The Magic of Trees by Tess Whitehurst

384 Pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Release Date: January 8, 2017

Trees, Environmentalism, Magic Studies, Celtic

This is a wonderful reference book on trees. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is short and provides an orientation and methods for tree magic. The second part makes up the majority of the book. It contains information on almost 100 trees. There are also three appendices with magical, elemental and planetary correspondences.

Each tree has a description along with magical uses and correspondences. The author does a wonderful job researching each tree with meanings and its associations. If you love trees and want to build a closer connection with them, I highly recommend this book.

One of my favorite things to do is to walk outside. If I can walk in the woods that’s even better. Part of the reason that I love walking in the woods is the energy from all the different trees. It’s just so relaxing. What if you had a guide to help you understand all the energy that those trees were giving you? Did you know that different types of trees have different energy?

Tess is one of my favorite authors and I was very excited to see that she wrote a book on the wonderful energies that trees can bring us. It’s a tremendous guide to many trees that you will find, the energy they have and how you can work with them to further your magickal practice. It would be a great book to add to your magickal collection.

She really has done a wonderful job introducing you to a wide variety of trees and the beautiful energy that they can bring you when you work with them. She teaches you how to work with them. You can incorporate them into your magickal work, rituals, healing work and even just spend some time relaxing with them. With work and the right teacher you will find that you can have the most wonderful relationship with trees. Tess is that teacher. If you’ve ever wanted to work with trees or enhance your knowledge of working with trees I know you will enjoy what she teaches you in The Magic of Trees.

You can grab your copy here: The Magic of Trees

I hope that you have a magickal day!

Much Love and Many Blessings,

Jasmeine Moonsong

Another great book by Tess Whitehurst. Highly recommended.

Awesome author and wonderfully done book! Thanks to Net galley for letting me read it!

I finished this book awhile ago and took some time to digest its contents. This is such a lovely book, full of a lot of great information. Tess Whitehurst's The Magic of Trees: A Guide to Their Sacred Wisdom & Metaphysical Properties is such a great resource into tree magic. Without a doubt, you can tell Whitehurst put a lot of work and energy into this collection.

First, this book has beautiful images images. I adore the black and white drawings of the trees and other nature elements. These clean, crisp images not only are great for reference but the are ascetically pleasing. At first glance, they remind me of images in an vintage fairy tale storybook my mom owned. Since I adored that tome, I immediately felt a fondness for this book.

The book is set up into very user-friendly sections. There is an opening orientation chapter, providing background on tree magic and how to use the book. This section is not drawn out, but does give the reader a nice platform for getting the most out of her well-written work. The next section is about the trees themselves, and Whitehurst covers a lot of different trees. Each tree has its own section, exploring many different aspect of the tree including symbolism, attributes, petitions, and magical correspondences to name a few. The back of the book has three appendices, which I appreciate in a resource material. These appendices help facilitate searching for a specific magical use the reader may want to explore, elemental correspondences and planetary correspondences.

If you have a magical predilection, I recommend this book for your library. I can see referencing this book before doing spellwork, ceremony or ritual, nature meditations and so much more. Since trees are a integral part of the many landscapes, incorporating them into spiritual practices is an ancient and time-honored tradition that you could bring into your own life easily with this book by your side.

The Magic of Trees A Guide to Their Sacred Wisdom & Metaphysical Properties by Tess Whitehurst will be published by Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. this Jan 8th and it treats the sacrality of trees.
Why trees are so important in our existence?

Because our life will be followed from the beginning to the end by wood. Wood is a warm and familiar material able to give us warmth and able to let us feel well.

Every tree is sacred although Celts thought that there were certain types of trees more sacred than others for example.

The author will follow the reader through an interesting magical trip where trees are evoked, trees are searched, hugged, taken in the proper consideration in a reality, the one where we are living in where what we are missing the most is poetry and the ability of the enchantment and dream.

A tree is viscerally important for our existence. Under a big tree we can find restoration in a very warm day, we can organize a picnic, we can read a book. Trees accompany our existence. A tree live a long life like a human although soon or late it will also die for a reason or another just as a man.

Many kind of trees taken in consideration from A to Z for discovering the magic that there is in every tree and the most important factor why a tree can be important for our life.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Llewellyn for this book.