{"id":19329,"date":"2019-03-01T01:10:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T06:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=20727"},"modified":"2019-03-01T12:45:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:45:18","slug":"book-review-blackthorns-botanical-by-amy-blackthorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/03\/01\/book-review-blackthorns-botanical-by-amy-blackthorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Blackthorn\u2019s Botanical Magic: The Green Witch\u2019s Guide to Essential Oils for Spellcraft, Ritual & Healing by Amy Blackthorn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Book Review<\/strong>
Blackthorn\u2019s Botanical Magic<\/strong>
The Green Witch\u2019s <\/strong><\/em>G<\/strong><\/em>uide to <\/strong><\/em>E<\/strong><\/em>ssential <\/strong><\/em>O<\/strong><\/em>ils for <\/strong><\/em>S<\/strong><\/em>pellcraft, <\/strong><\/em>R<\/strong><\/em>itual & <\/strong><\/em>H<\/strong><\/em>ealing by Amy Blackthorn
319 <\/strong><\/em>P<\/strong><\/em>ages<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nuse of essential oils has gained a lot of attention in recent years,\nit has become easy to purchase bottles of these extraordinary elixirs\nat local retailers, but do people understand how to properly use\nthese oils? Amy Blackthorn, founder of Blackthorn Hoodoo Blends,\nprovides the reader with a guide to the safe and proper use of\nessential oils both in everyday use and in magic. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Blackthorn has admirably demonstrated her extensive knowledge of horticulture, herbalism and agriculture in this book. Blackthorn\u2019s Botanical Magic is an encyclopedia of essential oils. Thirty-?ve (35) plants and their corresponding oils are described and explored. Each description includes scientific information, magical correspondences, warnings, herbal lore and uses of the oil providing the reader with the information needed to properly and safely use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\na practitioner of magical traditions, Ms. Blackthorn teaches the\nreader how to incorporate the use of these oils in spellwork, rituals\nand anointing. A chapter on botanical divination combines\nhorticulture with divination with the suggestion of creating your own\noracle card using pressed ?owers and herbs that have been pressed\nand laminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only does this book provide one-hundred and thirty-?ve (135) oil blends to make, it also provides instructions for craft projects and food and drink recipes. You will discover how to make beads using fresh roses, rose absolute and a few other ingredients just as monks used many years ago to make rosary beads.d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One blend helpful to home owners is mixing eucalyptus oil with vodka or rubbing alcohol and water to create a spray to repel mice and rats as they cannot tolerate the smell of eucalyptus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appendicitis\ninclude a Glossary of Botanical Magical Terms, which allows the\nreader to further understand the subject matter, and an index of\nmagical recipes that allows for easy identi?cation of an oil blend\nby need. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackthorn\u2019s\nBotanical Magic is a well-written and outlined resource for the use\nof essential oils. It is highly recommended for those practicing\nmagic as well as those who do not and those seeking to safely\nincorporate essential oils into their daily life. It will become one\nof the resource books that you will reach for time and time again\nwhen using essential oils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic: The Green Witch\u2019s Guide to Essential Oils for Spellcraft, Ritual & Healing on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About\nthe Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tammy\nAndrews<\/strong> is a beginner in the area of all matters related to Wicca\nand witchcraft. She is interested in many areas of natural spiritual\npractice including the use of incense and oils, pendulum divination,\noracle cards, and crystals. She is Reiki I certi?ed with plans to\nobtain further Reiki levels. With\nher love of learning and reading, she is excited to join\nPaganPagesOrg as a book reviewer. Tammy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker employed in a community agency that provides counseling and case management services to clients who live with serious mental illnesses and addiction issues. The power of human survival and resilience never ceases to amaze her. She views social work as her passion and life calling.
\nTammy\nresides in CT with her husband, who is her greatest supporter, her\ncat and her dogs. She has enjoyed the opportunity to assist in the\nnurturing of her step-son to become a prospering young adult.Tammy\nand her husband spend many Summer weekends at their cabin in VT where\nshe loves the opportunity to renew her spirit in the peace and\nsolitude of the trees. \nYou can contact Tammy via email at tandrews192@comcast.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book ReviewBlackthorn\u2019s Botanical MagicThe Green Witch\u2019s Guide to Essential Oils for Spellcraft, Ritual & Healing by Amy Blackthorn319 Pages The use of essential oils has gained a lot of attention in recent years, it has become easy to purchase bottles of these extraordinary elixirs at local retailers, but do people understand how to properly use these oils? Amy Blackthorn, founder of Blackthorn Hoodoo Blends, provides the reader with a guide to the safe and proper use of essential oils both in everyday use and in magic. Ms. Blackthorn has admirably demonstrated her extensive knowledge of horticulture, herbalism and agriculture in this book. Blackthorn\u2019s Botanical Magic is an encyclopedia of essential oils. Thirty-?ve (35) plants and their corresponding oils are described and explored. Each description includes scientific information, magical correspondences, warnings, herbal lore and uses of the oil providing the reader with the information needed to properly and safely use them. As a practitioner of magical traditions, Ms. Blackthorn teaches the reader how to incorporate the use of these oils in spellwork, rituals and anointing. A chapter on botanical divination combines horticulture with divination with the suggestion of creating your own oracle card using pressed ?owers and herbs that have been pressed and laminated. Not only does this book provide one-hundred and thirty-?ve (135) oil blends to make, it also provides instructions for craft projects and food and drink recipes. You will discover how to make beads using fresh roses, rose absolute and a few other ingredients just as monks used many years ago to make rosary beads.d One blend helpful to home owners is mixing eucalyptus oil with vodka or rubbing alcohol and water to create a spray to repel mice and rats as they cannot tolerate the smell of eucalyptus. Appendicitis include a Glossary of Botanical Magical Terms, which allows the reader to further understand the subject matter, and an index of magical recipes that allows for easy identi?cation of an oil blend by need. Blackthorn\u2019s Botanical Magic is a well-written and outlined resource for the use of essential oils. It is highly recommended for those practicing magic as well as those who do not and those seeking to safely incorporate essential oils into their daily life. It will become one of the resource books that you will reach for time and time again when using essential oils. Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic: The Green Witch\u2019s Guide to Essential Oils for Spellcraft, Ritual & Healing on Amazon *** About the Author: Tammy Andrews is a beginner in the area of all matters related to Wicca and witchcraft. She is interested in many areas of natural spiritual practice including the use of incense and oils, pendulum divination, oracle cards, and crystals. She is Reiki I certi?ed with plans to obtain further Reiki levels. With her love of learning and reading, she is excited to join PaganPagesOrg as a book reviewer. Tammy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker employed in a community agency that provides counseling and case management services to clients who live with serious mental illnesses and addiction issues. The power of human survival and resilience never ceases to amaze her. She views social work as her passion and life calling. Tammy resides in CT with her husband, who is her greatest supporter, her cat and her dogs. She has enjoyed the opportunity to assist in the nurturing of her step-son to become a prospering young adult.Tammy and her husband spend many Summer weekends at their cabin in VT where she loves the opportunity to renew her spirit in the peace and solitude of the trees. You can contact Tammy via email at tandrews192@comcast.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}