Magic Maker
The Enchanted Path to Creativity
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- USD 10.99
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- USD 10.99
Descripción editorial
What links David Bowie, Beyoncé, David Lynch, Sylvia Plath, William Blake... and you? The answer is magic.
In this first-of-its-kind book, bestselling author Pam Grossman reveals the spiritual and mystical creative techniques used by some of history’s greatest artists, creators and visionaries – and shows how you can use them in your own projects. Blending wisdom from witchcraft, art history, and modern creativity, Magic Maker is a guide to reclaiming the enchanted heart of the creative process. Pam Grossman invites you to see making as a magical act — a dialogue with the unseen — and offers practices to help you bring more wonder, purpose, and power to everything you create.
In Magic Maker, you’ll discover how to:
Reconnect with your creativity as a sacred, spiritual practiceSlay the demons of self-doubt, perfectionism, judgement and distractionPerform gentle rituals to invite muses, ancestors, and spirit allies into your processCreate a sacred creative space in your home or studioUse automatic writing and dream states to bypass blocks and channel deeper truthsUse Tarot and Bibliomancy for creative promptsCelebrate and give thanks for what you have made
Smart, captivating, and gorgeously written, Magic Maker is filled with stories of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, and other creatives throughout history who have applied magic to their process. Pam shows us how we can tap into the same inspiration for our own creative pursuits, whether it’s writing a song, a novel, software code, or figuring out our path in life.
"This is the best book yet written about the relationship between magic and inspiration" - Professor Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon and The Witch
"A beautiful book to unlock or amplify your own magic. Pam feels like she’s talking directly to you."― Suranne Jones, BAFTA Award-winning actress and producer
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Witch Wave podcaster Grossman (Waking the Witch) outlines in this pensive outing how readers can use magic to fuel their art. For Grossman, art is itself a kind of magic—an intentional "collaborating with a Creative Force in order to transform" both the artist and "whomever bears witness to the new thing they have made." More traditional magical crafts can also serve as vehicles for creativity, she writes, noting that tarot decks can spark inspiration or draw out patterns in one's art (for fabulist author Italo Calvino, tarot was "a machine for constructing stories" and helped him write The Castle of Crossed Destinies), while augury—the interpretation of signs—is a useful means of directing one's attention to new and fruitful "areas of creative investigation." Readers seeking step-by-step tips for casting spells or reading tea leaves will be disappointed, but Grossman's exploration of what it means to create is expansive and inspiring, bolstered by intimate anecdotes of artists' creative philosophies. For instance, she notes that jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, who saw music as "the spiritual expression of who he was," framed his 1965 album A Love Supreme as an offering to God and accompanied it with a manifesto that highlighted his view that "thought, belief, and creativity are all connected to the divine." This is a thought-provoking guide and a joyous ode to creativity's many mysteries.
