Plant Folklore Books | Summaries & Audio

Lives of the Trees

by Diana Wells • 2010

Almonds once meant hope, cypresses mourning. A cultural biography of the trees that shaped history.

3.79

287

🌳 Cultural Botany 📖 Tree Lore 🌏 Human-Plant Bond

Lives of the Trees 90%

Almonds once meant hope, cypresses mourning. A cultural biography of the trees that shaped history.

by Diana Wells 2010

3.79

287 ratings

🌳 Cultural Botany 📖 Tree Lore 🌏 Human-Plant Bond

Scatterlings

by Martin Shaw • 2019

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

4.63

106

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism

Scatterlings 89%

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

by Martin Shaw 2019

4.63

106 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism

African American Herbalism

by Lucretia VanDyke • 2023

Black herbal tradition, erased from textbooks: rootwork, spiritual baths, kitchen remedies.

4.32

156

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Folk Healing 🖤 Black Folk Medicine

African American Herbalism 89%

Black herbal tradition, erased from textbooks: rootwork, spiritual baths, kitchen remedies.

by Lucretia VanDyke 2023

4.32

156 ratings

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Folk Healing 🖤 Black Folk Medicine

Around the World in 80 Plants

by Jonathan Drori • 2021

How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.

4.40

1k+

🌿 Ethnobotany 👽 Plant Curiosities 🌍 Global Journey

Around the World in 80 Plants 88%

How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.

by Jonathan Drori 2021

4.40

1k+ ratings

🌿 Ethnobotany 👽 Plant Curiosities 🌍 Global Journey

The Herbalist's Way

by Nancy Phillips • 2005

Become a community herbalist: befriend the plants, craft the medicine, and heal yourself first.

4.37

183

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Plant Spirituality 🌀 Holistic Healing

The Herbalist's Way 88%

Become a community herbalist: befriend the plants, craft the medicine, and heal yourself first.

by Nancy Phillips 2005

4.37

183 ratings

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Plant Spirituality 🌀 Holistic Healing

A Garden of Marvels

by Ruth Kassinger • 2014

Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.

3.85

466

A Garden of Marvels 88%

Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.

by Ruth Kassinger 2014

3.85

466 ratings

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies

by Nicole Apelian • 2021

Your backyard is a pharmacy. Identify, harvest, and prepare the plants that treat almost anything.

4.58

827

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔍 Plant Identification 🧪 Herbal Preparations

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies Summary

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies 88%

Your backyard is a pharmacy. Identify, harvest, and prepare the plants that treat almost anything.

by Nicole Apelian 2021

4.58

827 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔍 Plant Identification 🧪 Herbal Preparations

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook

by James Green • 2000

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy: making your own herbal medicine, from harvest to bottle.

4.40

1k+

🌿 Herbal Medicine ⚗️ Medicine Making 🌾 Wildcrafting

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook Summary

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook 88%

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy: making your own herbal medicine, from harvest to bottle.

by James Green 2000

4.40

1k+ ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine ⚗️ Medicine Making 🌾 Wildcrafting

Around the World in 80 Trees

by Jonathan Drori • 2018

A botanical tour of 80 trees that built empires, inspired myths, and launched trade routes.

4.55

2k+

🌿 Plant Adaptations 🌍 Cultural Botany 🌳 Tree Biology

Around the World in 80 Trees 88%

A botanical tour of 80 trees that built empires, inspired myths, and launched trade routes.

by Jonathan Drori 2018

4.55

2k+ ratings

🌿 Plant Adaptations 🌍 Cultural Botany 🌳 Tree Biology

The Light Eaters

by Zoë Schlanger • 2024

How plants communicate, remember, and make decisions without a brain, and why it matters.

4.25

11k+

🌿 Plant Intelligence 🌱 Plant Communication 👁️ Plant Senses

The Light Eaters 88%

How plants communicate, remember, and make decisions without a brain, and why it matters.

by Zoë Schlanger 2024

4.25

11k+ ratings

🌿 Plant Intelligence 🌱 Plant Communication 👁️ Plant Senses

The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are

by Seaan Paadraig O'Donoghue • 2021

The forest resets your nervous system in ways modern medicine overlooks. Here is how to return.

4.37

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Nature Connection ✨ Plant Spirit Medicine

The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are Summary

The Forest Reminds Us Who We Are 88%

The forest resets your nervous system in ways modern medicine overlooks. Here is how to return.

by Seaan Paadraig O'Donoghue 2021

4.37

19 ratings

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Nature Connection ✨ Plant Spirit Medicine

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

by Andrew Chevallier • 2000

550 herbs and the chemistry that makes them heal, with recipes for a safe home pharmacy.

4.53

1k+

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🪴 Medicinal Plants 🏡 Home Remedies

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine 88%

550 herbs and the chemistry that makes them heal, with recipes for a safe home pharmacy.

by Andrew Chevallier 2000

4.53

1k+ ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🪴 Medicinal Plants 🏡 Home Remedies

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

by Scott Cunningham • 1985

Over 200 herbs, each with its magical purpose, planetary ruler, and the ritual that unlocks it.

4.29

8k+

🌿 Herb Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic 📖 Magical Correspondences

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Summary

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs 88%

Over 200 herbs, each with its magical purpose, planetary ruler, and the ritual that unlocks it.

by Scott Cunningham 1985

4.29

8k+ ratings

🌿 Herb Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic 📖 Magical Correspondences

Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies

by Anne Kennedy • 2017

150 kitchen-ready recipes that swap pills for plants: the beginner's roadmap to a home apothecary.

4.25

278

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌱 Medicinal Plants 📖 Herbal Recipes

Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies Summary

Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies 87%

150 kitchen-ready recipes that swap pills for plants: the beginner's roadmap to a home apothecary.

by Anne Kennedy 2017

4.25

278 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌱 Medicinal Plants 📖 Herbal Recipes

Herbal Healing for Women

by Rosemary Gladstar • 1993

Herbal remedies for every stage of a woman's life, from first period through menopause.

4.39

1k+

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌸 Women'S Health 🍵 Herbal Remedies

Herbal Healing for Women 87%

Herbal remedies for every stage of a woman's life, from first period through menopause.

by Rosemary Gladstar 1993

4.39

1k+ ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌸 Women'S Health 🍵 Herbal Remedies

Sastun

by Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

678

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine

Sastun 87%

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

by Rosita Arvigo 1994

4.38

678 ratings

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine

Rootwork

by Tayannah Lee McQuillar • 2003

The real Hoodoo: practical spells, mojo bags, and ancestor work for love, money, and daily success.

4.39

270

🪢 Folk Magic 🕯️ Hoodoo Practice 🪦 Ancestor Work

Rootwork 87%

The real Hoodoo: practical spells, mojo bags, and ancestor work for love, money, and daily success.

by Tayannah Lee McQuillar 2003

4.39

270 ratings

🪢 Folk Magic 🕯️ Hoodoo Practice 🪦 Ancestor Work

Ayahuasca in My Blood

by Peter Gorman • 2010

Spirit darts, testy guardians, and a jungle brew that saved a leg from amputation.

4.28

467

🌿 Plant Medicine 🍄 Entheogenic Healing 🌴 Amazonian Shamanism

Ayahuasca in My Blood 87%

Spirit darts, testy guardians, and a jungle brew that saved a leg from amputation.

by Peter Gorman 2010

4.28

467 ratings

🌿 Plant Medicine 🍄 Entheogenic Healing 🌴 Amazonian Shamanism

Herb Magic

by Patti Wigington • 2020

Herbal spells: what to use, when to cast, and how to stay safe.

4.27

243

🌿 Herbal Magic 📜 Folk Magic 🌱 Green Witchcraft

Herb Magic 87%

Herbal spells: what to use, when to cast, and how to stay safe.

by Patti Wigington 2020

4.27

243 ratings

🌿 Herbal Magic 📜 Folk Magic 🌱 Green Witchcraft

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge

by Johnson Smith & Company • 1910

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

3.44

471

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge 87%

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

by Johnson Smith & Company 1910

3.44

471 ratings

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination

How to Read a Tree

by Tristan Gooley • 2023

Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.

4.09

1k+

🧭 Natural Navigation 🌳 Tree Identification 🗺️ Landscape Reading

How to Read a Tree 87%

Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.

by Tristan Gooley 2023

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧭 Natural Navigation 🌳 Tree Identification 🗺️ Landscape Reading

Healing Herbs and Spices

by Lee Anne Dobbins • 2012

Your spice rack's secret health powers: what each herb heals, with recipes for every one.

3.60

205

🪴 Herbal Remedies 🥗 Food As Medicine 📖 Herb Profiles

Healing Herbs and Spices 87%

Your spice rack's secret health powers: what each herb heals, with recipes for every one.

by Lee Anne Dobbins 2012

3.60

205 ratings

🪴 Herbal Remedies 🥗 Food As Medicine 📖 Herb Profiles

Planta Sapiens

by Paco Calvo • 2022

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

3.41

849

🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication

Planta Sapiens 86%

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

by Paco Calvo 2022

3.41

849 ratings

🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication

The Hidden Life of Trees

by Peter Wohlleben • 2015

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

4.06

90k+

🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis

The Hidden Life of Trees 86%

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

by Peter Wohlleben 2015

4.06

90k+ ratings

🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis

Healing Herbal Teas

by Sarah Farr • 2016

What an herb tastes reveals what it heals. A formula for blending personalized medicinal teas.

4.27

366

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🍵 Tea Blending 🍂 Seasonal Living

Healing Herbal Teas 86%

What an herb tastes reveals what it heals. A formula for blending personalized medicinal teas.

by Sarah Farr 2016

4.27

366 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🍵 Tea Blending 🍂 Seasonal Living

Santa Muerte

by Tracey Rollin • 2017

The skeleton saint the Church condemns and millions adore: a practical guide to working with her.

3.90

245

💀 Folk Catholicism 🌵 Mexican Folk Magic 🦴 Death Magic

Santa Muerte 86%

The skeleton saint the Church condemns and millions adore: a practical guide to working with her.

by Tracey Rollin 2017

3.90

245 ratings

💀 Folk Catholicism 🌵 Mexican Folk Magic 🦴 Death Magic

Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

4.51

177k+

📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection

Braiding Sweetgrass 86%

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013

4.51

177k+ ratings

📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection

The Songs of Trees

by David George Haskell • 2017

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

4.05

2k+

🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication

The Songs of Trees 86%

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

by David George Haskell 2017

4.05

2k+ ratings

🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication

Passport to Magonia

by Jacques F. Vallée • 1969

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

4.21

2k+

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype

Passport to Magonia 86%

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

by Jacques F. Vallée 1969

4.21

2k+ ratings

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype

Our Green Heart

by Diana Beresford-Kroeger • 2024

Chlorophyll and hemoglobin are subatomic twins. When forests die, so does the animal kingdom.

4.09

521

🌲 Forest Ecology 🌳 Tree Communication 🌿 Forest Medicine

Our Green Heart 86%

Chlorophyll and hemoglobin are subatomic twins. When forests die, so does the animal kingdom.

by Diana Beresford-Kroeger 2024

4.09

521 ratings

🌲 Forest Ecology 🌳 Tree Communication 🌿 Forest Medicine

The Living Stones

by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

3.99

167

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

The Living Stones 86%

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

by Ithell Colquhoun 1957

3.99

167 ratings

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

The Backyard Parables

by Margaret Roach • 2013

What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.

3.65

436

🪴 Garden Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing 🍂 Seasonal Living

The Backyard Parables 86%

What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.

by Margaret Roach 2013

3.65

436 ratings

🪴 Garden Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing 🍂 Seasonal Living

The Druidry Handbook

by John Michael Greer • 2006

A Druid's threefold path: seasonal ritual, daily meditation, and living like the land depends on it.

3.98

1k+

🌳 Modern Druidry 🍃 Nature Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Spirituality

The Druidry Handbook 86%

A Druid's threefold path: seasonal ritual, daily meditation, and living like the land depends on it.

by John Michael Greer 2006

3.98

1k+ ratings

🌳 Modern Druidry 🍃 Nature Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Spirituality

The Way of Herbs

by Michael Tierra • 1980

Home diagnosis, custom formulas, and safe herbal treatment using a system drawn from East and West.

4.28

816

🍵 Herbal Medicine 🏮 Traditional Chinese Medicine 🌸 Holistic Health

The Way of Herbs 86%

Home diagnosis, custom formulas, and safe herbal treatment using a system drawn from East and West.

by Michael Tierra 1980

4.28

816 ratings

🍵 Herbal Medicine 🏮 Traditional Chinese Medicine 🌸 Holistic Health

American Aloha

by Heather A. Diamond • 2008

A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.

4.20

🏛️ Public Folklore 🧳 Cultural Tourism 🎪 Festival Studies

American Aloha 86%

A hula stage on the National Mall: how festivals manufacture tradition and erase a colonial past.

by Heather A. Diamond 2008

4.20

10 ratings

🏛️ Public Folklore 🧳 Cultural Tourism 🎪 Festival Studies

The Modern Herbal Dispensatory

by Thomas Easley • 2016

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy. A field guide to making potent herbal medicines at home.

4.54

998

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔬 Herbal Energetics 🧪 Herbal Preparations

The Modern Herbal Dispensatory 86%

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy. A field guide to making potent herbal medicines at home.

by Thomas Easley 2016

4.54

998 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔬 Herbal Energetics 🧪 Herbal Preparations

The Cosmic Serpent

by Jeremy Narby • 1998

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

4.17

8k+

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge

The Cosmic Serpent 86%

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

by Jeremy Narby 1998

4.17

8k+ ratings

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge

The Green Witch's Grimoire

by Arin Murphy-Hiscock • 2020

Craft a living grimoire: a map of your green path, rooted in local plants and self-reflection.

4.14

544

🕯️ Grimoire Creation 🌿 Green Witchcraft 🌳 Nature-Based Magic

The Green Witch's Grimoire 86%

Craft a living grimoire: a map of your green path, rooted in local plants and self-reflection.

by Arin Murphy-Hiscock 2020

4.14

544 ratings

🕯️ Grimoire Creation 🌿 Green Witchcraft 🌳 Nature-Based Magic

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]

by Lawrence W. Levine • 1977

White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.

4.21

470

🧵 African American Folklore 🎶 Spirituals And Gospel 🎸 Blues History

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)] Summary

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)] 86%

White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.

by Lawrence W. Levine 1977

4.21

470 ratings

🧵 African American Folklore 🎶 Spirituals And Gospel 🎸 Blues History

Gardening for a Lifetime

by Sydney Eddison • 2010

Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.

3.76

274

👵 Aging Gardeners 🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens 🌑 Shade Gardening

Gardening for a Lifetime 86%

Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.

by Sydney Eddison 2010

3.76

274 ratings

👵 Aging Gardeners 🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens 🌑 Shade Gardening

Becoming Animal

by David Abram • 2010

Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.

4.18

2k+

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🪨 Animism 🌀 Phenomenology

Becoming Animal 86%

Literacy silenced the land; reconnection runs through the body, the birds, and the air.

by David Abram 2010

4.18

2k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🪨 Animism 🌀 Phenomenology

Carrots Love Tomatoes

by Louise Riotte • 1975

Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.

4.04

3k+

🌱 Companion Planting 🍂 Organic Gardening 🐞 Natural Pest Control

Carrots Love Tomatoes 86%

Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.

by Louise Riotte 1975

4.04

3k+ ratings

🌱 Companion Planting 🍂 Organic Gardening 🐞 Natural Pest Control

The Interpretation of Fairy Tales

by Marie-Louise von Franz • 1970

Fairy tales are the psyche's purest mirrors; von Franz shows us how to read the glass.

4.16

1k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Analysis ⚡ Jungian Psychology 🔍 Symbolic Amplification

The Interpretation of Fairy Tales Summary

The Interpretation of Fairy Tales 86%

Fairy tales are the psyche's purest mirrors; von Franz shows us how to read the glass.

by Marie-Louise von Franz 1970

4.16

1k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Analysis ⚡ Jungian Psychology 🔍 Symbolic Amplification

The Wood at Midwinter

by Susanna Clarke • 2024

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

3.41

26k+

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

The Wood at Midwinter 86%

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

by Susanna Clarke 2024

3.41

26k+ ratings

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

The Lightning Tree

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.

3.94

5k+

🧚 Fae Trickster 🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy 🤝 Bargains And Secrets

The Lightning Tree 86%

A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.94

5k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Trickster 🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy 🤝 Bargains And Secrets

Growing Marijuana Box Set

by Alfonso Garcia • 2021

From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.

1.00

🪴 Marijuana Cultivation 🏠 Indoor Gardening 💧 Hydroponics

Growing Marijuana Box Set 86%

From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.

by Alfonso Garcia 2021

1.00

1 ratings

🪴 Marijuana Cultivation 🏠 Indoor Gardening 💧 Hydroponics

The Enchanted Life

by Sharon Blackie • 2018

The world went flat, and your soul noticed. A path back through body, land, and story.

4.04

2k+

🍃 Eco-Spirituality ✨ Re-Enchantment 📖 Myth And Story

The Enchanted Life 86%

The world went flat, and your soul noticed. A path back through body, land, and story.

by Sharon Blackie 2018

4.04

2k+ ratings

🍃 Eco-Spirituality ✨ Re-Enchantment 📖 Myth And Story

The Old Norse Spell Book

by Alda Dagny • 2021

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

3.77

223

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic

The Old Norse Spell Book 86%

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

by Alda Dagny 2021

3.77

223 ratings

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic

Withered Hill

by David Barnett • 2024

A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.

4.04

4k+

🐗 Folk Horror 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌿 Nature'S Revenge

Withered Hill 86%

A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.

by David Barnett 2024

4.04

4k+ ratings

🐗 Folk Horror 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌿 Nature'S Revenge

Women Who Run With the Wolves

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés • 1992

An instinctual, untamed self lies buried in every woman, and fairy tales are the map back.

4.10

98k+

🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Fairy Tale Analysis 🔥 Reclaiming The Feminine

Women Who Run With the Wolves 86%

An instinctual, untamed self lies buried in every woman, and fairy tales are the map back.

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés 1992

4.10

98k+ ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Fairy Tale Analysis 🔥 Reclaiming The Feminine

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