Helmuth's new book is The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft.
At LitHub she tagged seven notable books on modern witchcraft, including:
Lorraine Monteagut, Brujas: The Power and Magic of Witches of ColorRead about the other entries on the list.
For years, the Witchcraft landscape in the United States was dominated by Wicca and European-sourced magic (at least, that’s what was being written about). Monteagut’s book is a fresh and welcome overview of the burgeoning Brujeria movement in the United States. She offers us interviews and stories from the scene’s movers and shakers: their dreams, their problems, their opinions, what got them to where they are now.
At the same the book acts as a potent, page-turning memoir, where Monteagut dives deep into her own complicated relationships with her ancestors, internal racial tensions, and what it means to be a Witch and an immigrant on colonized land. In a world of shadow work journals, this book is a flashlight for when you get stuck in the dark. It is deeply scholastic and painstakingly researched but remains unwaveringly compassionate and accessible to the average reader. I’m pretty sure I cried at least four times. Whether you are a Witch of color, or not, this book is a life-changing read.
--Marshal Zeringue