Cottage Witchery: Natural Magick for Hearth and Home by Ellen Dugan (English) Pa

Description: Cottage Witchery: Natural Magick for Hearth and Home by Ellen Dugan From specialized spells and charms to kitchen conjuring and color magick, the author of "Garden Witchery" offers a practical, natural guide to the enchantment of the hearth and home. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Ellen Dugan, the author of "Garden Witchery, " is the ideal guide to show us how to bring the beauty of nature and its magickal energies indoors. Using common household and outdoor items-such as herbs, spices, dried flowers, plants, stones, and candles-she offers a down-to-earth approach to creating an enchanted home.From specialized spells and charms to kitchen conjuring and color magick, this hands-on guide teaches Witches of all levels how to strengthen a homes aura and energy. Readers will learn how to use begonias and lilacs for protection, dispel bad vibes with salt and lemon, perform tea leaf readings, bless the home with fruit, invite the help of home faeries, perform houseplant magick, and create a loving home for the whole family. Back Cover Create a Warm and Welcoming Magickal Home Handmade and home-grown, the natural magick of the cottage Witch makes use of the bounty of the world around her-a leaf from a tree, a flower grown in the yard, herbs from the pantry, a candle from the cupboard. Whether cottage, condo, or carriage house, a magickal home is one that makes the people inside feel secure, comfortable, and loved. Ellen Dugan, the author of Garden Witchery, now turns her attention indoors in Cottage Witchery. With her trademark down-to-earth humor and hands-on approach, Ellen shows you how to bring the beauty of nature and its magickal energies into your home. This charming and creative guidebook is ideal for cottage, hedge, or green Witches, as well as anyone who just wants to add a little magickal sparkle to her home. From planting begonias for protection to casting a maple leaf spell for happiness, Cottage Witchery is filled with practical advice, personal stories, and hearth witchery lore and magick, including: home blessings and protection spells * fireplace and hearth magick * creating sacred space warding your doorways * housecat magick * kitchen conjuring * spice rack sorcery floral and herbal spells * hearth goddess charm * working with household faeries tea-leaf reading * houseplant magick * hex signs for your threshold. Author Biography Ellen Dugan, the "Garden Witch," is an award-winning author, a psychic-clairvoyant and a regular contributor to Llewellyns almanacs, datebooks, and calendars. A practicing Witch for over twenty-five years, she is also a certified Master Gardener. Ellen has written several books, including Garden Witchery, Elements of Witchcraft, Natural Magick for Teens, Cottage Witchery, Autumn Equinox, The Enchanted Cat, Herb Magic for Beginners, Natural Witchery, and How to Enchant a Man. Her Garden Witchs Herbal, and Book of Witchery will be published in 2009. When not keeping up with her family, E Table of Contents Acknowledgments . . . xv Introduction: The Modern Witchs Cottage . . . xvii chapter one A Witchy Welcome, 1 The Magickal Heart of the Home . . . 4 A Natural Magick Blessing for the Heart of the Home, 6 Enchanted Entrances and Bewitched Backdoors . . . 9 Witchy Wreaths, Garlands, and Accessories . . . 10 Warding Your Doorways . . . 12 But Wait . . . Theres More! . . . 14 Hex Signs for the Threshold . . . 17 A Magickal Cottage All Your Own . . . 19 chapter two Natural Magick All Around the Home, 21 Bringing the Outdoors In . . . 21 From Mundane to Magickal . . . 25 A Protection Charm to Shut Out Negativity, 25 A Transformation Charm, 26 Colorful Ideas for Adding Magick to Your Home . . . 27 The Elements, Astrology, and Color, 28 A Colorful Natural Magick Correspondence Chart, 30 Hey, What About Feng Shui? . . . 33 The Five Elements of Feng Shui, 34 The Rooms Where We Live . . . 39 Natural Magick Altars . . . 41 Four Elements Consecration Charm, 44 Five Elements Charm, 45 Workspace Witchery: Magick for Home Offices . . . 45 Elemental Workspace Charm, 49 chapter three Kitchen Cupboard Conjuring, 51 Spice Rack Sorcery . . . 52 Creating Herbal Magick in the Kitchen . . . 54 All-Purpose Kitchen Magick Charm, 54 Practical Magick with the All-Purpose Tealight . . . 55 Tealight Petition Magick, 56 Simple Kitchen Magick . . . 58 A Juicy Spell for Removing Bad Vibes, 59 Sweet Prosperity Spell, 59 Protection Charm Bag, 60 Apples of Knowledge Spell, 61 Reading Tea Leaves . . . 62 Tea-Leaf Symbols and Their Meanings, 63 Cottage Witchery in the Kitchen . . . 66 Natural Kitchen Magick Worksheet . . . 68 Fun Kitchen Folklore . . . 69 chapter four Deities, Faeries, and Magick of the Hearth Flame, 71 Hestia and Vesta: The Sacred Flame . . . 72 Brigid: The Bright One . . . 74 A Hearth Goddess Charm, 76 Household Faeries: The Brownies . . . 77 A House Faery Charm, 81 Fireplace/Hearth Magick . . . 82 Salamanders and Scrying with Fire . . . 83 Fire Magick . . . 85 An Herbal Blessing for Love and Wisdom, 86 Fiery Herbs for Healing, 87 Daily Magick for Hearth and Home . . . 90 chapter five Seasonal, Natural Decorations for the Magickal Home, 93 Winter Witchery . . . 94 Holly, 94 A Holly Berry Charm, 96 Ivy, 96 The Yule Log, 97 Yule Log Legends and Lore, 99 Pinecones and Evergreens, 100 A Sparkling Winter Charm for the Home, 101 Spring Sorcery . . . 102 Tulips and Daffodils Charm, 102 Spring Greenery, 104 Blooming Branches, 105 Lovely Lilacs, 105 Lilac Protection Spell for the Home, 106 Pansies, 106 Midsummer Magick . . . 108 Strawberries, 108 A Berry Good Spell for Loving Vibrations, 109 Roses, 110 All-Purpose Rose Spell, 112 Summer Magick for the House Faeries, 113 Autumn Enchantment . . . 114 Apples, 114 Autumn Leaves, 115 Corn Stalks and Ornamental Corn, 116 Chrysanthemums, 117 Pumpkins, 118 chapter six Outdoor Rooms and the Magick of Houseplants, 121 Porches, Decks, and Patios . . . 121 An Outdoor Room Blessing, 125 Conjuring Up a Little Container Magick . . . 127 Choices for Shady Spots, 128 Choices for Sunny Spots, 129 Houseplant 101 . . . 131 Watering, 132 Lighting, 133 Magickal Houseplants . . . 136 Green Magick . . . 141 Houseplant Charm, 142 chapter seven Protection for the Home, 143 Protection Spells with Personality . . . 144 Air Magick . . . 145 A Dream Catcher Spell, 145 Fire Magick . . . 148 A Candle Spell for Protection, 149 Water Magick . . . 151 A Cleansing Spell, 152 Earth Magick . . . 154 Tigers-Eye Spell, 154 Conjuring a Dragon to Ward the Home . . . 156 A Dragon Protection Ritual, 161 Backyard Magick . . . 164 A Dogwood Charm for Protection, 165 A Violet Flower Fascination, 166 Bibs, Bobs, and Whatnots . . . 167 A Magickal Fence Spell, 168 A Witch Jar for Protection, 169 chapter eight Prosperity for the Home, 173 Prosperity Spells with Personality . . . 174 Air Magick . . . 175 Fire Magick . . . 176 Water Magick . . . 178 Earth Magick . . . 180 Everyday Inspiration: Creating a Dream Board . . . 183 Backyard Magick . . . 187 An Oak Spell for Prosperity and Abundance, 188 A Honeysuckle Flower Fascination, 189 Plants for Prosperity Magick . . . 190 Natural Magick Worksheet . . . 193 Moving on Up: Magick for Selling or Buying a Home . . . 194 House-Selling Charm, 195 House-Buying Charm, 196 Bibs, Bobs, and Whatnots . . . 197 chapter nine Happiness and Harmony in the Home, 199 Happiness and Harmony Spells with Personality . . . 200 Air Magick . . . 201 Clearing the Air Spell for Restoring Communication, 202 Fire Magick . . . 203 Flames of Love Spell, 203 Water Magick . . . 204 Fire on the Water Spell, 204 Hearts and Roses Harmony Charm, 206 Earth Magick . . . 207 A Tree Blessing Charm for Happy Homes, 207 Magnolia and Rose Quartz Spell for Health and Happiness, 208 Dogs and Magick . . . 210 House Cats and Magick . . . 212 Backyard Magick . . . 216 A Maple Leaf Spell for Happiness, 217 Yarrow, The Wise Womans Flowering Herb, 217 An Enchanted Herbal Broom for Hearth and Home, 218 Bibs, Bobs, and Whatnots . . . 220 The Captivating Commode Spell, 220 Fruit Bowl Blessing, 221 Practical Family Photograph Magick, 223 Closing Thoughts . . . 225 Household Journal, 227 Kitchen Cupboard Conjuring Magickal Spice & Herb List, 227 Broomstick spell 1: Removing Gloom, 234 Broomstick spell 2: Sweeping Away Bad Luck from the Threshold, 236 Banishing Ghosts and Things That Go "Bump" in the Night, 238 Magickal Library Protection Charm, 240 Bedroom Blessing, 240 Childrens Bedroom Blessing, 242 Glossary, 245 Bibliography, 251 Index, 255 Review "This guide will appeal to a broad audience, from the serious witch hoping to align each room with magickal principles, to the interested dabbler looking for ways to draw magick into the kitchen or the newbie seeking an alternative kind of feng shui."--Publishers Weekly "The queen of everyday witchery has outdone herself with this tome."--Retailing Insight Review Text "This guide will appeal to a broad audience, from the serious witch hoping to align each room with magickal principles, to the interested dabbler looking for ways to draw magick into the kitchen or the newbie seeking an alternative kind of feng shui."--Publishers Weekly "The queen of everyday witchery has outdone herself with this tome."--Retailing Insight Review Quote "This guide will appeal to a broad audience, from the serious witch hoping to align each room with magickal principles, to the interested dabbler looking for ways to draw magick into the kitchen or the newbie seeking an alternative kind of feng shui."--Publishers Weekly "The queen of everyday witchery has outdone herself with this tome."--Retailing Insight Excerpt from Book Welcome and make yourself at home. Have a seat and lets you and I sit and chat. Hmm? What was that? Oh, thanks. We like our house too. I watch as your eyes dart around the living room, looking for signs of witchery. I smile to myself as, for the most part, the magickal accessories are pretty subtle. But I will admit there are a few things that jump right out at you. Where did I get the stained glass pentacle, you ask? Oh, I made that years ago when I worked at a stained glass shop; everyone thought it was a hex sign. The big old cauldron sitting on the brick hearth? Found it for next to nothing at an antique shop, rusted and stuck in a corner. A little steel wool and black spray paint and its as good as new. Your eyes continue to search the room as the familys two cats come strolling in to check out the visitor. They may or may not grace you with their presence by sniffing you over and then perching behind you on the back of the sofa. Other than a few crystal clusters, to you everything looks pretty normal and lived in. Well, this isnt what you were expecting. You rise and follow me into the kitchen at my question as to whether youd like something to drink. As I pour your beverage into the glass, you look around the kitchen and check out the mossy-green painted walls and a crafty kitchen witch collection centered on a painted shelf. The herb prints hanging on the walls draw you in for a closer look. Mounded on the counter is a variety of seasonal produce from our familys farm. I tell you to expect to take some home with you. There is way too much there for us to possibly eat. We make our way back to the living room and you curl up comfortably on the couch, thinking to yourself that you are going to have to do a complete revamp of what you thought a real Witchs house would be. Hmm . . . so now that you are all snug on the couch, how do you feel? Safe, calm, happy, and at ease. Good, thats exactly how you should feel. Disappointed at the lack of drama? Dont worry, I get that reaction a lot. I have had students come to my home for the first time expecting some suburban-type of Addams family mansion. They were pretty uptight until they saw that we lived in a ranch-style home in the burbs. As they came in and sat on the couch I could see that they were scanning everything as fast as possible. When my three kids came flying down the hall engaged in hand to hand combat, they started to smile. When I excused myself to ask the kids . . . okay, to go and yell at the kids to knock it off, my guests started to laugh. As I came back into the living room to join them, they were grinning. I could only smile back at them and say that what really makes a Witchs home different is the way that it makes you feel. The magickal home carries a particular type of positive psychic vibration. This type of enchanting energy is often expanded upon and refined by the Witch who dwells there. This sort of magickal emanation puts welcomed guests and family at ease. It is both a strength and a comfort. If you think about it, a home that exudes a sense of hospitality and welcome is a type of natural magick all of its own. So youre here because youd like to learn a few natural magick practices for your own hearth and home? Great, youve come to the right place! The tips and techniques of bringing a little witchery into the place where you live are both simple and down-to-earth. These are subtle types of magick: think handmade and homegrown-a leaf from a tree, a flower grown in the yard, herbs and spices, candle spells and color magick. The enchanting household accessories, charms, and spells may not be glaringly obvious to the casual observer, but they are powerful magick nonetheless. Many of the ingredients cottage witchery calls for are, more often than not, already readily available to you, possibly lurking about in the spice rack or outside, compliments of good old Mother Nature. Details ISBN0738706256 Author Ellen Dugan Short Title COTTAGE WITCHERY Pages 288 Publisher Llewellyn Publications Language English ISBN-10 0738706256 ISBN-13 9780738706252 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 133.43 Illustrations Yes Year 2005 Publication Date 2005-03-31 Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S. Subtitle Natural Magick for Hearth and Home Place of Publication Minnesota Country of Publication United States Residence MO, US Birth 1963 DOI 10.1604/9780738706252 Audience General/Trade We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132939802;

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