When one draws healing from the Earth as does an herbalist, it is no longer possible to ignore her rhythms, for it is the way we live, the way we think, and the means by which we relate to our divinity, which some would call God, some would call Goddess, some would call both, or to some, no name at all. For the herbalist, power and understanding lie within the earth.

There is no time to play with spells, for the study of magic is merely a tool and used only to gain wisdom, never material things or control over another person. It is the lesson of how the Universe moves. The wise practitioner would not even use magic to heal someone who has made themselves sick, using instead the herbs as a means to promote understanding within that individual of the true cause, so they can themselves make change.

The word magick mystifies us and spreads a cloak of mystery over the whole experience of universal energies. To some people, in some ways, the word magic has come to be understood as the use of energy in ways which we do not understand. However, magic is actually just the process of utilizing the forces of energy found in all things. Because belief initiates the force of energy, a disbelief in magic would, in theory, create a void in which magic would not quite work. A belief initiates willpower and willpower changes and increases energies, therefore simply believing in magic may actually create the power to utilize it.