Curative Magic: A Witch's Guide to Self Discovery, Care & Healing

by Rachel Patterson

Overview

Natural Magic for Healing in Heart, Spirit & Soul

Join renowned Kitchen Witch Rachel Patterson as she shares hundreds of her own personal spells, recipes, and remedies for natural healing. Learn how to release emotional blocks and use the powerful energies of nature to support self-care for ailments and challenging life experiences such as:

• Guilt • Worry • Grief • Low Self-Esteem • Obstacles & Blockages • Sleep Issues • Menses & Menopause • Transitions & Changes • Anxiety • Stress • Depression • Panic Attacks • Fear

For each topic, you will discover helpful spells and crafts, as well as affirmations, colour magic, crystals, herbs, foods, incense and essential oil blends, rituals, meditations, and magic bundles. You will also find dozens of recipes for enchanting treats and natural bath products:

• Body Oil • Bath Salts • Bath Melts • Pulse Point Balm • Body Powder • Bath Bombs • Body Butter • Body Scrub • Bath Infusion • Foot Bath • Perfume Blends • Cheese and Rosemary Muffins • Porridge Any “Witch” Way • Ginger Plum Cake • Cheesy Garlic Bread • Shortbread • Lemon and Poppy Seed Cupcakes • Fruit Tea Cake

With additional hands-on tips for working with spirit guides and deities as well as chakras, moon phases, and the elements, this book shares everything you need for effective magical remedies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738763286
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	08/08/2020
Pages:	408
Sales rank:	1,016,611
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Rachel Patterson, also known as the "Kitchen Witch," is a High Priestess of the Kitchen Witch Coven and an Elder at the online Kitchen Witch School of Natural Witchcraft. She's the author of twenty books on Witchcraft, including Curative Magic and A Witch for Every Season. She is a regular contributor to Pagan Dawn magazine and Witchcraft & Wicca magazine as well as websites Patheos Pagan and Witches & Pagans. Rachel was added to the Watkins 'Spiritual 100 List' for 2023. She lives in Hampshire, England. Visit her at www.RachelPatterson.co.uk.

Table of Contents

Part 1 A Beginning

1 Introduction and Working with This Book 3

2 The Spiritual You 17

3 The Magical You 27

4 Getting Crafty 35

5 Introduction to Shadow Work 43

Part 2 Magical Self-Care for Specific Conditions

6 Anxiety 55

7 Stress 71

8 Depression 89

9 Panic Attacks 107

10 Fear 123

11 Guilt 139

12 Worry 155

13 Grief 171

14 Self-Esteem 187

15 General Obstacles and Blockages 203

16 Sleep Issues 221

17 Menses and Menopause 235

18 Transitions and Changes 253

Part 3 Guidance and Moving Forward

19 The Magical Pantry 271

20 Bath and Body Care for Healing 307

21 Guides: Plants, Animals, and Gods 331

22 Chakra Health 349

23 Turning to Nature: Moons, Elements, and Seasons 361

24 Finding and Holding Your Focus 379

Index 385

Editorial Reviews

"Rachel Patterson takes her readers on a practical, no fuss, empathetic journey through common mental health conditions, difficult emotions, and experiences we're all likely to experience. This witch's guide to mind, body, and soul is packed to bursting with recipes, meditations, spells, and rituals. Read this book, from one of the best; sit with it and allow the magic to soothe your soul."—Samantha Leaver, author of Pagan Portals: Hellenic Paganism

"This is a much needed book for witches who live busy stressful lifestyles, living between the mundane and magical worlds. Packed full of valuable information and witchy tips to guide the discerning witch in their day to day lives."—Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, Highland Seer and author of Scottish Witchcraft

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