Browse:(6) SCIENCE ENTERS HOODOO - THINK THE NAME (Volume 4, entries 8925)
(6) SCIENCE ENTERS HOODOO - THINK THE NAME
Volume 4, entries 8925. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → THEFT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 8925
When yo' git all to yo'- self - yo' know, at a certain time of de day, git off to yo'- self an' yo' meditate on dat, jis' lak yo' see 'im, yo's talkin' to him. Yo' say, call his name, says, "Charlies, yo' stolen mah pants. Ah want chew to bring 'em back." Jis' a few words, yo' know, sompin lak dat. Yore mind an' his mind will turn an' contact together. That's what chew call kind of auto-suggestion. (I see, that will make him bring back this stolen article.)
During a described meditation, the informant supplies 'Charlies, yo' stolen mah pants. Ah want chew to bring 'em back' as example words addressed as if to the person.