The Encyclopedia of Magical Ingredients

I just finished a fun an interesting little reference book. Well actually an encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of Magical Ingredient to be more precise. It's by Lexa Rosean, she also is the writer of the Supermarket Sorceress's books.

She offers a lot of ingredients that you would use or do use in a spell. Herbs and plants of course, she also covers foods, elements, day's of the weeks. There are crystals and even some animals. She as also but in some other older ingredients as well.

With each entry she give the use or uses, plus what it is, parts used. An it's ruler, if that is planet or god or both. Each entry is thought out with things you should know.

One thing that I wish Lexa would have done was put the botanical name with the plants. Some of her entries with the common name are used with more than one plant. So to have a botanical name to have a reference for would have been nice.

A fun addition (an one I enjoy) is a quick and easy reference section n the back. So when you are creating a spell and look up some things you would like to use. The reference keeps you from looking through the entire book for ingredients. It's a fun feature with these types of books.

This is a great book to have, with a nice quick reference section and over 500 ingredients listed. This would make a well worth addition to any library.