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A review by ivleafclover
Good Juju: Mojos, Rites & Practices for the Magical Soul by Najah Lightfoot
adventurous
medium-paced
4.0
I’ve avoided books about African and African-American pagan spirituality out of concern for misappropriation of closed traditions, but after hearing Lightfoot on the WitchWave podcast, I followed her on IG, and when I happened to find this and Powerful Juju at a metaphysical shop, I happily handed over my debit card.
I appreciate Lightfoot’s distinction between Vodou as a closed practice versus hoodoo as a practice that might be used by the dispossessed in any tradition as a way to exercise power outside of institutional structures. From this perspective, some of the practices Lightfoot describes align nicely with my own earth-centric spirituality, and she has the notable distinction of being the first author to describe a simple grounding practice that I might actually care to try (in that it doesn’t rely on invoking deities or other Wiccan practices that are not my bag). There are several other elements of this basic book that are new or present familiar practices with a different twist, and I’ll be glad to return to this book again.
I appreciate Lightfoot’s distinction between Vodou as a closed practice versus hoodoo as a practice that might be used by the dispossessed in any tradition as a way to exercise power outside of institutional structures. From this perspective, some of the practices Lightfoot describes align nicely with my own earth-centric spirituality, and she has the notable distinction of being the first author to describe a simple grounding practice that I might actually care to try (in that it doesn’t rely on invoking deities or other Wiccan practices that are not my bag). There are several other elements of this basic book that are new or present familiar practices with a different twist, and I’ll be glad to return to this book again.