Wild Magic was a great book! I only wish I was able to get out and do more!
Book Title and Author: Wild Magic: Celtic Folk Traditions for the Solitary Practitioner by Danu Forest
Status? : Finished
My overall rating of the book : 8/10
How does this book relate to my magickal practice?: I’m interested in exploring the Celtic side of my magic, and I was hoping this would be a good start.
My personal thoughts/opinions: This is a wonderful book to start out with just communing with Nature. Not much on the Celtic Gods and Goddess, but some with Fae and Nature spirits. The only problem I have with it, is that I’m disabled and can’t really take a hike or find a stream. Poo. LOL!
An interesting quote from the book:
"To the Celts, fire has always been of central importance. Whether it be the hearth fire—the heart of the home—or the teine-eigin, the need fire lit at the fire festivals of Beltane and Samhain to bless the community and the livestock, fire has always been seen as life-giving, cleansing, and protecting.
As such, a host of traditional lore and practices are attached to it. Every early community around the world has honoured the importance of fire, and seen it as a magical tool, central to life in every way, bringing light and heat. This continued in Britain and Ireland well into the early twentieth century, when homes were still heated by open fires.”
Forest, Danu. Wild Magic: Celtic Folk Traditions for the Solitary Practitioner (p. 121). Llewellyn. Kindle Edition.
All in all, would I recommend this book?: Yes!