Henna Magic: Crafting Charms & Rituals With Sacred Body Art Paperback – November 8, 2010

this book was so helpful and informational. a lot of history about henna, very detailed. the apendix has so many greay resources, great buy and worth the money. even has a reccomended reading section.

I pre-orederd this book because I thought it would be fresh and exciting but when I read Henna Magic- Crafting Charms and Rituals with Sacred Body Art. I was disappointed to find that everything in the book was a direct reference from a popular henna web site. Word for word, thought for thought. It was a total copy from one of my favorite henna resource web sites. I gave the book 3 stars for putting most of the websites information in one place.Thanks... rent this book from your local library and save yourself a few bucks. Hope this review helps. If your a henna information collector or you want a reference guide to a website- buy this book.

This was a good book, however I think adding picture examples of all the listed objects would have been nice. Also more pictures of actual henna done using this book. The only pics included were ones of regularly done traditional or mehndi style henna.It was written nicely and easy to understand, though I guess I'm spoiled a little by the digital age and would like a few examples or links on more info or even shops where to purchase items listed...As soon as I finished... No wait even before I finished the book I wanted to grab my henna and start! Though I did wait and grab my sketchbook instead and carefully planned out what my intentions were and what I wanted.

It is very informative and quite middle of the road which is very important in a book like this.

Beautiful and exactly what I was looking for.

I know it's called Henna Magic, but I was expecting alot more designs. This is mostly for magic with only a few designs.

Maravilloso libro

The book is great. It was extremely helpful, however I'm a little offended to what I found in the book. I found two business cards for the Catholic Church. Why would that be needed in this book?

Este libro tenía reseñas neutras y malas, realmente dudé mucho en comprarlo. Pero vaya sorpresa, está muy lindo, tiene muchos detalles y honestamente solo hay 2 hojas a color, lo cual no es ningún problema. Definitivamente esta editorial lo tiene todo. Estoy feliz.

最初と最後に2ページずつカラーの写真ページがある以外は、全てモノクロで、ほとんどが文章。ヘナやメヘンディの歴史や、それらにまつわる話などを紹介している。また、模様の意味についてもかなりのページを割いている。意味が紹介されている模様は、いわゆるメヘンディの模様だけでなく、エジプトのレリーフの様なものから惑星にまつわるものまでと幅広い。ペーストの作り方と言ったメヘンディのやり方についても、ほとんど文章だけではあるが、丁寧に説明されている。ヘナやメヘンディについての知識を深めるための本。