Hedgewitch Book of Days: Spells, Rituals, and Recipes for the Magical Year

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Down to earth and humorous, Mandy Mitchell is a modern Hedgewitch whose passion is finding magic in simple everyday tasks and turning them into rituals and spells along with cooking wholesome, hearty and tasty food based on the seasons of the year. Her book echoes these passions and serves as a tapestry of real-life stories and time-honoured folklore laced with a hint of magic! It is aimed at the practising or would-be witch whose life is more jeans, chaos and the never-ending question of what's for dinner than it is black robes, cauldrons and incantations. HEDGEWITCH BOOK OF DAYS features recipes and wisdom as it reveals the hidden properties behind the things we use all the time. The author shows how to turn the simplest tasks into meaningful rituals, opening our eyes to the extra special world behind the mundane and how to celebrate it! A new broader approach to old beliefs, there is something for everyone to take away - whatever path you are on. Journey through the wheel of the year with one eye on the kettle and the other on the magical!

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Hedgewitch Book of Days is a fantastic find! Perfect for the beginner and a fun, worthwhile read for the experienced, this book explains why we Pagans do what we do along with great ideas of ways to do it. The author's writing style is practical, downtoearth and full of wry observations that will bring a smile to your face as it enriches your spiritual practice. Recipes, ideas for simple observations of the Sabbats and Moons plus practical insights about Pagan practice and more are highlighted in Hedgewitch Book of Days--I recommend this book highly! --Karen Harrison, author of The Everyday Psychic-- "Reviews"
In Mandy Mitchell's Hedgewitch Book of Days the author brings the old Hedgewitch right up to date. Emphasis is on food but also touches on magic--rituals and spells. All is delivered in a pleasant easygoing style that makes the book easy to read and tempting to just dip into on occasion. In many ways the Hedgewitch was the 'true' witch, in my opinion. It's about time we had a good book that focused on that wise one. --Raymond Buckland, author of Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic-- "Reviews"
Mandy Mitchell manages with ease a rare combination of humor, truth, insight, and usable information about living as witch. Her path is witchcraft as kitchen magic--things that anyone can do while being a parent and running a home. This is a book of real practical magick, written by someone whose dedication shines through every page. --Vivianne Crowley, author of A Witch Alone-- "Reviews"
Mandy Mitchell's The Hedgewitch Book of Days is the book I wish I'd had when I was a witchy new mom. Laid out monthbymonth, it's simple to pick up and check the lists of magical correspondences when you're in a hurry, but it's also the book you'll want to peruse when you have a bit more time. Each chapter is stuffed full of ideas for spending quality time with your family, ideas for magical works, and simple rituals that can be pulled off in the time you have between chauffeuring back and forth to afterschool activities and trying to get dinner on the table. Speaking of dinner, there are some fabulous seasonal food lists and recipes to help you get a jump on them. A fabulous addition to the libraries of both beginner witches and those who've been on the path for ages and want a few new ideas for simplifying. Definitely two (busy) thumbs up! --Kris Bradley, author of Mrs. B's Guide to Household Witchery-- "Reviews"

Author Bio

Mandy Mitchell is a doting grandma and, also, a practising Hedgewitch. She lives within the ancient landscape of magical Wiltshire with Stonehenge, Avebury and the historical forest of Savernake very close by. Finding magic in simple everyday tasks and turning them into rituals and spells is her passion, along with living in harmony with the rhythms of nature and the seasons and cooking affordable tasty food. Mitchell works alongside a team of "wisdom keepers" on a project called The Hedgewitch Cooks, an online website and Facebook page that aims to bring all walks of the magical community together.