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"""This book is about Black girl magick, queer girl magick, straight girl magick, trans magick, bisexual magick. This book is about giving yourself the power to be fierce . . . Black women are Hierophants, Magicians, Empresses, and High Priestesses.""--Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani Authentic and unapologetic, this guide to magical spirituality empowers women of color to take back the power to heal and shine under their own strength. Written by an accomplished Hoodoo practitioner, this book features spells, recipes, and rituals that help listeners like you rise out of the constrictions around them. The calabash (gourd) is a sacred vessel in Yoruba cosmology; it's the ultimate emblem of female fertility. Sharing folk traditions, personal stories, and her favorite songs and pop stars, Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani shows you how to bless your gourd with love and reawaken your fullest potential. She teaches not only how to cast spells for better sex, money, and success, but also how to empower the men and children in your life. An inclusive and intersectional voice in contemporary Hoodoo, Mawiyah will help you become as fierce as Beyonc� herself."

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Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani is an award-winning writer, educator, and spirit woman. Mawiyah is an eighth-generation Witch, Egun Medium, and Priestess of OYA in the Yoruba system of spirituality. She is also editor-in-chief of the culture and Afrikan Traditional Spirituality e-zine, Oya N'Soro. Mawiyah is the host of FishHeadsinRedGravy, a podcast dedicated to celebrating marginalized people of the esoteric/occult world. Her writings have appeared in numerous magazines, including the Crab Orchard Review, Dark Eros, and Catch the Fire. She has written several plays, including Spring Chickens, which won her the Southern Black Theatre Festival's 2012-2013 Playwright of the Year Award. She is also the Critical Mass 8 Literary Award winner and a KAT Artist Residency recipient. Mawiyah currently lives, writes, and conducts Orisa rituals, spiritual consultations, workshops, house cleansings, and divinations in both northern and southern Louisiana. Ja'Air Bush is your sweet southern auntie who loves a steamy romance novel. She's an actor, educator, voice-over artist, and narrator who has recorded over fifty audiobooks for various publishers. The warmth and richness of Ja'Air's voice, coupled with her background in improv and acting and storytelling, allow her to bring words to life in various genres, including but not limited to sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction, self-help, nonfiction, erotica, and romance.

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