The veil is thin. So are the boundaries.
At Café + Copal we spill the ancestral tea, stir the holy chisme + say the things they told us to keep quiet. This is where stories + soul truths get offered at the altar of liberation.
Think smoky altar vibes meets kitchen-table confession.
Pour your café.
Light your copal.
Estás justo a tiempo.
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Madre Ixchel is a lineage keeper, spirit worker + unapologetic guide for brujes ready to break up with colonial narratives + reclaim ancestral magia that’s messy, holy + real. With over 25 years walking this path, she holds space so our gente can conjure lives of liberation, kinship + deep belonging.
bonus // inner magia: return to the indigenous body
🪶🪶 Inner Magia is just the threshold. A taste of the deeper work waiting inside Xochikalli season 2— our 8-week group program to tend to your energy body, mind + nervous system for true spiritual liberation. We begin early October. Doors open soon. 🪶🪶
++Inner Magia is a previously recorded workshop++
Let's unpack what it means to reclaim your indigenous body. Not just by lineage, but by returning to your own sacred vessel as ancestral land. We move beyond hyper-individualism, beyond colonial mind molds, into the living ecosystem of your Nahua energy body, mental conditioning + nervous system. Learn how your magia can finally root into soil that’s fertile, aligned + alive.
Episode highlights:
You are a spiritual ecosystem. Your tonalli, teyolia + ihiyotl weave your body with creation. Healing these threads breaks the colonial lie of separation.
Inner magia means becoming the result. Align your energy, mental scripts + nervous system so your trabajos can move you into thriving versus scarcity.
Scarcity is a nervous system state. Your spiritual work must include tending to your body + being resourced as you work your magia for desired results.
Your healing ripples through time. When you reclaim your inner terrain, ancestors + descendants drink from that same restored river.
Next steps:
🔥 Choose one practice from this episode...maybe sunbathing for your tonalli or gently questioning inherited scarcity thoughts...and bring it into your day.
🖤 Rate + follow the podcast!
Explore kalli offerings:
La Mesa + La Mano: (https://bloodxbone.com/la-mesa-la-mano) workshop on card divination
Contra Magic: (https://bloodxbone.com/contra-magic) workshop on spiritual warfare
Connect with Madre Ixchel + blood & bone:
Website: bloodxbone.com (https://bloodxbone.com)
Instagram: @bloodxbonekalli (https://instagram.com/bloodxbonekalli)
2 Jul 2025
01// decolonial praxis: what it looks like in magia + brujería
In this episode, Madre Ixchel unpacks what decolonial praxis really demands inside magia + brujería. We strip it down beyond nostalgia for pre-colonial days + beyond aesthetic rituals to the marrow of power, kinship + liberation. Learn how coloniality still snakes through your beliefs, your body, your craft.... and what it means to root your spiritual work in reciprocity, justice, and deep relational ethics.
Episode highlights:
Decolonial praxis is not nostalgia. It’s not about mimicking pre-colonial ways. It’s about radically restructuring power, land, spirit + community right now.
Your magia must meet the moment. Let ancestral wisdom shape how you live + work today, in this body, on this land.
Spiritual integrity demands reciprocity. Honor land spirits, reject extraction, practice consent + give more than you take.
Collective liberation is sacred work. Land back, language revival, abolition...these aren’t extras. They’re core to brujería done in right relationship.
Next steps:
🔥 Pick one practice shared in this episode + bring it into your spiritual work today. Then send Madre Ixchel a DM on Instagram.
🖤 Rate + follow the podcast!
Explore kalli offerings:
La Mesa + La Mano: (https://bloodxbone.com/la-mesa-la-mano) workshop on card divination
Contra Magic: (https://bloodxbone.com//contra-magic) workshop on spiritual warfare
Connect with Madre Ixchel + blood & bone:
Website: bloodxbone.com (https://bloodxbone.com)
Instagram: @bloodxbonekalli (https://www.instagram.com/bloodxbonekalli/)
7 Apr 2025
04// past lives + the nahua energy body
Past Lives + The Nahua Energy Body
6 Apr 2025
03// bruje AMA: advice on running a spiritual business
Bruje AMA: Advice On Running A Spiritual Business
5 Apr 2025
02// the science behind "supernatural" abilities
The Science Behind "Supernatural" Abilities
4 Apr 2025
01// decolonial praxis: what it looks like in magia
Decolonial Praxis: What It Looks Like In Magia
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