A very practical book, I really enjoyed it. It's one of those books you can keep for references. I loved the views of the author about the connection with the environment and nature that surrounds it. I highly recommend this book for those interested in Green Witchcraft. I do have two small complaints to make:

The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Mag…

Further on, when talking about practices related to Greencraft I can ignore the exclusion of Cottagecraft and Hearthcraft (the final two members of the family of Domestic practices to which Greencraft arguably belongs). And I will heartily admit that they managed a definition of Kitchencraft that's close enough within an acceptable ballpark that I have no real complaints. But her definition of Hedgewitch is just as shoddy as her historicism (we'll get to that), and leaves far too much to be desired; at this point I have zero hope that any other area of this book will be better. It's early days, though there is allot to consider and from what I've read so far, the readings are beautiful and lots of information to take in. Because green witches practice their craft outside and in nature, it’s only natural to forge a connection with the Green Man and the Sidhe. The Green Man is the protector of the forest. He is ancient and can be found in nearly every forest all over the world. You’ve probably seen his face on plaques or motifs in gardens. Give natural offerings to the Green Man on your forest walks and have a healthy respect for the wildness of the Green Man and the forest itself. Your connection with the earth and the genius loci will make it easy for you to connect with fairies, also known as the Sidhe. Learn how to attract fairies to your garden here. 7. Green Magic 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.This seems like it would be good beginner’s book but I honestly didn’t find any of it to be very helpful. A lot of it was very repetitive and I honestly don’t much care for how it’s written. Other than some very minor amounts of information, there’s not much that this book really offers. Not only that but I think it was also disappointing and messed up with how Anti-Indigenous this book is. Moon water is water that has been exposed to the moonlight and charged with a Magical intention. You can use this recipe to prepare it under any lunar phase.

The Green Witch By Arin Murphy-Hiscock |The Works

While I felt highly cheated when I first bought the book I have since warmed up to it. Only about 15% of the book has anything to do with green witchcraft. However, for those who have a book on Wicca, such as a Scott Cunningham book, to pair this with, it gives a wonderful insight into Wicca and the way rituals are set up. This book is set up as a book of shadows with very few explanations.

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Grimoire journal Leather journal Blank spell book book of shadows Leather Gifts For Him sketchbook journal notebook Healing, harmony, and balance" are not at all "all key to the green witch’s practice and outlook on life". 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). Craft of the Wild Witch by Poppy Palin is an essential for the green witch. A green witch is indeed a wild witch, utilizing the energies of the forest, garden, and meadows. Talking to the trees and fairies. Seeing herbs as magical helpers. Herbal Books for the Green Witch 1. Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs So in essence, to sum: The author repeatedly proves themselves historically incompetent several times throughout the course of just this minuscule portion of the book alone (despite even mentioning the properly respectable historian Owen Davies, even. Though she did arguably misrepresent a conclusion of his research)-- as well as proving themselves simply uneducated about basic facets of Neopagan practice that have frankly been standardized long enough there's no excuse for being so far off the mark. And with the leaps and bounds we've made in our historical knowledge, there's doubly no excuse for how bad this book is.