{"id":13841,"date":"2017-05-01T01:10:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T06:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=14519"},"modified":"2017-04-28T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T12:00:12","slug":"review-witchemoji-by-pam-grossman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/05\/01\/review-witchemoji-by-pam-grossman\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: WitchEmoji by Pam Grossman"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t<!--\n\t\t@page { margin: 0.79in }\n\t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.08in }\n\t\tA:link { so-language: zxx }\n\t-->\n\t<\/style>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hunt for Witches No More: WitchEmojis by Pam Grossman<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\">\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/witchemoji.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14521\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Emoji2.png\" alt=\"Emoji2\" width=\"421\" height=\"662\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\">\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Witches now have their own charmed emoji to use with iMessenger, thanks to Pam Grossman, a Brooklyn-based writer and curator who focuses on witches, magic and esoteric art. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I created WitchEmoji because I couldn\u2019t find any great witchy, magical emoji to use in my texts,\u201d she states on the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/witchemoji.com\" target=\"_blank\">witchemoji.com<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> website, adding, \u201cNecessity (or obsessive desire in this case) is the mother of invention.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Working with an emoji designer who created the icons based on her designs and direction, she then built the app herself. Costing $1.99, it launched early April 2017. The iMessage sticker pack is compatible with iPhones and iPads with iOS 10.1 or newer. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It became the number one sticker pack in the App Store in its first week, beating the likes of Star Wars and Kim Kardashian,\u201d Grossman said. \u201cIt\u2019s currently still in the top 20 and getting stellar reviews, which has been very heartening. Just goes to show how much the archetype of the witch is currently resonating with people of all ages.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">WitchEmoji\u2019s 80 images include a besom, cauldron, Book of Shadows, pentacles in all colors, a chalice, a candle, an owl and a love potion along with witches of all hair and skin tones in a variety of situations from flying on a broom to honoring the full moon.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">There are so many more emoji I\u2019d like to add to the pack,\u201d she said of her towering list. \u201cIt will just depend on what I can afford to develop, so hopefully the pack will keep selling well so I can invest in making more.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Explicit directions on how to download and load the emoji can be found at <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witchemoji.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.witchemoji.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\">\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.Pamgrossman.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14522\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Emoji1.jpg\" alt=\"Emoji1\" width=\"395\" height=\"662\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\">\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I\u2019ve been a witch since I was very little \u2013 before I even knew to call myself one,\u201d Grossman said. \u201cLike lots of kids, I gravitated toward stories and artwork that deal with magical themes, and engaged in my own intuitive rituals and wild imaginings. Once I was a teenager, I began to read a lot and explore the path a bit more formally. But it was really discovering the surrealist artists and the writings of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell that opened things up for me, and made me realize that creativity is the surest path we have to the divine. My practice is very personal and syncretic, and draws as much on the art world as it does on spiritual systems.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Last May her 36-page book \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/tincanforest.com\/shop\/what-is-a-witch\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Is A Witch<\/a>,\u201d was released. Illustrated by Canada&#8217;s occult sweethearts Tin Can Forest, and published by Tin Can Forest Press, it is described as \u201can illuminated incantation, a crystalline invocation, a lovingly-crafted celebration of the world\u2019s most magical icon\u201d and a \u201cmanifesto on witchcraft.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Grossman\u2019s blog, Phantasmaphile, can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Pamgrossman.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pamgrossman.com<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She is the associate editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/abraxas-journal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abraxas<\/a> International Journal of Esoteric Studies, co-organizer of the Occult Humanities Conference at New York University, and co-founder of the former Brooklyn arts and lecture space, Observatory, where her programming explored mysticism.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Grossman\u2019s writing has appeared in \u201cSabat Sciences Occults,\u201d \u201cHuffington Post,\u201d and MSN. Lectures include such topics as the occult in modern art and female magic in Western Art, and she also teaches classes on spellcraft, ritual and herbalism.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunt for Witches No More: WitchEmojis by Pam Grossman Witches now have their own charmed emoji to use with iMessenger, thanks to Pam Grossman, a Brooklyn-based writer and curator who focuses on witches, magic and esoteric art. \u201cI created WitchEmoji because I couldn\u2019t find any great witchy, magical emoji to use in my texts,\u201d she states on the witchemoji.com website, adding, \u201cNecessity (or obsessive desire in this case) is the mother of invention.\u201d Working with an emoji designer who created the icons based on her designs and direction, she then built the app herself. Costing $1.99, it launched early April 2017. The iMessage sticker pack is compatible with iPhones and iPads with iOS 10.1 or newer. \u201cIt became the number one sticker pack in the App Store in its first week, beating the likes of Star Wars and Kim Kardashian,\u201d Grossman said. \u201cIt\u2019s currently still in the top 20 and getting stellar reviews, which has been very heartening. Just goes to show how much the archetype of the witch is currently resonating with people of all ages.\u201d WitchEmoji\u2019s 80 images include a besom, cauldron, Book of Shadows, pentacles in all colors, a chalice, a candle, an owl and a love potion along with witches of all hair and skin tones in a variety of situations from flying on a broom to honoring the full moon. \u201cThere are so many more emoji I\u2019d like to add to the pack,\u201d she said of her towering list. \u201cIt will just depend on what I can afford to develop, so hopefully the pack will keep selling well so I can invest in making more.\u201d Explicit directions on how to download and load the emoji can be found at https:\/\/www.witchemoji.com\/. \u201cI\u2019ve been a witch since I was very little \u2013 before I even knew to call myself one,\u201d Grossman said. \u201cLike lots of kids, I gravitated toward stories and artwork that deal with magical themes, and engaged in my own intuitive rituals and wild imaginings. Once I was a teenager, I began to read a lot and explore the path a bit more formally. But it was really discovering the surrealist artists and the writings of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell that opened things up for me, and made me realize that creativity is the surest path we have to the divine. My practice is very personal and syncretic, and draws as much on the art world as it does on spiritual systems.\u201d Last May her 36-page book \u201cWhat Is A Witch,\u201d was released. Illustrated by Canada&#8217;s occult sweethearts Tin Can Forest, and published by Tin Can Forest Press, it is described as \u201can illuminated incantation, a crystalline invocation, a lovingly-crafted celebration of the world\u2019s most magical icon\u201d and a \u201cmanifesto on witchcraft.\u201d Grossman\u2019s blog, Phantasmaphile, can be found at Pamgrossman.com. She is the associate editor of Abraxas International Journal of Esoteric Studies, co-organizer of the Occult Humanities Conference at New York University, and co-founder of the former Brooklyn arts and lecture space, Observatory, where her programming explored mysticism. Grossman\u2019s writing has appeared in \u201cSabat Sciences Occults,\u201d \u201cHuffington Post,\u201d and MSN. Lectures include such topics as the occult in modern art and female magic in Western Art, and she also teaches classes on spellcraft, ritual and herbalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}