Ann Moura-Green Witchcraft series
By Aislinn Unne
Author/Title: Ann Moura-Green Witchcraft series
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Pub. Date: Greenwitch Craft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft (6/1/96)
Balancing Light & Shadow (2/1/99)/The Manual (3/10/00)
Rating: 10
Book Description: GreenWitch craft
URL:Ann Moura’s Site
Utilizing combinations of these 3 of the main books to Ann Mouras series Green Witchcraft, her ascent into the past of her heritage origins coming from her perspective to her own personal knowledge of her spiritual and craft practices leading openness to this much respected practice. Many have discovered some of the same elements with other forms of spiritual expression, but what spoken here is much different for the ideals of nature are center focused with this belief. Much can be said about these series for they are vast of importance to the green craft pointing out not only historical references of theology, teachings and lore, but wisdom of Wicca and non- Wicca counterparts to something pertinent. The series in their entirety have a midpoint edge given to the topics of what each book relates to.
Each volume series contains elements to the beginning scholar of the craft through the need of understanding, personal practice and thorough explanation settings of resources for better familiarity of the aspects put into the series. Moura explains in her book Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft the basic fundamentals of magical associations from herbs/colors, and with the description of tools that teaches the fundamentals of ritual edifice. Along with basics of tarot and other methods of divination are covered as well as the Esbats to the Sabbats that are clarified in detail. While exploring the facets of Balancing Light & Shadow, she dismisses the common misconstrue of biases of the dark side of nature with the self and the Divine. This book itself consists of no-nonsense techniques to contact and make use of the dark powers in concurrence to the light to attain steadiness and completeness. Spells, meditations and rituals enable one to unite with the powers of shadows to understand ones fears and to discharge them.
Last by not least The Manual that is an overall coverage of the prior paperbacks but explains in lesson format the essential introductions of Green Witchcraft which are explained with step by step instructions to follow on how to discover this path for oneself. The chapters that are laid out are based on the classes well put into direction towards the material that it covers. Moura questions and answers the classes with each chapter, directing the informative matters and gives confidence to those (readers) to the topics concerned. Usage of the final book in Ann Mouras series allows the student to grasp the subject matter in a convenient categorized technique that is easy to grasp with the use of the prior books as well as the information used in this final manual handbook. These literary volumes are a relaxed read giving the reader a chance to reflect of the various themes so vividly written. Overall Ann Mouras series of Green Witchcraft has flair and gusto; her materials construct an excellence guide to the composition of contemporary Witchcraft in tuned in union with nature.