Calming Magic: Enchanted Rituals for Peace, Clarity, and Creativity

by Nikki Van De Car

Conjure calm and summon serenity with Calming Magic, a soothing introduction to the healing energy of mystical practices, aromatherapy blends, crystal rituals, and more.




Use the power of intention, ritual, and spellwork to craft a more peaceful, connected life with Calming Magic. Harnessing ancient wisdom and profound magic, this enchanted guide pairs mindfulness with mysticism to help readers support the body, mind, and heart in times of stress.





Organized into three sections -- Peace, Clarity and Creativity -- Calming Magic offers a pathway to tranquility, from quieting anxious thoughts and focusing the mind to cultivating the imagination. Each section incorporates magical practice that fortify the body (with teas, yoga practices and home remedies), the mind (with meditations, spells and feng shui), and the heart (with crystals, tarot readings and rituals). With primers on the foundations of mystical practices, and creative DIYs to customize rituals and spells, this beautiful volume brings magic and harmony into today's hectic world.

Genres: Witchcraft, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Magic, Mental Health

144 pages, Hardcover

Published September 8, 2020

About the author

Nikki Van De Car is a blogger, knitter, and mother whose books What To Knit When You're Expecting and What To Knit: The Toddler Years chronicle the way her knitting changed as her daughter grew. Her popular knitting blog has received over 1.5 million pageviews since its inception in June 2008, and her patterns have been published in Interweave and Ply magazines, among others. Nikki lives in Hawaii with her family.

Come visit her on Instagram at @nikkivandecar and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sereknity/

Reviews

[SnackFanatic · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book contains a lot of information from many different cultures. The problem is that this book doesn't go deeper into these cultures and how these practices and traditions came to be. Another problem I had with the book was how disorganized it was. There is no rhyme or reason to where anything is in the book. Nordic runes and Hindu/Buddhist chakras mixed in with "mermaid bath". Personally I regret buying this book.

[Kai Charles(Fiction State Of Mind) · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing self care tool with an emphasis on self care, and healing.

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty book. Unfocused how-to that includes a bit of everything without much depth. IMHO, supply lists encourages retail therapy and are overly costly.

[Jina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would say this book is very high level, introduction to using magic for peace, clarity, and creativity.

The book has three chapters, each dedicated to one of the topics listed above. Within each chapter the author gives spells and rituals around the body, mind, and heart. From that perspective - it's great.

Sadly, the material is a little too high-level. One example would be crystals suggested as health cures without any disclosures around how one should -not- be solely doing that.

Really, one should only use this book as inspiration and seek further reading on anything discussed elsewhere.

[Naomi Twietmeyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great overview of energy work. I appreciated the accessibility of the information. Also loved the beautiful artwork and representation of many body types and cultures from across the world.

The only reason Calming Magic didn’t get a fifth star is due to a lack of citations. The author mentioned many cultural practices, all of which I would like to study more thoroughly. References benefit all, including the cultures from which we borrow.

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful cover drew me in. I liked the idea of what this had to offer but the information is very disorganized and seems like a hodge podge thrown together. Would be much better if author put more thought into the order and organization of info

[Kayleedoe]

Had anyone figured out how to use the music scan code looking thing on pg 90 for lunar ritual I cannot figure it out lots of google and multiple scan apps :((((

[Dalea Faulkner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved the recipes in this book, and how authentic the author was. Will definitely be referring back to this book often.

[Sara Bauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent overview of so many self care techniques. Loved it! A beautiful book!

[Ashley Hagood · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these ideas for bringing magic into everyday life. This book helped me create my first altar, and I still refer to it when I need some magic in my life or a new ritual for peace. 💜

[Yendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely loved it. Very informative and the language used is easily understood.

[McKenna Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Such a fun read! My favorite part about these books are the pictures and art inside them. They have an overwhelming amount of information, but it is very helpful and cool when you are just learning about all these practices.