Wheel of the Year — I’ve learned and honored through mostly Celtic traditions. This first time I’ve heard of it as a modern notion. Interesting!. I wholeheartedly agree that tapping into and celebrating the changing of the seasons is a natural cycle that keeps us connected to Mother Earth and ancient wisdom. I also like how this book is divided into two sections; techniques, followed by specific rituals crafts, and offerings for each sabbat. The techniques have tips and steps that will be helpful for witchy people that aren’t overly crafty but still want to make things and encompasses a relatively small section of this book. Then it jumps in with Samhain ✨🖤🎃 the beginning and my all time fav. Raechel Henderson calls Samhain “the harvest of the soul” which 100% resonates! The foraging and altar suggestions are inspirational including crafting ideas, magical correspondences, herbal tea recipes and baking — quite thorough. This book might appeal most to witchy folks that lean towards kitchen witch tendencies or those looking to up their DIY game. A unique offering to subtly bring family and friends into the Wheel of the Year celebrations, with some great ideas for gatherings or occasions out of the home like women’s circles..

This is an excellent book. It has perfect for families who are pagan or not (in our case we are omnists, atheists, and agnostics).

It helps people create rituals for their family based on the seasons, and teaches basic mythology at the same time. The crafts are all well within the beginner-intermediate level (I would consider myself to be intermediate) and I didn't consider any of them to be beyond my skill.

I loved the journal reflections each Shabbat in particular, and felt that they would be really helpful in my person therapeutic practice.

I would recommend this book to anyone who has a family but is not christian and is looking to make specific rituals that are still family focused, secular or pagan in nature (it's easy to make these either) and are concentrated in nature.

I especially loved the advice to grow native plants. I think we all should do so!

I plan to do several of the recipes and activities. I received this book from net galley and am leaving a fair review based on my own personal opinions with no compensation.

I'm not a very crafty person, but I think most of the crafting ideas are pretty simple and easy to do. I'm more of a cook. I can't wait to try some of these recipes. A good book for beginners and for long time practitioners.

This is a nice seasonal book for pagans and wiccans. Crafts, recipes and rituals are included around 8 seasonal holidays like Beltane and Yule. The crafts tend to be rather childlike and easy to replicate, with illustrations and sometimes photos. I found myself wishing for more photos but I appreciated the ones there were. The recipes tend to have a lot of wheat and sugar. I’m a little more environmentally minded than the author, who recommends things like glitter and microfiber cloths, but it’s a sweet and fun book.

I read a temporary digital copy of this book via NetGalley.

This is a great book if you’re new to the wheel of the year. It gives you a brief description of each holiday along with recipes, crafts and journal prompts for each. You can easily start at any holiday and skip around as you’re reading. So many of these recipes and crafts are cheap easy things that anyone can do without having to go out a buy a lot of pricey supplies. There are also great tips for reusing everyday items in your crafts. You can easily incorporate these activities into a family event and get everyone involved.

As the wife of a practicing witch, but not a practitioner myself, I make a point of looking for resources of how to include her spiritual beliefs in our everyday lives. But I also want to honor her holidays the way I would anyone else's, and sometimes need more specific direction.

I was drawn to The Natural Home Wheel of the Year because it focused on using items you can easily find in your house, with bits of education for the newcomers sprinkled throughout. The flow of the book was great, beginning with the new year Samhain and moving through the Wheel.

I really appreciated the variety of suggestions Henderson offered. From simple journal prompts to more complex recipes, there is something for every level of witch (or wife of witch, in my case). Some books can be intimidating with all the new items and activities they make it seem you absolutely have to buy and do to be a "good witch", but that pressure is notably absent from The Natural Home Wheel of the Year. All templates are available in the back, and she gives specific examples on how to use things that normally would end up thrown away, so there is a green aspect to it I love too.

I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for a little more guidance on ways to celebrate the Wheel of the Year, and I look forward to anything else Henderson decides to publish,

Raechel Henderson created a beautiful and elegant guide to help others find ways to celebrate without breaking the budget. The Natural Home Wheel of the Year, offers an appendix for quick references, as well as altar placements, and recipes to truly celebrate the seasons.

This book has many diys crafts to celebrate each holiday with themes without breaking the budget. I do like that they touch on the history, it doesn’t go into detail but it’s enough to give a nice foundation. My daughter and I went through this book together, I love that she was able to understand the rituals, crafts, and themes.

5 stars and recommended.

For those who celebrate the Wheel of the Year (eight sabbats that follow the seasons), Raechel Henderson offers plenty of crafty and low-to-no-cost ideas for celebrating. As someone who prefers to work both with natural materials and repurposed items, Henderson provides instructions and inspiration for DIY rituals, altar arrangements, crafts, decorations, and recipes from Samhain to Mabon, and she stresses the use of craft as a "moving meditation" on the season. The sections on each sabbat don't go into much detail about the history or traditions, but they provide insight into the themes of each season to help the reader celebrate more fully.

The book includes information on various crafting techniques like making stamps, papermaking, and creating beads. It also includes an appendix on sabbat correspondences for quick reference as well as templates for several of the crafts pictured in the book. Full-color photos emphasize the natural and simple delights throughout the year. A wonderful book to help anyone, pagan or not, celebrate the seasons without breaking the budget. 4 stars.

Thank you, Llewellyn Publications and NetGalley, for providing an eARC of this book. Opinions expressed here are solely my own.

I loved the illustrations and art in this book - that was the first thing that stood out to me from the introduction. I also loved the sheer variety in different ways to celebrate each sabbat and the options one could choose to do. This made the book very easy to read and understand and it didn’t feel like the author was trying to push one way to celebrate sabbats over another. A great, fun read.

Lovely introduction to living seasonally, with home decor, recipes, craft projects, relaxing activities, holiday projects, and ways to honor and imbue nature in our lives throughout the year.

I'm constantly on the look out for books concerning the wheel of the year. While this one had most things I'd expect it also had lots of things I didn't. It's very informative and comprehensive and the photos are beautiful and are really helpful in some cases. This was very well done!

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I have mixed feelings about this book, yet the author claim you don’t have to be pagan, Wiccan, etc to practice, but her rituals are some of the most sacred practices in those religions/beliefs. Her content holds value, but I feel she set out in her open to be inclusive for reads and left out basic rules to follow when practicing these ‘rituals’ as she calls them.
I would maybe use this for ideas, but I would hold her credit to everything in this book.

This nicely formatted book is a guide to crafting, cooking, decorating, altars, rituals and magic for every Sabbat. Discusses foraging crafting materials, activitie, correspondences and recipes. Appendices. Illustrations.Bibliography

You don’t have to be a Wiccan to enjoy this lovely book that celebrates the natural world and encourages readers to live in harmony with the world around them