The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More

The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More

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  • Author:Arin Murphy-Hiscock
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Summary

Discover the power of natural magic and healing through herbs, flowers, and essential oils in this new guide to green witchcraft。

At her core, the green witch is a naturalist, an herbalist, a wise woman, and a healer。 She embraces the power of nature; she draws energy from the Earth and the Universe; she relies on natural objects like stones and gems to commune with the land she lives off of; she uses plants, flowers, oils, and herbs for healing; she calls on nature for guidance; and she respects every living being no matter how small。

In The Green Witch, you will learn the way of the green witch, from how to use herbs, plants, and flowers to make potions and oils for everyday healing as well as how crystals, gems, stones, and even twigs can help you find balance within。 You’ll discover how to find harmony in Earth’s great elements and connect your soul to every living creature。 This guide also contains directions for herbal blends and potions, ritual suggestions, recipes for sacred foods, and information on how to listen to and commune with nature。 Embrace the world of the green witch and discover what the power of nature has in store for you。

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Reviews

Kari

A beautiful book。 There is a lot of education and I'm valuing this book as a reference book。 My daughter bought this for me and I'm so happy she did。 This book is for those who want to educate themselves with what mother earth has to offer, the natural way。 I love it and will be referencing to it often。 A beautiful book。 There is a lot of education and I'm valuing this book as a reference book。 My daughter bought this for me and I'm so happy she did。 This book is for those who want to educate themselves with what mother earth has to offer, the natural way。 I love it and will be referencing to it often。 。。。more

Adi

it was alright but the author is problematic, be cautious

Marki

Woud've liked more theory and less recipes tbh Woud've liked more theory and less recipes tbh 。。。more

fridasinvida

i love this so much lo quiero en físico <333

Akiva

Picked it up for free and spent a couple hours paging through it。All the things that bore me about "witchcraft" books are nicely contained herein:- wiccan-influenced without understanding just how much so it is。 "In general, witchcraft acknowledges a god and a goddess (sometimes solely a goddess)" p。 14; oh, *does* it now?- vague claims of continuing a tradition multiple hundreds of years old; no exploration of how it continues from european witch/pagan traditions of the last 150 years。 (Or a va Picked it up for free and spent a couple hours paging through it。All the things that bore me about "witchcraft" books are nicely contained herein:- wiccan-influenced without understanding just how much so it is。 "In general, witchcraft acknowledges a god and a goddess (sometimes solely a goddess)" p。 14; oh, *does* it now?- vague claims of continuing a tradition multiple hundreds of years old; no exploration of how it continues from european witch/pagan traditions of the last 150 years。 (Or a vague claim that all those traditions actually come from it?? (p。 23)) Bonus points for invoking the image of "midwives, wisewomen, and healers who live on the edge of town" repeatedly。 Hey, an intriguing quote from actual medieval scholarship about how the main function of "cunning-folk" was removing curses/evil eye, and how that dried up as belief in curses/evil eye did! But no further information there, or acknowledgement that those cunning-folk wouldn't recognize anything about white north american green witchcraft including the name。- but really, where *does* the author get all this stuff about the green witch path? I get that the real history is much less important to witches than the mythical history (p。 21), but I care! I hate the false, insulating sense of timelessness and culturelessness it creates。 If it's her own creation or that of a community located in spacetime she should say so。- puts "earth" and "humanity" before "yourself" as the focuses of green witchcraft (p。 16), but then all the spells/crafts/rituals are about things you can do for yourself and maybe your friend circle and/or customers of your small business。 That's not much of a definition of other humans, much less the earth。- much too brief reference to "Pennsylvanian pow-wow" as a type of "spellcasters who performed folk magic particular to a region" (p。 19)。 I wish there was more info here, as it's hard to internet search: most of the references that aren't to horror fiction are back to this book。 Seems to be some kind of christian faith healing thing with a name appropriated from Native people to make it exotic and dangerous。- lists of plants and gems with uses/correspondences, but *zero* interest in botany or geology。 This is overwhelmingly common, and so self-centered! 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。- where do gemstones come from? IDK, the store?? Seems a little disconnected from the earth。 The quartzite, mica, and feldspar you can probably find in your backyard or park don't merit a mention。- exclusive focus on harmony, abundance, and other positive emotions/states of being。 (p。 31) Where does justice enter this picture? Productive conflict? Economic scarcity? Other people's needs and feelings? 。。。more

Maya Ma

In my opinion, this was a really great book。 It really gave me a deeper understanding of Green Witch and the magic of nature。 I learned a lot about ways I can improve my spirit。 I also learned a lot of new information about herbs and such。 I'll definitely be trying out some recipies。 In my opinion, this was a really great book。 It really gave me a deeper understanding of Green Witch and the magic of nature。 I learned a lot about ways I can improve my spirit。 I also learned a lot of new information about herbs and such。 I'll definitely be trying out some recipies。 。。。more

Grace

This book had alot of very useful information, unfortunately for me I knew all of it。 So it was abit hard to get through, but I still proceeded as I didn't want to skip over anything I might not already know。 I did really enjoy the bath rituals and soaks towards the back of the book and the teas something I will definitely be trying out! I would recommend this to someone who doesn't know alot about green witchery/ herbs/ crystals / etc as I think this would be very useful and a great guide for s This book had alot of very useful information, unfortunately for me I knew all of it。 So it was abit hard to get through, but I still proceeded as I didn't want to skip over anything I might not already know。 I did really enjoy the bath rituals and soaks towards the back of the book and the teas something I will definitely be trying out! I would recommend this to someone who doesn't know alot about green witchery/ herbs/ crystals / etc as I think this would be very useful and a great guide for someone just starting to obtain information。 。。。more

Hummingbird

There's so much nonsense that I legitimately don't know what to say or where to start, so I'll start as short and simply as I possibly can: This book is shit。 A masterpiece of standard Neopagan nonsense; severely disappointing, as this book comes so well recommended。Let's start with something simple regarding the actual content, then。。。 Not in 20 years of practice have I ever once heard that we "use the phrase 'living the path' instead of simply saying 'practicing green witchcraft'"。 If they mad There's so much nonsense that I legitimately don't know what to say or where to start, so I'll start as short and simply as I possibly can: This book is shit。 A masterpiece of standard Neopagan nonsense; severely disappointing, as this book comes so well recommended。Let's start with something simple regarding the actual content, then。。。 Not in 20 years of practice have I ever once heard that we "use the phrase 'living the path' instead of simply saying 'practicing green witchcraft'"。 If they made it up for their own practice, and the author themself wants to say that? Fine with me。 Good on them。。。 But literally no one says that。 They just don't。 That's not a "Green Witch" thing。"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)。I don't even know where to begin tackling nonsense like "the modern green witch understands that humanity impacts the natural world, not only through how individuals treat it, but also via the energy created by their feelings and beliefs。 Just as nature’s energy affects us, so too does our energy affect nature, and that effect isn’t always positive"。 So I just won't; it's a horribly nonsensical and bastardized attempt at greening something akin to "Positive attraction", and it's bad。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。All of this emphasis on "being an individual" and "forging your own path", and yet there sure are a lot of "Greencraft is [this]" statements going on here still。。。 And honestly, after practicing for 20 years, I'm desperately curious where the author got all of this "Greencraft is" stuff。 Because it's not the Greencraft I was taught; it legitimately sounds to me like they took your run of the mill Greencraft- a practice largely traditionally rooted in plants and herbalism (both medical and magical), and maybe a bit of local ecology if you wanted to get frisky。。。 Made it about global ecology。。。 Threw in some more generic Neopagan shit。。。。 Dialed up the "earth worshiping Pagan" stereotype。。。 And then just went ham with it without actually consulting anyone who practiced Greencraft。 It's grating to the last drop。 But the history is really where the author just completely fails in every single regard。I'm docking additional points for the perpetuation of the myth that Cunningfolk and Wise Healers of similar veins were "feared or mistrusted [。。。 and 。。。] 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。 To the point, even, that Cunningfolk were widely spared during the over-sensationalized events of "the burning times" which Neopagans like to harp killed so many of our precious mythic Wisewomen。 Further points are docked for routinely calling folk superstitions and rituals in general "Witchcraft" on numerous occasions, when they were never considered such except in rare and very specific circumstances; something including various amounts of superstition and folk ritual does not Witchcraft inherently make no matter how high your desire to twist the truth and misrepresent the past。 Even more are further docked for the unnecessary attempt at making distinctions between Folk Magic practitioners and such aforementioned Cunningfolk (etc); no distinctions were ever really made in many cases, even among laypeople, during the time frame the author's talking about。。。 Or which I assume they're talking, anyways, since they never actually bother specifying what point of "history" they're supposedly drawing from for any of their "facts" here。The loveliest bit of irony, though, I think, is the specific mention of how Pow Wow (properly called Braucherei) "healers were also spellcasters who performed folk magic particular to the region"。。。 Considering Braucherei is, thoroughly and without question, a Christian folk tradition。 Doubly especially since the emphasis is specifically on God and Scripture as the mediums through which the healing is enacted- not the power of a practitioner- and it's largely not considered "Witchcraft" by said practitioners。It's far more complicated than let on- and certainly eons away from being "Pagan" by any means。 These are all facts the author'd know if they actually did even the smallest cursory research into legitimate Braucherei practices before throwing them out as an example like so many Neopagan authors seem to like doing。。。 In fact, if we're being completely honestly, it's high passed time for Neopagan authors to stop using Christian Folk Practices as their examples altogether。 Especially when the vast majority of traditional Folk Magic practices are Christian, and so many authors do so in a way that attempts to unrightfully claim them as "Pagan"。The icing on the cake is truly them saying that "This yearning [for the simpler time of the past] isn’t nostalgia, which is a longing for an airbrushed memory。 It is a genuine subconscious draw to knowledge that has been obscured by innovation, progress, and improvement"; when you blatantly rewrite the truth of history (as best we understand it) at your whim so as to suit false historical narratives and push an undeserved complex of superiority and non-existent persecution。。。 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。。。 But I promise that what you're doing is certainly far, far worse。In the words of Prof。 Iain Provan, who said it far better than I ever could in Convenient Myths: The ‘Axial Age’, Dark Green Religion, and the World That Never Was: “We have a responsibility to tell the truth about the past, so far as we are able to do so。 We have a responsibility not to do violence to it, just as we have a responsibility not to do violence in the present […] In the end we contribute neither to world peace nor to saving the planet by romanticizing the past。 We must ensure that our story about the past is not at odds with the evidence, precisely so that we do not end up harming the very people— the very planet— that we are so intent, in our well-meaning way, on trying to save。” Continuously misrepresenting and misdefining a history consisting of predominantly Christian historical folk traditions (especially ones widely accepted, no less) in order to push the narrative of "the poor ostracized Pagan good witch and herbalist who kept to the old religion" of Neopagan pseudohistory does nothing positive。 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。 Neopagan authors would do far better to remember this in the future instead of continuing to perpetuate bad historical myths that've been well debunked by now。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。I gave up entirely once I got to the Oath and Prayer "of the Green Witch"。。。。 At this point I can't take the book seriously enough to continue reading it; there may be some interesting things in here that could maybe get your gears turning in formulating your own practice。 Maybe。。。 But the amount of typical Neopagan bullshit you have to wade through first in order to get there removes its worth in my eyes and experience。 And I have little faith that, once you get there (if you could), it won't be the same appropriation filled eclectic nonsense as every other Neopagan book on the market。Truly yet another disappointing Neopagan work。 And after finding out the author is a member of Black Forest Clan, no less- a Neo-Wicca sect founded by none other than the Queen of nonsense herself (Sliver Ravenwolf)。。。 I'm not even remotely surprised by how bad this book is。 I wish I could be。 But with that kind of tutelage it's really just to be expected。 。。。more

Nicole

During the past year I feel like I've lost my center, my sense of self, and I became re-interested in the witchy arts。 I know very little about it overall, so this book was a good introduction and primer to the practice of meditating on earth and natural energy, and on correspondences and crafts for some basic herbs。 However, what most interests me is the basis for all of this。 I want to understand the ancestral and indigenous history and basis for these practices, and for that I'm continuing my During the past year I feel like I've lost my center, my sense of self, and I became re-interested in the witchy arts。 I know very little about it overall, so this book was a good introduction and primer to the practice of meditating on earth and natural energy, and on correspondences and crafts for some basic herbs。 However, what most interests me is the basis for all of this。 I want to understand the ancestral and indigenous history and basis for these practices, and for that I'm continuing my research journey。 I did enjoy this book as a nice, easy introduction。 。。。more

Zoe Niverson

Lots of good information, but very intuitive instead of instructive。

Kim

"Historically a green witch lived apart, using the energies of plants and trees around her to heal others。 Those who needed her services traveled to see her。 These days, a green witch is more likely to be living in the middle of a city or in the suburbs。 She could work in any variety of fields, such as business, medicine, or teaching, or might be a full time mom。"Arin Murphy-Hiscock has provided a wonderful teaching tool for those delving for the first time into Green Witchery。 I like the fact "Historically a green witch lived apart, using the energies of plants and trees around her to heal others。 Those who needed her services traveled to see her。 These days, a green witch is more likely to be living in the middle of a city or in the suburbs。 She could work in any variety of fields, such as business, medicine, or teaching, or might be a full time mom。"Arin Murphy-Hiscock has provided a wonderful teaching tool for those delving for the first time into Green Witchery。 I like the fact that the way she teaches things is more about the learner rather than set in stone。 What I mean is that not everything has to be done in a set way。 It is left up to interpretation。 For someone who is exploring different spiritual aspects I like the way Murphy-Hiscock outlines them。 I truly enjoy the way this book is laid out。 It teaches a lot about conservation。 Rather that is willingly or unknowingly I think it is a powerful teaching tool。 From understanding how to compost both in an urban and rural setting。 It gives you information on how to gather different herbs and flowers and what you can use them for。 The Green Witch encourages looking into both native and nonnative plants in your area。 Again, I can't express how great a teaching tool this is。In my eyes it's more about the conservation side of things more than the Pagan/ wiccan/witchcraft side of things。 If you're into nature and conservation I highly recommend this read。 It is full of basic information that can be used just about anywhere。 I have given this a four/ five star read。 It would have been beneficial to have pictures of the different herbs and plants inside。 Overall it was fantastic! 。。。more

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3,5

Lindsey Baird-Waugh

A good book to read if your a beginner。 Or someone who wants to understand what they believe or how they makes certain things。 Lots of great recipes for soups。 Lol。 Well written。 Informative。 Over all a very easy and quick read。

The Magician ☀️

Excellent guide for beginners in Herbalism/Green Magick!

Jennifer

This wasn’t really what I expected, nor what I was looking for as an introduction。 I will keep searching。

Laura

This was a really interest book to read。 It's a great introduction guide for the green world and some of the rituals。A lot of it I was already familiar with it - mostly because Brazil is a country that follow with superstition so much - although I never followed any recipes growing up。 Just used the elements and worked with them。I've read this book both of research and for my own wish to experiment more with natural elements。I will confess there were some things I side glanced at first reading, This was a really interest book to read。 It's a great introduction guide for the green world and some of the rituals。A lot of it I was already familiar with it - mostly because Brazil is a country that follow with superstition so much - although I never followed any recipes growing up。 Just used the elements and worked with them。I've read this book both of research and for my own wish to experiment more with natural elements。I will confess there were some things I side glanced at first reading, but I will try to keep an open mind to maybe try them。 I only wish there was more information about each element, and even with more recipes。 However I understand this is a guide and I have to keep digging for my research。 。。。more

Bex Preston

Incredibly informative, I would definitely recommend this book for beginner witches as it covers a lot of topics which I believe are incredibly important to learn when starting out。 Overall, a great starting point for your research。However, I would definitely say that I’m not keen on how the author suggests that witches can only be women。 I’m not a woman and I’m still a witch。

Rebekah Anthony

It's a lot of intuitive information with rituals and recipes。 I like that there is a index in the back with information about the association of herbs bc sometimes people won't have what a book asks for exactly。 It's a lot of intuitive information with rituals and recipes。 I like that there is a index in the back with information about the association of herbs bc sometimes people won't have what a book asks for exactly。 。。。more

Lola

Just witches brewing tea and sniffing trees。 Cool。

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Alex

It is particularly hard to find books that arnt Wiccan。 This book isnt wiccan, it's a tradition and more a solidarity practitioners book。 In my eyes it's more of a 3。7 but I put a 4 star review。 If you arnt wanting to read a Wiccan book, that will have Wiccan views。 Now to why I'd say it's lower than a 5 star。 The book only has small written parts on each plant。 There isnt much information on each plant it is just small segments。 And, for a beginner this would be a good book, as it gives a goo It is particularly hard to find books that arnt Wiccan。 This book isnt wiccan, it's a tradition and more a solidarity practitioners book。 In my eyes it's more of a 3。7 but I put a 4 star review。 If you arnt wanting to read a Wiccan book, that will have Wiccan views。 Now to why I'd say it's lower than a 5 star。 The book only has small written parts on each plant。 There isnt much information on each plant it is just small segments。 And, for a beginner this would be a good book, as it gives a good introduction to herbal properties。 But, not alot of depth to the reading material。 So if you are a beginner who is just wanting a book to learn somethings, about herbal properties to just get a feel for it then, this would be a good book。 For a more experienced practitioner this would not be the best book and you have probably seen alot of this information but it is still a good resource。 。。。more

Blake Powell

Even if someone doesn’t believe in spiritual energies, this book contains some “how to’s” for making your own bath salts, soups, infusions, and more。 This is a fairly good introduction to natural spirituality。 For me personally, it is a good reference for a DnD character I want to make。

Hannah

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Michelle

Loved the added recipes within each chapter。 Can't wait to try some of them。 Loved the added recipes within each chapter。 Can't wait to try some of them。 。。。more

Aitziber Madinabeitia

Un 101, pero un buen 101s

Danielle Mamaril

☆☆☆☆Synopsis"The Green Witch" by Arin Murphy-Hiscock explores what it means to be a green witch。 It tells the journey and values of a green witch。 It will teach you how to work with herbs, flowers, and oils。 It also contains plenty of common green witchy ingredients and their correspondences。 The last third of the book compromises of instructions for spells。 The content is as follows: Part 1: Discovering the Green Witch PathChapter 1: What is Green WitchcraftChapter 2: Embrace Your Own PowerChap ☆☆☆☆Synopsis"The Green Witch" by Arin Murphy-Hiscock explores what it means to be a green witch。 It tells the journey and values of a green witch。 It will teach you how to work with herbs, flowers, and oils。 It also contains plenty of common green witchy ingredients and their correspondences。 The last third of the book compromises of instructions for spells。 The content is as follows: Part 1: Discovering the Green Witch PathChapter 1: What is Green WitchcraftChapter 2: Embrace Your Own PowerChapter 3: Attune Yourself to NatureChapter 4: Manifest the Power of the SeasonsPart 2: Walking the Green PathChapter 5: Live Closely with the EarthChapter 6: Keep a Green Witch GardenChapter 7: Create and Craft Green Witch MagicChapter 8: Become a Natural HealerChapter 9: Green Witch Kitchen RecipesAppendix: The Magical associations of Natural itemsReviewI finished a highly recommended book in the witchy community and I enjoyed it。 No wonder everyone recommends this book to me and their mother。 I learned that I am not a green witch, but there were plenty of other things that I resonated with。 I'm primarily interested in folk witchcraft and obviously there's a similarity to green witchcraft。 I definitely don't feel any strong connection to the earth。 Ive always felt a stronger connection with water, but there's plenty of things that I learned and will incorporate into my craft。 I love that "The Green Witch" romanticizes the mundane magick in life。 Something as simple as drinking tea in the morning is magickal。 I loved the inclusive language throughout the book。 She never said anything problematic。 There were a few times where I made a note of something, then in the next few pages she clarified what she meant。 Then I went ohh, never mind。 One thing, in the beginning, she explicitly stated that witches can be of any gender。 Throughout the book, she refers to witches as 'she' out of convenience, stated in the notes on pg。 8。 I don't understand why she chose 'she' when 'they' is a perfectly gender neutral pronoun。 This is incredibly nitpicky, but that's because the book was so good。 This book is great for beginners。 While I'm not interested in the green witch path, I'm thankful I was able to learn more about their craft。 The author was super inclusive。 It's the first witchy book I read that was completely secular。 I liked learning ways to incorporate green witchcraft to modern life。 It'll be useful when I move back to the city。 I'd recommend this book if you:-feel a deep connection to the earth-interested in green witchcraft-don't know where to start on your journey and just wants to learn about anythingBuy the book here 。。。more

Catalina Badenas

Es un muy buen libro para iniciar en la ciencia de las plantas y su energía。 Explica desde definiciones básicas hasta recetas más complicadas todas a base de distintas plantas。Super sencillo y educativo。 Indispensable para todas las witches que andan por allá afuera。

Miss Murder

Very, very handy reference book。 Will definitely be using this as a guideline for a lot of my stuffs!

Ava Berger

A very good immersive introduction to modern green witchcraft, includes everything you want and more while maintaining belief that the practice is entirely unique to you。

Sophia

This book didn't give me much personaly, but I think it might be a good introduction for many。 This book didn't give me much personaly, but I think it might be a good introduction for many。 。。。more