For this Full Moon Rest Ritual I decided to read to you from a book I was asked to write in. Yes I wrote in a nationally publicized book and never said anything. Something kept telling me to wait to announce it…or maybe it was imposter syndrome.
I dont know
Sooooooo…I was asked to write about my form of Black Conjure woman magic in an Almanac. I was asked for the entry in 2023 after my brilliant writer and tenured professor friend Ashante Reese (you can read about her here) told me that she felt like I should write a book and that more writing opportunities were coming my way. I replied “Really? I’ve never thought of writing professionally”…3 months later and in my email drops Lllewellyn Publishing company, asking me to write an entry specifically about rest and magic! I thanked the Ancestors for my first paid writing opportunity and Ashante’s spirits of prophesy and I got to writing!
I love my entry! I read parts of it in the podcast and you can pick up a copy HERE (and its on sale honey because its a yearly Almanac and we are half way thru the year—can you believe we are halfway thru the year????…lord have mercy!)
Because Im a book worm and lots of my friends, colleagues and co-conspirators in rest and liberation write as well. I wanted to add a few others you might want to pick up.
Tamara and I came together in a private session and her energy and clarity around the genius of Black women’s power in the world is unmatched! Pick up this or any of her three books!
So many of you have met me thru Octavia F. Raheem the powerhouse leading the Rest movement. Octavia and I are colleagues and friends and have worked together personally and professionally. I keep one of her books with me for random moments when I need a pause and a passage…into more spacious loving freedom. Pick up any of her three books HERE
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