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.