Presenting a practical guide to the Sacred herbs & trees of Samhain, Ellen Evert Hopman details the identification, harvest & use of more than 70 plants & trees in healing, divination, purification & magic & as tools for contacting the Spirits wandering the landscape at this liminal time of year.
Detailing the history, rites & traditions of Samhain, Hopman explains how to make an offering to the land spirits & provides instructions for the traditional Samhain ritual of the Dumb Supper, complete with recipes for the Sacred foods of Samhain, such as, soul cakes, colcannon, boxty bread & dandelion wine. Woven throughout with mystical tales of folk, fairy & sacred herbs; this guide offers each of us practical & magical ways to connect with Nature, the plant kingdom, the spirits that surround us & the turning of the year.
