Rachel Patterson

This is an amazing resource. If you're looking to learn more about the deities from this part of the world or looking to deepen your connection, you'll find this to be incredibly helpful. I greatly appreciated the opening section - where Patterson breaks down The British Isles, the countries they contain, the history of the Isles, and other various histories involving the people living there in ancient times. We then move on to the gods/goddesses, organized alphabetically. Some have longer entries than others, but Patterson does admit there was less information to be found on some than others, so this wasn't a big surprise. I did learn about deities I'd never heard of and learned some new things about ones I was already familiar with. I think my favorite section was "Meet the Deities" where Patterson shares some of her rituals/meditations/symbols/recipes for a few of the deities. I'll be trying some of the recipes, and I love the idea of connecting to a god/goddess through more than just ritual and meditation but through food too. Cannot recommend enough!… (mehr)

A Witch for Every Season by Rachel Patterson
Spells, Rituals, Festivals & Magic

Interesting, information-filled, reference for those wanting to celebrate the seasons that provides concrete ideas on how to personalize on an individual basis to make each month special and unique to our own specifications.

This book is set up by the individual months with each chapter providing the same format with options suggested that the celebrant can choose from that will be in accordance with their needs. If the ideas are not exactly suited to you…find ones that are.

I made a list of most of the items discussed under each month’s chapter:
* Moon Name & Moon Magic
* Celebrations
* Magical Energy
* Plants and Flowers/Plant Magic
* Foods
* Crystals
* Animals
* Deities
* Altar Decorations
* Incense and Oil Blends
* Herbal Teas
* Activities
* Recipes
* Spells & Rituals
* Meditation

This is not necessarily new information, but it is set up concisely and open to creative interpretation by the person reading and interested in creating their own Wheel of the Year.

Thank you to NetGalley and Llewellyn Worldwide for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars… (mehr)