The book Herbal Magic is part of a series of mystical handbooks on select subjects all authored by Aurora Kane. According to the publisher, “These portable companions feature beautiful foil-detail covers and color-saturated interiors on a premium paper blend.” These books are quite beautiful and worthy of space on your magical bookshelf. This book contains quite a bit of information and is so aesthetically pleasing that it would be a nice gift.
I flew through this book as it doesn’t contain much meat, but it is nice to look at. What this book does well is to explain how you incorporate herbs into magical living without being intimidating. Aurora Kane writes in an almost poetic way about herbs and herbal magic. She dishes out not just suggested uses but also information on gender energy, planetary correspondence, daily correspondence and zodiac sign for each of the 70+ herb species in this book.
I enjoyed this author’s gentle approach to using herbs for magic. Her encouraging/mentoring voice comes through loud and clear making this the perfect book for any herbal novice. I liked her reminders to stop and tune to intuition when using herbs. Also, the author’s introduction to Gods/Goddesses that would ideal guides for herbal magic is a nice jumping off point for anyone who would like more spiritual guidance.
My favorite part of this book is the herbal magic portion which describes some very non-intimidating uses for herbs. Knowing how to incorporate herbs into spells should be the main purpose for any herbal magic book and I think this part of the book does a fantastic job without seeming intimidating..

So why with all this love did I not rate this 5 stars? There was simply not enough information about:
identifying the actual plants
when/where to plant them if you were interested in growing them
best practices for harvesting
whether to use them fresh or dried out
how to dry out herbs for spell use

This book would be the perfect introduction, except that I think those basic things are necessary information. I did enjoy the author’s idea to start keeping notes, (maybe even in a grimore?) for intentions and ways to use herbs. I think a better idea would have been to leave some blank pages in this book for adding notes. The book is only 200 pages and so beautiful. It would be great to actually make it a personalized addition to my magical library. Maybe that’s just me.

This magical herbal book is great for every Green Witchcraft practitioner. It contains various useful information when working with herbs, flowers, and trees. Additionally, you will find there information on Zodiac Sign, color and candle magic, moon phases, gathering, storing, and keeping herbs, connecting with herbal goddesses, fairies, and spirits of the trees.

What I really liked about “Herbal Magic” is the explanation of the energy (gender) of plants as well as associated elements.

There are 73 herbs, flowers, and trees described in the book. Each one has correspondences of gender, zodiac sign, planetary companion, associated day of the week, magical properties, and suggested uses.

The design of the book is very aesthetic, reminding me of a watercolor journal. It would make a great present for someone at the beginning of their Green witchcraft journey.

Who is this book for:

✦ Beginner Green Witch
✦ Someone who just started learning about magical associations of the herbs
✦ A person looking to connect better with a Goddesses associated with nature and plant work
✦ A witch that wants to try some herbal crafts (there are 36 spells in areas of relationship, health, success, protection, and acceptance)

What could be improved:

I enjoyed the overall experience of reading this book. It has a nice look to it, but there is one font that is hard to read. Otherwise, the design is beautiful and the information provided is sufficient for starting out. I would love to see more herbs and flowers and maybe some extra home decoration/herbal crafts.

* Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This books is beautifully designed and the illustrations are gorgeous! Gaia’s bounty is an amazingly beautiful thing. There are spells included, but the knowledge of plants and their uses is the most amazing part of this book, for me at least.

While I adore reading others spells, learning about the plants is what attracted me to this book. I cannot wait to plant a fairy garden with all of these amazing plants.

This is really lovely and interesting books. The illustrations are beautiful and they are all through the book. This a very colourful book and is very knowledgeable talking about the different herbs and flowers. This is book you will keep going back to. Thank you NetGalley for letting me read this book

This book is absolutely stunning!

The pages, the illustrations, the text - it’s all gorgeous. I appreciate all the effort that’s gone into this.

The content was also very informative and simple - I thoroughly enjoyed reading through this and learning something new!

Will definitely order this when it’s published - I need something this beautiful on my shelf.

Continuing in the Mystical Handbook series from Wellfleet is the new book by author Aurora Kane, Herbal Magic. Once again this is a very nicely produced book making it a great gift for someone new to working with herbs. The more experienced or those wanting more straight forward correspondences minus the poetry would be better served by Cunningham’s Encyclopaedia of Magical Herbs.

*Does include the Native American cultural term smudging as opposed to the non-native term smoke cleansing

*eArc provided by the publisher and NetGalley