There are tons of books on creativity out there, full of pretty basic pieces of advice. This is not one of them!

This is a very complex work, from someone who delves in many art forms and has a tremendous understanding of the whole creative process. Add to this rituals, ideas, pieces of advice and magikal practices to enhance each step of this process and you get a very enriching and encompassing writing.

It is a book like no other, written from the point of view of art as an inspired act, a creation, and it's a book I think the world needs. I definitely needed to find something like this, that mixes art with spirituality in a very practical way.

I cannot recommend this book enough, it's a gift for anyone seriously invested in its acts and creative process. And it's universal, the information is suitable for any kind of craft, weather it's writing or dance or everything in between.

I received this in order to share my view on it.

“Inspiring Creativity Through Magick: How to Ritualize Your Art & Attract the Creative Spirit" by Astrea Taylor is a unique and enchanting guide that seamlessly merges the realms of creativity and magick. Taylor skillfully navigates the intersection of artistic expression and spiritual practice, offering readers a transformative journey to unlock their creative potential. The book introduces rituals, spells, and practices designed to cultivate a harmonious connection with the creative spirit. Taylor's approach is both practical and mystical, providing a comprehensive toolkit for artists seeking to infuse their work with intention and magic. "Inspiring Creativity Through Magick" is not only a guide to artistic empowerment but also an invitation to explore the mystical energies that fuel the creative process. It is a must-read for those who wish to elevate their artistry through a magical lens.

I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I decided to read this book because I am a creative soul and I am always looking for ways to help my creativity to have a better flow to it. This book helped me work passed some of my blockage I have when it comes to wanting to manifest something I am trying to create into being. I will look back to it when I find myself doubting in myself. This is the first book I have read by this author and plan to look into others. It was easy for me to use and follow on the part I needed help with.

Absolute perfection. I lost my spark and this book helped me dig back into my creative soul. I really enjoyed the authors voice, and loved how everything was made magical. Certainly a book for any creative, whether they identify as a witch or not.

Inspiring Creativity Through Magick by Astera Taylor is an excellent read for Witches and artists alike. The way this book is organized it particularly approachable. I do think the intended audience is likely those of us who already practice magic to some degree but all creatives will likely find a tid bit of useful inspiration in the rituals and activities presented within this lovely book.

This was a good read! Well laid out and organised chapters. First a bit of history about creative spirits in different cultural settings and how they could help you with your own creative work. Then some rituals on how to connect and work with your spirit, as well as mindset and attitude suggestions.
I enjoyed the first half of the book more than the second, but altogether I can recommend this to anyone creative wanting to add some spirituality into their practices.

Thank you netgalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Inspiring Creativity Through Magick by Astrea Taylor

Interesting and informative while providing concrete ideas for incorporating magick into one’s artistic practice – whatever medium one might create in. I loved the personal anecdotes, mythological historical aspects that tie into creativity and magick, correspondences, rituals, etc.

The is sectioned into:
* The introduction
* Part I: Creative Spirit & Creative Ritual broken down into
- Creative spirits inspiring art, Air, Fire, Water, Earth, Casting the Circle, Finishing the rough draft
* Part II: Refining and Releasing Your Art into the World
- The spirit of your creation, awakening the Egregone, Creative alchemy, The Magician’s Reveal, and what to do post release

The above topics are detailed, filled with information, rituals, tools, how to create a workspace and cleanse it, worksheets with questions to help the artist work through the topics, and more than I can cover in this review.

I can see using this book as a guide and would incorporate the ideas into more than one area of my creative process. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and would like to have it in my library.

Thank you to NetGalley and Llewellyn Publications for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

‘Inspiring Creativity Through Magick’ is a very thorough book which does indeed include spells, rituals and magick energies. What it also includes is very practical advice (not that I feel magick is impractical).
I like the mix in the book, the journaling exercises are helpful and grounding and the down to earth-ness is very inspiring to me.
There are chapters dedicated to the elements of fire, water, earth and air and in the earth chapter is the paragraph about physically showing up and doing the work which is uplifting advice and mixes very well with another wonderful tip in the fire chapter encouraging the reader to follow your dream no matter how strange it is!
I found this book to be practical, inspiring, encouraging and I want it on my bookshelf!

This is a book aimed at professional artists who are mostly Wiccan. It could also be useful to any spiritual practitioner in general or for artists who do art as a hobby, not a career. This book gives realistic advice on how to incorporate magic into your art, such as lighting a candle or diffusing oils that correspond to your specific intention or using guided meditation. It gives historic and modern examples of artists who worked with spirits during their art process. The first half of the book was great but the second half fell off a bit. Overall, this book is very useful and a helpful guide to adding in witchcraft to your artistic practices.

This book is an absolute treasure trove of amazing fruitful ideas for creatives. By looking through some of the different things that artists need, and what inspires us to make art that speaks to our souls, this inspirational book sets out an amazing range of ideas. It inspired me to set up a new work space, and create some new rituals which will hopefully help generate new ideas and productivity.

I'm not quite the audience for this book, I am arty/creative but I don't practice Wicca or magick (though I can appreciate the practices)

That said, I really liked this book. There's a lot of talking about how to be more creative, and some practical activities/rituals to help you along

This isn't a manual, more of a creative pagan self help book, so if that's what you're after then it's ideal!

I received an advance copy for free from NetGalley, on the expectation that I would provide an honest review.

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Omg I absolutely loved this book, it was interactive journaling within this which is sometimes so helpful. And journaling as an artist and healing practitioner/artist. The author opened up a door I necessarily didn’t think if tapping into or using for my creativity development. This is a book I can’t wait to get my hands on to work through the journaling activities.
I will also be gifting this to a few artist I know that struggle with creativity and this will give them a new venture to creativity.

As someone who is unfamiliar with many ideas mentioned in this book, I found it to be very interesting and easy to read. Starting off with introductions of the creative spirit and the second part going into refining and releasing your art, this book walks any artist through an in-tune creative process.
Throughout this book are interactive exercises which I really enjoyed and think they as some very thoughtful questions to help the reader to connect even further with the materials listed. Overall, this book would be great for anyone looking to become a more in-tune artist or looking to explore this side of being creative and mindful through magick.

Thank you Net Galley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review!

I enjoyed this book, I found the content helpful in assessing and propelling my own creativity forward. It may not be for everyone, but it certainly works for me!

This book wasn’t really what I expected. I was hoping for creative and artistic exercises and art prompts but it’s more along the lines of working with actual spirits to write, improve your art and market yourself. There is also no art in the book. It will be a good tool for Wiccan writers and performers who like journaling and introspection.

I read a temporary digital copy of this book via NetGalley.

an artist, but creative for sure. This book really opened my eyes about how I view myself and my creative processes and more importantly how I can improve and take myself beyond my own blocks and uncertainties which can sometimes create blocks for me.

I highly recommend this book for everyone, regardless of whether you think you’re an artist or not. We’re all creative and practice different forms of art, whether society calls it an art or not. Believe in yourself, and invest in yourself by taking the time to read this book. You will be rewarded more than you can imagine.

Is art equal magick? In many ways yes, and this amazing book will give you enough teachings to understand why it is so. Five classical elements of the ancient world are summoned here to describe processes of creativity for arts in general. It is like reading some manual for creativity with many commonsense advices except that here things are little pushed with few magics, spells and secrets of occultism. Theories and practices are passionate and logical except some of them which are little "out of place" and less understandable or usable. Occult techniques are of course correct, but some further explanations mainly for beginners would be welcomed, because the text is kinda little short anyway. Finally, for lovers of the arts who by the way love esoteric worlds this surely will be recommended enjoyable reading.