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Explore the allure of the witch archetype and its resonance with personal agency and outsider perspectives. Leaders in the magical writing community unveil their journey, showcasing how practices like automatic writing, tarot, animism, glamour magic, and shadow work fuel creative expression and lead to the important revision of harmful narratives. From spell books to award-winning poetry collections to astrology columns, they traverse literary realms, infusing their work with their own personal magic.
Like many who have been othered for their chronic illness, disability, mental illness, sexuality, gender, skin color, etc., our panelists find embodiment, personal agency, and clear creative expression through witchcraft. As practitioners of traditional folk magic, automatic writing, divination through tarot, ancestor work, and deity worship, we will ground writers in respectful, tangible ways to explore their innate potential. We hail from Chile, the woods of the New Jersey Devil, Salem Massachusetts, and Portsmouth New Hampshire by way of Romani exodus.
Led by witches with a predilection for transmutation, this roundtable will include audience participation, select readings of panelist's work, and brief ritual to set the space and close the panel. Come uncover how magical practice can unlock your most potent writing and empower your true self.
