The Hoodoo Almanac 2026: The Bibliomancy Edition - Where Every Page Is a Prophecy
The Hoodoo Almanac 2026 is written to be consulted, not simply read. Conceived as a working almanac and living oracle, this volume invites readers to open its pages at random for bibliomantic insight, allowing the book itself to speak. Each entry functions as both reference and revelation, blending time-honored folk knowledge with divinatory practice.
Within its richly layered pages, readers will find astrological guidance, tarot-scopes, lunar and solar events, folk saints, seasonal observances, and detailed monthly calendars, alongside historical essays drawn from Hoodoo, Voudou, and Southern conjure traditions. The almanac also preserves rare archival material, cultural commentary, and accounts of ritual practice, resistance, and spiritual authority rooted in African diasporic traditions of the American South.
Written by Denise Alvarado and Carolina Dean, with a featured contribution by Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani, The Hoodoo Almanac 2026 bridges scholarship and lived tradition, folklore and foresight. Dean's essays bring an essential queer conjure perspective to the volume, illuminating how Hoodoo has long functioned as a site of survival, creativity, and spiritual authority for queer practitioners navigating family, community, and tradition.
Grounded in historical research and participant-observer knowledge, this annual volume serves equally well as a daily guide, a research companion, and a divinatory tool. It is not a novelty book or a passive calendar, but a functional reference work designed for practitioners, scholars, and culturally engaged readers seeking historically grounded, spiritually literate insight.
Whether consulted for a specific date, opened in moments of uncertainty, or used as a lens for deeper study, The Hoodoo Almanac 2026 stands as the only almanac of its kind-a working reference, a divinatory companion, and a living record of tradition, where every page is a prophecy.
Alvarado, Denise: - Denise Alvarado is a New Orleans-born Creole author, artist, and cultural anthropologist whose work focuses on Creole and Indigenous folk traditions of the American South. She is the author of more than thirty books on Southern folk culture and spiritual systems, including The Marie Laveau Voodoo Grimoire, The Magic of Marie Laveau, Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints, and the long-running Hoodoo Almanac series. Alvarado brings a participant-observer perspective to her scholarship, blending historical research, folklore, and lived tradition. Her work has informed film and television projects and continues to serve as foundational reading for students and practitioners seeking culturally grounded, historically accurate approaches to ancestral folkways.
Bomani, Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah: - Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani is an award-winning writer, educator, and practitioner of Afrikan Traditional Spirituality. Her work bridges ancestral practice, cultural criticism, and lived ritual knowledge. She is the editor in chief of Oya N'Soro and host of the podcast FishHeadsinRedGravy, dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices within esoteric traditions.
Dean, Carolina: - Carolina Dean, a South Carolina native, has spent a lifetime immersed in Southern folk magic traditions and is the author of Secrets of a Sissy Boy: A Gay Grimoire of Modern Magic for Men Who Love Men and the Hags Who Worship Them and coauthor of the Hoodoo Almanac series. After retiring from decades of rootwork practice, he turned his focus to his lifelong devotion to books, curating vintage and hard-to-find occult titles and artifacts through his Etsy shop, Twelfth House Books. Now residing on a Pacific Northwest island, Dean spends his days hunting rare esoteric works, blogging about astrology, creating art, and living a quiet, spirit-centered life, occasionally emerging to teach and mentor the next generation of witches and rootworkers.
