Four Seasons of Mojo: An Herbal Guide to Natural Living

I've really appreciated this book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first book. I hope there is a third coming out soon. These suggestions really work and the book is written to be enjoyed as a good read as well. Highly recommend!

I will start by saying that I am not a hardcore hoodoo expert. I will say that I am very informed of many similar traditions. I found that this book was well written even though I am not crazy about the Llewellyn publishing format. Ms. Bird does a great job of bringing many traditions into mainstream and there is nothing wrong with that. Her audience is everyone--not hardcore hoodoo folks. This is a great book to gift to a female family member or dear friend and should be a part of every woman's bookshelf. It is inspiring to follow some of the recipes, advice and ruminations and I could care less if every single piece of advice is authentic, especially if something works well for you. Traditions vary from one family to the next and this book is a mixture of Ms. Bird's family traditions and research. She doesn't claim to be an anthropologist publishing a dissertation on historic hoodoo traditions so I don't know why some people here have gotten so up in arms. There's is plenty of hardcore Hoodoo books out there and there is a time and place for those publications--they may bore some people to tears. If you want to clean house, feel good about yourself, energize your household and feel connected with the earth again, this book is great. Considering how ignorant new generations are of simple home remedies, recipes and natural health, this book is unpretentious and true to its subtitle : Everyday HooDoo-Natural Living and Simple Magic. The book is clearly categorized New Age/Herbalism/Alternative Health, so please do not act so misled if you are not into New Age works. I found the seasonal organization very nice and I was reminded of many forgotten traditions. The book contains more than Hoodoo and I consider that a bonus so enjoy it and gift a copy to someone you love. It is very unpretentious, poetic at times and also very useful to people on a budget. I applaud Ms. Bird for being true to herself.

I could sit at the foot of this women and listen to her for hours. You know how we have all met that special, "magickal", person who can blend history, hoodoo, magick,and the realization of dreams into a story that feels so at home that you can live it through their eyes. Reading Stephanie's books takes me there. I have actually met Stephanie and attended a ritual she gave and she brings hoodoo home and ignites the connection inside you. She relays the information in such a way that you naturally connect to it. I appreciate the way she makes the history and relevancy of hooodoo come alive for me! She is a beautiful, intelligent woman who knows what she can disperse in knowledge, responsibly, to a mass population. Unless you are training in the hoodoo arts there is no reason for her to go into depths that the unpracticed layman cannot handle, but we all are divine and have intuitions that can help us to manifest a better world for ourselves and others and Stephanie shares enough knowledge for even the layman to feel comfortable and responsible doing this. I salute the intelligent way she handles dispensing mass media information about her spirituality path. I always feel Yemaya and Oya walking with Stephanie and she is a true Blessing to those who connect with them as well. Thank you, Stephanie, for another wonderful experience and I can't wait to receive your next book.

Stephanie's second book is as good as her first. Well written and full of practical knowledge. Stephanie's love of her art, her respect for her heritage, and her obvious knowledge shine through on each page. I am eagerly awaiting her next book.

I received Stephanie Rose Bird's newest book several weeks ago and have savored every minute of reading it! She is so talented in getting the message across in whatever she chooses to write about! I keep going back to her natural remedies, the incense for each season, the recipes for the seasons, the personal stories intertwined within the chapters, and I get more out of her book each time. I also have the previous book, Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones, purchased when she came for a Ritual and Book Signing Event in October of 2004, to our shop in Knoxville, TN. She is such a gentle spirit, quiet and peaceful, intent upon her work in this life. Stephanie led our group in a ritual that was the most awesome experience I have ever felt, lasting into the night, and over the next several days. Stephanie, you are a most inspiring author, and I eagerly await your next book! Anita Covington, Knoxville TN Co-Owner of Mother Earth Oils & Herbs