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ifollowedthatrabbit's review against another edition
4.0
Clearly and thoroughly explained.
The author guides you to learn how to acknowledge and accept your emotions and deepest feelings through writing. Each chapter contains tips and rituals on how to use your writing as a way of channeling those emotions.
I think that it doesn’t matter if you’re not related to magick, you can still follow the tips and adapt them to the way it suits you better.
Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds Press and NetGalley for providing me with this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. And thanks to the author, [a:Lisa Marie Basile|3342853|Lisa Marie Basile|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1519757825p2/3342853.jpg], for sharing her most personal thoughts and experiences in order to help others to overcome their fears, sadness and trauma, and to embrace their shadows.
The author guides you to learn how to acknowledge and accept your emotions and deepest feelings through writing. Each chapter contains tips and rituals on how to use your writing as a way of channeling those emotions.
I think that it doesn’t matter if you’re not related to magick, you can still follow the tips and adapt them to the way it suits you better.
Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds Press and NetGalley for providing me with this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. And thanks to the author, [a:Lisa Marie Basile|3342853|Lisa Marie Basile|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1519757825p2/3342853.jpg], for sharing her most personal thoughts and experiences in order to help others to overcome their fears, sadness and trauma, and to embrace their shadows.
moth_dance's review against another edition
5.0
Intuitive. Sensitive. Mystical. Poignant.
I will return to these pages and form new rituals around the practices Lisa has included in this universal grimoire. Everything about this book feels soothing and grounding. I also really love the artwork and color choices.
I will return to these pages and form new rituals around the practices Lisa has included in this universal grimoire. Everything about this book feels soothing and grounding. I also really love the artwork and color choices.
tracyksmith_reads's review against another edition
4.0
This book has thought-provoking writing prompts. I have been journaling for years and I loved the author's suggestions and what I considered a unique take on journaling while intertwining magick. This book is a must buy and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys journaling. I think the writing prompts are great for anyone who is interested in searching deeper within themselves. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with this ARC. It was a great experience!
alandd's review against another edition
4.0
I liked how the author used her own story as an example in all the exercises. This will be a useful book for anyone interested in the therapeutic effects of writing as a form of expression, regardless of their own spirituality of religion. I will be doing several of them for sure!
hissingpotatoes's review against another edition
4.0
I did a lot of the rituals/prompts, and they are really great at probing into your psyche for deep self-reflection. Basile does a good job of being as inclusive as possible, though some suggestions to use materials/areas for only a particular spell seem unrealistic. The physical book is beautifully designed. It's inexcusable when full works cited lists aren't included in the book; Basile references several studies that supposedly are in a full works cited list on her website, but only two years after this book's publication it's gone.
chihinoke22's review
4.0
A good reference for any magical practitioner who writes more than they speak, who finds connection and peace with a pen and paper, and anyone who journals for inner healing or shadow work.
juliwi's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not great at guided practices or guided journaling, so I was slightly nervous going in to Basile's 'The Magical Writing Grimoire'. But I was quickly relieved because I loved what she described as 'word magic'. I'm such a literate person, in the sense that if I don't have words for something there is no way for me to understand something. To consider magic int he same way, to make writing and words elemental to the practice was a really interesting concept to me. For that realization, in and of itself, I'm grateful to Basile.
For me magic is something that is meant to excavate the self, make yourself clearer to yourself and thereby calm the storm. With self-awareness and self-knowledge comes a certain calm that provides a foundation from which to face everything in life. I enjoyed how Basile structured her writing prompts and guidance around this principle. Because of this the book is not just interesting to those with a love for magic but also for those hoping to connect more with themselves.
For me magic is something that is meant to excavate the self, make yourself clearer to yourself and thereby calm the storm. With self-awareness and self-knowledge comes a certain calm that provides a foundation from which to face everything in life. I enjoyed how Basile structured her writing prompts and guidance around this principle. Because of this the book is not just interesting to those with a love for magic but also for those hoping to connect more with themselves.