Houseplant HortOCCULTure: Green Magic for Indoor Spaces

by Devin Hunter, Juliet Diaz (Foreword by)

Overview

"Respectful, inclusive, and inspiring. This is an essential read for green witches looking to fine-tune their interactions with plants usually seen as indoor and ornamental."
—Arin Murphy-Hiscock, author of The Green Witch

 

Infuse Magic into Every Act of Indoor Plant Care

No plant is ever just a houseplant. Whether you are a green witch or merely horti-curious, you can learn how to successfully grow potted plants, connect with their spiritual energies, and partner with them for magic.

Devin Hunter provides practical tips on substrates, pests, watering, and other elements of plant care. He also shares ideas for incorporating magic into every step, such as drawing sigils on your grow lights, pushing energy into the soil, and putting crystals in your watering can. All these suggestions and more will help your monstera, fern, orchid, and other indoor flora thrive.

From begonias to bromeliads, this book features easy-to-grow, easy-to-find plants and their occult correspondences. Improve astral travel with English ivy, cut through obstacles with mother-in-law's tongue, and manifest dreams into reality with pothos. Packed with spiritual and botanical wisdom, Houseplant Hortocculture teaches you how to confidently raise and work with your own magical allies.

 

Includes a foreword by Juliet Diaz, author of Plant Witchery, and illustrations by Siolo Thompson, creator of Hedgewitch Botanical Oracle

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738773971
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	04/08/2024
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Devin Hunter is the bestselling author of The Witch's Book of Power, The Witch's Book of Spirits, The Witch's Book of Mysteries, the critically acclaimed Modern Witch, and Crystal Magic for the Modern Witch. Initiated into multiple occult orders, Devin is the founder of the Sacred Fires Tradition of Witchcraft and co-founder of the Black Rose Tradition of Witchcraft. He hosts the Modern Witch podcast, recommended by both the AV Club and Glamour, and he's co-owner of Datura Trading Co. Visit him at ModernWitch.com/Devin.

Juliet Diaz is Indigenous Taino Cubana from a long line of curanderos and Brujas. She is a gifted seer, bohuiti (medicine keeper), and multiple bestselling author. Her works include Witchery (Hay House, 2019), Plant Witchery (Hay House, 2021), and The Altar Within (Row House, 2022). She has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine; The Atlantic magazine; Wired magazine; and People En Español magazine.

Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword by Juliet Diaz xiii

Introduction 1

PART 1 Hortoccultural Happenings 7
ONE The Green Flame 13
TWO Green Spirits 25
THREE The Green Name 39
FOUR Magical Plant Care 55
FIVE Living Altars 85
SIX Sacred Substrates 107
SEVEN Identifying Magical Correspondences and Properties 125
EIGHT Perennial Pathworking 139

PART 2 Hortoccultural Profiles 151

Conclusion 283

Appendix: Plants by Habitat 285

Glossary 289

Bibliography and Recommended Reading 293

Index 297

Editorial Reviews

"I am so excited to see Devin share his vast knowledge of the energy and magic of houseplants. His experience working with plants that tend to hail from different areas of the world is respectful, inclusive, and inspiring. This is an essential read for green witches looking to fine-tune their interactions with plants usually seen as indoor and ornamental, from caring for them magically to exploring the lessons the growth cycle and botanical names can teach us. His extensive section on houseplant energies, care, and suggested correspondences is rich....Don't wait to buy this. You need it right now."
—Arin Murphy-Hiscock, author of The Green Witch

"Devin's unique approach to green witchery is the houseplant bible every witch didn't know they needed. The marriage of occultism and houseplants would've been brilliant as is, but Devin went so much deeper, developing a rich and rewarding practice that has completely shifted the way I care for the plants in my own home."
—Lorriane Anderson, best-selling author of The Witch's Apothecary and Seasons of the Witch oracle decks

"Hunter teaches us to reassess what it means to be magickal and how to see the verdant world in all its potency. This is an important book and will be an eye-opener for many, however Houseplant Hortocculture is packed with specific information and so even longtime lovers and cultivators of houseplants like me will find plenty of new information to savor and use. This is a book you will return to again and again."
—Judika Illes, author of Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells

"This is a lovely work expanding our perception of green magick to all the plants around us, and it includes practical and esoteric understanding of these plant allies."
—Christopher Penczak, author of the Plant Spirit Familiar

"The antidote to a Witch's brown thumb. Smart, witty, with just enough 'you can totally do this' push, Devin Hunter is the magickal best friend nudging the reader to make their magick just a little bit better, wilder, and greener."
—Courtney Weber, author of Hekate

"A must-buy for plant lovers....People have tried to introduce me to houseplants for years to no avail, but Devin's approach brought it all together—the magic, the practicality, and the healing vibration of houseplants."
—Michelle Welch, author of Spirits Unveiled

"I assumed I didn't have the green touch and should stick to the plastic variety of plants. Houseplant Hortocculture has changed my thinking....This practical guide to growing, tending, and maintaining houseplants for magical purposes is inspiring me to get on my broom and head straight to the greenhouse."
—Theresa Reed, author of The Cards You're Dealt

"An indispensable guide to the often daunting task of growing plants indoors!...Whether you are a grower of indoor poisonous plants, medicinal herbs, or plants with pretty leaves, you will find fertile ground for sowing new seeds within the pages of this book."
—Coby Michael, author of The Poison Path

"A thoughtful, thorough, and enjoyable exploration of the green magic we can nurture in our indoor spaces....Adding further value to a book already brimming with it, Hunter provides a beautifully illustrated section of houseplants to help you find new green friends and better care for those already in your home."
—J.R. Mascaro, author of Seal, Sigil & Call

"This beautifully illustrated, intimately written guide to the magic of plants is not just a how-to, it is an invitation to relationship."
—Ben Stimpson, author of Ancestral Whispers

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