Making Magic with Gaia: Practices That Heal Ourselves and Our Planet

By Francesca Ciancimino Howell

Book Overview

A Greenpeace activist, Wiccan High Priestess, and proud Soccer Mom, Francesca Howell has been involved in magical traditions and wildlife preservation since childhood. In this oneofakind book, she shares her everyday suggestions for spiritual renewal through connecting with nature. The meditations, ceremonies, and spell craft in Making Magic with Gaia spring from an ancient Pagan tradition of Earth stewardship, which blends deep ecology, magic, and activism to bring the reader into a closer communion and harmony with Mother Earth. Packed with practical suggestions (recycling, gardening without pesticides, and conserving water) and mystical rituals (shamanism, crystal magic, and Power Animals) for helping the planet, this book is written for anyone with a spiritual ecological awareness. Not the witchcraft of Gothic novels, Making Magic with Gaia is based on a modern religion with ancient roots that can heal the Earth as it heals the practitioner.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590030087
• ISBN13: 9781590030080
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Red Wheel
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

More please!

This book is long overdue, yet it has come at just the right time. In order to heal ourselves and each other we must heal our planet. This is a great book for anyone of any path. I can't wait for the next one from Francesca!

Inovative and Inspiring

Finally, a book that encompases the well being of not only humankind, but the relationship that we share with Mother Earth! This book is deliciously packed with multiple excercises to help enhance our knowledge and perception of the planet. While many books describe the need to be kind to the planet, Howell manages to help the reader develop his/her relationship with Gaia. This gives ample opportunity to the individual to work side by side with the Earth Mother for the betterment of life as we know it. Howell does an exceptional job of giving the reader a knowledgable basis to work with Earth's energies in our everyday lives. This book is well suited for the magically experienced, as well as for the individual who wishes to actively seek a concious and vibrant relationship with Gaia.

The Spirit and Heart Combine to Save our Ecology

If your pagan, Wiccan or none of the above, but you are mindful of nature then this book is for you. It really brings to life how we as Spirtual people can combine this energy into aiding our Ecology. Francesca Ciancimino Howell brings to life the simplicity of walking in the path and how our practices can be directed to benifit us all and our Mother Gaia.

A Focus for Enviornmentally Concerned Wiccans, Pagans, etc

"Making Magic with Gaia" is an extraordinary book written in extraordinary times. As Francesca's friend and her original High Priest, I have often had difficulties finding books to recommend to students and fellow travelers on our Path which combines a sound enviornmental view and a magickal Wiccan/Pagan view. This book hits both nails on the head.To date I have purchased 2 copies for our library and several more to give to friends.If you are a magical person concerned about the fate of our Mother Earth, buy it, read it, pass it along!

Making Magic with Gaia

Spiritual ecology is a practice whose time is now. Francesca Howell has written a clear and informative manual about how to achieve well-being for ourselves and our natural world, Gaia. She draws on many spiritual traditions - Wiccan, Buddist, Taosit, Pagan and native cultures to offer information about balance, healing, guides, shamanism and crystals. Each chapter contains visual exercises to bring you closer to your spiritual self and concludes with very practical ecological suggestions for positive change in the world. It only takes one person to make a positive change. This delightful book is an excellent guide. It is highly recommended.