The Book of Small Magic — Folk Practice for Ordinary Days

Everything in this book is done with what is already in your kitchen.

A candle. Salt. Tap water. Rosemary from the spice rack. A length of thread and a jar with a lid. That is the whole equipment list, and there is nothing to buy.

InsideThe House — the threshold working, blessing a new home with bread and salt, clearing a room after a bad day, the windowsill jar, and finding where your hearth actually is.

The Kitchen — kitchen magic, the daily tea ritual with what’s in your cupboard, and the sweetening jar for a person you have to keep dealing with.

The Self — the bath, a working for sleeping through the night, cutting a cord, and four minutes of courage before a hard conversation.

The Moon — five phases and exactly what to do with each, plus a log to keep.

The Year and The Book — the eight festivals on one page, and how to keep a grimoire of your own.

Also included: twelve pocket ritual cards for a drawer or a pocket, and sixteen apothecary labels for jars, tins and bottles. Four honest things, all of them on page two.

It is folk practice, not medicine — there are no remedies here to swallow and no herbal prescriptions. It is not a religion and it does not require belief; you can do every working as a sceptic and get most of the benefit. It stays out of closed traditions — no white sage, no smudging, no borrowed practice from cultures that have asked outsiders not to take it. Rosemary and bay were doing this work in Britain and Ireland long before anything was imported.

And there’s a plain page on fire safety, because several workings use a candle.

Please note

Digital download — nothing is posted to you. For personal use only. Nothing here treats or prevents anything; if you are ill, pregnant or taking medication, speak to a professional first. Digital orders can’t be refunded once delivered.