This was a very interesting read. I’ve always been very curious about the practice and this was a good introduction and instructional. I would recommend this book

I am not a witch but I was intrigued by this book since I use a lot of wild herbs and do a lot of nature journaling, wild food logs and so on, with can cross over nicely with a grimoire. I hoped it would help me in perfecting my Materia Medica, or book of my personal herbal information for wild plants, kitchen medicine, and so on.

It's a good book for either purpose and has some fun crafty sort of tutorials for things like making herbal paper, pressing wildflowers, making herbal wands for smudging and so on. It also has advice on the type of book to use, the requisite Wiccan information on spells and such, plus lots of information on ethics and such.

I really wish the book had images, though. With a book like this you really want to see photos or at least sketches for inspiration on how to do your grimoire, the steps on the projects and so on. I'm a very visual reader and would honestly rather browse Pinterest for images of other people Materia Medica or grimoire for inspiration than just read text about it. Other than that, it's quite a nice, helpful book.

Heads up to those who are interested for reasons similar to mine, it has lists of plants and colors and other elements that are spiritually associated with various properties but does not include actual herbal information. It is definitely designed for magick and not medicine.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

This is an absolutely enchanting book about how to create and use your own personal grimoire. I loved reading about the different ideas of what to include in your grimoire to personalize it. This book is intended for the green witch, but I think anyone who is interested in the natural world, self-reflection, journaling, and art would enjoy and benefit from making their own personal grimoire.

A very thorough detailed book about making your own grimoire. Interesting examples afe given and encouragement also. Many people in the alternative religion community want spell books that will give them exact directions as to what materials are needed and what actions to take. While this is not wrong how many people actually try to make their own magic and leave a written record of their attempts . Success and failure, materials used and actions taken. I especially enjoyed reading about making your own secret script to record your spells and seasonal rituals. Safe from others eyes and written in a code only known to you! This is a very readable and upbeat way to practice positive life skills for your own rememberance and others too if you decide so,