The Magick of Food

Rituals, Offerings and Why We Eat Together

Gwion Raven (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2020
Llewellyn Publications,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7387-6085-8 (ISBN)

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Discover a magickal collection of lore, recipes, rituals, and practices from modern and ancient cultures of the world. The Magick of Food reveals how using food magickally can transform the mundane task of fueling your body into an opportunity for deep nourishment and connection to loved ones and the divine. This powerful book provides detailed information on food magick and rituals, from edible aphrodisiacs to feasts for the gods. Whether you re preparing boar tacos for Bacchus or a vegetable frittata to celebrate the equinox, this book helps you find community through food and build your kitchen witch skills. Using history, magic, and more than forty delicious recipes, you ll breathe new life into your devotional practice while you connect with ancestors and deities.

GWION RAVEN (Sebastopol, CA) has been a practicing witch and ritualist with the Reclaiming Tradition since 2003. He has taught Reclaiming Core classes, week-long witch camps, and embodied devo-tional work. Gwion has studied Druidry as well as Tibetan Buddhism with Ven. Segyu Rinpoche. He co-owns a metaphysical shop called Milk and Honey, and he writes for Witches and Pagans and a Patheos Pagan blog called The Witches Next Door. www.GwionRaven.com

Contents

List of Recipes xiii

List of Rituals, Spells & Things to Try xv

Disclaimer xvii

Acknowledgments xix

Foreword by Kristoffer Hughes xxi

Introduction 1

How to Use This Book 5

SECTION I: A Brief and Incomplete History of Food and Ritual
Chapter 1: Sumer 11
Chapter 2: Greece 25
Chapter 3: Rome 41
Chapter 4: The Isles of the Mighty 51

SECTION II: Food, Magick, and Rituals for Today
Chapter 5: Food and Magick 61
Chapter 6: Food and Sex 85
Chapter 7: Food and Healing 101
Chapter 8: Food and Grief 131
Chapter 9: Food and Community 143
Chapter 10: Food and the Kitchen Witch 169

SECTION III: All the Recipes
Chapter 11: Everyday Food Magick 191
Chapter 12: Magick Potions 199
Chapter 13: Food Magick for Special Occasions 215

Conclusion: Time to Clean the Kitchen 255

Bibliography 257

Index 259

Erscheinungsdatum	23.01.2020
Verlagsort	Minnesota
Sprache	englisch
Maße	191 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Allgemeines / Lexika / Tabellen
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
ISBN-10	0-7387-6085-4 / 0738760854
ISBN-13	978-0-7387-6085-8 / 9780738760858
Zustand	Neuware