Gabriela Herstik is an author, columnist and witch based in Los Angeles. She is the author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft (known as Craft in the UK), Bewitching the Elements: A Guide to Empowering Yourself Through Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit, Embody Your Magick: A Guided Journal For the Modern Witch, , Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic and the Goddess of Love Tarot: A Book and Deck for Embodying the Erotic Divine Feminine. She is the Priestess and co-creatrix of Kink Coven, a monthly full moon ritual play party that casts a spell of protection on sex workers, and raises funds for mutual aid groups and organizations supporting them. Gabriela’s work and words on the intersection of the erotic, esoteric, and the Divine Feminine have been featured in the likes of Vogue International, NYLON, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, The Guardian, Flaunt Magazine, and more.

In her debut book, Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft (known as Craft in the UK), Gabriela explores all of the basics of witchcraft in an accessible and modern way. Not your grandmother’s grimoire, the book covers all the new or seasoned witch needs to know; the holidays of the witch, working with energy, working with the moon phases, tarot, astrology, crystals, glamour magick, how to create your own spells and rituals, sex magick and more. This book unlocks the ancient art of witchcraft so that you can find a brand of magick that works for you. 

In Bewitching the Elements: A Guide to Empowering Yourself Through Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit Gabriela leads readers in creating a ritual practice that’s rooted in elemental magick. By working with the five elements through tarot, astrology, spells, rituals, meditation, crystals, journal questions and other esoteric practices Gabriela helps readers forge an even deeper relationship with themselves and their magick. Whether you’re looking to connect to the earth through a grounding practice, tame your mind through breathwork, befriend your shadow through shadow work, honor your erotic side through sex magick or learn to divine using the elements, this book helps guide the new or seasoned witch deeper into the foundational and transformative power of the natural world.

In Embody Your Magick: A Guided Journal for the Modern Witch Gabriela shares spells, rituals and journal prompts that help readers take care of themselves holistically. By ritualizing self-care for the physical body (earth), the mental body (air), the emotional body (water), the spiritual body (fire), and the soul (spirit), Embody Your Magick acts as a DIY grimoire with a whole lot of love mixed in. With tarot spreads, pages for the moon phases and Wheel of the Year, space to record recipes and so much more, this journal is the mystical companion for any modern witch, whether or not they have Gabriela’s other books.

In Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic Gabriela dives deep into the history, current, and practices of sex magick. Filled with ritual, tarot spreads, affirmations, and spellwork for releasing shame, claiming your sexual power, and finding a path of erotic magick that’s right for you, Sacred Sex is a liberating, experimental, and non-judgmental guide in making your sexuality a central part of your spirituality. Sacred Sex includes everything from kink and sacred s/m, to working with the tarot through the lens of love and lust, to glamour magick as part of sacred sexuality. Written for any body of any gender, sexual orientation, and relationship format, this book is here to guide readers deeper into the realms of the esoteric and erotic.

And with Goddess of Love Tarot: A Book and Deck for Embodying the Erotic Divine Feminine, Gabriela takes you on a trip through the divine and erotic waters of the tarot, as envisioned through the Goddess of Love. Collaged by artist Julia Popescu/ Snakes for Hair, this deck is an invitation to the sacred temple of your heart, where the Goddess resides. Each of the 22 Major Arcana cards are reimagined as Goddesses of Love from around the world, each card complete with a ritual, affirmation, and journal question to form a relationship with the specific Goddess. Each of the Minor Arcana cards also feature a journal question and affirmation, and the suites and court cards have all been revisioned to honor the Goddesses journey. This deck is for anyone looking to connect to the Goddess of Love within, and is a devotional tool to Her as much as it is a deck for divination around love, sex, relationships and the heart.

Gabriela has written for publications around the web including Vogue International, NYLON, Allure, i-D by Vice, Glamour, Dazed Beauty, The Hoodwitch, and more, and she also writes ritual guides for the Full and New Moon as well as the holidays of the Witch. On Patreon, she shares more deeply about her own magical practice, shares weekly tarot spreads, hosts a monthly Q+A, leads Sex Magick Discussion Circle and more.

By approaching glamour, sexuality and the occult from an innovative Aquarian lens, Gabriela offers a new perspective and a deeper sense of empowerment to readers.