Witchy ways to prepare for autumn

Tudorbeth is a hereditary practitioner of witchcraft and has written over 40 books on the subject. Her latest book, A Spellbook for the Seasons, is complete with over 100 spells on the seasons and their magical blessings. Here, she shares some of her special seasonal spells.

Autumn is probably the busiest of all the seasons for witches like me as we race to gather all the fruits and vegetables for the coming winter. There’s so much to do in the garden and yet a lot of our precious time is spent in the kitchen, brewing up jams, jellies and marmalades, pickling this and that, and creating fruit liqueurs to give as presents for Christmas and Yule.

The autumn months of September, October and November are full of festivals – including the most famous ‘witchy’ festival of them all, Hallowe’en, which witches and pagans call Samhain, and