Creative Mediumship: Spells for Spring
April blessings, Literary Coven!
Inspired by spring’s unfurling, Caitlyn and I are setting out on a quest to explore the intersections of creativity, consciousness, trance, and magick, or what we call creative mediumship.
What is Creative Mediumship?
At Pointy Hat Press, we consider art witchery and channeled writing forms of creative mediumship. The same goes for songwriters and composers who summon music via their dreams. If you’re weaving stories into tapestries, crafting desk altars for your muses, or ritualizing your creativity alongside your magical world in a way that makes you feel alive, you’re already engaged with creative mediumship.
Etymologically speaking, inspiration is tied to our breath (from Latin inspirare, “to breathe or blow into”), and in the ancient world, people captured the gods’ whispers to fuel their next masterpiece. Even today, some people believe that when we feel inspired to create, it’s a sign that Spirit is near. Feeling inspired (whether it’s a creative spark or the onset of a ‘flow state’) is considered the first stage of trance and an invitation to step deeper into the realms of the unseen.
We hope you’ll join us.
Here’s a sneak peek at what we have planned for April and May.
On the Pointy Hat Press podcast…
April 4th: Art Witchery with Caitlyn Barone (listen here!)
April 18th: Literary Magick, pt 2 with Sarah Justice
May 2nd: Mediumship & Magic with Jenn Green
May 16th: Creative Mediumship
May 30th: The Creative Crossroads with Kate Belew
And for those who want to try their hand at creative mediumship, the Literary Coven is hosting a psychic experiment…
Creativity is a shapechanger, writes Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. “One moment it takes this form, the next that. It’s like a dazzling spirit who appears to us all, yet is hard to describe, for no one agrees on what they saw in that brilliant flash. Are the wielding of pigments and canvas, or paint chips and wallpaper, evidence of its existence? How about pen and paper, flower borders on the garden path, building a university?”
