House of Roots and Bones: Advanced Conjure Construction Department

XVIII. ADVANCED CONJURE CONSTRUCTION
Build With Purpose. Construct With Knowledge. Work With Power.
HORB CON 501 — Advanced Mojo Hand Construction
Teaches students to design mojo hands from diagnosis and purpose rather than copy formulas. Students select and combine materia, personal concerns, containers, and construction methods with clear intent. Historical examples are analyzed to build true formulation skills.
HORB CON 502 — Feeding and Maintaining a Mojo
Covers the ongoing care, feeding, and maintenance of mojo hands after construction. Students learn appropriate feeding substances, handling, repair, renewal, and proper disposal. The course emphasizes relationship with the work through consistent attention and prayer.
HORB CON 503 — Advanced Bottle Conjure
Develops advanced container work for protection, containment, sweetening, souring, drawing, restriction, and more. Students learn to design bottle work from a diagnosis, including contents, liquids, sealing, placement, and maintenance. Historical methods are compared with modern practice.
HORB CON 504 — Honey, Sugar & Sweetening Work
Examines the use of honey, sugar, molasses, and sweet foods in work for favor, affection, cooperation, and improved relationships. Students distinguish sweetening from attraction, reconciliation, and domination. Historical and cultural meanings of sweetness are explored within Southern tradition.
HORB CON 505 — Vinegar, Sourness & Separation Work
Studies vinegar and souring materia for conflict, separation, deterioration, and making relationships unsustainable. Students compare souring with separation, banishing, freezing, and other methods. Jurisdiction and clear intent are required before applying aggressive construction.
HORB CON 506 — Freezer Work: Containment, Restriction & Stopping
Examines freezer work as a method of containment, restriction, and stopping. Students learn to formulate precise petitions, choose proper links, and understand appropriate applications. Historical context and modern use are discussed with attention to ethics and jurisdiction.
HORB CON 507 — Nailing, Pinning, Binding & Fixing
Studies the physical actions of fastening, piercing, and binding in conjure construction. Students examine nails, pins, tacks, boards, and other materials according to purpose. The same action can protect, restrict, or secure depending on the condition and jurisdiction.
HORB CON 508 — Knots, Thread, String & Cord Work
Explores tying, knotting, wrapping, connecting, binding, and untying with thread, string, and cord. Students study household sewing knowledge, folk beliefs, and documented applications. Knot work is taught as action and intention rather than universal knot-number systems.
HORB CON 509 — Cloth, Flannel & Sewing in Conjure
Examines cloth as container, wrapper, and working material in conjure. Students learn to work with flannel, clothing, scraps, bags, and sewing techniques while honoring Black domestic traditions. Practical skills are taught for constructing durable working objects.
HORB CON 510 — Advanced Candle Diagnosis & Working
Develops advanced candle preparation, prayer, burn observation, and interpretation. Students learn to record flame behavior, soot, residue, and environmental factors before assigning meaning. The course teaches disciplined candle reading and when to continue, modify, or reassess a work.