Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color

Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color

by Lorraine Monteagut Ph.D.
Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color

Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color

by Lorraine Monteagut Ph.D.

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Overview

Witchcraft has made a comeback in popular culture, especially among feminists, and there is a new kind of witch emerging in our cultural consciousness: the brujaBrujas chronicles the magical lives of these practitioners as they extend their personal rituals to larger self-care and activist movements and use their services to empower young people of color. The bruja represents the new “witch” of the United States, a practitioner who melds ancient tradition with new technologies and mirrors the diversity and activist spirit of today’s youth. Brujas reminds us that witchcraft is more than a trend—it’s a movement. 

Brujas follows this movement from its historical practices to its current manifestations. Through profiles of bruja practitioners who make their living offering magical products and services, author Monteagut examines the conflicts that have arisen as spiritual traditions are appropriated and commodified. Brujas also delves into the historical practices from which brujas borrow to provide readers with information and resources to begin their own spiritual practices and businesses. Above all, the bruja movement is about empowering people to find the healing magic in their own lives and to imagine a happier and healthier world.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781641609951
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 05/01/2023
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 337,777
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Lorraine Monteagut is a Cuban-Colombian writer born in Miami, Florida. She holds a PhD in communication from the University of South Florida, where she began her research on bruja feminism and the reclamation of ancestral healing traditions. Inspired to the spiritual life by her great grandmother, who was an espiritista in Cuba, she facilitates astrology workshops and moon circles in her local community in Tampa, Florida. She loves hiking, gardening, and backyard beekeeping.

Table of Contents

Part I: A Magical Ancestry
Ch 1: The New Brujas
Ch 2: Occult Powers
Ch 3: The Ancestral Curse
Ch 4: Guardian Spirits
 
Part II: Spiritual Activism
Ch 5: Joy as Resistance
Ch 6: Abuelita Medicine
Ch 7: Queer Magick
Ch 8: White Witches
 
Part III: The Brujapreneur
Ch 9: Bruja Feminism
Ch 10: Drama at the Botanica
Ch 11: Brown Girl Coven
Ch 12: Decolonizing Futures
 
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