Kitchen ingredient
Red Brick Dust
Kitchen ingredient1 tradition
In Hoodoo, especially in New Orleans, red brick dust is scrubbed or sprinkled across doorsteps so that no harm can cross into the home.
Uses
- Protecting the threshold
- Guarding the home
- Keeping enemies out
Working with it
In Hoodoo practice, a line of red brick dust is laid across the front step, or the step is scrubbed with it, renewed after rain.
- Tradition
- Hoodoo, the African American folk magic of the South (rootwork, conjure)
- Planet
- ♂︎ Mars
- Role
- Curio: a charm or tool
- Element
- Earth
- Works for
- ProtectionBoundariesHomeBanishing
- Forms
- powder
- How to use
- Sprinkle or scatter
⚠ Safety
- Not for internal use. Safe to handle and carry, but don't eat it or make tea from it.
Projective
Where the traditions place it
- Mars — Common practice