Llewellyn's 2025 Magical Almanac: Practical Magic for Everyday Living

by Llewellyn Publications

Filled with herbal inspiration, this year's almanac is blossoming with new ideas for growing and utilizing some of nature's most practical plants. For the past 26 years, this trusted resource has supplied invaluable gardening resources, hands-on projects, and practical insights to enthusiasts of all skill levels. Llewellyn's 2025 Herbal Almanac brings you intriguing articles on winter gardening, woodland herbs, and natural African farming techniques. Learn how to make scented fire starters, container pond gardens, herbal vinegars, and seasonal pizzas. This edition provides easy-to-follow plans for a calming garden, Mediterranean herb garden, and salsa garden. It also offers detailed profiles on cloves, cottonwood trees, peonies, and wild strawberries. Covering a wide array of inspiring trends, this popular guide is sure to pique your interest and encourage exciting new growth in your herbal practice.

Genres: Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

Published July 8, 2024

About the author

Llewellyn George started his publishing company in Portland, Oregon in 1901, concentrating Astrological books and annuals. In 1961, Carl L. Weschcke of St. Paul, Minnesota purchased the company and relocated it to the Midwest.

Llewellyn is the world’s oldest and largest independent publisher of books for body, mind, and spirit.

Reviews

[Moonmadness · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the calendar overview in the middle! You can view a certain week's/month's moonphases, the sign the moon will be in, energies etc. In one glance.

However I bought the book mainly for the different essays on folklore, practices and traditions. What Ive found is that the essays provided do not necessarily correspond with the elements they are listed as. Furthermore, some essays contain closed practices or do not fit the theme of "practical magick for everyday living", for example setting up a pagan festival or the practice of temazcales. Due to the different subjects this book tries to encompass in very few pages, all the essays are quite surface level.

Personally, I give this book 3 stars as it did provide me inspiration, especially when it comes to the elements of earth and air, through for example crochet or standing stones. If you like different subjects to then later deep dive in, while also having a calendar and almanac in the middle, this book is for you!

[Quetzalzotz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found it hard to get through at some point, but overall exactly what to expect in the annual almanac.

[E B · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked the essays on temazcales and using astrology with tarot, but the other ones this year weren’t particularly inspiring.