Green Witch Review

[emberbella]

While at BAM today, I picked up a new tarot set and a book called The Way of the Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock. I've only read the first 50 pages so far while drinking a frappe, but I thought this book might be a good reference for some people that are finding it hard to define exactly what they believe.

I enjoy being in nature and working with plants. I am interested in healing and natural remedies. I believe that there is a goddess & god, though they are parts of a whole...that is nature. I like spellwork and enjoy rituals. However, I do not like being told you have to do this ritual..this way..at this time.. I like to do things when they feel right..where they feel right...in a way that feels right and natural to me. One of my ex's could not understand my desire to connect through mundane things..such as rearranging my furniture..planting herbs...or meditating while sitting outside.

This book breaks down a lot of these aspects and provides you with some simple & not so simple ideas or themes that you can ponder about, incorporate into your life. The book does not focus on a "religion" but rather a type of spirituality and how to connect to it and live by it. It also includes information on incense, herbs/plants, recipes, seasons and elements.

[Enki]

You know a great series of novels that has lots of incidental information about natural remedies is the Earth Children series by Jane Auel.

[hedge*]

You know a great series of novels that has lots of incidental information about natural remedies is the Earth Children series by Jane Auel.

I think you mean Jean M. Auel hun. Her books are excellent and very entertaining but they are works of fiction, though wll researched I wouldn't use them as a factual reference.

[Enki]

You know a great series of novels that has lots of incidental information about natural remedies is the Earth Children series by Jane Auel.

I think you mean Jean M. Auel hun. Her books are excellent and very entertaining but they are works of fiction, though wll researched I wouldn't use them as a factual reference.

Yes, Jean Auel. Funny, you'd think if I'd gotten one of her names wrong it would have been her unusual last name. I didn't really mean that one could take the info from her books and go start making remedies, but they do give plenty of ideas that can be a jumping off point to do research into different herbs and their qualities.

[Kristofski]

I got this book recently and it's been really good for me to read it. Though I don't know if I'll be refering to myself as a green witch anytime soon (it sounds rather too grand to me), alot of the stuff in it rang true and I can see the ideas in it becoming a base for my spiritual workings. It also made me realise the benifits of being clean and tidy, after 22 years of being extreamly messy. That can only be a good thing I think.

Oh yeah, I'm starting a part time course in herbal medicine on saturday. I'm excited!
kristofski xx