Lisa Marie Basile

The older we get, the harder it is to make close friends.

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Loss was a language I’d learned early but had no way to speak it out of me. Read...

How much energy does it take to be jealous? Hint: Way too much.

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Is there a certain quality to letter writing or diary keeping that inspires the confessional? I believe so.

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This is the one time of year, Scorpio Season (Oct. 23 to Nov. 22), when getting a little closer and looking a little deeper is, in some ways, inevitable.

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It’s Monday, 6 a.m. and Sarah, 30, wakes up — as she does five days a week (but really, it’s seven, because the body is a fickle thing).

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The book was a doorway in, a doorway out, a personal threshold. Here’s what I learned, a year out, from writing it. Read...

The Magical Writing Grimoire is a book of inclusive and accessible rituals and writing prompts for anyone who feels called to using words as a source of healing, empowerment, joy, generativity, and self-exploration. Read...

This article first appeared on Luna Luna and has been republished with permission. 

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I am fortunate to receive tons of wonderful books on a wide range of topics, but some of my favorites include those by talented witches and magical beings whose books approach magic in accessible, inclusive, radical, and fresh ways.

I am always on the lookout for books which a) present an updated look at magic and witchcraft to a modern audience, b) frame witchcraft in a way that is inclusive and holistic — meaning it addresses systemic issues in society, and c) blend and blur genres — books of narrative non-fiction alongside research, poetry entwined with spellcraft, or divination techniques alongside storytelling.

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My happiness is what undid me, ironically. I worried so much about being OK with the happiness that I fell apart.

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