cotton an’ yo’ stop it at de top, jis’ a piece of absorbant cotton. Yoo’ understan’?

“Now, yo’ keep dat, carry dat bone, an’ it must be concealed into a pocket, lak in a wallet or into somepin – jis’ keep it oil [oiled] – an’ it must be on yore person all de time. An’ nobody else must nevah touch dat bone but chew.”

(What is that lucky for, now?)

“Into any game, any kinda games, a crap game, or yo’ could go to a lottery game – any kinda game dat chew undertake tuh go into.”

[Algiers, LA; Informant #1583, Nahnee the “Boss of Algiers”]