Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch: An Essential Guide to Witchcraft
A personal and all encompassing guide to what it is to be a Witch, how to live and work within the Craft. This book is essentially a Book of Shadows, a Kitchen Witch’s Grimoire. It covers what it means to be a Witch, how a Witch works, what a Witch does and how a Witch celebrates the turning of...
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A personal and all encompassing guide to what it is to be a Witch, how to live and work within the Craft.
This book is essentially a Book of Shadows, a Kitchen Witch’s Grimoire. It covers what it means to be a Witch, how a Witch works, what a Witch does and how a Witch celebrates the turning of the seasons. It is packed full of information about all sorts of subjects from a breakdown of rituals and magical tools to reading auras and rites of passage, along with meditations, recipes for oils, incenses and spells and a huge amount of crafts to make for each Sabbat. The information herein does not follow any strict tradition; it is a personal interpretation of witchcraft melding together different experiences. Magic and the Craft are fluid and flexible, it is ever changing and we are ever learning.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781780999586 (1780999585)
Publish date: 2013-06-16
Publisher: Moon Books
Pages no: 285
Edition language: English
Janet Mawdsley's review of Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch is published on her blog, you can read it in full there. http://www.bluewolf-reviews.com/index.php/books/new-age/item/481-grimoire-of-a-kitchen-witch
This is from the opening to Rachel Patterson's Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch. I think the bit of a book where the author lays out their intentions is always a helpful thing to look over. I tend to know from an intro whether the book is going to suit me or not, and I very much enjoyed this one, precise...
This book was my first introduction to Rachel Patterson's work. I self-identify as a Druid, but my interest in folklore includes an interest in folk magic, and Rachel speaks to that in ways I really appreciate. This is magic for people who need to work with what's to hand, and who want magic as part...