is that it has lots of suggestions on what one can do as part of her green magic, 'stuff' you can do with plants, stones, essential oils etc.

It gave this book 2 stars because I did like some parts of the activities, as they are a decent structure to build on, but it’s fairly bare bones. Healing, harmony, and balance" are not at all "all key to the green witch’s practice and outlook on life". So I just won't; it's a horribly nonsensical and bastardized attempt at greening something akin to "Positive attraction", and it's bad. Throughout the whole book, amidst the spells and blessings and rituals, I felt that the author was missing the whole point of all the incredible items nature gifts us with: GOD.We have a responsibility not to do violence to it, just as we have a responsibility not to do violence in the present […] In the end we contribute neither to world peace nor to saving the planet by romanticizing the past.

Whether or not you believe in witchcraft, this fantastic book by alternative healer Arin Murphy-Hiscock will teach you about the healing magic of herbs, flowers, essential oils. What you are participating in may not be nostalgia, insomuch as you were never there to experience something to be nostalgic about later in the first place. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The icing on the cake is truly them saying that "This yearning [for the simpler time of the past] isn’t nostalgia, which is a longing for an airbrushed memory.We must ensure that our story about the past is not at odds with the evidence, precisely so that we do not end up harming the very people— the very planet— that we are so intent, in our well-meaning way, on trying to save. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). It’s filled with practical recipes for herbal blends and potions, the properties of essential oils, and lots of ideas for healing and relaxation.

This is definitely a book to own to refer to like a textbook or cookbook rather than a book to just sit down and read and learn something, so if you want to read this book and you don’t own it i would suggest taking notes to get anything out of it, otherwise it feels like a dry manual that you won’t remember anything from. learned a lot about all of the magick properties of plants, flowers, fruits, vegetables and everything else that has to do with nature! Author and herbalist Arin Murphy-Hiscock shows the way to healing through the natural magic of flowers, herbs, and essential oils. Taip pat kai pirma pavarčiau knygą užkliuvo, kodėl viskas parašyta moteriška gimine, bet atsivertęs kelis pirmus lapus radau atsakymą: vyrai taip pat vis dažniau užsiima šia praktika, o moteriška giminė pasirinkta dėl patogumo. It's filled with practical recipes for herbal blends and potions, the properties of essential oils, and lots of ideas for healing and relaxation.Because it's not the Greencraft I was taught; it legitimately sounds to me like they took your run of the mill Greencraft- a practice largely traditionally rooted in plants and herbalism (both medical and magical), and maybe a bit of local ecology if you wanted to get frisky. Contrario a lo que muchos pueden pensar, no, no ofrece soluciones o "hechizos" para atraer el ser amado o el dinero, pero sí habla sobre cómo la energía de ciertas plantas ayud a alcanzar un estado mental de claridad para lograr todo eso.