Stories and Magick for Liberation
Written by Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani
Llewellyn Books ©️ November 2025

Filled with stories detailing the trauma faced by marginalized Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, Hoo Doo Saints and Root Warriors is a spiritual guidebook on how to use the ancestral energy of cultural sheroes and heroes to fight against persecution and thrive in a white world.

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 Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI).

Shamans Directory Member and author of 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 own elevated ancestor or spiritual icon.

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; and channeling powerful and beloved figures.

This book shares inspiring stories, shows how to incorporate the saints into daily spell work, and expands any practitioner's repertoire through rituals, dice divination, altar work, and more. Using the tools in this book, readers will explore everyday ways to tell the world, "I matter, and I refuse to be silenced."
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