The Mexican witch lifestyle : brujeria spells, tarot, and crystal magic

Title:

Author:

Ruelas, Valeria, author.

Personal Author:

Ruelas, Valeria, author.

ISBN:

9781982178147

Edition:

First Simon Element hardcover edition.

Physical Description:

xxii, 164 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

Introduction -- Part one: The essentials of brujeria. Botanicals, yerberias, and mercados -- Build your altar -- Preparing your altar and space -- How to do a spell -- How to use magic words -- Re-ritual herbal nasal steams -- Yerba readings with tea -- Obsidian dagger preparation -- Limpias -- How to change an object to give it purpose -- Working with nature -- How to recite magic words -- Obsidian mirror training -- Fixing your energy with crystals and candle spells -- The practice of brujeria. The Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck -- The cards -- How to work with yerbas -- Candle magic -- Candle and crystal spells for common problems -- Lifestyle spells -- Santa muerte -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Crystal index -- Appendix 2: Yerbas of brujeria.

Abstract:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Witchcraft.

Witchcraft -- Mexico.

Magic.

Tarot.

Crystals -- Miscellanea.

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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.