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