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Pam Grossman

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🧙‍♀️Author of WAKING THE WITCH @gallerybooks & MAGIC MAKER @penguinlifeus/@hayhouseuk
🎙Host @witchwavepod
📖Co-editor of WITCHCRAFT @taschen

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So thrilled to reveal the glorious cover for my new book, MAGIC MAKER: THE ENCHANTED PATH TO CREATIVITY. My intention for this tome is to help you supercharge your own creativity using magical techniques, as so many visionaries have done throughout history (and as I do myself). This book has been a lifetime in the making, and I can’t wait to share it with you:

“Creativity and magic are one and the same.

From the songwriting divination of David Bowie and the bewitching shapeshifting of Beyoncé, to the Ouija board poetry sessions of Sylvia Plath and the abstract painting séances of Hilma af Klint, to the manifestation method of Octavia E. Butler and the daily meditation of David Lynch, mystical practices have been responsible for generating some of the world’s most beloved creations. While there are many books on creativity out there, none of them examines the specific ways that magic has been embraced by creative visionaries throughout history, nor do they explore how makers can start using these methods in their own creative processes.

Magic Maker is the first. In this book, critically acclaimed author of Waking the Witch Pam Grossman shares how you can use magic to enhance your own creative practices.

Smart, captivating, and gorgeously written, Magic Maker is filled with stories of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, and other creatives throughout history who have applied magic to their process. Grossman shows us how we can tap into the same inspiration for our own creative pursuits, whether it’s writing a song, a novel, software code, or figuring out our path in life.

Delving into topics such as spellcasting, invocation, spirit communication, divination, and more, Grossman provides an enchanting and practical guide for anyone who wants to unlock their own creative magic and make whatever it is you’re meant to in this lifetime.“

Thank you to @glass_literary_management for connecting me to my stellar (and solar!) editor @amy.g.sun, and to @lynnbuckley2 for designing a cover that so beautifully conjures the Mercurial magic of The Magician. 📕🪄♾️💫

Out on Oct 14, 2025 from @penguinlifeus & @hayhouseuk, and available for pre-order now (🔗 in 🅱️👁️⭕️) by @phantasmaphile

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Final cover! Thank you thank you to @nekocaseofficial, @sideshowami, & everyone else who read the book early and offered kind words about it. And thank you again to @doorsixteen for being the designer of my dreams. Book is available for pre-order pretty much everywhere online now, and out on June 4th. Can’t wait to wake some witches with you all this summer. 🧙‍♀️👉✨⚡️🔺 by @phantasmaphile

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Yer witch is in the @nytimes today. Thank you to @lauramholson for the words, @mengwencao for the stunning pics, & @grandprospecthall for letting me swan around in my favorite Brooklyn building. Link in bio. 🧙‍♀️✨ by @phantasmaphile

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Thank you for the magic and majesty @chelseawolfeofficial. You and your band opened portals last night, and I’m grateful to have been immersed in such immense beauty. What a FORCE!! Love you across the veil and back, Chelsea. 🗝️🖤🗝️🖤 taken in The Keswick Theatre by @phantasmaphile

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Ever wondered what being a witch actually means? Like, in your actual life? Well, @phantasmaphile of @witchwavepod has the most fabulous definition that you definitely need know. by @phantasmaphile

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Witches are everywhere. From Practical Magic 2 to American Horror Story: Coven, it seems like witches are having a moment (again). But why?

Well, if you ask our guest @phantasmaphile, she’ll tell you she’s been answering this question for years. Because witches have always been in, she says. But the more interesting question is why we’re so drawn to them right now, especially in America.

On this weekend’s episode of Vibe Check, we’re getting into the history of witches, their very queer appeal, and what our fascination with magic says about the world we’re living in today.

And girl, you might finish this episode realizing you’ve been practicing magic all along (looking at you, @theferocity).

But whether you believe in magic or not, Pam leaves us with a beautiful reminder: Your life is yours to conjure on your own terms. 🔮 by @phantasmaphile

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😈 NEW EP 😈 Bill Crisafi (@billsafi) is an artist, illustrator, and author whose drawings of witches, ghouls, and magical toad ladies have amassed an enormous legion of fans. Campy, sexy, whimsical, and always full of flair, Bill’s supernatural creative world strikes a balance between the spooky and the joyfully absurd, appealing to everyone from magic practitioners to drag queens to horror buffs to taste-making art aficionados. His characters can be found populating his line of prints, clothing, stuffed animals, and housewares.

Bill’s illustration and costume work has been commissioned by musicians, filmmakers, and institutions alike, including Chappell Roan, Chelsea Wolfe, the Peabody Essex Museum, Heretic Parfum, Boston Seaport, and Blumhouse Productions among others. His new book, The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Slaying: Life Lessons for Rebellious Souls, is available everywhere now.

On this episode, Bill discusses his occult-camp illustrations, how he confronts creative burn-out, and how his new book helped him slay his inner demons with style.

Pam also talks about why she loves spookiness mixed with silliness, and answers a listener question about Salem witchcraft tourism.

💀💅🎃🐐👻🐸📖✍️💖

Our sponsors for this episode are @weiserbooks, @wheeloffateedi, @mithrascandle, @BetterHelp, @snowyowltea, @blessedbemagick, and @feraleye.media by @phantasmaphile

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Otherworldly artist @billsafi talks about his demonically delightful new book The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Slaying.

Watch the full @witchwavepod interview on Pam’s @phantasmaphile channel on YouTube, and listen wherever you get your podcasts

💀💅🔪😈🧙🎨📖✍️✨ by @phantasmaphile

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Previews for @mfreemanwriter’s @theaskplay begin tonight! If you want to watch a brilliant play that interrogates the generational divide happening on the left, go. If you want to see why it’s been called a “sparkling script…easily one of the best of the year” (Blogcritics) that is “simmering… a well-articulated version of a perspective that doesn’t often get aired on our stages…” (TheaterMania) and “One of 20 Shows to See Off Broadway This October” (TDF), then GO. Here are some more very nice things people have said about what my feller wrote:

“[Freeman’s] achievement is not only to capture two voices with both precision and spiky humor, but also to venture on a generous exploration of two full, wildly different humanities.” – Vulture

“Packed with intellectual action… an entertaining and empathetic examination of generational and philosophical differences that divide the political left.” – TimeOut NY

Official opening is Oct 15th @theater555nyc

So fucking proud. 💗💗💗

See you there 🎭🎟️🌟 taken in Theater 555 by @phantasmaphile

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Stranger Things & Riverdale star @shannonpurser talks about why they adore the alluring power of The Craft.

See them in @theaskplay Off-Broadway Oct 6 - Nov 22!

Watch the full @witchwavepod interview on Pam’s @phantasmaphile channel on YouTube, and listen wherever you get your podcasts

🧙📺🎞️🎭🗽🔮💫 by @phantasmaphile

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I think about this Baldwin quote often, and I’m thinking about it especially in light of the g*noc*de in P*lest*ne. Together we’ve raised over $75K for @thepcrf to bring relief and aid to the children of the region. Let‘s get that total to $100K (or far more!) with this next round, yes? YES. Please give generously and please share widely. It’s hard to know what to do, but we can do this, here, now. ❤️‍🩹 by @phantasmaphile

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Seats to my Witch Wave LIVE show on Oct 26 at @littlefieldnyc are already halfway sold out, so grab yours now! 🔗 in 🅱️👁️⭕️ by @phantasmaphile

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