Brujas : the magic and power of witches of color / Lorraine Monteagut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monteagut, Lorraine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--United States.

Witchcraft.

Witches.

United States.

Minority women--United States.

Minority women.

Witches--United States.

Physical Description:

288 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illlinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2022]

Summary:

"Witchcraft has made a comeback in popular culture, especially among feminists. A growing subculture of withces, 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 ploitics, 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 spirtual 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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I A Magical Ancestry

1. The New Brujas

2. Occult Powers

3. The Ancestral Curse

4. Guardian Spirits

pt. II Spiritual Activism

5. Joy as Resistance

6. Abuelita Medicine

7. Queer Magick

8. White Witches

pt. III Bruja Life

9. Brujx Feminism

10. Drama at the Botanica

11. The Moon Coven

12. Shadow Workers.

Notes:

Includes bibliography (pages 284-288).

ISBN:

9781641603997

1641603992

OCLC:

1240209309

Publisher Number:

99989246717