Mary Lanham is the editor, writer, and tarot reader behind Bibliomancer Editing. As an editor, she works with speculative fiction and spiritual nonfiction writers, helping them develop and share their most transformational stories. She also helps creatives rediscover their vision with tarot readings that inspire the storytelling process.

In this episode, Mary and Eryn talk about:

• Mary’s journey with writing and magic
• Reclaiming creativity
• Disengaging from limiting creative and spiritual mythos through tarot
• Growing up Catholic & deconstructing Catholicism
• Tarot as support for transitioning out of Catholicism
• How tarot supports her creativity
• Finding the story in a tarot card or tarot spread
• Developing somatic awareness
• The Magician & The Wheel of Fortune
• Taking ownership of our big and deep stories
• Stories as an alchemical experience
• Telling the truth in our stories
• The vulnerability of sharing stories
• Mary’s writing process, how she holds structure and space for her creativity
• Keeping a creative practice going
• Process as enough
• Cultivating connection to intuition

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/mary-lanham

Download a free healing meditation for ex-religious folks here.

Check out the Religious Trauma Healing workbook here for support in healing from the impacts of dogmatic religion.

Poetry Magic for Ex-Religious Folks class.

Connect with Mary on her website and her Instagram.