Spells: 21st-Century Occult Poetry - New Edition J. A. Baker belonging to another species

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She experienced prophetic visions since childhood and spent many years writing the visionary works Scivias

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the importance of the ice to crucial ecosystems and human livelihoods becomes clear - our lives are entwined with these coldest places on the planet

Spells: 21st-Century Occult Poetry - New Edition J. A. Baker belonging to another speciesSpells are poems; poetry is spelling. Spell poems take us into a realm where words can influence the universe. Spells brings together thirty six contemporary voices exploring the territory where justice, selfhood and the imagination meet the transformative power of the occult. These poems unmake the world around them, so that it might be remade anew. Kaveh Akbar, Rachael Allen, Nuar Alsadir, Khairani Barokka, Emily Berry, A. K. Blakemore, Jen Calleja,