A review by mushr00mb0nes
Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic by Scott Cunningham

3.0

Hm, this book was an interesting one. This is the first book I read by Scott Cunningham, and after reading this I can defenetly see why his works are so popular with people just starting their magical practice. He has a lot of veiws on magic that I personally disagree with, and my biggest problem with this book is how much he forces his own idea of what magic should and shouldn't be, not leaving much room for a new practitioner to develop their own perspective/relationship with the craft. One of my favorite parts of Earth Power was the section discussing elemental magic, as someone who has a vested interest in air magic it can be quite hard to come across resources for it compared to the other three elements, though I would have preferred it to go more in depth. However the best part of the book was how accessible the spells are, many books and sources online tend to focus on having a lot of supplies that may not be readily available to the average witch, so it was a breath of fresh air to see a spell book with so many tools that are easily accessible to almost everyone. Although brief I feel that Cunningham gave a fairly consice and easy to understand read for those wanted to start practicing nature magic, though I would caution to not take his word as gospel and look at different perspectives on magic.