Green Witchcraft / Folk Magick Books Options

Howdy,

I was wondering if anyone here had any knowlege of any good BOS's or otherwise relating to Green Witchcraft and/or Folk Magick?

I've looked at some books by Ann Moura (aka: aoimiel or something).

I'd be most interested in hearing what you have to suggest.

If you can find it, I recommend the Oxford Dictionary of Plant-Lore.

It is a paperback volume with the standard Oxford style cover. My friend picked one up in a remaindered bin for £5. I thought it was excellent so I went online to try and find a copy. Apparently it is now out of print and much sought after:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResu...d&sts=t&y=0&x=0

Still, much cheaper in the USA than over here. In England the last copy I saw was going for £260, about $525!!

Another good one is this:

http://www.treadwells-london.com/deCleene.asp

Again, it is expensive, but very cool.

Scott Cunningham has some good books for "green" witchcraft. To me green witchcraft is any magickal practice that emphisises on the use of nature and things within it; herbs, fungi, cosmic forces, trees and other plants, elemental power all especially. For folk magick I'd look into voodoo, appalachian folk magic, shamanism, neo-druidism, anything to do with native american/australian mysticism and medicine (from what I've read so far I've found Hopi, Navajoe and Aboriginal philosophies to be good) and chinese mysticism. Why so many different subjects? For a good well rounded knowledge and understanding.

Hello Hamilton.

I am on a few other forums and Ann Moura's name comes up a lot by those interested in "green" witchcraft. I have not read her books, but she seems popular with others on that path. I still own Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs and I think I have his incense book around somewhere. I do not care for the wiccan philosophy myself; however, one can still usually glean useful information from some of their books. If you do a Google book or Gutenberg project search using "herbs," "plants," "witchcraft," and "folklore," you will have a good time reading some of the old tomes on folk uses for plants.

My advice, whatever you decide, bookwise, is to get yourself a bunch of plants (or seeds) --herbs, preferrably--nurture and learn from them as they grow with you. Plants (and animals) are great teachers.

I still own Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

Thats the name I was looking for. I agree that this book is very useful and I think it actually compliments Ann Moura's books. But to really get the best quality information I think you gotta own all three. Green witchcraft alone is a good introductory but the other really spill the guts on the subject.