Product Description

A practical, natural magick guide to the enchantment of the hearth and home. Teaches Witches of all levels how to strengthen a home's aura and energy. How to use begonias and lilacs for protection, perform tea leaf readings and bless the home with fruit. Also learn how to perform houseplant magick and create a loving home for all the family Ellen Dugan, the author of Garden Witchery, is the ideal guide to show us how to bring the beauty of nature and its magickcal energies indoors. Using common household and outdoor items - such as herbs, spices, dried flowers, plants, stones, and candles - she offers a down-to-earth approach to creating an enchanted home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #279703 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Not for ceremonial Pagans
In my experiences there are two very different schools in the Pagan community, those who are interesting in recreating everything as historically accurately as possible, conducting elaborate rituals, and those who practice simply. One is not better than the other, despite what people might say, but this book is definitely not geared toward the former. I myself have been a practicing witch for nearly 10 years now, but fall into the latter camp and I found reading this book (as the rest of Dugan's work) was akin to having a chat with a good friend over a cup of tea. If you're interesting in incorporating magic into your home and garden, celebrating the seasons, and infusing your life with subtle, natural energies, then this is definitely up your alley. However, if you're interested in getting every particular of complex ritual correct and would never dream of using a wooden spoon to cast a circle, this is not the book for you.

Very enjoyable book, lot's of useful information
Cottage Witchery is full of useful information, hints, ideas. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and Garden Witchery by the same author.

I like the fact that Ellen means, despite the title, that the witches cottage is wherever the witch is - whether that is a high rise, tenement, cottage in the country. It's accessible to all.

very winsome
but utterly twee. I really struggled to read this, but I suspect the US market will love it! And the title is a misnomer...as the author says a cottage can be an apartment, or house, etc. So why call it 'cottage witchcraft'?