Preston Coyote Vargas
Preston Coyote Vargas, PhD, carries the blessings, wisdoms, and joys of his ancestors. He was born from the land of his grandmother's ancestral Wampanoag people. It is a place where his liberated Black ancestors found family and home with the local Indigenous communities. It is also the land where his mother's Cape Verdean immigrant ancestors cultivated cranberry bogs and blueberry bushes amidst deciduous forests. Though he lives on the Pacific coast, Preston honors his ancestors, the land-water spirits of Massachusetts, who periodically draw him back home.
Coyote, is a Black queer spirit-worker, author, artist-healer, and scholar. He holds a Ph.D. in Transformative Studies and a M.A. in Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness. He is currently the Director of the Center for Black and Indigenous Praxis at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He is passionate about supporting Black and Indigenous folx to reclaim their ancestral wisdom traditions, in present-day context, to heal their communities’ souls through oracular art and ceremonial collaborations with their ancestors, deities, and spirits of the Land. He enlivens his passions through his lived experiences as an Ifa practitioner, animistic healer, Reclaiming Tradition witch and community ritualist.
At heart, Preston Coyote is a storyteller and oracular artist. He enjoys exploring how humans navigate through the lenses of their own experiences, engage their creative talents, and re-present these stories for healing and transformation. He weaves the gifts of his ancestral traditions and scholarship with a commitment to anti-oppression, Pleasure Activism, and his embodiment of Decolonial Love.
Coyote, is a Black queer spirit-worker, author, artist-healer, and scholar. He holds a Ph.D. in Transformative Studies and a M.A. in Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness. He is currently the Director of the Center for Black and Indigenous Praxis at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He is passionate about supporting Black and Indigenous folx to reclaim their ancestral wisdom traditions, in present-day context, to heal their communities’ souls through oracular art and ceremonial collaborations with their ancestors, deities, and spirits of the Land. He enlivens his passions through his lived experiences as an Ifa practitioner, animistic healer, Reclaiming Tradition witch and community ritualist.
At heart, Preston Coyote is a storyteller and oracular artist. He enjoys exploring how humans navigate through the lenses of their own experiences, engage their creative talents, and re-present these stories for healing and transformation. He weaves the gifts of his ancestral traditions and scholarship with a commitment to anti-oppression, Pleasure Activism, and his embodiment of Decolonial Love.