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A review by xxivo
Mystical Mushrooms: Discover the Magic & Folklore of Fantastic Fungi by Aurora Kane
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
This book was full of soo many lovely mushroom facts!
I picked this book up as from time to time I love doing something spiritual, and I am a great fan of mushrooms, so it seemed this perfecty would intesect my two interests. And it really did bring those two together really well.
The book starts with a few chapters on the history of mushrooms and their magic. It talks on how they have been used for magic or have been linked to witches, but also talks about the many great uses for mushrooms like medicinal use or for food. There were many fun facts in there that I did not know and made notes of to remember for later. Like Ötzy the mummy having had mushrooms with him and how the salem trials might have some connections to mushrooms too. It made me feel more connected to mushrooms with this information and knowledge giving me a good framework for the chapter that takes up most of the book.
This is when the book starts taking two or more pages for various mushrooms. It goes over more common ones you could find yourself but also some very interesting rare ones that are absolutely awesome.
For every mushroom information was given for what kind of menifestations you could use them and I really enjoyed that. It then gave some text too with some background information and stories about the mushroom.
There were some shrooms I was happy about to learn more magical knowledge about them, but with other pages I was amazed to learn new mushrooms that blew my mind.
Lastly there are a few pages with some spells you can try out yourself. I like it that these sometimes give suggestions for what shrooms to use but not all are set in stone. Especially as finding specific mushrooms can be hard at any time of the year it is nice it gave you multiple options to choose from. One that was specific though was a truffle one and that one I did try. It was a manifestation for self worth in your love life that I really enjoyed. For my tools I turned on a candle for this, had my labadorite stone with me for extra self love and ate truffle crisps. Then I said the words the book had written down and sent my hopes into the air. I struggle a bit with self worth in relationships sometimes so I am hopeful this might help.
All together this was a lovely book that I really enjoyed and am considering buying a pretty hardback from to put it on my shelf.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.
I picked this book up as from time to time I love doing something spiritual, and I am a great fan of mushrooms, so it seemed this perfecty would intesect my two interests. And it really did bring those two together really well.
The book starts with a few chapters on the history of mushrooms and their magic. It talks on how they have been used for magic or have been linked to witches, but also talks about the many great uses for mushrooms like medicinal use or for food. There were many fun facts in there that I did not know and made notes of to remember for later. Like Ötzy the mummy having had mushrooms with him and how the salem trials might have some connections to mushrooms too. It made me feel more connected to mushrooms with this information and knowledge giving me a good framework for the chapter that takes up most of the book.
This is when the book starts taking two or more pages for various mushrooms. It goes over more common ones you could find yourself but also some very interesting rare ones that are absolutely awesome.
For every mushroom information was given for what kind of menifestations you could use them and I really enjoyed that. It then gave some text too with some background information and stories about the mushroom.
There were some shrooms I was happy about to learn more magical knowledge about them, but with other pages I was amazed to learn new mushrooms that blew my mind.
Lastly there are a few pages with some spells you can try out yourself. I like it that these sometimes give suggestions for what shrooms to use but not all are set in stone. Especially as finding specific mushrooms can be hard at any time of the year it is nice it gave you multiple options to choose from. One that was specific though was a truffle one and that one I did try. It was a manifestation for self worth in your love life that I really enjoyed. For my tools I turned on a candle for this, had my labadorite stone with me for extra self love and ate truffle crisps. Then I said the words the book had written down and sent my hopes into the air. I struggle a bit with self worth in relationships sometimes so I am hopeful this might help.
All together this was a lovely book that I really enjoyed and am considering buying a pretty hardback from to put it on my shelf.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.