For anyone wanting to purify the self, create sacred space and enhance Earth energies. Go way beyond smudge sticks with Hibachi Herbal Magic using loose herbs on hot charcoal. Bring back the ancient art of strewing to create sacred space with herb blends that are scattered upon the ground. Take the effect of strewing inside at home or work with amazingly effective potpourris. For the barbeque impaired, the book comes with a how-to primer on charcoal fires. Also included is Herbal 101, an easy to follow guide for buying, preparing and storing herbs, plus Moonlady's Magical Herbs chapter for in-depth information on herbs in the book. A resources section provides books and web sites for further study I love your "Spirit Herbs" book. It's really great and so well put together. I was excited to see that you included the information about salt -- so important! The illustrations and pictures are so well done, the charts and recipes are great and easy to use. It's really a joy to work with. I love it! Being able to look up an individual herb in the detailed compendium and finding not only its botanical name and aroma but also its planetary ruler, element and sexuality. The different blends you have created makes this book a breeze to use everyday. -- Linda Petty, reader Lots of pagans use smudge wands at the beginning of a ritual to purify participants and the ritual space. However, there's much, much more you can do than the usual sage bundle. In this creative text, Martin offers a whole new level of smudging with herbs of all sorts-and all you need is a garden (or barbecue) variety hibachi. Although the subtitle of the book mentioned recipes, there's more to it than that. Martin offers a wealth of practical information to get you started. From the virtues of different sorts of tools for burning herbs, to what part of the plant has what sort of energy, to why trying to burn a pound of resins at once is a bad idea, she gives us everything we'll need to safely and effectively use the herbs. While she thankfully avoids stuffing the book with a bunch of spells and rituals, she does offer up some of her favorite herbal blends and gives information for what they're best used for. She also includes a helpful dictionary of a good diversity of herbs. I love the author's writing voice. While she conveys the information clearly and concisely, she simultaneously slips in a good bit of humor. Neither condescending nor airy-fairy, she's sensible without boring her readers senseless. This is exactly the kind of book that I want to see more of-not rehashes of the same old stuff, a bunch of reworked Culpeper and Cunningham. In this book, we get an innovative collection of ideas with enough information to effectively put them into practice, but without a bunch of fluff and filler. In short-this is an awesome book, and I can't recommend it enough. I know I'll be keeping it for my own use. Five pawprints out of five. -- The Green Wolf, reviewed by Lupa Martin provides a short easy to read reference for using herbs. Her recipes are easy to follow with clear directions for combining all the different herbs. She gives the reader a larger quantity to follow based on cups and a simple way to adjust the batches for smaller or larger batches. Martin is straight forward about her technique. She states common sense is the rule to follow. Her tone is slightly tongue in cheek in places as she reminds the reader to be responsible and not burn themselves up. Another example of her down to earth approach comes early in the book when she discusses how herbs are sold by the ounce but she realizes most people don't own a scale so she provides a very useful conversion charter from ounces to cups. Here is where she practices the common sense she preaches. Right off the bat Martin outlines her two techniques for working with herbs in rituals. Her writing style is clear and straight forward. The reader feels like he or she is having a friendly chat about herbs. Martin's slight sardonic sense of humor entertains the reader on a topic which could be a bit dry. Her directions are easy to follow. Martin breaks a few barriers by talking about strewing herbs by asserting it is more than okay to walk on the herbs. Rather than treat these tools like sacred untouchable artifacts, she asserts that walking on the herbs helps to activate their energy. Martin's book is small so she doesn't include a complete list of herbs. She tells the reader outright this is the case. Rather than leave the reader hanging though she provides other sources. She lists both books and websites so the reader can choose the level of technology to use in researching a particular herb. Martin has provided a strong resource for using herbs. Her tone and style are comfortable and easy to read. Her techniques are unique and convenient for use by nearly anyone. It is obvious she has used the techniques extensively and has put a lot of research and and time into this book. Qual