About Diana Rajchel
Diana Rajchel (she/her) has a degree in mass communications from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a lifetime of experiences ranging from the strange to the stultifying. Many of those life extremes appear in her written work.
She entered the realm of professional journalism by submitting editorials to the local newspapers in her region. Most with a liberal bent got published. At the time, she focused her efforts on such topics as the environment, voter mobilization, and universal healthcare; those old editorials appear centrist by today’s standards. Her interests have shifted from the political to those of the more organic and spiritual healing. She has focused on pragmatic approaches to healing the spirit and creating order in life through witchcraft.
In 1999, Diana submitted a piece to Llewellyn Annuals about getting over your fear of starting a magical practice - and has continued to submit to the various publications and incarnations over the last two decades. In 2014 she published her first book, Divorcing a Real Witch, to construct a missing resource in the neopagan community. A year later, the Mabon and Samhain installments of the bestselling Llewellyn Sabbat Essentials series were released. In March of 2020, Llewellyn published Urban Magick: a Guide for the City Witch, which culminated her time working magic with the energy found mainly in urban environments. Her latest book, Hex Twisting: Counter Magick Spells for the Irritated Witch, is due for release in the fall of 2021.
Diana resides in both San Francisco, California, and Kalamazoo, Michigan. In San Francisco, she co-runs Golden Apple Metaphysical, a spiritual supplier startup with dear friend and business partner Nikki Jobin (she/her). In Kalamazoo, she lives with her partner Synty (they/them), their dog, and two to four of their children on any given day. She and Synty run a spiritual services agency, Sun and Earth metaphysical solutions, to assist people in overcoming spiritual obstacles.
Diana has also worked in radio, ran two volunteer organizations, worked for an International Student Office in 2001, and ran a plus-size fashion blog called Fat Chic, a much-used resource for people who preferred not to run naked in the streets because of industrial and cultural bias about their size. She is passionate about all topics of the occult, with areas of expertise that focus on American and European folk magick, the tarot, and western herbalism.
Diana is represented by the Red Sofa Literary Agency.