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- Van Van Condition Oil
Van Van Condition Oil
Van Van Condition Oil
Famous Van Van Oil
The main ingredients for Van Van oil include Verbena/Vervain, Vetiver, and lemongrass. The name Vervain is pronounced (vurh-vahn) in French Creole, but is Americanized to Van Van which is how the oil got its name.
Van Van oil was once considered the most popular multipurpose condition oil in Louisiana and in Hoodoo in general. The oil is believed to bring about luck and power to its user. It is also believed to be able to remove tricks and roots. According to recordings by Zora Neal Hurston.
It’s said you couldn't go anywhere in Algiers without smelling Van Van oil.
Algiers is the second oldest area of New Orleans. It was a location where slaves were sent and held before sale and where many people of different cultures met.
Areas of influence:
• Love
• Attraction
• Money
• Banishing evil
• Meditation
• Purification
• Luck
"Yas'm an ah kin buil' a unseen wall aroun' yo so as ter keep evil, jinx and enemies way fum yo and hit'll bring heaps uv good luck too. The way ah does hit is this way: Ah takes High John the Conqueror Root and fixes apiece of red flannel so as ter make a sack and puts hit in the sack along wid magnetic loadstone, five finger grass, van van oil, controllin' powdah and drawin powdah and the seal uv powah. This heah mus be worn aroun the neck and sprinkle hit ever mornin fuh seven mornins wid three drops uv holy oil. Then theah is lucky han' root. Hit looks jes like a human han'. If yo carries hit on yo person hit will shake yo jinx and make yo a winnah in all kinds o games and hit'll help yo choose winning numbers."
Lucy Jones:
Marianna, Arkansas Age: Born 1866
My Dad says my grandmother and her sisters used to travel to New Orleans a lot. His family is from Tennessee though which is also known for Hoodoo. My people had a candle, incense, and oil shop and sold all types of oils and candles and more. I have released recordings of my father elaborating a little about the family shop and my Grandmothers trips to New Orleans. But with that being said, i’m not sure how she came across the knowledge of Van Van oil I just know I got it from my grandmother. I don’t know if she knew about it before she went to New Orleans or not, i'm just happy that I know about this beautiful oil.
Famous Van Van Oil
The main ingredients for Van Van oil include Verbena/Vervain, Vetiver, and lemongrass. The name Vervain is pronounced (vurh-vahn) in French Creole, but is Americanized to Van Van which is how the oil got its name.
Van Van oil was once considered the most popular multipurpose condition oil in Louisiana and in Hoodoo in general. The oil is believed to bring about luck and power to its user. It is also believed to be able to remove tricks and roots. According to recordings by Zora Neal Hurston.
It’s said you couldn't go anywhere in Algiers without smelling Van Van oil.
Algiers is the second oldest area of New Orleans. It was a location where slaves were sent and held before sale and where many people of different cultures met.
Areas of influence:
• Love
• Attraction
• Money
• Banishing evil
• Meditation
• Purification
• Luck
"Yas'm an ah kin buil' a unseen wall aroun' yo so as ter keep evil, jinx and enemies way fum yo and hit'll bring heaps uv good luck too. The way ah does hit is this way: Ah takes High John the Conqueror Root and fixes apiece of red flannel so as ter make a sack and puts hit in the sack along wid magnetic loadstone, five finger grass, van van oil, controllin' powdah and drawin powdah and the seal uv powah. This heah mus be worn aroun the neck and sprinkle hit ever mornin fuh seven mornins wid three drops uv holy oil. Then theah is lucky han' root. Hit looks jes like a human han'. If yo carries hit on yo person hit will shake yo jinx and make yo a winnah in all kinds o games and hit'll help yo choose winning numbers."
Lucy Jones:
Marianna, Arkansas Age: Born 1866
My Dad says my grandmother and her sisters used to travel to New Orleans a lot. His family is from Tennessee though which is also known for Hoodoo. My people had a candle, incense, and oil shop and sold all types of oils and candles and more. I have released recordings of my father elaborating a little about the family shop and my Grandmothers trips to New Orleans. But with that being said, i’m not sure how she came across the knowledge of Van Van oil I just know I got it from my grandmother. I don’t know if she knew about it before she went to New Orleans or not, i'm just happy that I know about this beautiful oil.