Title:
Brujas : the magic and power of witches of color / Lorraine Monteagut.
ISBN:
9781641603997
9781641609951
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2022]
©2022
Physical Description:
xvi, 288 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
A magical ancestry. The new brujas ; Occult powers ; The ancestral curse ; Guardian spirits -- Spiritual activism. Joy as resistance ; Abuelita medicine ; Queer magick ; White witches -- Bruja life. Brujx feminism ; Drama at the botanica ; The moon coven ; Shadow workers -- Incantation.
Summary:
"Witchcraft has made a comeback in popular culture, especially among feminists. A growing subculture of witches, led by Afro-Caribbean immigrants, Indigenous Americans, and other witches of color, are reclaiming their ancestral traditions and contributing their voices to the feminist witchcraft today. Brujas chronicles the magical lives of these practitioners as they develop their healing arts, express their progressive politics, and extend their personal rituals into community activism. They are destigmatizing the "witch" of their ancestries and bringing persecuted traditions into the open to challenge cultural appropriation and spiritual consumerism. Part memoir, part ritual guide, Brujas empowers readers to decolonize their spiritual practices and connect with their own ancestors. Brujas reminds us that witchcraft is more than a trend-- it's an enduring movement."-- Page 2 of cover.
OCLC Number:
on1240209309
Availability:
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