Featuring folklore, symbology and practical rituals alongside ancient crafts and modern techniques this beautifully illustrated book contains over 50 creative ways to use the gifts of the natural world to make charms, talismans, amulets, altars and much more. These natural offerings provide us with protection, good fortune and healing. Being in nature helps us to relax and connect with our innate knowing. When we're connected, we naturally want to collect: a pink shell, sycamore key, a pinecone, or a pure white pebble that calls to us. Nature's Hidden Charms is an invitation to reach into the natural world, understand folklore and to explore and discover the hidden symbols and gifts that even the tiniest twig or stone can bring. Inside this treasure trove you will learn how to: • Prepare to open the senses to intentionally connect with nature • Create and make amulets, charms, alters, talismans and natural mandalas • Work with plants, trees and herbs throughout the seasons • Understand the folklore, history and symbology surrounding the plants and practices featured • Recognise and explore symbols that speak to you in the natural world From making a healing lavender pouch to evoking the sacred power of the circle or arranging your charms as a mandala for meditation, this book is for anyone wanting to slow down, connect with nature and enjoy the simple pleasures of the natural world.

Nature's Hidden Oracles is a practical manual for natural divination in the outdoor environment all year round. By collecting and interacting with the objects you find outside, you can generate new ways of seeing and become more mindful of our environment and what it has to say about our past, present and future. Nature's Hidden Oracles shows you how to connect with your surroundings and the ways of our ancestors through practices such as flower divination, herb-scrying and listening to the oracles of the stones and trees that surround us. Chapters Include: 1 Oracles of the trees: Leaf, bark & branch 2 Flower divination: Petal predictions 3 Herb scrying: Sensory messengers 4 Oracles of stone: Rocks, pebbles & witch stones 5 Natural charms: Beach, field & forest

Camryn Crocodile’s life has been lonely and sad without any friends. Camryn feels all the other animals don’t understand her and fear her when all she wants is a friend. Her wish is granted by one brave and caring bird named Polly Plover. In nature, Plover birds often eat food directly from the teeth of live crocodiles while perched on their head. Crocodiles benefit from the teeth cleaning, and so they do not harm the birds. Camryn Crocodile’s and Polly Plover’s differences may seem large, but Polly shows others that with a little bravery, love and compassion one can resolve differences and create a beautiful, warmly beneficial and loving friendship. This is a story about being brave and compassionate in a sometimes scary world.