Book Information

[Lovers Never Tell]

This is where one may place a book they think worthy of reading. Please include Author, Title, and a description of what the book holds!

Thank you! And happy reading!  

[Sanguina Cruenta]

"Living Wicca" by Scott Cunningham.
Geared to the solitary practitioner. Helps one develop one's own way of worship, etc. Very good if you lack a form of structure. A bit "love and light" for the tastes of many, but I like Cunningham. He writes as one person to another person. You find many books where the author is clearly in Teacher mode, but Cunningham's style is fairly humble.

"The Magick Toolbox" by Carl Neal.
I cannot recommend this one enough. Brilliant and especially helpful for the beginning Wiccan or Wicca-based Pagan. Goes through many tools, including a couple you may be less familiar with. Includes little ritual ideas for charging and consecrating the object, and examples of how to make your own or modify a tool to make it more yours. While many of the tools are Wiccan, as Wicca is rather fond of its tools, Neal gives non-Wiccan interpretations of some of them as well as Wiccan interpretations, and makes the effort not to be path-specific. Seriously, give it a read.

"Exploring Shamanism" by Hillary S. Webb
Fantastic book. It manages, somehow, to be both geared to the beginner AND particularly in-depth. It was inspiring. It changed my life and my path significantly. Webb includes and extensive reading list and often quotes, which can get slightly irritating, but on the whole is enlightening. If you're even slightly interested in shamanism, give it a read.

I'll totally be back with more wink  

[Maxwell_Pink]

"Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft" by Raymond Buckland
Disregard the history (most of it has since been debunked), and the rumors that it will make you the equivalent of a 3rd Degree by the time you're done with it. It will (along with the recommended reading) help form a solid foundation to build upon.

"A Witches' Bible" by Janet and Stewart Farrar
Contains the previously published books "Eight Sabbats for Witches" and "The Witches" Way". An excellent resource on Traditional Wicca.

"The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews" by Scott Cunningham
While I, personally, feel that Cunningham's so-called Wicca 101 books are for absolute beginners and the clueless (yes, there is a difference), I think his "grimoire"-style books, such as the above mentioned, are must haves.

"The Inner Temple of Witchcraft" by Christopher Penczak
Penczak kind of cheeses me off with his interchanging of "Wicca" and "witchcraft", but at least he reels in the Burning Times (TM) body count to more realistic numbers. This is a pretty good book on witchcraft, especially if you get the accompanying CD set, which contains Penczak guiding the meditations contained in the book.

"Power of the Witch" by Laurie Cabot
Some think Cabot is a total crackpot. While I do agree she's gotten flaky over the years, I still think this book is valuable resource on what witches do.

"Your Book of Shadows" by Patricia Telesco
A nice introduction to organizing your BOS.