Editing Mojo (African-American culture) (section)

=== Fixing and feeding a mojo hand ===
There is a process to fixing a proper mojo. A ritual must be put in place in order to successfully prepare a mojo by being filled and awakened to life. This can be done by smoking incense and candles, or it may be breathed upon to bring it to life. Prayers may be said, and other methods may be used to accomplish this essential step. Once prepared, the mojo is "dressed" or "fed" with a liquid such as [[Whisky|alcohol]] (whiskey, rum) perfume, water, or bodily fluids.<ref>Alvarado, D. (2011). ''The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook''. San Francisco: Weiser Books.</ref> The reason it is said to feed the mojo to keep it working is that it is alive with spirit. One story from the work entitled ''From My People'' describes a slave who went out and sought a mojo conjurer that gave him a mojo to run away from home. The story describes the slave's mojo as fixing him into many formations, and he ultimately dies because he misuses its power.<ref>Brewer, Richard M. (1958). "The Mojo." ''From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore''. New York: Indiana University Press, 2002. pp. 47–48. Print.</ref> Had he fixed and believed in the specific mojo himself, he might have escaped the plantation alive.