Books: Endorsing Word Witchery: The Path of Poetry

Word Witchery: Walking the Path of the Poetry Priestess, by Katie Ness, is officially published in a few weeks' time, but I was lucky enough to read the manuscript when the author finished writing it. It's a wonderful first book and I happily wrote this endorsement:

“In Word Witchery, poet and priestess Katie Ness celebrates the power and magic of words from ancient past to modern paganism. The first part delves into the history of how language is connected to magic. The second contains spells and rituals, including Goddess invocations, poems for esbats and sabbats, healing rites, and charms for protection or to attract what you wish to manifest. There are instructions for bibliomancy, or divination with books, as well as guided visualisations to let words take you on spiritual journeys. My favourite chapter is ‘The Lost Voices of the Feminine Divine’, which explores female esoteric writers and poets since ancient times. This book is a well-researched study of the magical power of words, a grimoire of beautifully phrased spells and rituals, and offers oodles of inspiration for literary creativity.” 

Word Witchery  is officially published in October by Moon Books

You can also view the book on Amazon.

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About the Author

Katie Ness is a writer, historian, and yoga instructor specialising in folklore, mysticism and spirituality. As a yoga instructor and wellness educator she specialises in Ayurvedic Hatha Yoga and Yoga Nidra, women’s spirituality and health, circle sharing and sacred oil anointing. Katie also offers instruction on the history and philosophy of yoga, available as a guest teacher for teacher training programs. She has been a contributing writer for Kindred Spirit Magazine, Meditation Magazine, Femme Occulte, Witches Magazine, Occulture Magazine, Haunted Magazine, The Feminine Macabre, Girl God Books and many others. As a woman of the goddess path, she became an initiated Magdalene priestess in 2017, is a follower of the Bhakti Shakti tradition and is a practitioner of folk magic.

You can find her on Instagram @katie_wild_witch

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