Pagan Portals – The Muses

Calling to Creativity & Inspiration

by Irisanya Moon

The Muses are ready to share their knowledge with you…

If we want to dream of a new world, we need all the help we can get. We need divine support to see beyond what we know and what we think is possible. The Muses can offer us inspiration through poetry, history, astronomy, comedy, dance, and music. With their relentless creativity, the Muses inspire not only artists but also those who want to create new structures and visions of sustainable, supportive communities. With their guidance, we can widen our thinking and conceive of solutions to serve the emerging needs of the world. Connecting and reconnecting to inspiration fosters hope and courage, and the Muses are ready to pass on their knowledge, a knowing that only comes from having seen all that has ever happened.

REVIEW

5 out of 5

This was an excellent introduction to the Muses, and a great resource to connect with them. There isn’t a lot of information floating around the Muses comparably to other Greek deities, but the bibliography at the back is a great place to start if you want to dive deeper on your own. It’s clear this was written after extensive research mixed with personal experience. The book is broken down into parts that make it easy to find what you’re looking for if you’d like to revisit it later. I really enjoyed the part comparing the muses to more modern authors/poets/musicians, it helped make them seem less ancient and more present today. If you’re a creative person, or just curious about the Muses, then I highly recommend this!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Irisanya Moon (she/they) is an author, witch, teacher, poet, and Reclaiming initiate who has practiced magick for 20+ years. She blends grounded, graceful, and radically authentic facilitation to inspire transformation and liberation at the personal and collective levels.

She has written a number of books:
Pagan Portals (Reclaiming Witchcraft – 2020, Aphrodite – 2020, Iris – 2021, Norns – 2023, Artemis – 2024, Circe – 2024, Hestia – 2025, The Muses – 2026, Hecate – 2026, Athena – 2026)
Earth Spirit (Honoring the Wild – 2023, Gaia – 2023)
Practically Pagan: An Alternative Guide to Health & Well-being – 2020
Pantheon: The Greeks – 2025

Plus she has written essays, articles, poems, and blogs for Moon Books, Watkins MIND BODY SPIRIT Magazine, Llewellyn, Revelore Press, Girl God Books, Witches & Pagans, Pagan Dawn, Coreopsis Journal, Epona Muse Publishing, and more.

In 2023, they self-published a book of poetry, “wrecked: the insistence of grief.”

Irisanya cultivates spaces of self-care/devotion, divine relationship (whatever that means to you), and community service as part of her heart magick and activism.

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