Plug Into the Mysterium | 2-Hour Workshop for Writers | Online via Zoom | $33

At work in every piece of good writing is something beyond craft and mechanics. It can’t be codified, seen, or proven. But it’s there.

The thing is Spirit. Invisibles. Magic. Mystery. Myth. The Imaginal Realm. Dream-worlds. Intuition. The Unconscious.

How does a writer access this mysterium?

Please join me, Janisse Ray, for a live online workshop in How to Magic to be held Tuesday | April 29, 2025 | 7-9 pm Eastern Time | Live-on-Zoom.

Sign up here. You will be sent the link for the event.

If you are unable to attend, the workshop will be recorded and you will be sent a link to access the recording.

I will be talking about our relationship with spirit in many of its forms, from gut feeling to dreams to divination. We will examine deeper sources of power, ways to tap that power, and ways to transfer it to the page. This workshop is about finding meaning in words, reanimating language, and turning to invisibles in order to help us better our stories and ourselves.

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We see spirit at work in good writing and we want to know where it comes from and how we employ it.  How do we engage the unconscious and get to the magic? Do psychedelics work? Can the ancestors assist us? Does wildness help? Does a land-centric life get us closer to it?

Finally here is a workshop that addresses this most vital & never-talked-about part of writing.

I hope you join me Tuesday | April 29, 2025 | 7-9 pm Eastern Time | Live-on-Zoom.

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WHAT YOU GET

a list of avenues to approach and access the mysterium

quotes from literature about spirit & writing

a bibliography of resources

handouts on getting there

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TOPICS ADDRESSED

how mystics do it ~ rewilding ~ golden strands ~ mantra ~ divination ~ dream-work ~ prayer-flags-wheels ~ archetypes ~ manifestation ~ psychedelics (briefly)

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FAQS

How many sessions are there?

One 2-hour session one evening

Is the workshop recorded?

Yes, the session is recorded and will be uploaded to a shared Google Drive.

If there are handouts, how do I access them?

They will be loaded to a shared Google Drive.

How do I access the Drive?

Janisse sends you a link to it.

How will I get the Zoom link?

You will receive it by email from Janisse directly after you register. 

May I be in contact with Janisse directly?

Yes, please feel free to contact her either using the Contact Form on the website or at this email address, wildfire1491@yahoo.com.

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PRAISE

“Janisse, your writing has always been like magic to me as a reader.  And after taking your class, I now see your writing as double magic. It is still magic for me as a reader. This “11 things” piece made me feel like I was truly there feeling the cold, seeing the hawk, smelling the blood of that squirrel, tasting the crispness of the apple, and hearing the laughter of that sweet baby when she tastes the cold air. Thank you.”

–Allison G.

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BIO

Writer Janisse Ray has earned a living from her work for 30 years and after many years as a starving artist now makes a 5-figure income. Her first book, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, told the story of growing up on a junkyard in south Georgia amid endangered longleaf-pine flatwoods. The book sold well, won awards, and was named a New York Times Notable and a Book All Georgians Should Read.

Janisse has published many books of literary nonfiction, two collections of poetry, and a short novel. Her collection of essays, Wild Spectacle, was chosen by Pam Houston for the Donald L. Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence, which carried a $10K award. In 2024 Ray indie-published Craft & Current: A Manual for Magical Writing.

Janisse has won a Pushcart Prize, an American Book Award, and a Southern Environmental Law Center Writing Award, among many others, and has been inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. She has taught at the University of Mississippi, Hollins University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Bread Loaf Environmental, Orion Online, and many more. She holds an MFA from the University of Montana, where she returned to teach as the William Kittredge Distinguished Visiting Writer. Janisse lives and works on a historic farm an hour inland from Savannah, Ga. She’s crazy about dark chocolate, wildflowers, blackwater rivers, and the blues.