Mexican Magic

Mexican Magic shares spells and recipes deeply rooted in Mexican folk beliefs and magic.

“Some are born with a star, while others are born starry.”

This dicho (saying) refers to the Mexican belief that good luck is a matter of fate—something you are born with or not. Mexicans traditionally attribute their good or bad luck to a greater force, to God’s will, even to the stars in the sky. Being born with a star is a blessing.
 
While some gain their luck through fate, Laura Davila believes even more in faith, virtue, and purpose. Some people are born with a natural gift for magic, but many others are compelled toward magic by life experience. The best brujos and magical people are not those who necessarily started off in perfect circumstances but those who looked at magic as a skill to be mastered.
 
Mexican Magic offers an overview of magic and spells from across Mexico for daily use. Although the book’s spells may be practiced by anyone, they are deeply rooted in Mexican folk beliefs and magic. Featuring magical recipes, spells, tips, and advice for a wide variety of intentions, including love, lust, sex, good luck, money, protection, commerce, gambling, justice, pregnancy, travel, education, and more, Mexican Magic also offers direction on how to be a magical person and live a magical life.

“Laura Davila is a treasure in the Mexican magic community, bringing the powerful spells and spirits of our ancestors to a whole new generation of workers. With every word, she preserves important culture and guides us deeper as we receive the answers to ancient questions and begin to understand ourselves and those who came before in a way we never could have imagined.”
—J. Allen Cross, author of American Brujeria

“Laura Davila throws open the doors to her practice and the traditions of Mexican folk magic in a way not seen to English-speaking readers before. Her tour of traditional spells, workings, and spirits is incredibly thorough. . . . Davila does a magnificent job here, and maintains her conversational, sometimes salty tone to fill this book with as much knowledge and enchantment as she can. You learn everything from candle spells and prayers to how to use a tortilla press in magical work, and even a spiritually charged recipe for the holiday drink rompope as she extends the holiday calendar to the Navidad season. This is a book not to miss if you have any interest in the magical traditions of Mexico or North America more broadly.”
—Cory Hutcheson, author of New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic

Laura Davila is a fifth-generation Mexican witch, a long-time practitioner of Mexican ensalmeria, hechicería, brujeria, and folk Catholicism. Born and raised in Mexico, Laura has lived in the United States since 2010. Laura identifies as a bruja de rancho—a “ranch witch”—a term with great resonance in Mexico, indicating knowledge of botanicals and the natural world. The author of Mexican Sorcery, Laura is also a tarot card reader and a flower essence practitioner.