Dream Witchery
Description
Folk Magic, Recipes & Spells from South America for Witches & Brujas. Venezuelan practitioner Elhoim Leafar presents more than seventy spells, charms, folk remedies and exercises for understanding the world of dreams: what dream witchery is, why it matters, and how to practice it.
The book covers dream altars, journals, pillows, herbs, crystals, incense and oils, how to interpret dreams, how to practice lucid dreaming, how to communicate with spirit guides, and how to protect yourself through all of it. Leafar also shares work on developing mediumship and clairvoyance, performing rituals and making infusions.
Dream Witchery features spells from more than fifteen contributors specializing in Wicca, Hoodoo, and Brazilian and Cuban folk traditions, among them Ariana Carrasca, Oncle Ben, Maria Elena U., Miss Aida, J. Allen Cross, Lorraine Monteagut, Hector Salva, Laura González, Phoenix Coffin Williams, Jennifer Sacasa-Wright, Dawn Aurora Hunt, Alysha Kravetz, Mira A. Gade, Laura Davila, Emma Kathryn, Temperance Alden, Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani and Ella Harrison.
Why We Carry It
Almost every dream magic book on an American shelf runs through a European or a generically New Age lineage. This one does not. Leafar is Venezuelan, works out of New York, and the traditions in here are South American and Caribbean, which means the herbs, the spirits and the assumptions are all different from what you have read before. Four hundred pages, and the contributor list is a who's who of working practitioners rather than a blurb-swap.
Who It Is For
Anybody who keeps a dream journal and has run out of things to do with it, and anybody looking for practice rooted somewhere other than northern Europe.
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