The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock Review: 3/5 Stars

December 2021 found me deep in my heal-thyself era: celery juice in the fridge, castor oil packs in the cabinet, broccoli sprouts on the counter. A book called The Green Witch was always going to end up on my nightstand eventually. The only question was whether it would teach me anything.

Arin Murphy-Hiscock’s guide is an intro to green witchcraft — working with herbs, flowers, and essential oils, and the general project of paying closer attention to the natural world. It’s a pretty little hardcover with a giftable cover, and it reads exactly like that sounds.

What I Loved About The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

As an on-ramp, it’s genuinely good. The info is solid, the organization makes sense, and there’s zero gatekeeping — no insistence on lineage or dogma, just a friendly walk through what herbs and plants can do and how people have used them. If you’ve never read a single book on herbalism, this one won’t scare you off.

What I Didn’t Love About The Green Witch

It’s light. Every time a topic started getting interesting, the book waved me toward some other book for the deeper dive — it kept referring me elsewhere so consistently that it started to feel like a very polite reading list with chapters. If you’re past the absolute-beginner stage, or suspect you will be within a month, you’d be better off starting with something that has more meat on its bones.

Final Thoughts on The Green Witch

Three stars: right book, narrow audience. Perfect as a gift for the herb-curious, quickly outgrown by anyone who wants depth. If it’s the wild-woman shelf you’re actually after, Women Who Run With the Wolves is the one I press into people’s hands — all meat, no filler. And for the seasonal, rest-attuned side of things, Wintering is lovely.

My final score: 3 out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Do I recommend this book? 👍 Yes — for the absolute beginner. Everyone else, skip ahead to the deeper books.

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