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Wild Witchcraft: Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies by Rebecca Beyer
Learn how to cultivate your own magical garden, begin your journey with folk herbalism, and awaken to your place in nature through practical skills from an experienced Appalachian forager and witch. Witchcraft is wild at heart, calling us into a relationship with the untamed world around us. Through the power of developing a relationship with plants, a witch—beginner or experienced—can practice their art more deeply and authentically by interacting with the beings that grow around us all. Bridging the gap between armchair witchcraft and the hedge witches of old, Wild Witchcraft empowers you to work directly with a wide variety of plants and trees safely and sustainably. With Wild Witchcraft , Rebecca Beyer draws from her years of experience as an Appalachian witch and forager to give you a practical guide to herbalism and natural magic that will share: -The history of witchcraft and Western herbalism -How to create and maintain your own herbal garden -Recipes for tinctures, teas, salves, and other potions to use in rites and rituals -Spells, remedies, and rituals created with the wild green world around you, covering a range of topics, from self-healing to love to celebrating the turning of the seasons -And much more! Wild Witchcraft welcomes us home to the natural world we all dwell in by exploring practical folk herbal and magical rites grounded in historical practices and a sustainable, green ethic. Read more
First thing I did notice was quite a few typos and grammar flaws but that is not anything that can't be over looked. The introduction is quite lengthy but it also dips into the history of herbalism and of witchcraft. Even providing time lines. The why and how to grow your own herbs. Helping to identify your zone, best soil, soil makeup, and compost (gives you directions on how to build your own compost). Then it gets into easy to grow medical and magickal herbs. Each herb lists its grow info, zone, needs, parts used, folklore and magical use (will sometimes provide simple tiny spells), also food and medicine use. This section is then followed by the poison garden; now this, I find fascinating and it does give you fair warning about the use of these plants. Be cautious, I mean it is called the poison garden after all. It will give you a brief history on each herb, it's effects, and performed growing methods. Next is foraging; this starts with the basics of safety, when, where, and how. Also equipment and tools to use. Then we move onto common forageable herbs, regions where they are found, habitats, identification, parts used, and as before with growing herbs it has folklore and magick, and food and medicine uses. Finally finishing off the book with remedies, spells, rituals, and the wheel of the year. With a few very beautiful and colorful illustrated images of a some of the herbs. Of course as with any book, you will also get acknowledgements, notes, and an index. Wild Witchcraft is quite a bit of a heavy wordy book but nonetheless it is absolutely packed with great, useful information that I find both intriguing and very helpful. I hope that this review helps those that may be interested in this book.
Publisher -> S&S/Simon Element (May 10, 2022) Language -> English Hardcover -> 240 pages ISBN-10 -> 1982185627 ISBN-13 -> 978-1982185626 Item Weight -> 14.5 ounces Dimensions -> 6 x 1 x 9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #6,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Herb Gardening #13 in Herbal Remedies (Books) #16 in Gardening & Horticulture Techniques (Books)
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