Brujas : The Magic and Power of Witches of Color.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monteagut, Lorraine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--United States.

Witchcraft.

Minority women--United States.

Minority women.

Witches--United States.

Witches.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Brujas

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2021.

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

164160400x

9781641604024

1641604026

OCLC:

1263025353