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Curative Magic: A Witch's Guide to Self Discovery, Care & Healing
Natural Magic for Healing in Heart, Spirit & Soul
Join renowned Kitchen Witch Rachel Patterson as she shares hundreds of her own personal spells, recipes, and remedies for natural healing. Learn how to release emotional blocks and use the powerful energies of nature to support self-care for ailments and challenging life experiences such as:
- Guilt - Worry - Grief - Low Self-Esteem - Obstacles & Blockages - Sleep Issues - Menses & Menopause - Transitions & Changes - Anxiety - Stress - Depression - Panic Attacks - Fear
For each topic, you will discover helpful spells and crafts, as well as affirmations, colour magic, crystals, herbs, foods, incense and essential oil blends, rituals, meditations, and magic bundles. You will also find dozens of recipes for enchanting treats and natural bath products:
- Body Oil - Bath Salts - Bath Melts - Pulse Point Balm - Body Powder - Bath Bombs - Body Butter - Body Scrub - Bath Infusion - Foot Bath - Perfume Blends - Cheese and Rosemary Muffins - Porridge Any "Witch" Way - Ginger Plum Cake - Cheesy Garlic Bread - Shortbread - Lemon and Poppy Seed Cupcakes - Fruit Tea Cake
With additional hands-on tips for working with spirit guides and deities as well as chakras, moon phases, and the elements, this book shares everything you need for effective magical remedies.
Join renowned Kitchen Witch Rachel Patterson as she shares hundreds of her own personal spells, recipes, and remedies for natural healing. Learn how to release emotional blocks and use the powerful energies of nature to support self-care for ailments and challenging life experiences such as:
- Guilt - Worry - Grief - Low Self-Esteem - Obstacles & Blockages - Sleep Issues - Menses & Menopause - Transitions & Changes - Anxiety - Stress - Depression - Panic Attacks - Fear
For each topic, you will discover helpful spells and crafts, as well as affirmations, colour magic, crystals, herbs, foods, incense and essential oil blends, rituals, meditations, and magic bundles. You will also find dozens of recipes for enchanting treats and natural bath products:
- Body Oil - Bath Salts - Bath Melts - Pulse Point Balm - Body Powder - Bath Bombs - Body Butter - Body Scrub - Bath Infusion - Foot Bath - Perfume Blends - Cheese and Rosemary Muffins - Porridge Any "Witch" Way - Ginger Plum Cake - Cheesy Garlic Bread - Shortbread - Lemon and Poppy Seed Cupcakes - Fruit Tea Cake
With additional hands-on tips for working with spirit guides and deities as well as chakras, moon phases, and the elements, this book shares everything you need for effective magical remedies.
396 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2020
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About the author
Rachel Patterson
34 books237 followersRachel is an English witch who has been walking the Pagan pathway for over thirty years.
A working wife and mother who has had over 30 books published (so far), some of them becoming best sellers.
Her passion is to learn, she loves to study and has done so from books, online resources, schools and wonderful mentors over the years and still continues to learn each and every day but has learnt the most from actually getting outside and doing it.
She likes to laugh...and eat cake...
Rachel gives talks to pagan groups and co-runs workshops with the Kitchen Witch Coven.
High Priestess of the Kitchen Witch Coven and an Elder at the online Kitchen Witch School of Natural Witchcraft.
A regular columnist with Fate & Fortune magazine, she also contributes articles to several magazines such as Pagan Dawn and Witchcraft & Wicca. You will find her regular ramblings on her own personal blog and YouTube channel.
Rachel is host for the Pagan Portals Podcast, produced by Moon Books Publishing.
Her craft is a combination of old religion witchcraft, Wicca, hedge witchery, kitchen witchery and folk magic.
Her heart is that of an English Kitchen Witch.
Rachel was added to the Watkins '100 spiritually influential List' for 2023.
For more information www.rachelpatterson.co.uk and www.kitchenwitchhearth.net
She lives in Portsmouth, England.
Website: www.rachelpatterson.co.uk
Personal blog https://www.rachelpatterson.co.uk/blog
You Tube:
her YouTube channel features lots of videos with talks, information and short reference films.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Kitchenw...
Social Media:
Personal Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/racheltansyp...
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Twitter https://twitter.com/TansyFireDragon
Kitchen Witch fb group https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitch...
A working wife and mother who has had over 30 books published (so far), some of them becoming best sellers.
Her passion is to learn, she loves to study and has done so from books, online resources, schools and wonderful mentors over the years and still continues to learn each and every day but has learnt the most from actually getting outside and doing it.
She likes to laugh...and eat cake...
Rachel gives talks to pagan groups and co-runs workshops with the Kitchen Witch Coven.
High Priestess of the Kitchen Witch Coven and an Elder at the online Kitchen Witch School of Natural Witchcraft.
A regular columnist with Fate & Fortune magazine, she also contributes articles to several magazines such as Pagan Dawn and Witchcraft & Wicca. You will find her regular ramblings on her own personal blog and YouTube channel.
Rachel is host for the Pagan Portals Podcast, produced by Moon Books Publishing.
Her craft is a combination of old religion witchcraft, Wicca, hedge witchery, kitchen witchery and folk magic.
Her heart is that of an English Kitchen Witch.
Rachel was added to the Watkins '100 spiritually influential List' for 2023.
For more information www.rachelpatterson.co.uk and www.kitchenwitchhearth.net
She lives in Portsmouth, England.
Website: www.rachelpatterson.co.uk
Personal blog https://www.rachelpatterson.co.uk/blog
You Tube:
her YouTube channel features lots of videos with talks, information and short reference films.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Kitchenw...
Social Media:
Personal Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/racheltansyp...
Author fb page https://www.facebook.com/RachelPatter...
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/racheltansy...
Twitter https://twitter.com/TansyFireDragon
Kitchen Witch fb group https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitch...
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April 23, 2021
I have read at least two other books that were very similar to this one and decided to pass them along to someone else because they weren't a good fit for me. Unlike those books, this one goes a bit more in-depth into what Shadow Work actually is and what obstacles most of us need to work on in order to move forward.
Many people hear the term "Shadow Work" and assume it's dark and mysterious. In fact, it is identifying repeating patterns in your life, doing the inner work necessary to uncover the root of those patterns, acknowledging what needs to change, and then doing the outer work needed in order to make those changes permanent so that the patterns do not continue. Having said that, Shadow Work can be very challenging and it takes a great deal of courage to own your sh*t.
The book then outlines 13 specific conditions and dedicates an entire chapter to each. The author offers meditations, herbs, foods, color magic, spells, and rituals to help you work through them in order to finally release them and seek resolution. While some of the information was not new to me, I did get a new perspective on some things as well as some new ideas that I can incorporate into my own practice. I enjoyed the fact that there were multiple elements to each chapter, so the reader has options with regard to how to approach their own healing rather than something you have to follow to the letter in order to see results.
Many people hear the term "Shadow Work" and assume it's dark and mysterious. In fact, it is identifying repeating patterns in your life, doing the inner work necessary to uncover the root of those patterns, acknowledging what needs to change, and then doing the outer work needed in order to make those changes permanent so that the patterns do not continue. Having said that, Shadow Work can be very challenging and it takes a great deal of courage to own your sh*t.
The book then outlines 13 specific conditions and dedicates an entire chapter to each. The author offers meditations, herbs, foods, color magic, spells, and rituals to help you work through them in order to finally release them and seek resolution. While some of the information was not new to me, I did get a new perspective on some things as well as some new ideas that I can incorporate into my own practice. I enjoyed the fact that there were multiple elements to each chapter, so the reader has options with regard to how to approach their own healing rather than something you have to follow to the letter in order to see results.
March 20, 2021
This book has a lot of practical tips of how to deal with things like anxiety, self esteem, depression, stress and life changes. I thought it was well written and thought through with useful rituals, meditations and spells to cope with the things mentioned above. I know I will get a lot of use out of this book.
February 4, 2021
The most useful book I've read in a while! Don't let the "witch" title put you off, if that's not your thing. It's full of meditations, tips and herbal help for whatever ails you: grief, anxiety, fear, insomnia. The author writes in such a kind and understanding way, she felt like a friend. I have bookmarked many pages and intend to go back and use them often.
January 8, 2022
Curative Magic, by Rachel Patterson, is a well thought out book filled with wonderful recipes, aromatherapies, and natural wonders that can be used to help people cope with mental illness.
As a counseling student and witch, I was delighted when I found this book. The chapter is organized by condition (Anxiety, depression, grief, stress). I loved how she went into detail different recipes, essential oil blends, tea blends, and incense you could use to help with each condition. The herbs used for many of the mental disorders in the book are overarching; for instance, chamomile and lavender are good all around herbs, while rose and vervain may have specific uses.
For me, I’ll probably use this book as a reference. I’m not a hearth witch, but I can certainly see myself using some of the recipes in the book, especially since a good friend of mine is getting ready to apply for vet school. I also work in a military town, and many folks who visit me are veterans who have PTSD, anxiety, depression, ect. I can see myself using this book, in combination with other psychotherapeutic techniques, such as CBT, DBT, ect.
Needless to say, it is repetitive. The herbs Patterson uses are the same for most conditions, and there are times I can easily predict what herbs to use. While the organization method at the beginning of each chapter is appreciated, I can do without her describing what these materials are used for (i.e. I already know how to use essential oils and incense and herbs; you described it in the first chapter). Nonetheless, I love this book, and would recommend it for magical practitioners, natural nurturers and anyone dealing with any mental health issues.
4.0/5 stars.
As a counseling student and witch, I was delighted when I found this book. The chapter is organized by condition (Anxiety, depression, grief, stress). I loved how she went into detail different recipes, essential oil blends, tea blends, and incense you could use to help with each condition. The herbs used for many of the mental disorders in the book are overarching; for instance, chamomile and lavender are good all around herbs, while rose and vervain may have specific uses.
For me, I’ll probably use this book as a reference. I’m not a hearth witch, but I can certainly see myself using some of the recipes in the book, especially since a good friend of mine is getting ready to apply for vet school. I also work in a military town, and many folks who visit me are veterans who have PTSD, anxiety, depression, ect. I can see myself using this book, in combination with other psychotherapeutic techniques, such as CBT, DBT, ect.
Needless to say, it is repetitive. The herbs Patterson uses are the same for most conditions, and there are times I can easily predict what herbs to use. While the organization method at the beginning of each chapter is appreciated, I can do without her describing what these materials are used for (i.e. I already know how to use essential oils and incense and herbs; you described it in the first chapter). Nonetheless, I love this book, and would recommend it for magical practitioners, natural nurturers and anyone dealing with any mental health issues.
4.0/5 stars.
May 15, 2021
I really wanted to like this book. There were small areas of information suitable for anyone new to the craft, and some lovely meditations. However, it was so repetitive. There was a lot of wasted pages of repeated information in most chapters
July 23, 2021
super helpful and accessible! gives some great homemade herbal tea recipes, as well as essential oil blends, incense blends, and what herbs are good for what ailments.
April 27, 2025
This is a book I would suggest every budding witch to have in their arsenal.
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