marginalized by their communities"; mountains of historical evidence tells us that not only were these people, in most cases, decently regarded within their communities for their provision of integral services-- but also that their knowledge and skills were not viewed as "Witchcraft" in nearly all cases. Just as nature’s energy affects us, so too does our energy affect nature, and that effect isn’t always positive". First off, this doesn't entirely track, but secondly, it's not clear enough that this only applies to working green magic. Discover the power of natural magic and healing through herbs, flowers, and essential oils in this new guide to green witchcraft.

And there are no "Green Witch Ethics" (which, hilariously, they actually reaffirm later saying "there are no ethical or moral rules associated with the green witch path other than those that the practitioner already possesses"- despite giving a pretty clear set of ethics prior on; they need to make up their mind). I felt like one of the messages of the book was something similar to someone saying “Idk man just free ball it”.In fact, in terms of the spiritual side of things, it's made abundantly clear that there are no prerequisites to being a green witch other than to believe in the natural spiritual energy of the world around us: an abstract concept which most people believe anyway. Discover the power of natural magic and healing through herbs, flowers, and essential oils in this guide to green witchcraft. It's definitely not waxing philosophic about the planet, it's largely a recipe book for things like bath salts or herbal teas. Not finding things beautiful or fascinating for what they are and how they came to be that way, only concerned about what they can do for you.

I only wish the author would go more in-depth, and as a matter of fact, I'm starting to realise this is the thing with a lot of magick literature: there's much more 101-type info than anything else. All it does is make you both a fraud and a sham- and that's all anyone will continue being as long as they continue perpetuating shoddy pseudohistory. Also many sections would just repeat the same information over and over, and I had to check what page I was on to see if I was imagining things. This is the first in a series of books I'm reading as a way to further my occult and esoteric knowledge, which I will henceforth be referring to as 'Occult book of the month. This seems like it would be good beginner’s book but I honestly didn’t find any of it to be very helpful.

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. 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. For covens who prefer meeting outdoors, perhaps in a garden or a deep forest clearing, The Green Witch is a delightful guide to nature magic. However, I found it an exceptionally dry read for some reason, despite my interest in the subject matter.