Magick Matters

“Italian Folk Magic: Rue’s Kitchen Witchery” by Mary-Grace Fahrun

"Italian Folk Magic is a fascinating journey through the magical, folkloric, and healing traditions of Italy with an emphasis on the practical. The reader learns uniquely Italian methods of magical protection and divination and spells for love, sex, control, and revenge. The book contains magical and religious rituals and prayers and explores divination techniques, crafting, blessing rituals, witchcraft, and, of course, the evil eye, known as malocchio in Italian--the author explains what it is, where it comes from, and, crucially, how to get rid of it. This book can help Italians regain their magical heritage, but Italian folk magic is a beautiful, powerful, and effective magical tradition that is accessible to anyone who wants to learn...>>

“Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch: An Essential Guide to Witchcraft” by Rachel Patterson (kindle ebook version)

"This book is essentially a Book of Shadows, a Kitchen Witch s Grimoire. It covers what it means to be a Witch, how a Witch works, what a Witch does and how a Witch celebrates the turning of the seasons. It is packed full of information about all sorts of subjects from a breakdown of rituals and magical tools to reading auras and rites of passage, along with meditations, recipes for oils, incenses and spells and a huge amount of crafts to make for each Sabbat. The information herein does not follow any strict tradition; it is a personal interpretation of witchcraft melding together different experiences. Magic and the Craft are fluid and flexible,...>>

“The Hearth Witch’s Kitchen Herbal: Culinary Herbs for Magic, Beauty, and Health” by Anna Franklin

"Includes more than 150 recipes for teas, infusions, tinctures, syrups, baths, salves, balms, compresses, poultices, oils, creams, potions, candles, and much more. The Hearth Witch's Kitchen Herbal is an herbal with a difference—it shows how to use the herbs and spices most of us already have in our kitchens for home remedies, personal care, spiritual practice, spells, and rituals. The follow-up to the bestselling Hearth Witch's Compendium, this practical guide includes more than 150 recipes and focuses on twenty-three common culinary herbs and spices. For each plant, you will discover magical correspondences, culinary uses, cosmetic uses, medicinal uses, notes of caution, recipes, and lore. Also discover how to combine herbs with astrology, colors, and elemental...>>

“The Hearth Witch’s Compendium: Magical and Natural Living for Every Day” by Anna Franklin

"Experience the power of magical workings using items you created yourself. Utilize natural ingredients for the well-being of your community, home, and body. This comprehensive sourcebook shares old-world wisdom and contemporary approaches to living the hearth witch way, where spirituality nurtures an ecologically balanced life. More than 200 food and drink recipes: soups, breads, puddings, cakes, salads, wines, meads, ciders, beers, ales, jams, jellies, curds, cheeses, chutneys, ketchup, sauces, dried foods, nonalcoholic cordials More than 100 bath and beauty recipes: bath salts, bubble baths, soaps, shampoos, hair rinses, lotions, powders, oral hygiene, skin products, facial scrubs, cleansers, skin toners, moisturizers, lip salves More than 35 home goods recipes: polishes, bathroom and kitchen cleaners, dishwasher detergent, stain remover,...>>

“A Witch in the Kitchen: Titania’s Book of Magical Feasts” by Titania Hardie

"This is Titania's foray into the powerful relationship between food and the spirit. What she calls "saucery" is a reminder that food nourishes the brain and body and love the soul and spirit, and the two often overlap. WITCH in the KITCHEN is a journey that celebrates the link between the feeding of our physical and our emotional, spiritual selves. Far more than just a use of traditional "aphrodisiacs", there is much food science that acknowledges, for instance, the peppy affect of poppy seeds, the virility connected with cooked tomato, the intoxicating appeal of spicy scented foods and the chemical impact of chocolate, to name a few. Weave magic into your dishes with carefully...>>