Earth Magic: Your Complete Guide to Natural Spells, Potions, Plants, Herbs, Witchcraft, and More

by Marie D. Jones

Unearth the power of Earth magic! It is all around us: in backyards, out in nature, and even kitchens. You just need to know how to see it. It's finding the well-being drawn from the energies of the earth and the universe. It's the herbs and plants, symbols and talismans, candles, stones, gems, and crystals, and their special powers and meanings, spells, potions, and animal and spirit guides. Learn how the laws of the universe and the forces of science can allow you to achieve your desires and intentions by aligning unseen energy. Find the wisdom in the stars and planets above and the earth below. Healing through herbs. Spells to find your soul mate. Stones to improve concentration and increase productivity. The potion for happiness. The secrets of the stars. Discover these and much more in Earth Magic: Your Complete Guide to Natural Spells, Potions, Plants, Herbs, Witchcraft, and More. It will guide you through the rites, practices, and traditions people use to connect themselves to the planet, spirits, and energies. Earth Magic brings the balance and harmony to modern life through the inherent magic found in nature. With more than 120 photos and graphics, this tome is richly illustrated. Its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.

Genres: Nonfiction, Paganism, Spirituality, Witchcraft

400 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2020

About the author

Best selling author, screenwriter, and producer. Marie has written over 30 non-fiction books, novels, and novellas, and contributed to over 100 anthologies. She is a produced screenwriter and indie filmmaker. She has been on radio all over the world, and on television's History Channel, including "Ancient Aliens." She has spoken at major events and writes frequently for a number of magazines on the paranormal, metaphysics, cutting edge science and Noetics. She is currently focusing on fiction and screenwriting and just re-released a middle grade novel based on her son's true story, BULLIES BEWARE, EKHO IS HERE! as well as a horror novel with Denise A. Agnew, THE DIM, and a paranormal thriller, FREAK. She will be releasing several more novels for adults and kids over the next few years. She has written and edited books for several publishers and ghostwrites, too. She also has a line of fun and funky journals on Amazon.com called ATTITUDENALS and her own ETSY shop of the same name.

Reviews

[Haliation · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yikes. Abandoned. A real hodge-podge of stuff with no real depth and full of really troubling generalizations from the get-go.
For example, page 2:
“the truth is that because of the beliefs of all witches in the Threefold Law, which states that anything you do comes back to you threefold and the rule of “do no harm”, no black witches exist who practice black magic”
HA HA. Also, shoutout to the white woman on page six with stereotypical native face paint and a feather in her hair for the “Other Earth Traditions” section. Which was basically just a two page generalization about how close to the earth them Indians are.
If you are interested in a really good beginner witch book, try Starhawk’s “The Earth Path”. For herbalism, try “The Herbal Medicine Maker’s Handbook”. For a book that does justice to the nuanced and diverse worldviews of Indigenous people and plants in North America, try “Braiding Sweetgrass”.

[Kendra Parker · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nope. I wanted an overview of basic concepts so I thought this would work. It’s extremely vague, and often incorrect, and the author is also extremely comfortable with talking about things that are pillars in the cultures of minority peoples without talking in any way about how (and even IF) you can ethically use these elements in your practice. It reads like a bunch of pamphlets and fliers someone stapled in a binder. I wanted to learn, not doubt even more. Abandoned this book.

[Cat Freeman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great overview of a ton of topics!

[Katie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Agree with another reader. Cultural appropriation pretty early on. I felt very uncomfortable trying to read this so I finally just set it down.

[Oriana]

Thorough intro to Wicca that doesn't call itself Wicca and is very comfy with misappropriation.

[Erin]

Note: I did not read this in its entirety - rather I skimmed and used the index to look at specific things. What I did read... wasn't really my thing. However, I cannot give it a rating since I didn't read it all.

[Bode Cauthon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, it was just okay. It was a lot of vague information with nothing really of substance. A bit disappointed actually.

[Tina · Rating 1 out of 5]

A miserable hodgepodge of over-generalized and under-researched information on the occult.

[marisa franco · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very basic information. Not a whole lot of direction. Pretty boring and slow read.

[Jenn Marshall · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was excited because there were so many topics, but a lot of the information was incorrect so I have a hard time trusting the herbal information.