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A Ritual for The Underworld of your Writing

Fixed water: petrichor, deep wells, decay

The sun doesn't disappear. We just can't see it as much as in the height of summer. There is treasure in the void. There is gold in the dark.

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Rain-Sown Wheat

Fixed water: unfinished business, deep emotions, divination

We record this by leaving the work unfinished and unresolved. The absence is a space for grief.

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Seizure

Fixed water: death, mourning, transformation

Her body is a miracle in the house. Copper sulphite leaks from her. The sink blooms with a little mould, a little sparkle.

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A Spell for Writer’s Block

Fixed water: working through, deep release, breaking open

You can work with this ritual to come back to creative centre whenever you are feeling blocked.

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Writing as Devotion

Fixed water: shadow, will, integrity

Writing is an act of devotion, the same as any other magical practice.

The work of writing is as integral to their lives as any other form of ritual, ceremony, or prayer, and their devotion produces magical results in their writing.

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