This text unites creative brewing with magic. The book shows how beverage-making can be a fun and unusual way to enrich life from a magical perspective. In magic, the cup is a symbol of the Goddess, the ever-fruitful fountain from which nectars of wisdom and blessings flow. The book offers 275 recipes for brews that give the reader's creativity an outlet and enriches their life. The symbolic heritage of the beverages is kept in mind, offering options that are alcoholic and otherwise, that can be imbibed for health or pleasure, to celebrate the Wheel of the Year, or to encourage specific positive attributes. Beverages included are beer, wine, mead, melomel, metheglyn, cyder, physicks, teas, tonics, distilled beverages, coffees, flower and seasonal beverages, malteds, sodas, frappes, juices, pagan party punches, wine coolers, cordials, aperitifs, liqueurs and horilka. Each recipes lists ingredients, directions, magical associations, history/lore and alternative ingredients. Apple mead, for example, is suitable for Samhain celebrations and barley brew should help treat the symptoms of influenza. The book also includes background detail from the history of brewing and brewing as a magical activity to serving vessels and creative toasts.
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Patricia Telesco aka Marian Singer is the mother of three, wife, chief human to 5 pets, and a full-time professional author with over 60 books on the market, each of which represents a different area of spiritual interest for her and her readers.
Trish travels minimally twice a month to give lectures and workshops around the country. She (or her writing) has appeared on several television segments including Sightings on muli-cultural divination systems and National Geographic Today ' Solstice Celebrations. Besides this, Trish maintains a strong, visible presence in the metaphysical community including having given over 300 radio interviews from coast to coast, writings on the internet through popular sites like: www.witchvox.com, her yahoo club: www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/folkmagicwithtrishtelesco, and various appearances on internet chats and bbs boards.
Trish considers herself a down-to-earth Kitchen & folk magician whose love of folklore and worldwide customs flavor every word she writes. Her strongest ethical guidelines are honor, respect, and gratitude in all things.
Trish travels minimally twice a month to give lectures and workshops around the country. She (or her writing) has appeared on several television segments including Sightings on muli-cultural divination systems and National Geographic Today ' Solstice Celebrations. Besides this, Trish maintains a strong, visible presence in the metaphysical community including having given over 300 radio interviews from coast to coast, writings on the internet through popular sites like: www.witchvox.com, her yahoo club: www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/folkmagicwithtrishtelesco, and various appearances on internet chats and bbs boards.
Trish considers herself a down-to-earth Kitchen & folk magician whose love of folklore and worldwide customs flavor every word she writes. Her strongest ethical guidelines are honor, respect, and gratitude in all things.
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Recommended!,
By Annette Hrisko-Allen (pdx,usa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Witch's Brew (Paperback)
This, along with its companion, "A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook" are invaluable! In "A Witch's Brew", Telesco gives easy to follow instructions for making delicious alcoholic and "soft" drinks (I presented a version of the "Bowl of Plenty" punch at a baby shower, and had half the people come up to me for the recipe!)Included with each recipe is a little cultural blurb about either the drink or specific ingredients, and a short list of Magical Attributes of each beverage. There are also variations to several of the recipes, so you can feel free to experiment. If you are looking for something to present in Circle or to celebrate a high holy day, the section on "Seasonal Brews" is just the thing!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A truly tastey book! Drink this one up!,
By katrina_bear@hotmail.com (Raleigh,NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Witch's Brew (Paperback)
I found this book totally delicious! The recipes are easy to follow. There's a drink to suit everyone and every occasion. I definitely recommend this book to every witch that enjoys cooking up a little something for your rituals.
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