Channeling Creativity: Using Spirit Boards for Artistic & Intuitive Expression
Channeling Creativity as Sacred Dialogue
Creative blocks are more than frustrating pauses — they’re often spiritual signals. A block may be calling you to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with something more intuitive than intellect alone. At La Lumière Verte, we honor these creative pauses as invitations — not obstacles — and see them as doorways to new inspiration when approached with ritual and intention.
Spirit boards, often misunderstood as tools only for the departed, can in truth serve as sacred instruments for communing with your own inner guidance and creative currents. When used with care and reverence, they can help clear the static that keeps your ideas stuck and instead tune you into a wellspring of symbolic wisdom. Whether you’re a visual artist, a poet, a performer, or someone seeking creative expression in daily life, spirit board work can become a deeply intuitive practice for unblocking, inspiring, and channeling your next creative wave.
Setting an Intention for Creative Flow
Before you even touch the planchette, begin by grounding your creative session with a clear and sacred intention. Spirit boards respond best when approached with focus and purpose — and the same is true for creative practice. What are you seeking guidance on? Where do you feel stuck? What part of your artistic process feels ready to evolve?
Your intention doesn’t have to be grand or elaborate. It might be as simple as:
“I invite insight on what’s blocking my creative flow.”
“May I receive guidance on the next step in my writing project.”
“What themes are ready to emerge in my visual art?”
“I open to a new muse or source of inspiration.”
When you name your intention aloud or write it down in a journal, you create a container for the ritual to unfold. Light a candle, burn herbs if you like, and take a moment to call in clarity. This step helps shift your mindset from passive frustration into active, empowered creativity — and opens the channel for symbolic insight to come through the board.
Using the Spirit Board for Creative Prompts
Once your intention is set, begin your spirit board session with a relaxed and open mind. This is not about seeking rigid answers — it's about inviting symbols, words, and impressions that spark something deeper in your creative self.
You might start with prompts like:
“What message wants to come through for my next creative project?”
“What energy is present in the piece I’m working on?”
“What archetype or symbol could guide this story/painting/song?”
“Where can I find inspiration today?”
“What is the emotional heart of my current work?”
As the planchette moves — whether swiftly or with stillness — pay attention to what arises between the letters. It may be a shape it traces, a word fragment, or a sudden image or feeling. Trust your intuition. You’re not decoding hard truths; you’re listening for creative whispers.
You can jot down letters or words and respond to them through:
Journaling: Write freely in response to the message
Sketching: Translate a word or symbol into color, shape, or composition
Brainstorming: Use messages as jumping-off points for new concepts, characters, or scenes
Allow this to be a dialogue, not a test. The board isn’t there to “tell you what to do” — it’s a mirror for your own inner guidance, your subconscious, your muse.
Combining Spirit Boards with Other Creative Rituals
Your spirit board doesn’t need to stand alone — in fact, it can become even more powerful when woven into a broader creative ritual. Think of it as one thread in a tapestry of intuitive practices that nourish your imagination. Your creative ritual can become even more potent when layered with other sensory or symbolic practices. Some artists find that putting on a specific playlist or moving their body through intuitive dance helps shift their state before a spirit board session. Others find clarity by following up the session with breathwork, automatic writing, or even a walk in nature.
You might begin with a few minutes of movement or breathwork, allowing the body to loosen and your creative channels to open. Or light a candle and play instrumental music that matches the tone you want to evoke — something dreamy, shadowy, or bright and expansive.
You might also choose to combine your spirit board with other divinatory tools — like pulling a tarot card after receiving a message, or casting runes and asking for a visual or material interpretation of the symbol. This cross-modality approach brings different facets of your intuition into conversation with each other, opening up layered dialogue between your tools, deepening the message.
Pairing your board with tarot or runes can bring layered insight:
Pull a tarot card to represent your creative challenge, then ask the board how to move through it.
Use a rune as a theme, then ask the board to elaborate with a message or image.
Other practices to combine might include:
Herbal infusions or aroma: Sip tea or burn a botanical incense aligned with your intention.
Crystals or talismans: Hold or place objects that feel tied to your artistic identity or project.
Sketchbooks, mood boards, or journals: Keep them nearby to immediately translate what arises.
The goal isn’t to create more “steps” or complexity — it’s to honor your creative process as sacred, intuitive, and worthy of ritual. Each element helps drop you more fully into the present moment and the liminal space where inspiration lives.
Experiment to find the rhythm that opens you best — your ritual might look like incense, sketchbook, spirit board, a candle lit to Venus, and a specific stone in your pocket. Whatever supports your creative spirit is sacred.
Conclusion: Keep the Channel Open
Creative energy isn’t a one-time spark — it’s a relationship. Just like with spirit communication, the more you show up, the clearer the channel becomes. A single session with your board may offer insight, but regular practice can unlock a deeper rhythm of inspiration and guidance.
Spirit boards aren’t just for answers — they’re for dialogue, vision, and connection. They remind us that the unseen, the intuitive, and the imaginal are vital parts of our creative process.
So the next time you feel stuck, uncertain, or curious about what wants to come through you — light a candle, center yourself, and open the board. Invite your muse, your guides, your inner artist. Ask a question and let the movement unfold.
And if you do try working with a spirit board as part of your creative ritual, I’d love to see how it supports your process. Tag @LaLumiereVerte in your ritual photos or journaling moments — your creativity is sacred, and sharing it helps inspire others on the path.
Claim your complimentary spirit board guides for mindful, empowered practice, and start exploring your spirit board with confidence. Inside, you’ll find step-by-step session setups, tips for interpreting movements and messages, and reflection prompts to deepen your connection.
