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Who is ConjureMan Ali?
Content Warning: This resource contains detailed discussions of youth suicide, anti-natalist organizations, cultural exploitation, and spiritual fraud.
Notice 9/19/26: The original Carrd for this resource was reported and taken offline, so the documentation has been migrated to this Google Doc to ensure it remains publicly accessible.
Because there is a vast history of older forum posts, archives, and primary sources to sort through, this document will be updated periodically as new information is verified. For complete transparency, all new additions will include explicit timestamps.
Backup Archive: You can access an updated folder of all original webpages exported as PDFs here to ensure all receipts remain publicly accessible if anything changes or goes down. FYI- I will be organizing this folder with subfolders and clearer file names soon, but I wanted to make this link available immediately.
Update 9/23/26: Linking junawadi.com for reference to check out, as it represents the apex of his citation issues as explored in his past in the rest of the article. The domain junawadi.com was claimed to document cases of plagiarism from Dr. Olomi's Patreon posts.
A copy of junawadi.com can be found on the Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20260923162650/https://junawadi.com/
As pointed out by Threads user @astrospecting, "Junawadi" is a name frequently cited by Dr. Olomi, but it is not a name found in standard historical references.
For a broader critical examination of these dynamics within the community, please check out:
- Samira Bechara’s article, Orientalism in the Astrology Community, which examines how exoticized framing, uncritical acceptance, and the flattening of Afghan/Persian heritage allowed these unchecked claims and gatekeeping dynamics to persist.
- Dani Darling’s post on Substack, which provides further community commentary and context surrounding these disclosures and the broader patterns of accountability.
I added a section entitled Direct Engagement & Deflections: The Patreon DMs below
Dr. Ali Olomi is a public intellectual and academic known for his work on Islamic and MENA history. He has built a significant following through his Patreon, podcast appearances, and scholarly commentary on Islamicate magical traditions.
What many of his followers don't know is that he has operated a parallel commercial identity for over a decade under the names ConjureMan Ali, Dr. Raven and Tata Alufa' Mavambo Ngobodi Nzila. Under these aliases he is claiming initiated authority in multiple African diasporic traditions while charging paying clients for these services.
This page documents that activity using archived primary sources.
Pictured below are two screenshots of Dr. Ali A Olomi from the 6/1/13 LuckyMojo newsletter referring to him as Conjureman Ali. https://archive.constantcontact.com/fs191/1102474630936/archive/1113763616336.html
The Hoodoo Claims
ConjureMan Ali has presented himself as a lifelong practitioner and "master" of hoodoo which is an African American folk magic tradition developed through the specific historical experience of chattel slavery in the American South.
His only documented credential in hoodoo is completion of Catherine Yronwode's Hoodoo and Rootwork Correspondence Course. This is a mail-order course offered by a white woman whose own relationship to the tradition is itself contested by Black practitioners.
He claims to have been raised in the tradition by an elderly Black Southern woman named "Mama Jay" or "Mama J Etriea" of Richmond, VA. She is conveniently deceased and has never been independently verified.
He also has some online courses linked on readersandrootworkers.org on a page entitled "Learn Hoodoo with ConjureMan"
The 2 screenshots below are from his about page on his old website, thecontureman.com
This was accessed from the wayback machine, captured 6/23/24
In the second screenshot, you can see that he studied Hoodoo, at least in part, under LuckyMojo founder Catherine Yronwode, noting: "A Certified Lucky Mojo Practitioner, he is a graduate of catherine yronwode's Hoodoo and Rootwork Correspondence Course." https://web.archive.org/web/20240623070500/https://theconjureman.com/About_Dr.html
Below is a screenshot from this Q&A dated 8/7/11. This same source is referenced & linked again below for different issues I wanted to highlight separately as their own independent claim
https://web.archive.org/web/20110816164235/http://ravenconjure.blogspot.com/
Screenshot of the online courses linked on readersandrootworkers.org on a page entitled "Learn Hoodoo with ConjureMan” https://www.readersandrootworkers.org/index.php?title=ConjureMan
The Lucky Mojo Connection
Rather than distancing himself from this credential, ConjureMan Ali built his public hoodoo profile through Lucky Mojo (Catherine Yronwode's commercial operation) serving as co-host of the Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour and as a member of AIRR (Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers), which requires Lucky Mojo certification.
This association was not historical. As recently as September 13, 2026. This was only four days before this page was created and he appeared as "ConjureMan" on the Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour alongside Catherine Yronwode.
Screenshotted below is the instagram post from 9/13/26 showing that he is still participating in hoodoo with LuckyMojo under his alias Conjureman as recent as this month https://www.instagram.com/p/DdNo_Ffm6x6/?hl=en
Financial & Organizational Ties to Lucky Mojo
Dr. Olomi has co-hosted the Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour alongside Catherine Yronwode as recently as September 2026 and maintains certified practitioner status through her organization.
Catherine Yronwode operates Lucky Mojo alongside her husband, Nagasiva Yronwode. Tax filings show the two co-manage the non-profit Yronwode Institution as President and Vice President. Ali Olomi is listed as the sectary as recently as 2024, linked & screenshotted below
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/800200967
Nagasiva Yronwode & The Church of Euthanasia
TW: Detailed discussion of youth suicide and anti-natalist organizations.
Nagasiva Yronwode served as the outreach director for the Church of Euthanasia, an organization advocating suicide as a means to curb human population growth.
Under the online handle "Boboroshi," Nagasiva compiled, edited, and distributed step-by-step guides detailing methods for ending life.
Investigative media reports connected these materials and associated discussion forums to a cluster of youth suicides in the UK. More can be found in this article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1578945/Predators-tell-children-how-to-kill-themselves.html?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first
Nagasiva’s personal archives, publications, and essays remain directly hosted on the primary Lucky Mojo website domain (luckymojo.com), where Dr. Olomi has actively promoted his own services. You can view Nagasiva's hosted archives here: https://www.luckymojo.com/nagasiva.html
The Quimbanda Claims
ConjureMan Ali has also claimed status as a Tata (high priest) in the Afro-Brazilian tradition of Quimbanda, operating under the initiated name Tata Alufa' Mavambo Ngobodi Nzila. He founded what he called "the first authentic terreiro and house established in the United States with a verifiable Brazilian lineage."
He has never publicly named this Brazilian mother house or provided any means of verifying this lineage claim.
Below is a screenshot of his about page from his The House of Quimbanda website. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819064057/http://houseofquimbanda.org/about-conjureman-ali/
Public Lineage Challenges: Questions Over Quimbanda/ATR Credentials
Added 10/3/6
In addition to private Patreon exchanges, practitioners within African Traditional Religions (ATRs) have publicly challenged Dr. Olomi regarding his claims to initiated priesthood.
On X (formerly Twitter), user Tata Rompe Pecho (@TataRompePecho) directly tagged Dr. Olomi (@aaolomi) to challenge his use of the title "Tata": "I want you to tell me who gave you dinsensia to claim the title of Tata. I also want to know what level of Tata you are. There are levels to this title and anyone rightfully having it knows which one they have and who gave it to them. I will be waiting."
This inquiry specifically references dinsensia (permission/authorization) and internal hierarchical structure, directly confronting Olomi’s long-standing pattern of claiming initiated status (such as "Tata Alufa' Mavambo Ngobodi Nzila" in Quimbanda) without providing verifiable lineage or naming the elders who authorized him.
Translation note: The term "dinsensia" used in the tweet is a phonetic/dialectal rendering of "dicença" (or "licença" in standard Portuguese), which translates directly to "licence," "permission," or "authorization."
The Fake Account Incident (2012)
In September 2012, a forum moderator on the Spells, Psychics & Spirits Review Forum traced a user called "FredFox" (who had been posting extensive positive testimonials about ConjureMan Ali and providing biographical details about his background) to the same IP address as ConjureMan Ali himself.
The account was ultimately confirmed to be posting from Ali's own computer and wifi network. "FredFox" eventually admitted to being his assistant, posting from his home.
A Note on His Biography
Throughout his time as ConjureMan Ali, Dr. Olomi constructed an elaborate personal mythology to establish his authority across multiple traditions simultaneously. The following claims appear across his archived websites and FAQ posts. None are verifiable. Many are internally contradictory given his age at the time.
He claims to have:
1) Been chosen at birth by his family's elders and named spiritual heir of his family's patriarch
2) Been raised in hoodoo by an elderly Black Southern woman named "Mama Jay" or "Mama J Etriea" of Richmond, VA, who has since passed away and cannot be contacted or verified
3) Traveled to the Middle East where he "mastered jinn magic and worked for some kings"
4) Served as a professional exorcist and hired magician who designed "the magical defense of a certain Middle Eastern nation's defenses" and worked for "various prominent officials as their magical advisor and protector"
Note that the nation, the officials, and the nature of this work are unspecified and unverifiable
5) Come from "one of the oldest family lines in the Middle East and North Africa" whose ancestors are folk saints with active shrines dedicated to them
6) Been able to trace his spiritual genealogy back to specific historical magi including Ibn Arabi and Ahmad Al-Buni
7) Had a great grandfather who was a legendary blind hafiz and exorcist capable of psychokinesis and bilocation
8) Been initiated as a Tata (high priest) in Brazilian Quimbanda with verifiable lineage tracing back to Brazil
9) Founded "the first authentic terreiro and house of Quimbanda in the United States"
10) Been working in these traditions "for decades" He made this claim when forum users estimated he was approximately 28-30 years old. He was in reality 26 in September 2012
11) Finished the complete works of Shakespeare in 4th grade and written commentaries on the major world religions by 5th grade
Every claim in this biography shares the same structure: maximum authority, zero verifiability, and a convenient absence of any named living witness or traceable source. Forum users attempting to verify even basic facts (which university he taught at, which Middle Eastern tradition he trained in, whether Mama Jay existed) were unable to do so. When pressed directly in 2012, he was caught operating a fake account on the same forum to vouch for himself.
The pattern is consistent: in every tradition he touches, he is always the most initiated, the most traveled, the most chosen, the most experienced. There is no version of his self-presentation that is humble, ordinary, or even at the very least falsifiable.
Below is a select screenshot from this Q&A post (dated 8/7/11) where he says he was the spiritual advisor for an unnamed middle eastern country
https://web.archive.org/web/20110816164235/http://ravenconjure.blogspot.com/
The Active Commercial Operation
As of 2025-2026, ConjureMan Ali maintained:
- theconjureman.com: a full commercial website offering rootwork, readings, mojo bags, demon bowls, and spell services (last captured March 2026)
- conjuremanconsulting.com: an astrology and magical services site with active booking calendar
- hoodoopsychics.com: his bio here reads - "I am a gifted reader and rootworker using traditional divination methods of tarot, geomancy, crystal ball scrying, and spirit mediumship to uncover the root of your conditions and will call upon my powerful spirits to transform your life."
Below are screenshots from his current website (conjuremanconsulting.com) where clients can pay for and schedule appointments for his services
https://www.conjuremanconsulting.com/about
Note: This website was last accessed by me when I was making this resource on 9/17/26
Below is a screenshot from 4/15/26 of Ali Olomi's about page on his website (with the Lucky Mojo emblem of course) theconjureman.com
Publications
In addition to his commercial spiritual practice, ConjureMan Ali has several works presenting himself as an authority across multiple traditions.
Santísima Muerte: How to Call and Work with Holy Death (Hadean Press, 2012, 24 pages, $12.00)
Description as listed by the publisher:
"This Guide examines the history and legends of Santísima Muerte, or Holy Death, a controversial figure and beloved folk saint. ConjureMan Ali provides practical steps on how to establish a relationship with this powerful spirit, and how to properly work with her while respecting her cultural background. Included in this pamphlet are traditional novenas, prayers, and orisons, translated from the original Spanish by the author."
Santísima Muerte is a Mexican folk saint emerging from Mexican and Mexican American Catholic folk tradition with a devoted following particularly among working class Mexican communities. She is not Brazilian, not African American, and not from the Middle East.
The phrase "while respecting her cultural background" appears in the description of a publication by a man who simultaneously claimed a fabricated Black Southern mentor to establish hoodoo authority, founded what he called the first authentic American house of an Afro-Brazilian religion, and has never publicly cited the sources for his Islamic scholarly translations.
He also published booklets on Saint Cyprian (Hadean Press) and contributed essays to Scarlet Imprint's At the Crossroads.
Saint Cyprian: Saint of Necromancers (Hadean Press, 2012, 74 pages)
Saint Cyprian of Antioch is a pan-European and pan-Atlantic folk saint appearing across Scandinavian trolldom, Spanish and Portuguese folk magic, Brazilian Quimbanda, and various other traditions. Unlike Santísima Muerte or hoodoo, he does not belong to a single closed community. Writing about him as an outsider is considerably less problematic from a cultural ownership standpoint.
However the publication is worth examining because it displays the same sourcing and methodology issues present across everything else he has produced.
His stated primary sources for this text are:
"Information gathered directly from communion with Saint Cyprian himself"
"Knowledge passed down from other devotees of the saint" - all unnamed and so completely unverifiable
His own translations of prayers and incantations from Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese with no source texts named, no manuscripts cited, and no way to verify the translations against originals
In other words: the saint told him personally, some unnamed people also told him things, and here are some translations you cannot fact-check.
For context, this is the same methodology he applies to his Islamicate astrological work. Scholars and practitioners have noted his persistent refusal to share primary sources and the same methodology he applied to his hoodoo practice, where his lineage traces back to a deceased unverifiable Black woman and a correspondence course.
The through line across every tradition he touches, whether it belongs to his community or not, is the same. He is always the sole conduit, he claims the saint spoke to him directly. Also the unnamed devotees passed knowledge to him specifically. The secret Middle Eastern mages trained him personally. You cannot verify any of this so you simply have to trust that he has access to things you don't.
Why This Matters
Note on Perspective: I am a white woman documenting this information. I am not an authority on Hoodoo, but I have always understood it to be a closed practice developed by enslaved African Americans, and it made intuitive sense to me that non-Black people shouldn't claim authority within it. Whenever I came across Black practitioners discussing these boundaries online, I listened.
Hoodoo is a closed tradition rooted in the historical experience of Black Americans. Authority within the tradition comes from ancestral connection and community recognition (not mail-order correspondence courses or self-appointed titles). Constructing commercial credentials in a tradition outside one's heritage circumvents the boundaries set by that community.
What makes this situation particularly egregious is that Dr. Olomi is a non-Black man of Afghan/Persian heritage who chose to construct commercial credentials for himself within a Black American tradition. Hoodoo authority is rooted in ancestral connection and community recognition. It is not something an outsider can grant themselves through mail-order courses or manufactured titles. This goes beyond typical cultural appropriation since this is a non-Black individual treating the explicit boundaries set by a historically marginalized community as obstacles to route around rather than limits to respect. To look at a tradition forged under chattel slavery and decide one is entitled to claim its authority is an act of profound entitlement.
Note from 9/22/26: In previous versions of this document, I referred to him broadly as a 'man of Middle Eastern heritage'. As Samira Bechara pointed out in her September 2026 analysis, relying on 'Middle Eastern' as a catch-all identity label reflects the very Orientalist framing that enabled his persona to go unchecked for so long. Dr. Olomi’s heritage is Afghan/Persian (Central/South Asia), but through his own vague self-framing and the community's uncritically accepted assumptions, he was flattened into an exoticized 'Middle Eastern' archetype. I acknowledge my own unexamined adoption of this colonial terminology and am correcting it here.
This pattern of overriding community boundaries and gatekeeping knowledge extends beyond Hoodoo. Researchers and practitioners in the Islamicate astrological community have repeatedly noted Dr. Olomi's secrecy regarding his primary sources and translations. By declining to share references that would allow others to verify or build upon his claims, he departs from fundamental standards of scholarly accountability. While withholding academic sources within his own heritage tradition is a distinct issue from exploiting a closed Black American tradition, both reveal the same core dynamic: consolidating authority, obscuring sources, and positioning himself as an indispensable gatekeeper.
Dr. Olomi’s own academic work explicitly critiques knowledge extraction, illegitimate authority, and the ethics of representation. The direct contradiction between those academic principles and his documented commercial practices presents an issue of accountability that his audience and community deserve to understand.
He has not addressed these concerns publicly.
Direct Engagement & Deflections: The Patreon DMs
This section was added 9/23/26
As of September 23, 2026, Dr. Olomi has not addressed any of these disclosures or community concerns publicly. However, in private Patreon correspondence, multiple former supporters have directly confronted him regarding his Hoodoo practice, commercial activities, and broader ethical concerns within his online spaces.
These private exchanges reveal a consistent pattern in his response strategy when pressed on authority and lineage:
Exchange 1: Cassius Epps (@jupitermischief)
- Confrontation on Cultural Exploitation: Threads user Cassius Epps (@mischiefmetaphysicals) explicitly challenged Olomi on his lack of claim to Hoodoo, his years of profiting from the tradition, and his reliance on online proxies running interference against critics. She expressed the deep sense of violation felt by former Black supporters who had previously championed his platform.
- Deflection to Universal Authority Claims: Bypassing the specific critique that Hoodoo is a closed Black American tradition, Dr. Olomi issued a generic, boilerplate justification:
"I only practice or teach traditions which I have a direct personal connection with via ancestry, initiation, or family and only with permission from my teachers." - Implicit Lineage Claims: Asserting that he only practices traditions tied to ancestry, initiation, or family implicitly attempted to legitimize his Hoodoo practice, prompting Cassius to call out the fundamental contradiction: "Olomi, are you saying that you’re Black?"
- Ethical Violations vs. "Disagreement": When Olomi attempted to sanitize the pushback as a standard difference of opinion ("We may not always see eye to eye or agree, but that's what being adults is about"), Cassius countered that his hidden, ongoing ties to organizations like Lucky Mojo represent a clear ethical violation rather than a mere disagreement.
This exchange highlights his central rhetorical tactic: reframing explicit community boundary enforcement as simple adult "disagreement", while hiding behind vague claims of "ancestry, initiation, or family" to justify practicing traditions where he holds no legitimate cultural claim.
Exchange 2: Dani Darling (@danidarlingastro)
- Claims of "Black Islam" & Church Ties: In his response to Dani Darling, Olomi attempted to legitimize his authority by citing vague personal connections, claiming he only shares material tied to "initiation, the church I grew up in, and direct family ties including either ancestry or family overlap in Black Islam."
- Using "Oaths of Secrecy" to Evade Accountability: Olomi invoked initiation vows to shield his claims from verification, stating that because "initiation includes oaths of secrecy, I am mindful to always maintain those while sharing as an academic." This mirrors his long-standing strategy of asserting complete spiritual authority while withholding verifiable details under the guise of secret tradition.
- Minimizing Commercial Exploitation: He attempted to soften the commercial reality of his platforms by claiming that "with the exception of this patreon, all other teachings and presentations are usually freely given as donations," glossing over his extensive history of charging clients for rootwork, readings, and spell services across sites like theconjureman.com, conjuremanconsulting.com, and hoodoopsychics.com.
- Pathologizing Critique as "Strange Transits": Olomi chalked up the widespread community outrage to astrological timing and outside manipulation, writing: "We are in a bit of a strange transit and people can exploit reasonable frustrations, but I hope my character as you've gotten to know me speaks for itself."
- Framing Cultural Theft as "Positionality" as a Guest: Rather than accounting for his decade-plus of commercial Hoodoo operations, he relied on academic jargon to reframe his position as merely an "interlocutor and guest" who respects that the Black American experience involves "historical exploitation and being suspicious or frustrated is understandable."
This response follows the exact same pattern as his reply to Cassius Epps (@jupitermischief). He is adopting an academic tone, then deflecting valid concerns about exploitation as "reasonable frustration" or "strange transits", and hiding behind unverified claims of "family overlap," "oaths," and "secrecy" to avoid transparency.
Exchange 3: Shahir Suprasensory (@suprasensoryshahir)
- Confrontation on Dual Identity & Decolonial Contradictions: Shahir, a queer Muslim astrologer and long-time supporter since 2021, directly questioned how Olomi reconciles his commercial ConjureMan Ali persona with his Decolonial Astrology series on Head on History. Shahir highlighted the stark disconnect between teaching decolonial frameworks while simultaneously practicing and profiting off a closed Black American tradition.
- Copy-Paste Scripting & Claims of "Non-Profit": In his response, Olomi reused nearly identical phrasing from his message to Dani Darling (a detail Shahir explicitly called out as an evasive copypasta). Olomi claimed he does not profit off other traditions ("I am not making a profit off it and disseminate freely") and framed his silence about his titles (such as "Shaykh" or "Tara") as an "act of humility" rather than concealment.
- Rebuttal on Integrity & Islamic Ethics: Shahir rejected Olomi’s canned script, noting that he failed to address his active ties to Lucky Mojo or his breach of personal-spiritual trust with over 1,200 paying subscribers. Shahir held Olomi accountable through both academic and Islamic ethical frameworks:
- Anti-Black Spiritual Theft: Pointing out that stealing Hoodoo practice is Haram (forbidden).
- Deceptive Authority: Noting that profiting from subscribers using illusory academic "authority" and unearned spiritual titles like "Shaykh" is Haram.
- Power Imbalances: Calling out his refusal to address substantiated claims publicly, opting instead to isolate critiques inside 1-on-1 private DMs.
- Receipts Provided Directly: Shahir ended the exchange by sending Olomi the direct links to this primary-source Google Doc, Samira Bechara’s Critical Astrology article, and Dani Darling’s Substack post, dismantling his "I am not online" defense.
Across all three exchanges, Dr. Olomi demonstrates a consistent script:
- Plausible Deniability: Claiming to be "not online" or unaware of circulating revelations.
- Templated Deflections: Using copy-pasted claims of "ancestry, initiation, or family overlap" and "oaths of secrecy" to shield credentials from verification.
- Relativizing Harm: Framing systemic cultural exploitation and financial deception as mere "differences of opinion between adults" or "strange transits."
Sources
All screenshots linked here are preserved via the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) when no longer available on their original sites. Everything linked is publicly accessible with full URLs provided for transparency.
I compiled this documentation after encountering these primary sources within shared community spaces. My intent is not to speak on behalf of these traditions, but to centralize these receipts so they are accessible to the Black practitioners, scholars, and community members most affected by them. Questions of harm, ethics, and accountability belong entirely to those communities. If you have additional documentation, context, or corrections to submit, please reach out to whoisconjuremanali@gmail.com
This page exists strictly for public documentation and community reference, not harassment. Please do not contact, target, or harass anyone mentioned here, including Dr. Olomi. The objective is transparent accountability, not a pile-on.