Herbs, candles and the moon
The practical magic of hearth and hedgerow: the Moon and the Wheel of the Year, candles, knots, charm bags and household protection, herbs and their planets, incense, oils and washes, the poison garden, and mushrooms and fungi.
12 lessons · about 3 hours of reading · 2 free
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Cunning folk, witch bottles and the two laws of sympathetic magic.
Phases, timing and the rhythm of a lunar practice.
Colours, dressing, carving and a complete working.
Twelve traditional plants, their lore and how to use them safely.
Eight seasonal festivals — their history, themes and simple observances.
Three classic forms of folk spellcraft, and how to use them well.
Hagstones, witch balls, bottles and boundaries — traditional household protection.
How herbalists read the planets and God's "signatures" in plants, from the Anglo-Saxon Nine Herbs Charm to Culpeper's astrological herbal.
Practical, safe ways to work with herbs in magic, from planetary incense blends to infused oils — plus how to gather ethically and legally.
Mandrake, belladonna, henbane and hemlock — the "witches' plants" of legend, the flying-ointment controversy, and why respect means keeping your distance.
Fairy rings, toadstools, witches' butter and foxfire — the folklore of fungi, the question of "magic mushrooms", and the safety rules every student must know.
Making simple ritual oils from herbs, flowers and resins, how to anoint with them, and how to keep them safely.
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