Hi! I’m Margo Lukas and I’m subbing for Carolan today. I hope she’s having fun doing what she’s doing, because I’m spending the day in 90 degree weather selling Gatorade at a livestock show! Ugh.
I’m a fellow author over at Samhain and my book Half Moon Rising came out in ebook this past March and will be out in print in October. But enough about me…
This is a bizarre video I found that supposedly shows a witch circling a Mexican cemetery. It’s crazy. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/04/witch-caught-on-video-terrorizing-mexican-town
It’s at a site called “Neatorama”. Of course it’s going to be good!
I’m doing some preliminary research on an upcoming book and here are some things I found out about Mexican witches:
They are mostly men, but there are some women.
They practice one of these types of magic: white, red (the good ones) or black (the bad one).
Good witches heal.
They can’t wear gold.
They can’t get married, but they are allowed to have as many girlfriends/boyfriends as they want.
Tuesdays and Fridays are the best days to cast spells.
Their roots go back to both Mayan and Aztec lore.
I’m not sure if all that will find its way into my book, but it’s interesting stuff to read. Sela Ward did an interesting blog on Central American myths on Beyond the Veil. If you liked this post you might want to check it out.
Happy Saturday and best of luck to the legions of people getting married on this luckiest of days 
~Margo
