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S'està carregant… The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs: Your Complete Guide to the Hidden Powers of Herbsde Judy Ann Nock
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs is a great addition to one’s reference library. A large part of the book includes information on 100 herbs including a short history, their growing preferences, what remedies they are good for, and their magickal properties. It is a great introduction to the herbs allowing you to see which ones you would like to explore more via other books or courses. There are also a lot of spells and charms included. Some of the chapters include; Botanicals and Beauty, Aphrodisiacs and Attraction, Fate and Fortune, Omens and Oracles, Belladonna and Bane, Dragon’s Blood and Dreams, and Rites and Rituals. Nock also includes information on altars, magickal tools, smudging, and more. It would be a perfect book for someone just beginning to get into witchcraft and herbs. And for those who have been practicing with magickal herbs for awhile, they might find some new information to add to their Book of Shadows or grimoire. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"From creating potions to using dried herbs in rituals, herbal magic is a natural way to practice witchcraft. Herbs can be used in many different ways to help set the intention through every part of a witch's process. In The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs, learn everything you need to use the most powerful herbs and use them as an essential part of your practice. Including information on which herbs are best for what kinds of spells, how to use herbs in divination and rituals, and step-by-step guides to making herbal bundles, potions, and sprays, this guidebook has all the important facts to make your herbal witchcraft a success. Jam-packed with herbal ideas, this guide is perfect for both beginners and experienced witches looking to incorporate more herbs into their practice. Beautiful and functional, it is easy to navigate and offers a detailed guide to herbal magic!"-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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I may have missed it somewhere, but I'm usually pretty good at noticing this stuff, but I didn't see a piece that mentioned patch testing stuff you put on your skin. The author suggests that a good herbal is one with illustrations rather than photographs. But doesn't mention any modern herbals that I could see that were relatively scientific. She also used scientific names for some things, but insstead of saying that Lavundula officialis and augistifolia are also know as rather than variants (fairly interchangeable, with minor scent differences. She doesn't mention the big advice in buying herbs and essential oils; to buy herbs from somewhere that has expiry dates and looks like they refresh stock frequently and that essential oils should be different prices. Also she mentions foraging but doesn't talk about checking local regulations about it; not overcropping and not foraging unless you know what you're doing, this is the way people have poisoned themselves and their family. While she seems to have issues with regular "allopathic" medicine (and I have to admit that I'm a happily treated for cancer by it person) mentioning that you need to check with health professionals if you use herbal treatments on top of prescribed or OTC medications as interactions can range from annoying to deadly.
There's also an annoying "Greater Celtic Supernation" attitude to gods and goddesses and practices and shortly after when mentioning Henna discusses how you have to have respect for a culture and not cultularly appropriaate it. The blindness to the cultural appropriation of Irish, Scottish, Welsh etc culture is such a peculiar American trait. There's also uncritical use of American herbs into seasonal celebrations tthat originate elsewhere.
It's not a bad book and has some interesting ideas but I would have it as a secondary book and definitely not rely on it as a primary text. As someone living in Ireland some of the herbs could be hard to obtain as they are primarily American and I believe that some can be hard to access, or quite expensive when they could be substituted for more available herbs. ( )