{"id":20740,"date":"2019-11-01T01:10:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T01:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=20740"},"modified":"2019-10-23T20:08:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T20:08:13","slug":"book-review-wellness-witch-healing-potions-soothing-spells-and-empowering-rituals-for-magical-self-care-by-nikki-van-de-car-illustrated-by-anita-makhoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/11\/01\/book-review-wellness-witch-healing-potions-soothing-spells-and-empowering-rituals-for-magical-self-care-by-nikki-van-de-car-illustrated-by-anita-makhoul\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; Wellness Witch: Healing Potions, Soothing Spells, and Empowering Rituals for Magical Self-Care By Nikki Van de Car, Illustrated by Anita Makhoul"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #454545;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>Book Review<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #454545;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>Wellness Witch: Healing Potions, Soothing Spells, and Empowering Rituals for Magical Self-Care<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #454545;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>By Nikki Van de Car, Illustrated by Anita Makhoul<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #454545;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>136 pp. Running Press<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20743\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wellness-witch-book-cover-Pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wellness-witch-book-cover-Pic.png 318w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wellness-witch-book-cover-Pic-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #454545;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wellness Witch: Healing Potions, Soothing Spells, and Empowering Rituals for Magical Self-Care\u201d is a lovingly crafted book of simple herbal remedies, self-care rituals, and spells for the mind, body, and home. Full of recipes for teas, tinctures, and other herbal preparations, \u201cWellness Witch\u201d is a book whose focused approach is likely to appeal to experienced herbalists as well as novices.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #454545;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This is not a particularly ambitious book, but it gathers together a short collection of personal care rituals, recipes, and spells, and the result is charming. \u201cWellness Witch\u201d contains eclectic suggestions drawn from a wide cultural base, but seem to mostly center around Ayurvedic practices.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #454545;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The book\u2019s varied rituals also deal with candle magic, healing, divination (especially runes), manifestation, sigil magic, aromatherapy, yoga, and meditation. Unfortunately, these practices are dealt with so briefly that a casual practitioner is not likely to get a thorough working knowledge of any of these systems from this book alone, but that is why this is more of a gift book than a grimoire.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #454545;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wellness Witch\u201d is a book ideally suited to be given to a young person whose interest in craft is just blossoming, or a more established practitioner who may enjoy the addition to their library. It is unlikely to satisfy anyone who is looking for a complete treatise on herbal remedies and self-care, but it will almost certainly help someone who is just starting out to get their feet wet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=paganpages-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0762467347&amp;asins=0762467347&amp;linkId=463de53ab329989e5442872cba18b020&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">***<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">About the Author:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-20736\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sarah-mcmenomy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sarah-mcmenomy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sarah-mcmenomy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sarah-mcmenomy-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/sarah-mcmenomy.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sarah McMenomy <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">is an artist and witch. Her craft incorporates herbalism, spellwork, trance, divination, auras, and more. Her work can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/sarahmcmenomy.tumblr.com\/?fbclid=IwAR2fa4s2sEwhjFYIFHmYP5SHswoinGGFYBPcNCD1waMpoH_R79fIytNCzeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/sarahmcmenomy.tumblr.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Review Wellness Witch: Healing Potions, Soothing Spells, and Empowering Rituals for Magical Self-Care By Nikki Van de Car, Illustrated by Anita Makhoul 136 pp. Running Press &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cWellness Witch: Healing Potions, Soothing Spells, and Empowering Rituals for Magical Self-Care\u201d is a lovingly crafted book of simple herbal remedies, self-care rituals, and spells for the mind, body, and home. Full of recipes for teas, tinctures, and other herbal preparations, \u201cWellness Witch\u201d is a book whose focused approach is likely to appeal to experienced herbalists as well as novices. This is not a particularly ambitious book, but it gathers together a short collection of personal care rituals, recipes, and spells, and the result is charming. \u201cWellness Witch\u201d contains eclectic suggestions drawn from a wide cultural base, but seem to mostly center around Ayurvedic practices. The book\u2019s varied rituals also deal with candle magic, healing, divination (especially runes), manifestation, sigil magic, aromatherapy, yoga, and meditation. Unfortunately, these practices are dealt with so briefly that a casual practitioner is not likely to get a thorough working knowledge of any of these systems from this book alone, but that is why this is more of a gift book than a grimoire. \u201cWellness Witch\u201d is a book ideally suited to be given to a young person whose interest in craft is just blossoming, or a more established practitioner who may enjoy the addition to their library. It is unlikely to satisfy anyone who is looking for a complete treatise on herbal remedies and self-care, but it will almost certainly help someone who is just starting out to get their feet wet. &nbsp; &nbsp; *** About the Author: Sarah McMenomy is an artist and witch. Her craft incorporates herbalism, spellwork, trance, divination, auras, and more. Her work can be found at https:\/\/sarahmcmenomy.tumblr.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10005],"tags":[10019,10015,10020,10022,10021,10018,10017],"class_list":["post-20740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-and-empowering-rituals-for-magical-self-care-by-nikki-van-de-car","tag-book-review","tag-illustrated-by-anita-makhoul","tag-reading","tag-recommended","tag-soothing-spells","tag-wellness-witch-healing-potions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20740","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\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20740"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20752,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20740\/revisions\/20752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}