The Mexican Witch Lifestyle
Brujeria Spells, Tarot, and Crystal Magic
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Discover the vibrant culture of brujeria and embrace your own inner witch with this essential guide to spellcasting, spirit worship, tarot, crystals, and all the other elements of this increasingly popular lifestyle.
A modern Mexican bruja is a powerful person, one who reads the tarot and performs spellwork and rituals of devotion to their spirit guides and deities. Brujeria, which translates as witchcraft in Spanish, is a unique form of spirituality that blends core elements of Afro-Indigenous beliefs. Having originated in Mexico, brujeria is now practiced in Latinx communities across the world.
Valeria Ruelas was raised living every aspect of the brujeria lifestyle. From shopping at botanicas and yerberias, to casting spells, to interpreting tarot readings, Valeria has today become one of the foremost practitioners of brujeria in the US. And as part of her daily practice, she seeks to bring the intense wisdom, harmony, and spirituality that comes with living this bruja lifestyle to her followers and returning power and ancestral magic to those whose agency has been lost.
Within these pages, Valeria provides you with an expert’s introductory handbook for all the aspects of brujeria, including,
-Respectfully shopping at a yerberia or botanica
-A complete guide to common crystals
-Essentials for your altar
-A introduction to tarot
-Spells to bring luck, love, and good fortune
-The secrets of Santa Muerte
Comprehensive and inspiring, The Mexican Witch Lifestyle is the perfect guide for anyone curious to learn more about this vibrant culture of witchcraft.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Tarot reader Ruelas (Cosmopolitan Love Potions) delivers a generous guide to brujeria, the "practice of natural, psychic, astral, and spiritual magic." She covers the basics and outlines how to divine life advice from tarot cards, to cast spells, and to use crystals to influence one's "energies." The extensive compendium of spells promises ways to find reprieve from grief, boost favored electoral outcomes, and mend broken relationships; for example, a spell for supporting those undergoing medical procedures involves rolling candles in herbs and then lighting them while reciting an incantation. Explaining how to build an altar, she posits that it should be four feet wide, cleaned frequently, and adorned with colorful cloths, crystals, and a tarot deck. She details several methods for working with crystals, suggesting that readers dangle a "crystal pendulum" over someone to "move energy on the person," or ask questions of crystals arranged in a semicircle for insight into the future. To connect with the spirit Santa Muerte (whom the author describes as nongendered and possessing a "woman's energy"), one should "honor her/them with deep contemplation two to three times a week as well as perform mini rituals and offerings." Ruelas's simple instructions and the thorough glossary explicating key terms and concepts make for a rich primer. Witches will find a lot to love.
