Mojo Hand or Gris-Gris Bag, sometimes called Trick bag
Flannel traditional color is red. Originally these bags were made from the clothes of non usable long john, which were red flannel– today you can make a more modern bag and use various colors color according to intent (green: money, red: love, white: blessing, pale blue: peaceful home, etc.)
Oil – appropriate to purpose
Roots
Herbs
Petition paper
Petition paper traditionally parchment paper
Miscellaneous items according to purpose: coins, charms, good luck tokens, crystals, carved amulets, etc.
Charm for outside of bag according to intention (optional)
Make the flannel bag with a drawstring closure. Today you can purchase various colors including red in small flannel bag with drawstring closure.
The proper way to close the bag is to wrap the drawstring around the bag once, then pull the end through the wrapped drawstring, pulling the tie tight. This also makes it easy to re-open for adding more items and "feeding" it.
Keep total items to 3, 7, 9 or 13. You will want to focus your intention and breath it into the mojo while visioning the intention. This is repeated until you feel your intention has been sent into the bag. When you tie of the bag, tie 3 knots and repeat your intention as you do.
Keep in mind not over fill your mojo, as you will be wearing it, contact with the skin is important.
After the bag is prepared and properly sealed, you will need to activate and feed the bag. It is also important not to let anyone see your mojo and never let another touch it., it will render the bag ‘dead’
If some sees you will need ‘feed the bag’
1. Feed the bag by smoking it
2. Bless the bag with holy water or 100% rum.
3. Anoint with oil (in a 3 or 5 spot pattern)
Be sure to wear for a week, the common place for a women to wear is inside her bra. Place under your pillow during sleep.
After the original weak you can place in your bag or purse, if someone see it reefed it, if someone touches it the bag is dead
The Mojo hand must be fed weekly or when spirit guides you some traditional feeding ways are with: alcoholic beverage, spit or urine, perfume (Hoyt’s Cologne or Florida Water), or sexual fluids (for a love-drawing hand), etc.. You also simple feed it by smoking and anointing,
When making the bag for another, they should be present and have them feed the bag for the first time and have them blow intention into the bag.