Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color

Written by Lorraine Monteagut, PhD

Narrated by Diana Blue

There is a new kind of witch emerging in our cultural consciousness: the bruja.

Witchcraft has made a comeback in popular culture, especially among feminists. A growing subculture of BIPOC witches, led by Afro-Caribbean immigrants, Indigenous Americans, and other witches of color, is reclaiming their ancestral traditions and contributing their voices to the feminist witchcraft of 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 to the open to challenge cultural appropriation and spiritual consumerism. Part memoir, part ritual guide, Brujas empowers listeners to decolonize their spiritual practices and connect with their own ancestors. Brujas reminds us that witchcraft is more than a trend-it's a movement.

Bonus material: This audiobook includes supplemental material in printable PDF format.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Oct 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781666146325

Reviews for Brujas

[Elizabeth Clayborne · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book condenses so much of the modern difficulties facing witchcraft/rootwork/brujeria/non Abrahamic Western traditions. I liked that she addressed the weirdness of the fact that she’s a white Latina writing about practitioners of color. I loved the focus on highlighting voices of WOC at the end of each chapter. This book was so well done, nuanced, and thoughtful. It’s inclusive, intersectional, land-back oriented to Native ppls, and is in itself an act of activism and community. I try to mainly take in writers of color these days, but i’m glad i picked up this book.

[Anna Reynolds · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love this book. As a person of mixed heritage who was born and lives in between spaces, I truly related to and found inspiration from this author’s beautiful storytelling and honesty about her own experience. I will definitely read it again.