Monthly Spiritual Book Review, Tattoos & the Scars That Made Us

This month’s spiritual book review turns into a cozy, chaotic, and deeply personal conversation about the books that helped us survive the month, the stories behind our tattoos, and the scars that made us who we are.Emily and Krista talk Dungeon Crawler Carl, Gilgamesh, Between Two Rivers, Witch Hat Atelier, healing through fiction, anti-capitalist book themes, Emily’s book going to print, and the weirdly sacred way stories stay with us. Then the episode shifts into tattoos, grief, spiritual symbolism, brain surgery scars, childhood injuries, barbed wire cow scars, and the memories our bodies carry.What books helped you this month? And do you have a tattoo or scar with a story behind it?Go make some magic.CHAPTERS:00:00 Hook00:23 Welcome to the midweek mini episode01:15 Why the podcast feels like a fixed point02:15 Monthly book review begins02:41 Gilgamesh, Between Two Rivers & book research03:44 Astrology enemies-to-lovers energy04:17 Emily’s comfort reads for a stressful month06:09 Dungeon Crawler Carl deserves the hype07:17 Donut singing makes everything okay07:53 Anti-capitalism, government critique & AI themes08:41 Emily’s book goes to print10:42 Where to preorder La Custa12:49 Getting to be professionally weird13:09 Witch Hat Atelier & healing stories14:28 Tattoos and scars question begins15:24 Emily’s first tattoo and grief story16:16 The Chronicles of Narnia tattoo17:14 Hellenic polytheism, Apollo & knowing thyself18:18 The accidental Gemini tattoo split19:26 Song lyrics, moon tattoos & spiritual symbols20:46 Japan, bunnies, butterflies & Mistborn21:45 Krista’s sak yant tattoo22:20 Brain surgery scars and being sewn back together22:40 The childhood stocking nail scar24:02 Razor scars and car accident scars24:59 Barbed wire cow scar25:27 Mystery timeline scar25:57 Belly button surgery fears26:36 Top surgery scars and nose scar27:26 Do you have more scars than us?28:14 Closing thoughts28:42 Go make some magicBOOKS & SERIES MENTIONED:Dungeon Crawler CarlGilgamesh by Emily WilsonBetween Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-RashidWitch Hat AtelierLa Custa by Emily DexterThe Chronicles of NarniaMistbornJoin our new LIVE show, The Alchemist's Inkspill, every Friday at 1pm EST/10am PST here on ⁠YouTube⁠ (and ⁠Instagram⁠ Live)!Connect with us across the internet + IRL! 🌈Follow Emily: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/likerofwords⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/likerofwords⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LikerOfWordsBluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/likerofwords.bsky.social⁠Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.emilydexterpsychic.com/⁠⁠Follow KristaLyn: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/kristalynsofia⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/kristalynsofia/⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@KristaLynSofia ⁠Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/kristalynsofia.bsky.social ⁠Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.kristalynsofia.com/⁠⁠#SpiritualPodcast #BookReview #DungeonCrawlerCarl #WitchHatAtelier #Tattoos #ScarStories #Spirituality #AlchemistInkwell