The Magic of Flowers: A Guide to Their Metaphysical Uses & Properties

by Tess Whitehurst

From African daisy to ylang-ylang and 76 others in between, Tess Whitehurst's The Magic of Flowers introduces you to the holistic and healing benefits of the most magical flowers, flower essences, floral essential oils, and more. This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive, and convenient guide explores the subtle and whimsical realm of flower magic.

As a manifestation of divine beauty and wisdom, each flower offers you unique magical and spiritual ways to connect with it. Enjoy healing, spiritual growth, and the life conditions you desire by using flowers for aromatherapy, charms and rituals, herbal potions, divine alignment, and more. If you've always wanted to commune with flowers in holistic ways, this is the book for you.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Nature, Mysticism, Reference, Magic, Paganism

432 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2013

About the author

Tess Whitehurst (Central California) is a spiritual teacher who focuses on magical practices, mindfulness, and self-love. She has appeared on the Bravo TV show Flipping Out and her writing has been featured such places as Writer's Digest, Llewellyn's annuals, and Spirit and Destiny magazine. In addition to authoring many books and oracle decks, she is the founder and facilitator of Wisdom Circle, an online magical community and learning hub.

Reviews

[Lisa Geddes · Rating 3 out of 5]

sadly although the cover is beautiful this book really lacked illustrations. I personally preferred my Cunningham's guide.

[Raven Wells · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like another review had mentioned, this would’ve been much more helpful if there had been illustrations or photos to go along with each entry.

The information is alright. I’m not completely convinced the flower essence technique at the end of the book is appropriate for all the entries (since a number of them are toxic). Which brings up the next point—she doesn’t always warn about toxic plants. For some she does, others she doesn’t. Do further research before physically handling any plant.

Overall, the entries were interesting. It does seem to rely heavily on using flower essences and there’s a few areas of the book where she encourages you to use these on others with no warning (pg 22 for example).

Is it the worst book out there? No. It might be helpful if you’re looking into using a lot more flowers than other herbs. Without pictures and proper warnings, I would still research beyond this book. Magickally, there is a decent amount of information for each entry which is a plus.

[Tab · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful reference book!

[shartyrant · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not quite what I was looking for as I bought it at a used bookstore for the more history and folklore research (or what I was hoping would be in it). While the book does go over the "metaphysical" uses, it seemed very "simplified" with not a lot of information about the plants except for a brief (very brief considering how much history is behind each plant) summary of correspondences/uses/ideas with very little about the more mundane uses of the plants or how to take care of them to go along with our "emissaries of the Divine". Personally, I am of the opinion that if you are going to use a flower/plant in such a "spiritual" way that it would behoove you to learn also about how to take care of them and what not to do so as not to offend them, but again, that is my personal opinion in regards to this matter. Definitely not a garden book, but more a metaphysical book that goes over what I found to be a limited selection of flowers. I was expecting more history and folklore connected with it and sourced considering the subject matter, but I would recommend for those who want a simple, uncomplicated guide to flowers and using it for "aromatherapy, charms, rituals, herbal potions, divine alignment and to help manifest the life conditions you desire". (seems a lot to expect from a poor plant, but again, that is my opinion). Not quite what I was hoping for as I mentioned before I was hoping for more history on the connections the plants are said to have going back in history through various cultures or something similar even to Ellen Dugan's Herbal books that still showed a Master Gardner's advice on how to take care of the plants. Not my cup of tea, but I definitely would recommend for those who are wanting to use flowers for their metaphysical practices and need a guide on how to do so in a simple fashion.

[Jillian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this as a Yule gift, and all I can say is thank you. My sister tribe loves me