#mexican magic

[hurricanehiatus]

[brujonuevo]

honesty.

in truth i have always gravitated towards death magic, weather it be the veneration of my ancestors or my desire to work with santa muerte. as i have begun to deepen my relationship with mother mary i have found that our lady of sorrows fill that aspect of my practice easily.

in truth seeking out santa muerte was difficult and i just felt like she wasn’t interested in a spiritual relationship with me (i still respect her and will never disrespect her) but i kept trying to push a connection. i no longer feel the need.

our lady has inspired me, she. comes with so many aspects i seek to honor and understand. i feel that maybe at least for now. she is the only patron i need.

i have also found myself looking to christianity and undoing a lot of my regions trauma as a young queer. i have even found resources on christian mysticism that sound interesting.

[alexesguerra]

Mexican Magic: Brujeria, Spells, and Rituals for All Occasions Mexican Magic: Brujeria, Spells, and Rituals for All Occasions Contributor(s): Davila, Laura (Author) ISBN: 9781578638321 Binding: Paperback Pub Date: November 04, 2024 Author: Laura Davila Physical Info: 0.64" H x 8.97" L x 6.09" W (0.62 lbs) 224 pages Publisher: Weiser Books Mexican Magic shares spells and recipes deeply rooted in Mexican folk beliefs and magic. "Some are born with a star, while others are born starry." This dicho (saying) refers to the Mexican belief that good luck is a matter of fate--something you are born with or not. Mexicans traditionally attribute their good or bad luck to a greater force, to God's will, even to the stars in the sky. Being born with a star is a blessing. While some gain their luck through fate, Laura Davila believes even more in faith, virtue, and purpose. Some people are born with a natural gift for magic, but many others are compelled toward magic by life experience. The best brujos and magical people are not those who necessarily started off in perfect circumstances but those who looked at magic as a skill to be mastered. Mexican Magic offers an overview of magic and spells from across Mexico for daily use. Although the book's spells may be practiced by anyone, they are deeply rooted in Mexican folk beliefs and magic. Featuring magical recipes, spells, tips, and advice for a wide variety of intentions, including love, lust, sex, good luck, money, protection, commerce, gambling, justice, pregnancy, travel, education, and more, Mexican Magic also offers direction on how to be a magical person and live a magical life. Biographical Note: Laura Davila is a fifth-generation Mexican witch, a long-time practitioner of Mexican ensalmeria, hechicería, brujeria, and folk Catholicism. Born and raised in Mexico, Laura has lived in the United States since 2010. Laura identifies as a bruja de rancho--a "ranch witch"--a term with great resonance in Mexico, indicating knowledge of botanicals and the natural world. The author of Mexican Sorcery, Laura is also a tarot card reader and a flower essence practitioner.

[elhoimleafar]

Witches on Witches Ep. 25.

15 Minutes of Magic, Books and Tradition w/ Laura Davila aka Daphne la Hechicera, author of Mexican Sorcery.

Mexican Sorcery: A Practical Guide to Brujeria de Rancho is available right now in your favorite physical and virtual bookstore.

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[srmxy]

"Edie Sedgwick was living a few doors down. Through her door came all the most attractive men and women of the period, I was not among them, but I longed to be among them. There was, on the corner of 7th Avenue and 24th Street, there was a Mexican magic store, with potions, candles and powders, which could be used to draw influences into your life — to secure love affairs, or to guarantee successes. My situation was such at the time that I believed in them, so I bought a couple of candles, and a book about candles — I just read that, and the I Ching, though I couldn't follow anything from one paragraph to another. At a certain point, through some graceful accident, I was invited into Edie Sedgwick's room. It was filled with very beautiful young people. It was dark, and illuminated by candles, 30 to 40 candles, burning everywhere, on plates, on the stove ... I had no credentials at the time, there was nothing I could say. I walked into the room of her glittering crew, and I said, 'this display of candles is extremely dangerous.'

"So, I presented myself as ... an Expert in The Candle. And this did not go over well. So I left at an appropriate time. The next day, her apartment burned down, and my prestige soared."

[amarislefey]

M a g i c a l ✨ ✨ W e e k e e n d

This weekends theme was one of the busiest, exhausting weekends ever… but wouldn’t change it for the world. I’m so lucky to have the witches I have in my life, because they open the way for such amazing experiences. I got to meet someone I have looked up to so much, Laura Davila. She helped me deepen my practice in a way I can’t explain and made me feel so seen. I am half Mexican. Something I have and always will be proud of. But I grew up far removed from that culture and because of that felt like a large part of my identity was missing. Her book made me feel so welcomed and understood… it wasn’t wrong for me to try and learn, and wasn’t wrong for me to announce and partake in the magic of my ancestors. To this day I will continue to learn and grow and accept BOTH ancestral sides and understand the magic they all bring to the table.

[elhoimleafar]

Our Sorcery Hour

A virtual session of Sorcery collectively hosted by LGBTQIA members of the Craft promoting solidarity between our communities.

[brujeria-n-bongs]

Holy Family offering

For protection and favor from Heaven for my whole family, I clipped some blue and purple flowers and placed them on our shrine to the Holy Family, which crowns our ancestor altar.

🌹📿🕯️

Flowers in a vase are my favorite offerings to give and the saints like them too!