Cuban American Indigenous Taíno seer and self-proclaimed bruja, Juliet Diaz, is passionate about helping Latinas and Indigenous spiritual seekers activate their ancestral ways. The author of Witchery and Plant Witchery has an upcoming book titled The Altar Within, a radical devotional guide to liberate the divine self, that largely touches on this. "We are waking [up], feeling the calling flowing through our blood to reclaim what was taken from us. To come back to self and remember who we are. Down to the roots. Deep into the bones," Diaz tells POPSUGAR Latina.
Diaz has dedicated her work to keeping her ancestral medicine alive through herbs, roots and tools that she works with in ritual and ceremony. Her identity has been a pillar of strength in her journey of self-healing and assisting others.
"There are so many powerful reasons to do so, [reconnect with ancestral spiritual origins] but if I had to share one, identity. Knowing who you truly are, your truth will awaken a remembrance of magic, wisdom, and power that is waiting for you to access. Here we start to connect to the divine self, spirit. Where our ancestors continue to try and speak to us, guiding us and embracing our whole being," she says.
There's a saying that goes: "You gotta know where you come from in order to know where you're going." It seems to be the intention for 2021 and moving forward. "Start to decolonize! Acknowledge who you are and where you came from," Diaz adds. "Honoring your ancestors is honoring the self, and therefore, honoring your truth. This alone brings you closer to your power and connects you to the magic and wisdom that already lives within you."
Where to Find Her: iamjulietdiaz
