Bruxaria moderna como ofício: um estudo antropológico sobre praticantes no sudeste do Brasil

Abstract

This master's thesis is the result of an anthropological study that aims to present contemporary witchcraft as a potent spirituality today due to its character of craft - which is marked by the emphasis given to techniques among witches and by professional career development. This understanding was made possible to a large extent due to the place of double belonging that I occupied in the field: as a researcher and as a witch. The considerations presented here are the result of various incursions in fairs, events, schools and meetings between witches in the city of Rio de Janeiro, a communication mediated by different affections between different witchcraft practitioners and the effort to also perform an ethnography online . With anthropology as a guiding thread, I embrace questions related to history, the feeling of belonging and the construction of a body of methods, practices and techniques that provide the idea of unity between different people who have different views on witchcraft itself.