Liebeszauber. Über 50 beschwörende Rituale und verführende Rezepturen.

by Francis Melville

If love really makes the world go 'round, here's a book that will heighten the spin. It's all about enticing a lover, with more than 50 recipes for perfumes, love charms, aphrodisiacs, and lovers' magic spells. Author and herbal expert Francis Melville explains how to attract and hold a lover by using herbs, as well as commonly available foods, flowers, spices, and other ingredients. Everything discussed in these pages is as pure and as natural as sex appeal itself. For instance, few aphrodisiacs are more wholesome, or more effective, than well prepared fish entrees, oysters on the half-shell--or for very special occasions, caviar. This beautifully illustrated book's highlights recipes for the foods of love; directions for making flower garlands and other delightful accessories to enhance the scene of love; rituals passed down through the generations to attract a lover, including instructions for using the world's most alluring scents; ways to make magic charms that will entice a chosen lover . . . and more. Beautiful full-color illustrations abound throughout this book, making it a delight to the eye as well as the imagination. Here are ideas, advice, and directions meant for everyone who will ever fall in love.

Hardcover

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some useful advice about what herbs and foods to eat for different desires. I definitely post-ited some pages to refer back to

[Shawna Troyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun book with stories, recipes, bath items, all relating to love and romance.

[Selkie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Barrron's books on spells are for the most part beautiful. However, the spells are usually complicated or too costly to put into use.