Lisa Marie Basile (she/her) is a poet, essayist, editor, and chronic illness awareness advocate living in New York City. She’s the founder and creative director of Luna Luna Magazine and its online community, and the creator of Ritual Poetica, a curiosity project dedicated to exploring the intersection of writing, creativity, healing, and sacredness. She regularly creates dialogue and writes about intentionality and ritual, accessibility, creativity, poetry, foster care, mental health, family trauma, healing, and chronic illness. She is the author of The Magical Writing Grimoire, Light Magic for Dark Times, City Witches, and a few poetry collections, including the recent Nympholepsy, which is excerpted in Best American Experimental Writing 2020. Her essays and other work can be found in The New York Times, Narratively, Sabat Magazine, We Are Grimoire, Witch Craft Magazine, Refinery 29, Self, Healthline, Entropy, On Loan From The Cosmos, Chakrubs, Catapult, BUST, Bustle, and more. Her work has been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes (most recently for her work in Narratively). Lisa Marie has led poetry, writing, and ritual workshops—at HausWitch in Salem, Massachusetts; Manhattanville College; and Pace University—and she’s led ritual and writing events, like Atlas Obscura’s renowned Into The Veil. She is also a chronic illness advocate, keeping columns at several chronic illness patient websites. She earned a master’s degree in writing from The New School and studied literature and psychology as an undergraduate at Pace University. You can follow her at [...] and [...]

INTRODUCTION
A Word of Welcome

MAGICAL WRITING
An Introduction to the Power of Word Witchery and How to Use This Book

CONJURING YOUR VOICE
Writing Your Own Spells and Creating a Ritualized Writing Practice

HEALING MAGIC
Rituals and Writing Prompts for Shadow Work, Trauma Recovery, and Transformation

MANIFESTATION MAGIC
Rituals and Writing Prompts for Setting Intentions and Harnessing Your Power

MINDFULNESS MAGIC
Rituals and Writing Prompts for Developing Presentness, Intuition, and Receptivity

GRIMOIRE POETICA
Magical Writing Practices and Living as a Word Witch

Resources
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Index