Ellen Evert Hopman

The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas (eBook, ePUB)

Remedies, Recipes, Magic, and Brews for the Winter Season

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An around-the-world tour of ancient Christmas celebrations, Pagan Solstice customs, and magical seasonal plants • Explores in depth the medicinal and magical properties of the many herbs, barks, and berries associated with the Christmas and Yuletide season • Looks at the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus, as well as female gift bringers, holiday Spirits, and Yuletide animals • Shares crafts such as how to make a Yule Log, practices such as Winter Solstice divinations, and recipes for traditional foods and drinks For millennia cultures have taken time out to honor the darkest days of the year with lights, foods, and festivities. In ancient Egypt, people decorated their homes with greenery at the festival of the rebirth of the God Horus. The ancient Romans shared gifts, especially candles, at the midwinter festival of Saturnalia. In Scandinavian and Germanic cultures, the Yule Log was burned in the hearth, fruit orchards were wassailed, and sheaves of wheat were displayed to carry luck into the New Year. In Celtic cultures, mummers and guisers went door to door, and European mistletoe (Viscum album) was gathered by Druids as a medicinal and magical aid. Ellen Evert Hopman shares folklore, recipes, rituals, and crafts to enliven your Yuletide observance. She explores the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus as well as holiday Spirits and Yuletide animals. She explains how to perform Winter Solstice divinations and make traditional foods and drinks such as Elizabethan gingerbread cookies and Wassail. And she looks in depth at the medicinal and magical properties of the many herbs, barks, and berries associated with the Christmas and Yuletide season such as Frankincense and Myrrh, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Hibiscus, Bayberry, and many more. This guide offers practical and magical ways to celebrate and honor the darkest days of the year.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781644117811
• Artikelnr.: 67480813

Autorenporträt

Ellen Evert Hopman has been a teacher of herbalism since 1983 and is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. A member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages and a former professor at the Grey School of Wizardry, she has presented at schools and workshops across the United States and Europe. A Druidic initiate since 1984, she is the current Archdruid of Tribe of the Oak (Tuatha na Dara), an international Druid Order, a founding member of The Order of the White Oak (Ord Na Darach Gile), a Bard of the Gorsedd of Caer Abiri, and a Druidess of the Druid Clan of Dana. A former vice president of The Henge of Keltria, she is the author of The Sacred Herbs of Spring; The Sacred Herbs of Samhain; Secret Medicines from Your Garden; The Real Witches of New England; Scottish Herbs and Fairy Lore; A Druid's Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine; A Druid's Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year; Walking the World in Wonder a Children's Herbal; Being a Pagan; Tree Medicine, Tree Magic; and the Druid trilogy of novels: Priestess of the Forest, The Druid Isle and Priestess of the Fire Temple. She lives in Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Lucya Starza
An Introduction to Yule and Herbal Magic
A Primer on Herbal Preparation
A Primer on Herb Magic
PART ONE
TRADITIONS, RITES, FOODS, AND DRINKS OF THE SEASON
The Gift Bringers, Spirits, and Mystical Figures of Winter
The Animals at Yule
Rituals and Rites of Solstice, Yule, and Christmas
A Rite for the Goddess at the Winter Solstice
Christmas Traditions and Recipes from around the World
Wassailing and Other Yuletide Libations
PART TWO
MAGICAL AND MEDICINAL HERBS OF WINTER
Allspice
Almond
Apple
Bayberry
Birch
Boxwood
Cacao
Cinnamon
Clove
Cranberry
Frankincense and Myrrh
Ginger
Hawthorn
Hibiscus
Holly
Hyssop
Ivy
Juniper
Laurel
Lemon
Licorice
Mint
Mistletoe
Nutmeg
Oak
Orange
Pine and Other Conifers
Poinsettia
Rosemary
Star of Bethlehem
Vanilla
Notes
Index of Recipes and Projects
Index of Plants by Common Name
Index of Plantsby Scientific Name
General Index