The dexterity and synthesis of literary devises employed in the telling of Mantra'matic, demonstrate Raina's cunning and imaginative craft of language and its form. Adapting the braided narrative to weave together strings of flashbacks and mantras, the book's unique format is highlighted again and again with inventive uses of redactions, anaphora, formal and free verse poetry, prose, and narration—as well as ample doses of honesty and vulnerability.