What do you know about Sylvia Plath? Maybe that she was author of the famously autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar. Maybe that she died at the age of 30 by putting her head in the oven after being abandoned by her philandering husband. Maybe you know that she has been an emblem for depressive goth girls and angry feminists for the last fifty years. Is there anything else to know?
Yes! Come find out at the book release party for The Occult Sylvia Plath: The Hidden Spiritual Life of the Visionary Poet (Destiny Books). This is my fourth book on the subject of Plath, and The Occult Sylvia Plath was originally intended to be the introduction to my first book, Fixed Stars Govern a Life: Decoding Sylvia Plath (2014, Stephen F. Austin State University Press).
Come to hear how Plath was mentored into occult practices by her husband Ted Hughes. Learn about the Ouija boards, crystal balls, astrology, bibliomancy, alchemy, witchy bonfires, and many more occult practices that were a regular part of both of their lives since childhood and a spiritually powerful, if toxic, marriage.
I celebrate the release of The Occult Sylvia Plath on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Left Bank Books in St. Louis’ Central West End, where I will be doing a reading, Q&A, and book signing. Admission is free, but space is limited. Call Left Bank Books for more information at (314) 367-6731. The Occult Sylvia Plath is available to preorder now with all major booksellers.
Links:
Julia Gordon-Bramer – The Occult Sylvia Plath | Left Bank Books (left-bank.com)