#81 - Sarah Shin, Co-founder of Ignota Books - a podcast by Pam Grossman

Sarah Shin is a publisher, curator, and writer, and with her partner Ben Vickers is co-founder of Ignota Books, which they describe as "an experiment in the techniques of awakening." Ignota publishes a variety of tomes on magic, language, and consciousness, including their poetry anthology Spells: 21st Century Occult Poetry and their new anthology Altered States. Ignota also publishes their annual Ignota Diary, a daily planner for seekers of the sacred. Sarah is also co-founder of the independent feminist publisher Silver Press, and she the founder of New Suns, a curation and storytelling project from feminist perspectives and practices.

On this episode, Sarah discusses language as a consciousness-expanding tool, the importance of publishing speculative writers, and guiding linguistic spirits including María Sabina, Hildegard of Bingen, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Pam also discusses the magic of books, and answers a listener question about Jewitchery and the Bible.

Our sponsors for this episode are Lindsay Mack’s The Threshold course, VERAMEAT, Mithras Candle, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener’s Many Moons Lunar Planner, Snowy Owl Tea, BetterHelp, and Green Moon Apothecary

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