Earth Magic

by Margaret Macarthur, Jon Day (Editor), Julia Day

280 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994

Reviews

[Wyrd · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice book on perceptions of Wicca practiced in the UK in the 90's. Written in a non polemical way by someone who obviously wanted to share the love of how they see the world. Comes with some interesting observations on ritual places in the UK and even some food and drink recipes. At times it feels rather aimless, and the author writes in such a way that some previous knowledge of wicca is helpful.
Her primary message was to move away from the growing urbanisation of witchcraft and to explore the craft in nature. This is quite prophetic as I am sure she would be disappointed by how much of wicca now exists solely on Instagram and TikTok.
Her notions of what it is to be a woman is also somewhat archaic, but this was long before the debate around gender fluidity.
The book holds a lot of promise in what could be a stripping back of ritualistic practices to an intuitive practice with nature, what would today be called Hedge Witchcraft. But due to the restrictions of the time and lack of direction, the book falls short.

[Cheree Porter · Rating 5 out of 5]

My very first book on witchcraft - purchased in England by my parents in 1995 the first time we ever left the country when I was 13 years old. This book still has a leather Ireland bookmark and I will cherish it forever. We went to tons of the sacred sites listed and took pictures and meditated in stonehedge.