"Bomani, with her trademark love, directness, expertise, and wit, creates a guidebook for those of the diaspora wanting to utilize ancestral magic to navigate hostilities while protecting and soothing themselves."
—Eden Royce, award-winning author of Root Magic
"A powerful reclamation of spiritual sovereignty, transforming the very tools once used to oppress us into instruments of liberation, healing, and protection."
—Abiola Abrams, author of African Goddess Initiation and creatrix of the Faces of Oshun Oracle deck
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"[This book] opened my eyes to the abundant ways in which Hoodoo is not only deeply intertwined with my spiritual DNA but is in fact the power that fuels it."
—Christena Cleveland, PhD, author of God Is a Black Woman
"A fierce and necessary volume that honors Black resistance and the power of conjure as a form of spiritual survival and political defiance. Bomani doesn't just write about resistance—she embodies it."
—Denise Alvarado, author of the Marie Laveau Voodoo Grimoire
This is a spiritual guidebook on how to successfully use the ancestral energy of cultural sheroes and heroes in the fight against persecution, privilege, white supremacy, reproduction restrictions, and LGBTQIA+ discrimination. This is a war manual intended to aid its readers with the specifics of how to thrive in a world hell-bent on our annihilation.
By working magick with the 12 Hoodoo saints in this book, we learn how to create a more balanced society that supports and honors all BIPOC and AAPI folks. Using the tools in the book, readers will explore everyday ways to tell the world, "I matter, and I refuse to be silenced." Conjuring the Calabash author Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani introduces these revolutionary warriors and explains why their energy is necessary right now. She even teaches us how to canonize our elevated ancestors or spiritual icons.
Hoodoo is conjure; it is rootwork; it is Black folks' spiritual hygiene and a weapon for social change. Hoodoo is a way of communicating with the universal spirits; it is a channeling of powerful and beloved figures. This book shares inspiring stories, shows how to incorporate those saints into daily spell work, and expands any practitioner's repertoire through rituals, dice divination, altar work, and more.
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"This book is about Black girl magick, queer girl magick, straight girl magick, trans magick, bisexual magick. It's 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 you to take back the power to heal and shine in your strength. Written by an accomplished Hoodoo practitioner, Conjuring the Calabash features spells, recipes, and rituals that help you rise out of the constrictions around you.
Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani shows you how to bless your calabash (sacred womb) with love and reawaken your fullest potential through folk traditions, personal stories, and her favorite songs and pop stars. An inclusive and intersectional voice in contemporary Hoodoo, Mawiyah will help you become your fiercest self.
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"One of the most authentic books on Hoodoo that I have read...Speaking directly to people of color not only makes this book a must-have to help navigate the hardships we face in this world, but also inspires a rekindling of magic that lives deep within our bones...A powerful weaving of magic, empowerment, and a deeper understanding of rootwork that many books on this practice lack."
—Juliet Diaz, author The Altar Within
"This is more than a wonderful read; it is an encyclopedia for any practitioner who is ready to experience the depth of rootwork...It's loaded with magickal workings for spiritual and practical livelihood."
—Granddaughter Crow (Navajo Nation), author of Belief, Being, and Beyond
"Conjuring The Calabash is not derivative nor is it tethered to tradition. This book is bold in its contemporary, eclectic, and visionary outlook...Bomani is a gifted Hoodoo and a modern-day wise woman."
—Stephanie Rose Bird, author of Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones and 365 Days of Hoodoo
