Publications

Online publications

the dead zine. A digital magazine on Black grief
Published by Nneka M. Okona

Encyclopedia of African Religion
Edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama
(Digital archive; out of print)

Ofrenda Magazine: Latinx Spirituality, Ancestral Connection, Earth, Justice, Healing Arts
(Digital archive; ceased publishing)

Books

Community care

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety
by Cara Page and Erica Woodland

Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
by adrienne maree brown

Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land
by Tamela J. Gordon

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (And the Next)
by Dean Spade

We Heal Together: Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection
by Michelle Cassandra Johnson

Death care, illness, end of life

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
by Alua Arthur

The Cancer Journals
by Audre Lorde

The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey
by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy

Death Nesting: The Heart-Centred Practices of a Death Doula
by Anne-Marie Keppel

Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul
by Stephen Jenkinson

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley

Finding Peace at the End of Life: A Death Doula’s Guide for Families and Caregivers
by Henry Fersko-Weiss

Laboring Out of Life: A Death Doula's Approach to Intentional End-of-Life Care
by Kacie Gikonyo

The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life’s Final Chapter
by David Kessler

Never Can Say Goodbye: The Life of a Death Doula and the Art of a Peaceful End
by Darnell Lamont Walker

Saying Goodbye: A Guide to Coping with a Loved One's Terminal Illness
by Barbara Okun, PhD and Joseph Nowinski, PhD

Grief

Grief is Love: Living with Loss
by Marisa Renee Lee

Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community
by Camille Sapara Barton

Healing arts

Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field
by Barbara Ann Brennan

Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life
by Robert Moss

Curanderismo Soul Retrieval: Ancient Shamanic Wisdom to Restore the Sacred Energy of the Soul
by Erika Buenaflor

The Dreamer's Book of the Dead: A Soul Traveler's Guide to Death, Dying, and the Other Side
by Robert Moss

The Vibration of Grace: Sound Healing Rituals for Liberation
by gina Breedlove

Spirituality

Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation
by Rima Vesely-Flad

Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
by Cole Arthur Riley

Creole Religions of the Caribbean: From Vodou and Santeria to Obeah and Espiritismo
by Margarite Fernández Olmos & Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

The Five Blessings of Ifá: Reclaiming Black Futures Through Afro-Indigenous Spirituality
by Gabrielle Folder

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
by Baba Ifa Karade

The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
by Malidoma Patrice Somé

Isese Spirituality Workbook: The Ancestral Wisdom of the Ifa Orisa Tradition
by Ayele Kumari

Ìwúre: Healing Power of Prayer
by Yemí Elébuìbon

Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
by Luisah Teish

Kings, Magic & Medicine
by Chief Dr. Daryl M. Peavy, JD

Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
by Malidoma Patrice Somé

Opening to Spirit: Contacting the Healing Power of the Chakras & Honouring African Spirituality
by Caroline Shola Arewa

Oya: In Praise of an African Goddess
by Judith Gleason

Rastafari: The Evolution of a People and their Identity
by Charles Price

Ritual: Power, Healing, and Community
by Malidoma Patrice Somé

Socrates and Òrúnmìlà: Two Patron Saints of Classical Philosophy
by Sophie Bósèdé Olúwolé

Spirits Come from Water: An Introduction to Ancestral Veneration and Reclaiming African Spiritual Practices
by Ehime Ora

Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Black Women
by Iyanla Vanzant

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
by Zora Neale Hurston

Traditional medicine

African American Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditions
by Lucretia VanDyke

The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal & Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine
by Karen M. Rose

Caribbean Herbalism: Traditional Wisdom and Modern Herbal Healing
by Aleya Fraser

The Curanderx Toolkit: Reclaiming Ancestral Latinx Plant Medicine and Rituals for Healing
by Atava Garcia Swiecicki

The Healing Tree: Botanicals, Remedies, and Rituals from African Folk Traditions
by Stephanie Rose Bird

Hoodoo Medicine: Gullah Herbal Remedies
by Faith Mitchell

New Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way — Alternative Approaches for Women 30–90
by Susun S. Weed

Well-being

Ancestors Said: 365 Days of Introspection for Emotional Healing
by Ehime Ora

Falling Out of Grace: Meditations on Loss, Healing and Wisdom
by Sobonfu E. Somé

Self-care for Black Men: 100 Ways to Heal and Liberate
by Jor-El Carabello

Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery
by bell hooks

The Value of the Valley: A Black Woman’s Guide Through Life’s Dilemmas
by Iyanla Vanzant

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
by Gabor Maté