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The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas: Remedies, Recipes, Magic, and Brews for the Winter Season

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An around-the-world tour of ancient Christmas celebrations, Pagan Solstice customs, and magical seasonal plants
An around-the-world tour of ancient Christmas celebrations, Pagan Solstice customs, and magical seasonal plants.

Whether viewed as a mid-winter...

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Product ID:9781644117804
Product Form:Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:GB
Title:The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas
Subtitle:Remedies, Recipes, Magic, and Brews for the Winter Season
Authors:Author: Ellen Evert Hopman
Page Count:344
Subjects:Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas, Ancient religions & mythologies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Traditional medicine and herbal remedies, Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Shamanism, paganism and Druidry, Worship, rites & ceremonies, Traditional medicine & herbal remedies, Mysticism, magic & ritual, Shamanism, paganism & druidry
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An around-the-world tour of ancient Christmas celebrations, Pagan Solstice customs, and magical seasonal plants
An around-the-world tour of ancient Christmas celebrations, Pagan Solstice customs, and magical seasonal plants.

Whether viewed as a mid-winter observance of the Winter Solstice or a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, for millennia cultures have taken time out to honour 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 re-birth of the God Horus. The ancient Romans decorated their homes with vines and ivy and 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.

Presenting an around-the-world tour of ancient Christmas celebrations, Pagan Solstice customs, and magical seasonal plants, Ellen Evert Hopman shares lore, recipes, rituals, and crafts you can make as a family activity to enliven your Yuletide observance. She explores the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus, as well as female gift bringers, holiday Spirits, and Yuletide animals. She shows how to make a Yule Log and decorate your house with greenery and grain weavings. She explains how to perform Winter Solstice divinations and cook traditional foods and drinks such as Wassail and Elizabethan gingerbread cookies. 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.

Woven throughout with mystical seasonal lore, this guide offers practical and magical ways to celebrate and honour the darkest days of the year.
Imprint Name:Destiny Books,U.S.
Publisher Name:Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:2023-10-12