From
the Publisher: "Over
100 Recipes, Spells & Crafts to Connect with Seasonal Energies
Plants, wildlife, the environment, and even weather
phenomena are sacred to the hedgewitch. This beautiful book follows the sun
around its seasonal year, providing more than a hundred recipes, spells,
potions, and crafts to help you reconnect with natural and elemental energies.
You'll enjoy recipes for jams, jellies, chutneys, and syrups as well as spells,
Esbat rituals, and correspondences for each of the seasons. Tudorbeth shares
enchantments for safe travels, luck, preventing floods, increased passion, and
many other purposes. From winter spice marmalade to Mabon apple garland, this
hands-on book helps strengthen your magic as you travel through the Wheel of
the Year."
My Review: The Hedgewitch’s
Little Book of Seasonal Magic is the 2nd in a series of books about
hedgewitchery by author Tudorbeth. This little book is packed with information
and is easy to read. Tudorbeth starts with some basic information about who a
hedgewitch is and how she practices. She goes over supplies a hedgewitch would
have in her cabinet as well as ingredients and herbs. Next, she gives a breakdown of Sabbats and
Esbats, before we get into the four sections breaking up the seasons, starting
with Spring. In each seasonal section
the author includes recipes for using the bounty of each season, including jams
and jellies, teas, syrups, etc. She then discusses crafts to make each season,
followed by spells, elementals, rituals and correspondences.
I love this book because the recipes and crafts are
unique. I love that she uses seasonal plants in her tonics and recipes. She
gives a list of seasonal foods and herbs at the beginning of every section, and
she incorporates those into her food and drink, crafts and medicine. At the
start of the summer season, she gives info on edible flowers. I love the taste
of flowers. Violets are my favorite, but I also love rose, hibiscus, lavender and
jasmine. I love foods and drinks that combine a fruit with a flower or herb. It’s
such an interesting flavor profile when you have blackberry hibiscus or even
blackberry basil.
The craft projects included are actual crafts or activities
I would be into and want to keep. It seems like a lot of books suggest crafts
that are papery or chintzy or something that I would make in grade school. I love
that she gives instructions for making bath products, pressing flowers, making
altar pieces, wands and mobiles. These are things I would treasure and use
regularly or at least bring out for every Sabbat – rather than paper crafts
that would get thrown away after a single use.
Overall, this book ties everyday activities and special
activities into the changing seasons in a way that for me is special because I
love working with herbs. I think that her spells and rituals are very
meaningful and would help the reader connect with the seasons in a natural way.
I look forward to reading more books by Tudorbeth as well as trying out many
more of the recipes include in this book.
*I received The Hedgewitch’s Little Book of
Seasonal Magic from the publisher, via Netgalley, in exchange for my honest
review.
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