Hoodoo & Rootwork
These books are a starting point for learning hoodoo as more than a collection of spells. Together, they introduce prayer work, ancestral and spiritual perspective, and practical rootwork formulation.
Powers of the Psalms — Anna Riva
A practical guide to working with individual Psalms for purposes such as protection, prosperity, justice, healing, and spiritual support. It is a useful beginner reference for understanding how scripture can be incorporated into spiritual work. 🔗Click Here
Jambalaya — Luisah Teish
A blend of memoir, ritual, ancestral wisdom, folklore, and African diasporic spirituality. This book is valuable for developing a deeper understanding of ancestry, spiritual relationship, personal ritual, and the cultural foundations surrounding spiritual practice. 🔗Click Here
The Root Worker’s Formulary — Kamai N. Curry
A practical reference focused on roots, herbs, curios, oils, waters, and formulation. Rather than simply providing recipes, it helps the reader understand why ingredients are chosen and how different elements can be combined intentionally in rootwork. 🔗 Click here for link to Digital & Physical copies
Shadow Work & Self-Reflection
Spiritual work is not only about what we do externally. It also requires us to understand our patterns, wounds, beliefs, identity, and the parts of ourselves we may avoid. These books support deeper self-reflection and can help strengthen the inner work that often accompanies spiritual practice.
The Shadow Work Journal — Keila Shaheen
A guided journal designed to help readers explore hidden emotions, limiting beliefs, recurring patterns, and the parts of themselves they may have pushed aside. Through prompts and reflective exercises, it encourages greater self-awareness and a more intentional relationship with the self. 🔗Click here
African Goddess Initiation — Abiola Abrams
A spiritually focused guide centered on African and African diasporic goddess traditions, ancestral connection, self-love, ritual, and personal transformation. The book moves through themes such as ancestors, shadow work, intuition, voice, divine feminine energy, and healing limiting beliefs. 🔗 Click Here
Reinventing Your Life — Jeffrey E. Young & Janet S. Klosko
A self-help book based on cognitive and schema therapy that explores recurring “lifetraps”—deep patterns often rooted in earlier experiences that can continue shaping relationships, self-worth, fears, and behavior. It is useful for identifying patterns that may otherwise be mistaken for intuition, fate, or purely spiritual problems. 🔗 Click Here
The Definitive Book of Human Design: The Science of Differentiation — Lynda Bunnell & Ra Uru Hu
A comprehensive introduction to the Human Design system and its framework for understanding individual decision-making, energy patterns, and personal differentiation. I would place this here as a tool for self-exploration and reflection rather than presenting Human Design as established science or as part of traditional hoodoo. 🔗 Click Here
Health & Herbalism
Spiritual practice and physical wellness often intersect, especially in traditions where herbs, oils, food, prayer, and everyday care all have a place. These books offer useful perspectives on essential oils, healthy aging, natural medicine, herbalism, plant identification, and human biology. They are best used as educational resources alongside sound medical judgment and appropriate professional care.
Essential Oils to Boost the Brain and Heal the Body — Jodi Cohen
A practical guide to using essential oils as part of a broader wellness routine. Cohen focuses on areas such as stress, sleep, energy, focus, digestion, and inflammation, while presenting essential oils as one tool within a larger approach to wellbeing. 🔗 Click Here
Young Forever — Mark Hyman, M.D.
A functional-medicine-focused exploration of healthy aging, longevity, inflammation, nutrition, sleep, exercise, and other lifestyle factors that influence long-term health. It is useful for thinking about wellness from a whole-body perspective rather than waiting until illness develops. 🔗Click here to order your copy
The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine — Michael T. Murray, N.D. & Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D.
A broad reference covering naturopathic approaches to health, nutrition, disease prevention, botanical medicine, supplements, and lifestyle. It can be helpful for understanding how natural medicine approaches the body as an interconnected system rather than viewing each concern in isolation. 🔗 Click here
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine — Andrew Chevallier
A foundational herbal reference covering hundreds of medicinal plants, their traditional uses, constituents, preparation methods, and practical applications. It is a useful reference for learning both the traditional and modern uses of medicinal herbs. 🔗 Click Here
The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies — Nicole Apelian & Claude Davis
A visually focused herbal reference covering medicinal plants, mushrooms, lichens, harvesting, identification, and traditional preparations. Its photographs and plant-identification material make it especially useful for beginners who want to become more familiar with the plants themselves rather than only learning remedies from a list. 🔗 Click Here
Foundations of Parasitology — Larry S. Roberts, John Janovy Jr. & Steve Nadler
A university-level introduction to parasitology covering the biology, physiology, morphology, ecology, life cycles, and host relationships of major parasites affecting humans and animals. This one is much more scientific than the other books in this section, which is exactly why it belongs here—it helps ground discussions of parasites, cleansing, and health in actual parasitology rather than relying only on wellness claims or folklore. 🔗 Click Here