Native people always had our own way of interacting with the numinous that is nature-based, animist + communal.

My own ancestral lineage includes the Nahua and Purépecha. My teaching Elders are Nahua and Maya- I have learned to practice within those cosmologies.

No. MB is a decentralized, eclectic practice. It will look different from practitioner to practitioner, and also from region to region. It’s mostly taught orally, but you can find some books in Spanish.

There are a few axioms you will find in common practice- balance (energetic and otherwise) as a foundational thing to be aware of, acceptance of consequences with no set moral/value system, and keeping your work private.

No. I’m connected to a Nahua pueblo in Huasteca region of Mexico via my maestra, a Nahua elder.

In Nahua pueblos you will find El Costumbre (the Old Religion) with variances of teaching + practice based on region and oral teachings passed on from Elders.

My experience and knowledge of her is that she is kind to those who approach her with respect. Santisima responds to how she’s treated.

She was and is and will always be a folk saint for the poor, the outcasts, the oppressed, the marginalized, the underdog in society. And she’s Mexican- don’t try to make her something else.

She doesn’t care about your gender, race, sexuality, morals, or spiritual practices. In the end, death takes us all. It’s a zero sum game.

Sometimes.

I see it as a skillset to be used as spiritual self defense. I don’t regard it as “black magic”. That perspective is simplistic and rooted in colonialism + white supremacy.

This type of magic was born from necessity by historically marginalized people. When we practice ancestral spiritual traditions, we create the means to defend ourselves + deliver justice that’s been denied.

In short, my personal approach is I prefer peace. Pero no te pases. I stay prayed up + strapped.

Re: Karma and threefold law. I don’t use this magic on innocent people. The threefold law + Karma aren’t part of my spiritual lineage.

All magic has positive and negative consequences. You have to decide what you can live with.

Ha! You say ee-shell.