Lisa Marie Basile is the founding editor-in-chief of Luna Luna Magazine (an online magazine & community dedicated to the occult, arts, and women) and the author of a few books of poetry. Her book Nympholepsy will be published by Inside the Castle in November 2018, and she is working on her first novella, to be released by Clash Books in 2019. Her work as a writer and editor has been profiled in Buzzfeed, The New York Daily News and Amy Poehler's Smart Girls. She has been profiled in Elle Australia's Season of the Witch feature. Kristen J. Sollee is a writer, curator, and educator exploring the electric intersections of art, sex, and culture. She has written for mainstream and academic publications including The Huffington Post, VICE, NYLON, The Journal of Fashion, and lectured at colleges and conferences across the U.S. and Europe. She is also the founding editrix of Slutist, a sex positive feminist website, and a lecturer at The New School. Her critically-acclaimed book inspired by the course, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive, was published in 2017.
Basile's voice is soothing, and she remains the perfect amount of Scorpio mysterious-she never tires the reader with long personal stories, but instead slips in little details of her interesting life, just as much as context allows. This makes her feel like a warm, curious guide who you'd want to get to know over blue lotus tea, probably served in antique Italian bone china owned by someone's Strega Nona. ... What I like most about Light Magic For Dark Times, aside from its beautiful illustrations and narration, is that I feel like I did a good amount of healing work just doing the exercises in the books before I even tried any of the spells. * BUST * This book is perfect for the beginner who has yet to see themselves reflected in the practices of nature-based faiths. With rituals that combat burnout, foster productivity, and heal internal strife, Lisa Marie Basile's Light Magic For Dark Times shows readers how seemingly esoteric spellcraft actually applies to their everyday lives. * Refinery29 * A poet's foray into nonfiction, Light Magic for Dark Times is revelatory-a richly-brewed infusion of everyday magic exactly when many of us need it most. -- Sonya Vatomsky, author of Salt Is for Curing and writer at Haute Macabre Lisa Marie Basile's Light Magic for Dark Times is a treasure. She takes self-care and injects it with magic, with thought, and with the complexities-light and dark-that make us human. Beautifully illustrated and laced with poetics, this is a guidebook for a new spirituality, one that infuses ancient wisdoms and ritual with a modern sensibility. It's the book I want to buy for all my friends. -- Erin Khar, Ask Erin advice columnist and managing editor at Ravishly Light Magic for Dark Times is magic itself. Lisa Marie Basile's eloquent and compassionate spellbook could benefit anyone who feels his or her inner power emerging. Simply beautiful. -- Vanessa Cuccia, founder of Chakrubs and author of Crystal Healing and Sacred Pleasure