#Bluebottles

[conjuremanj]

Bottle Trees & How To Make One & How To Know If You Cought One?

Have you ever been driving through Louisiana, or any other southern states, and noticed a tree with colored bottles either hanging from it or stuck onto their branches? Natives of Africa have hung hand-blown glass on huts and trees to ward off evil spirits ( negative energy) since the ninth century, and maybe even earlier.

The Legend is told that the spirits are attracted to the sparkling color of the bottles, blue ones seemingly more enticing to spirits. The moaning sound that the bottles make by the wind is proof that a spirit ( Negative Spirit Energy) is trapped within.

Where Did Bottle Trees Originate:

Bottle trees originated in the Congo of West Africa and date back to at least the ninth century. Very soon after European colonizers noticed the practice in Africa, bottle trees were also observed in the Caribbean in Black communities comprised of people brought there from West Africa via the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Bottle Trees are traditional for a African Diasporic religion or practice like voodoo or hoodoo.

These early accounts the bottle trees were used to ward off a variety of dangers that could destroy a home, such as thieves, evil spells and bad spirits. If you hung bones and bottles in your mango tree, for instance, thieves wouldn't touch the fruit. Basically seeing the tree like this and not knowing what it is we're scared a person off the property.

Hoodoo and the Tradition of Bottle Trees:

Bottle trees are a practice in Hoodoo. The idea behind bottle trees in the Hoodoo tradition is that the world is full of marauding spirits, usually up to no good. In the south of of Louisiana where I'm at, we believe they can enter your house if you're not careful, wreaking havoc — However, these evil spirits are very interested in spangly glass bottles. If you hang them on trees outside your house, the spirits will check the bottle out and become trapped inside, and in the morning when the sun comes up, they will be destroyed in the bottle by the sunlight.

If you're not sure the light of day has really done its job, you can cork the bottle, take it to the river and throw it in the water. A bad spirit (Haint) has no chance against the river because, according to legend, they absolutely hate water. (In mist religions dark energies and or spirits don't like nor can cross running water)

What Are Haunts? Now you herd me mentioned the world Haint. A haint is a restless ghost (spirit) who has not left the world, but has remained behind to haunt the living with trickery that is most often harmless, but there are some that can be more sinister in nature. Due to the vengeful and tricky its intentions of haunts, warding them off is understandably a priority. Hoodoo, sometimes referred to as rootwork, conjure or even lowcountry voodoo, would offer protection from evil. But at night, the boo hag would shed the skin and go looking for a victim to "ride," depleting the victim's energy or possibly even suffocating them.

Make Your Own Bottle Tree:

Turn a tree in your yard into one. The bottle should be placed upside down with the mouth of the bottle facing the trunk. You can also hang them from branches.

Where can I get a bottle? Bud Light platinum bottle is the haint blue.

Do I Need It In A Tree? No you can have in a bush well. Some also place them on the ground.

How Do I Know If I Caught One? The bottom will tip over or you can light a incense around it and if the smoke flows into the bottom you cought one.

Bottle Trees Are Used to Honor the Dead:

Bottle trees also have a special connection to the venerated dead. " The distinctive blue bottles were placed on tree limbs to capture the energy, spirit and memories of ancestors." Important and beloved relatives and community members and when they died, their tombs would be marked with large bottle trees, all sorts of vessels — bowls, cups, bottles, pots and pans — as well as knives, forks and bracelets.

How Do I Know If I Caught One?

You will here a whistle sound like the wind blowing into it.

The bottom will tip over.

You can light a incense around it and if the smoke flows into the bottom you cought one.

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[almostasenior]

Folklore And Tradition Come Together In The Garden

Fork lore and culture come together in the garden

Honey Horn Garden-Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Planting a garden of your favorite greens is a relaxing hobby and provides healthy foods to support your well being. Eating a salad before the main course of your meal aids in digestion, provides your body with plenty of nutrients, and adds fiber to your diet. Mustard greens are a great source of calcium, vitamins A, B, C, and D and are…

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#bluebottles #BottleTree #Garden #GullahCulture #HiltonHeadIsland #HoneyHorn #honeyhornhiltonheadisland #mustardgreens #Nutrition #salad #wordoftheday

[dougielombax]

So.

What was that about insect collections and game shows?!

Foreshadowing perhaps?

Idk.

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #insect collection #beetles #bluebottles #java #doctor who #ghost light #Marc platt #tangentially #entomology #game shows #the amazing digital circus #tadc #tadc kinger #the amazing digital circus kinger #kinger #gooseworx #glitch productions #foreshadowing #maybe #idk #speculation #chess

[pegasuskiss]

had to make a second sona bc of my current obsession…. can u guess what she’s based on 😅🌐🐳

#sfw furry #beluga #wii #wii sports #nostalgiacore #my art #bluebottle

[colorsoutofearth]

Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis), Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Photo by Solvin Zankl

#Physalia physalis #physalia #portuguese man-o-war #man-o-war #hydrozoans #bluebottle #tentacles #cnidaria #ocean #sea #marine #marine animals #sea creatures #blue #pink #pink and blue #blue and pink #nature #animals #wildlife #siphonophore

[syn0vial]

Common Bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon)

Taipei, Taiwan

3/17/24

#i took these photos in a random parking lot swarming with butterflies #god bless taiwan the butterfly kingdom #butterflies #butterfly #common bluebottle #bugblr #insects #bugs

[artbybai]

It’s Just Fiver

“…Digger, Listener, Runner, Prince with the Swift Warning. All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies; be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people shall never be destroyed…” - Richard Adams, Watership Down (1972)

#jumping at bluebottles again #watership down #fiver #hrairoo #bunny #fan art #artbybai #traditional art

[peptography]

A bluebottle jellyfish I found at Piha Beach, Aotearoa

#bluebottle #jellyfish #natural #nature #nature photography #my photos #piha #piha beach #beach #New Zealand #photography #photo #Aotearoa

[yumaisbored]

Mr. Spider just did not understand the concept of British hospitality, and that is the real problem here.

#greedy fly guzzling bastard #justice for mr bluebottle #thinks he’s a gentleman with his stupid red bowler hat #well true gentleman don’t eat their guests #slam the door in his #bloated buggy face #ik spiders aren’t bugs but the alliteration works #top ten british culture fails #mr spider as a metaphor for capitalism anybody?? #blame mr spider #if he had some genuine manners #this wouldn’t have happened #imagine the world ending because you #can’t behave properly and eat a normal meal #mag 81 #mr spider #a guest for mr spider #tma #the magnus archives

[modernviga]

#@bluebottle

[sitting-on-me-bum]

The maggot or larva of a bluebottle fly.

Eye of Science/SPL/Barcroft Media

#eye of science #photographer #spl #barcroft media #maggot #larva #bluebottle fly #insect #nature #micro photography #electron microscope

[dougielombax]

And this is the basement.

This is where I keep the Shambling Horrors, along with the beetles AND bluebottles.

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #my poor attempt at a joke #what #no context #doctor who #ghost light #the horrors #beetles #bluebottles #Java

[pegasuskiss]

she’s wearing her Wii Fit!

#my art #sfw furry #furry art #tech core #nintendo wii #beluga #bluebottle

[cobblehillcortado]

#coffee #bluebottle #cortado

[hella1975]

Went down to the beach for a little walk today and thought you'd enjoy :) also bonus little bluebottle thing my mum found lol

#submission #EEEEEEEK I LOVE THIS OH MY GOD THE SUN ON THE WAVES!!!!!! #and that bluebottle thing is so cute holy shit what IS that #thank you for thinking of me :) #ocean tag

[unhingedlesbear]

Is this TMI??? ummm I just somehow snatched a fruit fly out of mid air??? The skill was crazy. I ate it and it tasted like nothing. Still, the skill was there. A bit proud of that lil moment fr.

#how things are going #I would NOT do this to dirty flies y'all mad #Only bc he was a fruit fly #I would never eat a bluebottle thats just mad