
High John Quick Facts
Name(s): High John, John da Conker, John the Conqueroo, John the Conqueror
Gender: Male
Element: Fire
Planetary Associations: Mercury
Genus: Ipomoea jalapa
Side effects: A powerful laxative – do not ingest!
Plant allies: Chewing John (Alpinia galanga) and Southern John (Trillium pendulum)
Spirit type: Solar phallic / trickster
Similar figures: Eshu, Hermes, Phra Ngang, Bugs Bunny, Br’Er Rabbit, Petey Wheatstraw
Feast Day: June 23rd (the night before John the Baptist’s Feast Day)
Offerings: Purple and yellow candles, whiskey, tobacco & coffee
Specialties: Overcoming obstacles & achieving goals, humor & self-confidence, flirting & seduction, outwitting bullies, gambling luck