By Diane Morgan
(2nd-Hand, Collectable, Rare)
Published by Diane Morgan, 2004
Condition - Good, slightly water-damaged but overall in good condition
Paperback, 208 pages
Genre - Gardening, Nonfiction, Magick, Esoteric, Botanical, Divination
★★★★☆
The Charmed Garden
The Charmed Garden: Sacred and Enchanting Plants for the Magically Inclined Herbalist
Did you know that:
• Hollyhock is the herb of Prosperity and can attract material wealth and happiness?
• Honeysuckle can improve your psychic powers?
• The scent of Hyacinths promotes peace, love and relaxation and can relieve feelings
of grief?
• Lavender helps control anger and brings calm and healing?
• Even the humble Nettle can banish evil spirits and remove curses?
A garden is a place of secrets and mysteries. What is more mysterious than the secret curled within a seed? What more magical than the slow unfolding of a rose? The garden holds the key to many secrets even the secrets of life and death. Plants contain not only powerful healing attributes, but also some of the most deadly toxins known. Very often, these two properties co-exist within the same plant.
Plants have an elemental wisdom unknown to the kingdom of animals. From sun and earth and air and water, from these simple things, rise towering oaks and delicate violets, deadly nightshade and healthful herbs. All gardens are magical places. They occupy the threshold realm between the wild and the civilized, between human beings and nature. Their ambiguous character, half wilderness, half paradise, fills them with mystery.
The Charmed Garden will help you create a garden of botanical magic in its spiritual sense. You can tune into your inner self and discover what plants you need to have around you, flowers that will lift your spirit and nourish your soul. A garden of delight awaits you in this book, taking you to a place of magic and joy. You will learn how to design a charmed garden which is perfect for your needs, when to sow and when to harvest plants that will heal, protect and nourish your body and soul. The Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, covering 180+ herbs, trees and flowers, will tell you everything you need to know about the magical properties, healing powers and spiritual affinities of these plants.
Here is a treasure trove for anyone seeking to create and enjoy a garden filled with magic. Whether it is in a window box, a small corner in your backyard, or if you are planning to create a totally new landscape in your garden, with the information in this book you can create a space where you will feel closer to nature and life than anywhere else on earth.
Diane Morgan lives in Maryland with two other human beings, six dogs, two cats and a bunch of pond fish. She teaches Philosophy and Religion and is a passionate landscape gardener. She also writes prolifically on many subjects, including dogs, horses, Eastern religions and has won awards for poetry and drama. She is the author of Magical Tarot, Mystical Tao.Diane Morgan is an experienced teacher and author of several cookbooks including "Cooking for the Week". She also writes a food column for the "Los Angeles Times". She lives in Portland, Oregon.