How A "Soul Tattoo" Changed My Life

In a small, white-walled corner of a Brooklyn loft space, Ashley Glynn is burning sage around her healing crystals, tarot cards, and a bag filled with ink, needles, and latex gloves. I'm here because — like any normal, self-respecting person in the thick of an early-30s life crisis — I'm about to get a “soul tattoo." During this ritual, Ashley, also an illustrator and photographer, reads my tarot cards, drops some spiritual knowledge, and together we determine a tattoo design that...