Green Witchcraft: A Practical Guide to Discovering the Magic of Plants, Herbs, Crystals, and Beyond

Definitely will be returning this book. Save yourself the trouble and don't bother with this one. I'm only on page 35 and I don't even know if I'll finish it before returning it. I don't normally write reviews, but I've found several inaccuracies or just poorly written language that needs to be addressed and beware to other potential buyers.This is very much an introductory book to Wicca and witchcraft in general - more so than I expected from the cover or description, although I should have learned my lesson by now as a lot of these "cutesy" witchcraft books on Amazon are just more of the same introductory drivel with different covers. Point being, if you are 100% totally new to Wicca or witchcraft then sure, you may find some use out of this book. But do your research and read from multiple sources and do your own homework. I don't recommend relying on this book solely as a way to learn anything substantial about Wicca or witchcraft. Some of the recipes and crystal and plant info further in the book are good for reference but honestly the first half of this book is pretty disappointing so far. Just bear that in mind. Literally, just skip the first half and go straight to page 50 if you want to use this as a reference book for plants herbs and crystals. That's about it.In addition, I take issue with the author's passage about "full moon on the beach" on page 29. No where does she write anything like, "if you happen to live near the beach or another body of water, here's something you can try..." Or, "if you happen to live in Oklahoma or (insert land-locked state, province, country here) and are hours or days away from a beach, here are some alternatives." Some kind of acknowledgement - not all your readers have this option! Also, the idiotic comment at the end of this section for collecting moon water at the beach that "you can drink your bottle of moon water or add it to a magical bath when you get home." Ummmm, ok, last I checked but given the state of the country's (US) water sources, no one should be drinking beach (salt!) water!! And unless you happen to know for a fact that your source of freshwater is safe to drink, I would not recommend that either unless you happen to have access to pure spring water?? And I wouldn't be adding water from the beach or elsewhere (again, only if I knew it was absolutely pure!) to a bath either. Anyway, the overall lack of awareness and sensitivity there is pretty mind-boggling and I can't believe the editor or publisher didn't find anything amiss with this and allowed that to be printed.Also, going back to doing your own research - she's wrong about the Sabbats on page 35. Imbolc is not "to mark the start of spring" in the literal sense, i.e., Imbolc is not the actual first day of spring if that's what she meant.Depending on where you live, yes, you may start to see the stirrings or very early beginnings of spring on or around Feb 1st, but the first actual day of spring is on the spring equinox, Ostara. Imbolc is a cross-quarter holy day marking the midpoint between the winter solstice (Yule) and the spring equinox (Ostara), which she failed to mention. She didn't explain the days as quarter and cross-quarter days at all, which I don't understand why not.If you're still reading this, thanks for checking out this review and hope it helps inform your decision.

Great for potions with herbs and the likes. Some beautiful illustrations inside. Very clear and concise instruction. It did arrive a little beat up in one corner, but as it came in a box full of other items, I'm not prepared to make an issue of it. Would recommend.

Very basic book... I skipped 3/4th of the book as it is very basic stuff... A lot of gibberish too.... Not worth it

Arrived on time, perfect condition, lovely feel to the book, thank you!

Good purchase. Good witchcraft book for beginner witches. Has lots of great information on spells herbs flowers etc.Definitely would by again, or for a friend.