RavenWolf - Hedgewitch: Spells, Crafts & Rituals For Natural Magick

* Silver RavenWolf *

is perhaps best known as one of the most widely published authors of her time, including bestsellers like Solitary Witch and Teen Witch. Artist, photographer, and Internet entrepreneur, she also heads the Black Forest Clan, a Wiccan organization that consists of 58 covens in 29 states and 3 international groups. Wife of 28 years, mother of 4 grown children, and grandmother, Silver has been interviewed by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report, and A&E Biography. Visit her at silverravenwolf.com!

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HedgeWitch: Spells, Crafts & Rituals for Natural Magick 2008 by Silver RavenWolf.

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Contents

: The Magickal Garden of Your Mind

Nature: Your Connection to the Source

The Frequency of All Good Things

Thirteen Rites: Guide for Personal Transformation

The HedgeWitch Guide to Personal Empowerment

Rite of Passage: The Fourteenth Ceremony

The HedgeWitch Dedication Ritual

Love, Health & Beauty: Tips, Formulas & Techniques

HedgeWitchery Within and Without

Hearth, Home & Garden: Tips, Formulas & Techniques

HedgeWitc hery in Daily Life

: Your Garden Journal

: How to Make Florida Water

: HedgeWitch Haggling

: HedgeWitch Fast Herbal Reference

: HedgeWitch Meditation for Manifestation and Problem Solving

Introduction

The Magickal Garden of Your Mind

Deep in the forest glen of your mind, where the shadows never quite release the world, sits the ancient establishment of the HedgeWitch Academy. A learning center for young and old alike, this edifice of enchanted scholarship welcomes anyone truly magickal at heart who desires to improve the quality of their being. Here, students harmonize with the world of nature, learn powerful potions for self-improvement, and brew within themselves the enigma of the treasures of earth, water, and sky. For years, the outside world saw only a glimpse of these natural empowerment toolsan awareness that has always undulated in the secret world of Witchcraft. Indeed, the workings of the HedgeWitch through various cultures and thousands of years have become legend and with these easy lessons, formulas, magickal tips, and the inspiring dedication ceremony provided here, you can be one, too!

Relax, take a deep breath, and smile. Success begins with joy!

Nature acts as a secret shifter, gently filling us with the power to change our circumstances whenever we choose. Interacting with Her allows us to switch mental gears in an instant, helping us to overcome boredom, fear, depression, anger, frustration, sadness, and a host of other negative emotions that sap our personal well-being and block our pathway to success. Accessing Nature can immediately place us in the still point of balancethat moment of pure potential that can open our minds to the attractive power of the universe and bring us all that we desire.

To see what I mean, go outside and put your hands in the dirt. Yep! March out there right now and take the first step toward HedgeWitchery! As you place your hands on the ground, feel your deep, primordial connection with the life force of our planet. Close your eyes dig in your fingers and open your heart and mind as you inhale the heady aroma of earths sweet fragrance. Breathe deeply, and welcome the peace. Accept the balance of Mother Nature with joy! Allow the source of all things to course in, around, and through you.

Shift into the connection! Be One there is no other experience like it.

Now, think of the most beautiful garden you have ever seen. Drink in the memory of the lushness, color, peace, and abundant wealth of that sacred space. Were going to change our lives to be like that gorgeous garden, and we are going to do it in just two short weeks. Granted, well have to continue to tend our new lives (maintenance is a must), but, by using the HedgeWitchery techniques Ive developed, were going to make marvelous changes in a limited amount of time. How do I know this? Because I did itand if I can do it, you absolutely can, too!

Using the material in this book, it took me just two short weeks to totally alter many things in my life and bring me peace, harmony, good fortune, healing, and much more. By continuing the practice of working with the abundance of the earths energy, over the following weeks and months I noticed positive shifts in my personality and my ability to deal with day-to-day stresses. My relationships with my family improved, and interactions with friends and acquaintances that werent healthy for me or my family dissolved quickly, leaving a wake of calmness and well-being. I found myself in a more serene state on a more frequent basis, at ease with the world around me much of the time. I was able to sit back and enjoy life rather than running full-tilt into walls Id built myself over the last several years. I began making major renovations to my property. I built an herb garden, a toad house, and a butterfly haven. I literally tore down buildings to make way for continued improvementslugging, hauling, and sweating with the best of themand it felt good! As these projects slowly took shape and came to fruition, my life blossomed as well. I shed those wintery pounds, my complexion improved, and I held a more healthy attitude toward my body and my diet. By harvest time, Id learned a wealth of information on organic gardening, put it into practice, and celebrated the change of season with bounty from the earth as well as enjoying the mental and spiritual fruits of living in Nature rather than viewing Her from a distance.