Creative Magic

18: Gina Martin - The Somatic Magic of Writing


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Gina Martin is a founding mother and High Priestess of Triple Spiral of Dún na Sidhe, a pagan spiritual congregation in the Hudson Valley, New York State, US. She is a ritualist, teacher, healer, mother, and writer of sacred songs.


Gina is a practitioner of Classical Chinese medicine and a Board certified licensed acupuncturist.


The author of the When She Wakes trilogy: Sisters of the Solstice Moon, Walking the Threads of Time and She is Here. The backstories of the Thirteen for girls aged 8-80: Kiyia – Daughter of the Horse; Autakla – Daughter of the Seal; Maia – Daughter of Fire; and her newest book Io – Daughter of the Wild Hunt is out very soon. Her book of chants – WomEnchanting is available from her website.


All Gina’s books are 60% off on Kindle from 1-4th August. Buy the When She Wakes trilogy signed with digital goodies for a 10% discount for the month of August from Womancraft Publishing.


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We talked about:

The three creative acts of her life

The somatic magic and nature of writing

How her characters pester her

Magic realism in her work…and life

The many varied spiritual influences on her practice and creativity

Sigil magic and the weirdness of trying to put it into words

Becoming her own body of work - her tattoos

Her creative process

Writing groups

Self publishing and publishing

Being a channel

Writing spiritual books – ritual and ceremony

Creative collaboration within and between creative disciplines

Resistance and regrets

Maternal pride and envy – when our parents are the reason we cannot create



In the Extended Episode…

We reminisce about our trips together to ancient sites in Crete and Newgrange

The books that most influenced her as a writer – the author of The Road to Avalon is Joan Wolf.

A deep dive into channeling, hearing voices and mental illness.

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About your Host

Lucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her other titles include Amazon #1 bestsellers: Moon Time, Reaching for the Moon, The Rainbow Way and Crow Moon. Her other books include: She of the Sea, Full Circle Health, Moods of Motherhood and she is the co-author and illustrator of The Kitchen Witch Companion. Her writing focuses on women’s healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity.

Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.

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