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Course Description
Welcome to Foundations in Southern Rootwork, the course offered through Crossroads University. This course explores the basic concepts and practices of Southern Rootwork, Conjure and Hoodoo through assigned readings, multimedia presentations, the exploration of the Doctrine of Signatures, the magickal associations of herbs, roots and plants, engaging in swamping activities, spiritual cleansings and much more.
If you want to learn the ancient wisdom of the Ancestors, look no further. If you need guidance and solutions to the problems of daily living, you need look no further than your kitchen cabinet or backyard for answers. We will teach you to see the world through a different set of lenses, one that is simpler, more effective and one in which YOU are in control.
Southern Rootwork is a living tradition currently practiced and passed along by word of mouth, imitation, and observation over time and space within groups, such as family, ethnic, social class, regional, and others. It evolved out of a conglomeration of African Traditional Religions (ATRs) brought to American shores with the slave trade. The words Hoodoo and conjure are often used interchangeably with rootwork to denote various forms of African-based ethnobotanical, folk magic systems, medicinal healing and hexing through the use of herbs, roots, bones, and stones. Our course covers the gamut of how to create floor washes to wash away negativity and spiritual baths to bring luck and opportunity. We will teach you about conjure at the crossroads and how to set up a variety of altars and how to work them. We introduce you to little known secrets of conjure designed to improve your situation, whatever the situation, because Southern Rootwork is a solution-focused system of knowedge and way of life based on the ancient wisdom of our ancestors.
This course delves deep into the African and Native American mystical roots of the core practices of rootwork and traces its evolution through the Diaspora into its contemporary expression today. Foundations in Southern Rootwork is one of two core courses offered by Crossroads University that is comprised of a deep well of information we believe is essential for the development and advancement of individuals entering the rootwork-based healing and magickal arts profession (i.e. conjure doctoring, spiritual doctoring, rootworking, rootdoctoring, etc.), continuing their education, or who are seeking personal and spiritual growth.
Welcome to Foundations in Southern Rootwork, the course offered through Crossroads University. This course explores the basic concepts and practices of Southern Rootwork, Conjure and Hoodoo through assigned readings, multimedia presentations, the exploration of the Doctrine of Signatures, the magickal associations of herbs, roots and plants, engaging in swamping activities, spiritual cleansings and much more.
If you want to learn the ancient wisdom of the Ancestors, look no further. If you need guidance and solutions to the problems of daily living, you need look no further than your kitchen cabinet or backyard for answers. We will teach you to see the world through a different set of lenses, one that is simpler, more effective and one in which YOU are in control.
Southern Rootwork is a living tradition currently practiced and passed along by word of mouth, imitation, and observation over time and space within groups, such as family, ethnic, social class, regional, and others. It evolved out of a conglomeration of African Traditional Religions (ATRs) brought to American shores with the slave trade. The words Hoodoo and conjure are often used interchangeably with rootwork to denote various forms of African-based ethnobotanical, folk magic systems, medicinal healing and hexing through the use of herbs, roots, bones, and stones. Our course covers the gamut of how to create floor washes to wash away negativity and spiritual baths to bring luck and opportunity. We will teach you about conjure at the crossroads and how to set up a variety of altars and how to work them. We introduce you to little known secrets of conjure designed to improve your situation, whatever the situation, because Southern Rootwork is a solution-focused system of knowedge and way of life based on the ancient wisdom of our ancestors.
This course delves deep into the African and Native American mystical roots of the core practices of rootwork and traces its evolution through the Diaspora into its contemporary expression today. Foundations in Southern Rootwork is one of two core courses offered by Crossroads University that is comprised of a deep well of information we believe is essential for the development and advancement of individuals entering the rootwork-based healing and magickal arts profession (i.e. conjure doctoring, spiritual doctoring, rootworking, rootdoctoring, etc.), continuing their education, or who are seeking personal and spiritual growth.
An example of one of our presentations on prescribing and making aromatic medicinal baths.
Our state of the art learning platform is unlike no other. We go beyond the correspondence course-based model of teaching and emphasize a dynamic, experiential community learning model that allows you to participate from wherever you can connect to the Internet. Our site is mobile-friendly, which allows you to participate even with your phone! This is an important feature in the modern age when you may encounter a plant or situation in which you need to look up some information on the site or require immediate feedback from an instructor; you can take a photo and text your inquiry for quick and reliable feedback.
When you sign up for Foundations in Southern Rootwork, our experienced and dedicated instructors walk alongside you on your journey to foster and support your learning and growth as a healer and conjure doctor. You will be required to dig up roots, perform ritual activities and get your hands dirty, just as our ancestors did. With our expert assistance, you will learn to be self-reliant, as opposed to relying on the local botanica or online website. While brick and mortar stores and online websites are important and helpful, they should be a supplement to your practice as opposed to the source of it. You will find that there are many things already present in your household, and many things already present in your outside environment—even in urban areas—that provide you with everything you need to perform a wide variety of rituals. You just need to know what to look for.
When you sign up for Foundations in Southern Rootwork, our experienced and dedicated instructors walk alongside you on your journey to foster and support your learning and growth as a healer and conjure doctor. You will be required to dig up roots, perform ritual activities and get your hands dirty, just as our ancestors did. With our expert assistance, you will learn to be self-reliant, as opposed to relying on the local botanica or online website. While brick and mortar stores and online websites are important and helpful, they should be a supplement to your practice as opposed to the source of it. You will find that there are many things already present in your household, and many things already present in your outside environment—even in urban areas—that provide you with everything you need to perform a wide variety of rituals. You just need to know what to look for.
Some examples of other topics we cover in the course.
Course Objectives
- To understand basic terminology of Southern Hoodoo-Conjure-Rootwork;
- To understand the African and Native American roots of contemporary Hoodoo-Conjure-Rootwork;
- To learn the magickal associations of herbs, roots and plants;
- To understand the core beliefs of Hoodoo-Conjure-Rootwork, including the concept of the Doctrine of Signatures;
- To become familiar with and gain an understanding of the core practices of Hoodoo-Conjure-Rootwork such as foot track magic, laying tricks, spiritual baths and floor washes, graveyard work, and ancestor reverence;
- To understand the difference between commercial Hoodoo and traditional rootwork and rootdoctoring;
- To learn how to identify poisonous and endangered plants;
- To become familiar with and gain knowledge of important people in the history of Southern Rootwork;
- To understand the concept of swamping and go on swamper walks;
- To understand and perform basic spiritual home cleansings in the context of Southern rootwork;
- To understand and perform basic spiritual baths in the context of Southern rootwork.
- To understand and set home protections and wards.
- To learn how altars and shrines have been used in a ritual context in the African-derived traditions, and create 3 different types of altars and understand how they are used in the context of Southern rootwork.
- To gain appreciation for and knowledge of how candles and oil lamps have been used in a ritual context throughout history and across cultures.
- To gain knowledge of the central concept of the crossroads in Southern conjure, learn crossroads rituals and formulas, and learn about the various spirits of the crossroads.
Course Delivery
Crossroads University is the first online rootwork program that delivers its information via the course module. A module is a self-contained portion of the course that both stands alone and builds upon any previous modules. The program director (Denise M. Alvarado) pulls from her background in academic and professional program development to design the courses.
The course content is found right here in the members only portion of the website. All of the readings and assignments are contained within the various course modules.
Additional training is provided via chats, videos, recordings and webinars, and personal interaction with the instructors.
Crossroads University is the first online rootwork program that delivers its information via the course module. A module is a self-contained portion of the course that both stands alone and builds upon any previous modules. The program director (Denise M. Alvarado) pulls from her background in academic and professional program development to design the courses.
The course content is found right here in the members only portion of the website. All of the readings and assignments are contained within the various course modules.
Additional training is provided via chats, videos, recordings and webinars, and personal interaction with the instructors.
Examples of our curriculum
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Enroll in this course today! What you get with your enrollment:
Please note that this course is not designed for folks who want to get in and get out with a certificate. It requires a time commitment, at least a year to complete given the breadth and depth of the course modules. It requires self motivation and discipline in that you will be required to do more than just read a book and make an oil or mojo bag once to send in. You will be required to dig up roots, get out in your environment and learn about your local flora and fauna, gather herbs and plants and make many different things, from baths, to mojo bags and gris gris, floor washes, protection bottles, powders and more. Furthermore, you will be required to perform service for others as practice, such as performing a foot washing service. And you will need to photodocument your work in order to receive credit. Don't worry, we are with you every step of the way and give you detailed instructions for every activity. And, if you don't understand or need clarification about an assignment or activity, you can just ask because we are readily available to assist you. Where else will you get such service?
Enroll in this course today! What you get with your enrollment:
- Access to course website with massive unique and original content organized into 5 comprehensive modules
- A number of downloads to full books authored by course developer
- Access to an exclusive Conjure Library
- Weekly chat sessions
- Secret Facebook Group
- Access to instructors (we have an open door policy - you receive our phone numbers and personal emails so that we may have ongoing direct communication with you)
- Personal attention and communication from instructors
- Certificate of completion
- Student for life and ongoing education
Please note that this course is not designed for folks who want to get in and get out with a certificate. It requires a time commitment, at least a year to complete given the breadth and depth of the course modules. It requires self motivation and discipline in that you will be required to do more than just read a book and make an oil or mojo bag once to send in. You will be required to dig up roots, get out in your environment and learn about your local flora and fauna, gather herbs and plants and make many different things, from baths, to mojo bags and gris gris, floor washes, protection bottles, powders and more. Furthermore, you will be required to perform service for others as practice, such as performing a foot washing service. And you will need to photodocument your work in order to receive credit. Don't worry, we are with you every step of the way and give you detailed instructions for every activity. And, if you don't understand or need clarification about an assignment or activity, you can just ask because we are readily available to assist you. Where else will you get such service?
Once the course is paid for, you will receive an email with further instructions, You will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement where you agree not to share the information outside of Crossroads University or use the information for any personal profit (in other words, you can't take our curriculum and make your own course to teach from it). Access to the individual course does not automatically mean you are approved for the Certification in Professional Rootwork (C.P.R.) credential, which requires a separate application process.
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Clicking the"Pay Now" button and purchasing this course indicates your agreement to these terms.
Questions about this or other courses? Feel free to contact us.
Payment plans are available!
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