The House Witch

Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home

By Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Home can be much more than somewhere we eat, sleep and keep our belongings. For the house witch, it can become a sacred space, magical sanctuary and source of nourishment and protection.

In The House Witch, Arin Murphy-Hiscock explores the magic of hearth and home, showing how everyday activities such as cooking, cleaning, gardening and caring for your living space can become part of a meaningful magical practice.

Whether you live in a house, flat, cottage or shared space, this book offers practical ideas for creating a home that supports your spiritual practice and reflects your personal magical style.

What's inside?

The House Witch explores a wide range of home-based magical practices, including:

• 🏡 Creating a sacred and magical home

• 🕯️ Setting up a home altar and magical spaces

• 🔥 Exploring the symbolism and magic of the hearth and sacred flame

• 🍲 Magical cooking and preparing food with intention

• 📖 Creating a magical cookbook containing recipes, spells and charms

• 🌿 Working with herbs and natural ingredients

• 🧪 Making magical blends and potions

• 🛡️ Protecting and purifying the home

• 🕯️ Hearth and household rituals

• 🌙 Seasonal and cyclical practices

• 🧹 Bringing magical intention to everyday household tasks

• 🎨 Hearth-based arts and crafts

• ✨ Creating a home that supports your wellbeing and spiritual practice

The book also explores the idea that food can be magical — not simply because of its ingredients, but because of the care, intention and energy we put into preparing and sharing it.

Magic in the everyday

One of the strengths of The House Witch is that it doesn't require you to have a dedicated ritual room or a large collection of magical tools.

Instead, Murphy-Hiscock looks at the things that are already part of everyday life.

Cooking dinner can become a magical act. Cleaning can become a form of energetic cleansing. Lighting a candle can mark the beginning of a ritual. Growing herbs can connect your kitchen with the natural world.

Even ordinary household objects and routines can become part of your magical practice when approached with intention and awareness.

Creating a magical sanctuary

The book guides readers through the process of making their home feel more spiritually supportive.

This includes considering the energy and atmosphere of different spaces, creating sacred areas, working with the hearth and kitchen, and using rituals and charms to protect and purify the home.

For someone who wants their witchcraft to feel integrated into everyday life rather than something they only practise occasionally, this approach can be particularly appealing.

Kitchen and hearth magic

The kitchen receives plenty of attention, with ideas for preparing food that nourishes both body and spirit.

Murphy-Hiscock explores magical recipes, charms and kitchen practices, along with the symbolism of the cauldron, hearth fire and the kitchen as a place of transformation.

There are also ideas for creating magical cookbooks and incorporating herbs and other ingredients into your practice.

About Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Arin Murphy-Hiscock is an author and practitioner with more than two decades of experience in the field of alternative spirituality.

Her books focus on practical approaches to witchcraft, nature spirituality, self-care and everyday magic. She is the author of The Green Witch, The Green Witch's Grimoire, Spellcrafting, The Witch's Book of Self-Care and several other books exploring witchcraft and spiritual practice.

She lives in Montreal, Canada.

Who is this book best for?

The House Witch is particularly suited to:

• 🏡 House witches and hearth witches

• 🧙‍♀️ Anyone wanting to practise witchcraft at home

• 🕯️ Witches interested in sacred spaces

• 🍲 Kitchen witches

• 🌿 Practitioners interested in herbs and magical cooking

• 🔥 Anyone drawn to hearth and home traditions

• 🛡️ Those wanting to explore household protection and cleansing

• ✨ Beginners looking for practical everyday witchcraft

• 🌙 Witches wanting to incorporate seasonal practices into their home

• 🎁 Anyone who loves the idea of making their home feel more magical

It's particularly good for anyone who thinks "I want my home itself to be part of my witchcraft."

Publisher & Book Details

Author: Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Title: The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home
Publisher: Adams Media
Publication date: 13 December 2018
ISBN-13: 9781507209462
ISBN-10: 1507209460
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 191 × 140 × 23 mm
Weight: 365g
Language: English