Wild Witchcraft
Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies
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Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Folk herbalist Beyer offers a Wiccan approach to helping readers "feel at home in nature once more" in her spellbinding debut. With an emphasis on "intimacy, deep knowledge, and sustainability," the author suggests that witchcraft can foster connection with one's environment, and to that end she outlines how to grow regionally appropriate plants for rituals and home remedies. Beyer covers how to set up a home garden and highlights some easy-to-grow magical herbs—fennel, for example, helps with digestion and has been used in Italian folklore to ward off evil spirits. For those who would rather forage, the author recommends common herbs and details their folk medicinal and magical applications, such as goldenrod, which some Native American traditions used to treat for bladder issues. Beyer also gives instructions for dozens of magical activities, including charms for love and protection, remedies to ease soreness and treat UTI infections, and spells to boost fertility and spiritually cleanse one's home. Deep background on herbal uses throughout history and across Appalachian, Native American, Anglo-Saxon, and West African folk medicine traditions sets this volume apart, particularly the illuminating opening section on the history of witchcraft and folk healing. Beyer's accessible guide bewitches and enlightens.
