[Review] Pagan Portals: Guided Visualization by Lucya Starza

Title: Pagan Portals - Guided Visualizations
Author: Lucya Starza
Publisher: Moon Books
Pages: 83
Publication Date: January 1st, 2021

The journeys in this book are all ones using the mind. Guided visualisations use an interactive story to help people know themselves better, find solutions to problems and get ideas for creative projects. 

They can also be used as a wellbeing tool using relaxation techniques. Many guided visualisations also have spiritual aspects. Within this book are visualisations created for those on the paths of paganism, witchcraft and earth-based spirituality.

They were written to follow the Wheel of the Year, embrace the power of the moon and the elements, and develop magical wisdom. Through the pages of this book you will be guided to amazing places. It will be an adventure...

A big thank you to the publisher for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! I'm always so thankful to have these opportunities! 

This 83 pager is such a great resource! The definitions at the beginning of the book help set up parameters for what's to follow and what to expect. 

Starza outlines the difference between meditation, guided visualization, pathworking, journeying, and personal work, which was very helpful, as not everyone adheres to these definitions, and rather uses all the terms interchangeably. This causes confusion, especially when offering scripts for the different workings, so I truly appreciated Starza taking the time to do so. 

Then, it's a few tips and tricks for successful work, and then right into the scripts. I've both recorded myself reading the scripts to play back to myself, and read them before the working and recalled the visualization. 

Either formatting is fine, I think it comes down to personal preference, but it shows a talent when writing the scripts that they can be versatile. Some scripts out on the ol' interwebs don't translate well to recording, or are too long to effectively remember what's happened. 

Overall 5 triquetras to this short, but valuable book from Moon Books! 

About the Author

Lucya Starza is an eclectic witch living in London, England, with her husband and cats. She is the author of Pagan Portals - Candle Magic, Pagan Portals - Poppets and Magical Dolls and Pagan Portals - Guided Visualisations. She also edited the community book Every Day Magic - A Pagan Book of Days and contributed to Weathering the Storm, Naming the Goddess, Essays in Contemporary Paganism and Paganism 101. As Lucya Szachnowski, she co-wrote Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game supplements and scenarios published by Chaosium including The London Guidebook, Day of the Beast, Strange Aeons and Before the Fall. You can find her daily postings on A Bad Witch's Blog at www.badwitch.co.uk.