Atlantic Altar Ritual Zine Kit
Atlantic Altar zine was written and compiled on the coast of Deer Isle, Maine while completing an internship at the Haystack Mountain School. Atlantic Altar zine is directly inspired by the magic of the Atlantic Ocean and by the local library at Haystack. The zine is included as part of a ritual kit to manifest desire and prosperity from a feminine perspective. Currently out of print.
Zine details:
Inspired by Mami Wata, or Marta La Dominadora, Altantic Altar pays tribute to the orishas of water who control prosperity and desire. Utilizing the Haystack library and archive as the image source for most of the zine, Atlantic Altar includes a zine, a wax marker and a waterproof devotional image for ritual use.
This zine is an exercise in exploring the library as a site for divination, allowing chance encounter to inform the final iteration of the publication. Essentially, the book chooses you.The first time I became aware of books choosing their readers was when I was attending a workshop at the Penland School. A book of artwork by Ray Johnson was my companion for the duration of the trip. Ray was a student of the Black Mountain School in the region where Penland is located.
This video is partial documentation of a closing ritual for my time at the Haystack Mountain School. I dedicated a copy of Atlantic Altar zine back to the Atlantic Ocean as an offering of gratitude and solidarity.
