Episode 194 – Hechiceria with Daphne la Hechicera

Summary:

We sit down with Daphne la Hechicera to talk about the many pathways of Mexican and Mexican American folk magic, the multiplicity of influences that have shaped those paths, and what they look like today (especially in the online era).

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Play: Episode 194 – Hechiceria with Daphne La Hechicera.mp3

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The best place to find Daphne is on her Instagram page, where she shares all sorts of amazing information on her practice.

If you’re interested in learning more about Mexican American folk magic, check out our interviews with Cheo Torres, David Bowles, and J. Allen Cross. You may also be interested in reading some of these books, too:

• American Brujeria, by J. Allen Cross

• Brujerias: Stories of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the American Southwest, by Nasario Garcia

• Border Lore, by David Bowles

• Curandero, by Cheo Torres

• Cleansing Rites of Curanderismo, by Erika Buenaflor

• Magia Magia, by Alexis Arredondo and Eric Labrador

• The Grimoire of St. Cyprian, by Stephen Skinner and David Rankine

• The Woman Who Glows in the Dark, by Joy Parker and Elena Avila

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

Image via Daphne la Hechicera (copyright belongs to author)

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