INITIATE (limited edition hardback)

“when the crying voice is silenced, where does the body go?
into the weeds. into the fern. into the wellwater. into the dirt.”

INITIATE is an esoteric poetry novel, an ecstatic rite, a working ritual text, an exploration of land, language, history, folklore, and personal transmutation grounded in the boglands, hills, ocean and myth of Ireland. Limited to 106 hardback copies.

This book is a hagstone.

MAYBELL MARTEN worked as a farm janitor, a private tutor, and a local conjuror before becoming the co-editor of Cantrap Press. She created, stars in, and writes the acclaimed podcast Mabel. She lives in Ireland, where she practices ecstatic rites in a modern-day mystery tradition.