Overview: Ancient priestesses of antiquity wrote and performed poetic incantations to the gods. Discover the forgotten magic of women’s voices, of their poetry, and their word witchery! Poetry priestesses have been practicing the art of poetry as spells for thousands of years.

From Enheduanna of Sumer, invoking Inanna, to Sappho of Lesbo’s connection to Aphrodite and Princess Gwenllian, daughter of the King of Gwynedd, said by some to be the author of the Mabinogi, those women and many more used their voices through poetry to connect to the divine feminine within and around them.

Word Witchery helps readers connect to the women and deities associated with poetry and the magical word and includes activities and journaling practices.

Verdict: Abundant with archeological finds, historical research, practical rituals and spells, this book sheds fresh light on ancient magical word craft and unearths the fragmented lives and voices of women mystical poets, writers, chantresses, and bards; many almost lost to obscurity.

From Petroglyphic stone magic traversing caves and desert gorges, incantation bowls found in the ancient Near East, votive tablets to goddesses across the mediterranean, notation blessing knives of renaissance Europe and more, Word Witchery explores our intrinsic desire to commune with the divine and supernatural forces via poetry and magical writing.

Somewhere deep inside us we still remember a time when we could commune with nature, when we spoke the language of trees, when we breathed in rhythm with the Earth.

We are beginning to awake up to all that has been lost, forgotten and banished, overturned in the name of progress and the rational. For centuries we have been living under the restrictive and patriarchal narratives which have been reductive of anything outside of their ken; ridiculing and condemning all other more intuitive, creative ways of seeing as superstitions or crazy or, in worst cases, dangerous or evil.

And yet there is hope. For we are beginning to remember. We are beginning to trust our intuitive knowing - that the Earth herself and all her living trees, plants and creatures are animate; alive with their own energy and wisdom, imbued with spirit.

This timely book is part of this timely revival and remembering. Now, here in this book, we have a wonderful exploration and celebration of the power and magic of words, sounds, incantations and prayers; how they have always been used to bring us closer to the truth of ourselves and to the great mystery of this Earth.

“This goddess has always walked with me, like a shimmer, reminding me of the healing powers of poetry, writing and words and their deep-rooted sacred past as magical and devotional expressions.” - Katie Ness.

In closing Word Witchery: Walking the Path of the Poetry Priestess also includes practical writing ritual and spell prompts for the modern Word Witch and Poetry Priestess to connect with feminine divinity, to conjure their own poetry magic and weave their worlds with words.

About the Author - Katie Ness is a published writer and poet with a variety of literary sites, anthologies and print magazines such as Witchology, Femme Occulte, Witches Magazine, Occulture Magazine, The Feminine Macabre, The Enquiring Eye Magazine published by the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic at Boscastle, Kindred Spirit, Mulberry Literary, The C Word Mag, Poetry Cove, Running Wild and others.

Her first poetry book Aphrodite Fever Dream is published with Undressed Society Press and her second collection Juggernaut is published with DarkThirtyPoetry Press. As an author signed with Moon Books, Katie’s non-fiction pagan book is to be released late 2024.

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