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Poetry as Spellcasting

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Thank you to NetGalley and North Atlantic Books for the ARC copy for review! This book will be published May 16th, 2023!

I have never seen any other book like this! The authors put together a collection of essays, poems, and writing prompts to encourage you to believe in yourself and create your own magic. I was a little confused about the topics of some of the poems, but that is no fault of the authors. It was just subjects I wasn’t familiar with. Overall, this was an inspiring collection.

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This was a lovely book. Great use as a guide. I really enjoyed the prompts and activities it provided. The instructions were detailed, which is always something I appreciate.
This book would be best in physical form due to the graphics.

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The writing in this book is beautiful, and the exercises were very helpful in getting me into the right headspace to write/ express myself. I found it beneficial that many of the prompts were based on inner work, anyone can easily benefit from this book.

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This is very different then from how I expected to be in all the best ways. This books is not like most spell workbooks and is actually even more of use, I’d say.

There are a lot of activities that involve more inner work as well as a tool to build your best spell work imaginable, from your heart and soul.

I think a lot of thought went into this one. It’s a beautiful take on spell work and how to feed your energy into a spell or weave your intentions through something as simple as a word.

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Thank you to Netgalley and North Atlantic Books for providing me with a free ARC!

This is a stunning collection of poetry.
For each chapter you'll find an essay and prompts that will help to get you in the right frame of mind to write your own poems. I found it inspiring, moving and yes, magic.

The book truly underlines the importance of words, of believing in yourself and remind the reader that they are the creator of their own world, that they are capable of making art from their lives, whatever that looks like.
I appreciate the different poetry styles, used here and each and every writer who participated.

This book would make a lovely gift for an aspiring young writer, especially if they struggle to find their place in the traditional places where these practices are taught.

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I was really surpised as to how much I enjoyed this book, it was thought provoking, deep and beautiful. The exercises included in the chapters really helped me rebalance, feel empowered and connect with myself. I loved this book,

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I feel this book isn’t as useable as an ebook, a physical copy would fit much better with its writing and images, plus the exercises the reader is asked to do/join in with. I wasn’t the target audience and that is perfectly fine, I still found the writing interesting and informative and feel I could recommend it to other who would benefit more

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This book contain suggestions for creating a sacred space for writing and writing ritual practices interspersed with poems and other of creative nonfiction writing on various topics. I did not find the creative writing that original but found the writing suggestions useful. Suggestions include lighting a candle when writing, calling in people, spirits, animals, and elements to guide your writing and speaking your writings out loud.

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