The Witch's Apothecary: Seasons of the Witch: Learn how to make magical potions around the wheel of the year to improve your physical and spiritual well-being.

by Lorriane Anderson

Rituals and recipes to help you embrace daily magic and sacred living through apothecary blending with herbs, oils, fragrances and crystals.
 
Bestselling co-author of The Seasons of the Witch Oracle cards series, Lorriane Anderson, has created a practical guide for beginning and advanced witches to unlock the greater powers of making your own apothecary blends. Lorriane owns and operates a successful, soul-based apothecary and uses her own practices to teach you how to make potions based on your needs, intentions, and energy.

A sacred living lifestyle is like slow living, and spiritually infused and focused on mindfulness, magic and self-care. Learn to craft magical blends that carefully follow the Wheel of the Year. You will feel empowered to craft your own formulas for personal use, experiment, and work from nature to create magical blends which tie into sacred sabbat days and tip into your magical energy.  Imagine creating your own candle to improve and appreciate Abundance in your life. Or creating an incense to clear blocks in your life to love.

Learn about the various ingredients, practices, and exercises needed to begin your magical journey and start your own witchy apothecary. You will also find a selection of over 100 recipes associated with each of the sabbats in the Wheel of the Year, and instructions on how to deepen your connection with nature through these seasonal cycles.

Genres: Witchcraft, Nonfiction, Nature, Spirituality, Wicca, Plants, Magic

256 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 2023

About the author

Lorriane Anderson is a tarot reader, astrologer, spiritual teacher, writer, and soul-based entrepreneur. Her work focuses heavily on sacred and intentional living as well as using spiritual practices as a pathway for profound healing, growth, and transformation. She is heavily influenced by her diverse lineage, bringing together healing practices from her ancestors in a practical, updated way. She owns and operates Spirit Element, a soul-based apothecary and Made with Stardust, which provides private label development and supplies for spiritual-based businesses. Her published works include Seasons of the Witch: Samhain Oracle and Affirmations: Words of Inner Wisdom. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m a Writer and picked this up as a resource for future books. I’m pleased with this decision.

The book is gorgeous. It has that charm of finding magic with lovely illustrations.

Be aware that cats and essential oils are not friends. Their livers cannot break down the oils. So if you diffuse something that is toxic to cats, like eucalyptus, you could make your cat very sick or worse. Be mindful of your pets when introducing plants and oils to their home.

[Sagi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I REALLY wanted to like this, but honestly... It just doesn't fit my personality, my environment, & my lifestyle. But that means it may be for you instead!

Really easy format. Cute illustrations (a little too cute for my taste, maybe - but quaint nonetheless). Good witch seasons 101 information.

My complaints are that while some ingredients are super-accessible, there are still quite a few that aren't. At least for me. & while I like that it's full of self-care & beauty recipes - I also can't imagine making all of them. It takes me forever to get through a bottle of lotion, so to have 5 different kinds laying around... & I've never really used body oils, which is her favorite thing, so... I'm sure I could transpose it to a lotion or something instead, but I'm lazy :P & the incense... I use oils & diffusers, but these incense charcoal disks - I've never heard of them before, so I wish there was a little less of that or some alternatives mentioned.

Again - all in all, it's a VERY easy read & has some useful info and nice ideas. But unfortunately, it won't be the most practical recipe book for me at this time.

[julia ☆ [owls reads]]

Gorgeous book. If you're at all into essential oils and how to incorporate them in your craft, this is definitely the book for you. Sadly, that is not the case for me.

[Savanna Prouty · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.75
I didn't want to rate this book because it's for reference rather than reading. I got it because I wanted to learn more about plants and their uses relating to the sabbats. What I didn't expect was the overwhelming push for essential oils. I skipped 90% of the recipes because of this. A few self-care items is fine, but I was expecting teas and simmer pots. And sure self-care items like soap and lotion MINUS all the essential oils. Feels very MLM for her own products. There's a good bibliography in the back that I'll probably have to make use of.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book.

[Kika · Rating 2 out of 5]

Visually it's a very beautiful book - the design and illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. There is some good beginner-friendly information at the beginning, however I don't remember seeing a disclaimer about essential oils being toxic to pets, particularly cats. The recipes themselves are not very practical and there were only a couple of them that I actually wanted to try out.
I really wanted to like this book and decided to give it some time before giving a review, but even months after reading it some of the author's claims inside it still leave a very bad taste in my mouth. It's one thing to acknowledge different relationship dynamics and well done for trying to promote inclusivity and awareness, but it's entirely different to bash your heterosexual readers about their sexuality claiming it's "outdated". I thought this was supposed to be a book about potions but it looks like it was targeted at a very specific audience which I'm clearly not part of. I intended to buy the author's oracle decks as well and after reading this I'm glad I did not. However, if you're not bothered by such things and you're in need of an eye pleasing, beginner friendly book, then by all means go ahead and get it.

[Lotus Dragon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was a bit disappointed with this book and I really wanted to love it more. For me, a lot of the ingredients and blends require a lot of financial outlay and some expensive items e.g. expensive oils. While the book is pretty and focused on a pleasing design, a lot of pages had no page numbers as the design took presidence. This made it very difficult to navigate the book. I did however like that the author focused on inclusively and was gender inclusive outside or the usual binary.

[Jina · Rating 3 out of 5]

While a beautiful book with some really great potions - it's about three times the length it needs to be just due to formating. I could see how it would be great to own if you don't have any basic reference books, but the first half of the book is just beginner stuff that's in every other book.

[Teresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I want to like this book but the recipes seem slightly impractical. Where am I to find some of these very specific ingredients? I wish she had a list in the back of the book of ask the items listed to make it easier to access…

[Kristine Codega · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely incredible and informative book for my library! I will be trying out all recipes included for the Wheel of the Year! Author seems to be incredibly grounded/down to earth. Like speaking to an old friend, but through reading!

[Bethany Lynn Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love all the information this has to give and the fact that I know I will continue to reference back to this makes me soo happy to have bought this book!!! Thanks sooo much

[ML Carver · Rating 4 out of 5]

This beautifully illustrated book is well organized, with easy to find information, and is deeply informed by the wheel of the year. Definitely a resource I'll turn to often.

[Rhiannon Cave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book and the artwork & helps me with my craft.

[Suzanne Sayers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! It's visually just beautiful and is a very practical guide for any level practitioner.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very beautifully designed. The structure is easy to follow, with context and basic recipes beginning the book and specific recipes at the end. Not everything connected with me, but the author didn’t sound too prescriptive about anything, which I really appreciated. I also GREATLY appreciated the sexuality and gender inclusivity. I’m always shocked by how many books like this are painfully heteronormative, so as a lesbian, it made my day to see non-straight love included in the spells. I haven’t tried many of the recipes yet, but a lot of them seem very easy and lovely. I really connect with the cycle of the seasons, so I’m looking forward to referencing this book throughout the year and making the seasonal recipes (especially love the hair/skin ones!). This is a great resource.

[Heather Hopkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting…lots of fun recipes for things like teas, bath and body creams and sprays, bath salts, potpourri, incense, and all kinds of other fun things organized by time of year. I’m going to try some!

[Maddy Violett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Für Menschen, die sich für ätherische Öle interessieren, bestimmt interessant. Für mich persönlich weniger was. Aber wunderschön gestaltet und geschrieben.

[Louisa Mackay · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful book worth reading. Thank you, Lorriane, for being.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very beginner friendly, and super easy to follow! I also appreciated that she discusses closed practices and sustainability. Will definitely be keeping this book as a handy reference.