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The Green Witch

Arin Murphy-Hiscock's The Green Witch is the modern standard introduction to natural witchcraft: the path of the herbalist and healer, worked with plants, stones, sun and season rather than ceremony. Part one defines the craft, from the history of green witchcraft to the personal energy centers, the tools of use, the making of home and garden into sacred space, and the practice of attuning to nature through grounding, the four elements and the senses. A chapter on the seasons carries the solstices and equinoxes into meditation and ritual. Part two is the working section. Chapters on living closely with the earth cover trees, flowers, herbs and stones and their energies; the garden chapter moves from design to natural care and houseplants; the crafting chapter gives instructions for herbal incense, spell bags, dream pillows, brooms, balms and perfumes; the healing chapter brews teas, oils, baths and elixirs; and the kitchen chapter turns fruit, flowers, vinegars and grains to magical use. An appendix of magical associations closes the volume. Warm, practical and unpretentious, it is the book that named a genre.

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