Create your own magical path with the hearth at the center of your household life and spiritual practice. Offering a bounty of reliable spells and rituals, Anna Franklin explores hearth witchery from its foundation in domestic lore to its modern practice. She presents building blocks like cleansing, warding, and consecration alongside tips for achieving balance and living in harmony with nature. With the garden as a sacred space and the kitchen as a magical workshop, you will develop your herb cunning and formulate your own spells for courage, luck, and more. Learn how to forge meaningful relationships with the Hearth Goddess, your house spirit, and other domestic deities. Featuring a variety of correspondences, this book will lead you to a richer life with deep connections to the sacred.
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Create your own magical path with the hearth at the centre of your household life and spiritual practice.

Contents

List of Recipes xiii

Introduction 1

Part One: Hearth and Home 3
Chapter 1: The Hearth…5
Chapter 2: The House Spirit…13
Chapter 3: The Witch's Kitchen and Home…21
Chapter 4: Magical Cleansing and Banishing…33
Chapter 5: Warding…41

Part Two: Herb Cunning 53
Chapter 6: Beginning to Work with Herbs…55
Chapter 7: The Hearth Witch's Garden…65
Chapter 8: Herbs in Magic…69

Part Three: Working with the Gods 83
Chapter 9: Personal Practice…85
Chapter 10: Consecration…89
Chapter 11: Creating Sacred Space…95
Chapter 12: Ritual…103

Part Four: Natural Cycles 115
Chapter 13: The Cycle of the Year…117
Chapter 14: The Eight Sabbats…121
Chapter 15: Cycles of the Moon…155

Part Five: Operative Witchcraft 173
Chapter 16: Spells…177
Chapter 17: Spell Formulations…203
Chapter 18: Talismans and Amulets…213

Conclusion 217

Appendix 1: Elemental Correspondences 219

Appendix 2: Planetary Correspondences 223

Appendix 3: Metal Correspondences 231

Appendix 4: Colour Correspondences 233

Appendix 5: Gemstone Correspondences 237

Appendix 6: Magical Herb Substitutions 245

Appendix 7: Magical Ingredients for Food 255

Appendix 8: Herbs for Home Warding 259

Appendix 9: Fumigation Herbs 265

Bibliography 267

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780738777122
Publisert
2025-04-08
Utgiver
Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
191 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
328

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Biografisk notat

Anna Franklin is a third-degree witch and high priestess of the Hearth of Arianrhod who has been a practicing Pagan for more than forty years. She is the author of nearly thirty books, including the Hearth Witch series, and the creator of the Sacred Circle Tarot, Fairy Ring Oracle, and the Pagan Ways Tarot. Her books have been translated into nine languages. Anna has contributed hundreds of articles to Pagan magazines and has appeared on radio and TV. She lives and works in a village in the English Midlands where she grows her own herbs, fruit, and vegetables, and generally lives the Pagan life. Visit her at AnnaFranklin.co.uk.