Herb Magic for Beginners (For Beginners (Llewellyn's)) [Paperback]

Ellen Dugan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 8, 2006 | Series: For Beginners (Llewellyn's)

Stir up passion with violet or nab a new job with honeysuckle. From parsley to periwinkle, people enjoy herbs for their aroma, taste, and healing abilities, but few are aware of the enchanting powers harnessed within these multipurpose plants. Breathing new life into herbal folklore and wisdom, Ellen Dugan introduces the magical side of these natural treasures.

The author of Cottage Witchery describes the magical traits of flowers, roots, trees, spices, and other commonly found herbs. Under her guidance, readers learn the basics of magic and spellworking so they may safely explore herbal magic on their own for health, luck, prosperity, romance, protection, and more!

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About the Author

Ellen Dugan, the "Garden Witch," is an award-winning author, a psychic-clairvoyant and a regular contributor to Llewellyn's almanacs, datebooks, and calendars. A practicing Witch for over twenty-five years, she is also a certified Master Gardener.

Ellen has written several books, including Garden Witchery, Elements of Witchcraft, Natural Magick for Teens, Cottage Witchery, Autumn Equinox, The Enchanted Cat, Herb Magic for Beginners, Natural Witchery, and How to Enchant a Man.  Her Garden Witch's Herbal, and Book of Witchery will be published in 2009.

When not keeping up with her family, Ellen unwinds by working in her perennial gardens at home with her husband. She wholeheartedly encourages everyone to personalize their green spellcraft by getting their hands dirty, discovering the wonder and magic of the natural world, and connecting with the spiritual side of nature. To find out more, visit her website at www.ellendugan.com or check out her blog at http://ellendugan.wordpress.com/.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (May 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738708372
• ISBN-13: 978-0738708379
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ellen Dugan, is the award winning author known as the "Garden Witch". A psychic-clairvoyant, she has been a practicing Witch for over twenty-seven years. She is a Master Gardener, and is also the High Priestess of her Coven in the St. Louis area. Ellen teaches classes locally and online on Witchery and Magick. She is the author of the following Llewellyn books:

Garden Witchery: Magick from the Ground Up (2004 COVR Award Runner-up)
Elements of Witchcraft; Natural Magick for Teens
7 Days of Magic: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for the Bewitching Week
Cottage Witchery: Natural Magick for Hearth and Home
Autumn Equinox: The Enchantment of Mabon
The Enchanted Cat: Feline Fascinations, Spells & Magick- (2007 COVR Award Winner)
Herb Magic for Beginners: Down-to-earth Enchantments
Natural Witchery: Intuitive, Personal & Practical Magick - (2008 COVR Award Winner)
How to Enchant a Man: Spells to Bewitch, Bedazzle & Beguile
Garden Witch's Herbal: Green Magick, Herbalism & Spirituality (2010 COVR Award Runner-Up)
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Practical Protection Magick: Guarding & Reclaiming Your Power
Seasons of Witchery: Celebrating the Sabbats with the Garden Witch (June 2012)


Ellen's thirteenth book with Llewellyn Worldwide will be released in 2012. When she's not keeping up with her family, Ellen likes to unwind by working in her perennial gardens at home with her husband. Ellen wholeheartedly encourages folks to personalize their Spell-craft. To go outside and connect with the spiritual side of nature. To get their hands dirty and discover the wonder and magick of natural world that surrounds them.

Visit her author's website for tour information and to check out and order the six different online classes she offers at www.ellendugan.com

Visit her blog called, "Blog of Witchery" at ellendugan.blogspot.com/
You can also find Ellen on Facebook

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Consice and helps reader take the next step., May 25, 2007

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Capricorn "Capricorn" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Herb Magic for Beginners (For Beginners (Llewellyn's)) (Paperback)

I love this little book. I love Ellen's writing style that is very humorous and personable while still being informational and matter of fact. The author includes some concise content that is useful such as information on moon phases, how to choose the best plants for growing in your region, as well as alternative sources and uses for herbs if you cannot grow your own plants. This book is a complete beginners guide to tell you how to work with herbs in general. Its strong point is that is is not a herb encyclopedia. After reading this book you are ready to take the next step. Which isnt that the goal of a beginner level book? I feel a great companion to this book would be Cunnningham's Encyclopedia of Herbs.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good basic tips, August 6, 2008

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Lisa Norton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Herb Magic for Beginners (For Beginners (Llewellyn's)) (Paperback)

Very good tips for anyone - beginner or more advanced. The book is set out so you can go to just one section or another, find what you're looking for and not have to read pages and pages of theory and background. The first few pages alone will set you up with a basic knowledge of moon cycles, candle colors that associate with each day and planetary influences of each day of the week.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the begin, what is magic book. amazin! excellent!, September 7, 2009

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P. Polanco "meditative mind" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Herb Magic for Beginners (For Beginners (Llewellyn's)) (Paperback)

I'm getting initiated in to the wonderful world of magic. magic has come to my life to fill a big gap and sadness that felt overwhelming. after reading some books by Scott Cunningham, etc i really didn't know how to make the magic rituals, i was clueless. some books just doesn't have the proper structure or organization until i read Dugan's herb magic. it was like an "aha" moment, this is how it is! she tells you the correspondence of colors and their influences, the influence of the days of the weeks and that Friday is the best day for love rituals, that the moon is a key player in giving the right energy depending on what phase is in, the circle, cleansing, ect. excellent book. for someone that is starting on magic this is the book or if you already know about it this is a big refresher. These are my recommendations in order to learn magic: herb magic for beginners by Dugan, moon spells how to use the phases of the moon to get what you want by Diane Ahlquist, then any Scott Cunningham book starting with wicca a guide for the solitary practitioner and so on.