Blending storytelling, witchcraft, and warm advice, Jennie Blonde (the @comfycozywitch) offers recipes, rituals, and spell work, to nourish yourself and your family.
For author Jennie Blonde, witchcraft is, in and of itself, comforting. Sure, there are not-so-comfortable parts as well—working with the shadow, coming face to face with that which holds you back. But for Jennie, witchcraft is about connecting with nature, your higher self, and with something beyond—a deity, deities, Spirit, the universe—and being comfortable with your true self in all aspects of your life.
“In times of anxiety,” Jennie writes, “I turn to my practice. When I need a moment of calm and reflection, I retreat to my sacred space for quiet meditation, pulling tarot cards, and journaling to nourish my soul. When I want to nourish my family, I turn to my garden and herbs and cauldron (my stockpot) for a bit of kitchen witchery. When I wish to nourish my body, I turn to mindful movement and self-care rituals and spell work. And throughout the day, every day, there are small rituals I perform to keep me connected to my practice. It’s all of those things together that is the heart of my craft.”
The book
rituals for protection and cleansing the hearth and home; comfy cozy witchcraft in the kitchen, creating a kitchen altar, and recipes and rituals for nourishment; creating a sacred space—no matter the size of the home—the witch’s altar, tools, and spells; grounding rituals, working with herbs and plants, and meditations to connect you with the earth; the importance of self-care for balancing witchy wellness, complete with rituals and recipes for bath salts, oils, balms; and more.
Jennie Blonde (Instagram @comfycozywitch) brings advice and experience from her daily as well as seasonal practices as a witch to this book. I appreciated how she split topics up into different sections. I came to this work as a read/writer who was curious about how modern witchcraft might compare and/or contrast to the depictions of such magic in novels I've read. I certainly learned much, but I'm by no means an expert in this genre so take my review as you will.
I chose this particular witchy audio book because it was available to me through my Audible annual membership. It really does this work a disservice to not have an accompanying PDF with the recipes, since so much of this book is exactly that. Am I supposed to constantly pause to write down anything that interested me? So, I cannot give this high marks due to the poor production design.
So, overall, if you're curious about this genre and just want things to wash over you, then this is a fun listen. But though so much of this are ritual instructions and recipes, there's no way for you to actually follow Blonde's advice because there's no way to save or search for anything.