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 Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:11 pm
Pagan people and witchy types have books, it seems. We are always studying, learning more things, finding ideas. One would think we all had librarians in the family, like I do - and she's Wiccan, too! But I digress....
Not everyone has access to lots of books or the books go out of print and become expensive or we have limited funds. So I am beginning a list of what's on the shelves, here, sort of as a reference, sort of as inspiration.
Not every book is full of fabulous ideas - some are utterly awful, some are scholarly and dense, some are best digested in small pieces, some are eloquent and challenging. I don't agree with everything I read, I don't value every book equally.
Everyone else is perfectly welcome to post their books here and comment as to the usefulness of various tomes and their authors.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:23 pm
I started off looking through my books for works speaking specifically to types of spirits and how to work with them:
"Psychic Self-Defense and Well-Being" by Denning and Phillips [lurid cover but recommended]
"Spirit of the Witch" by Raven Grimassi [big name author - one relevant chapter; I must have liked the look of this one as I found two copies lurking on the shelves.]
"The Mist-Filled Path" by Frank MacEowen [Celtic in focus but specific to spirit work for solitaries]
"The Earth Path" by Starhawk [working with Nature spirits]
"Plant Spirit Medicine" by Eliot Cowan [using plant spirits to heal]
Ted Andrews: "Animal-Speak", "Nature-Speak", "The Animal-Wise Tarot" [okay, I know, it's Ted, lol, but couple it with the next book]
"Totems" by Brad Steiger [animal spirits - recommended]
Tomorrow night I'll get into listing the Shamanic books, a related topic.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:16 pm
Tonight's additions to the bookshelf: Shamanic studies.
"The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft" by Christopher Penczak [note, I also have at least two other books in Penczak's 'temple' series]
"Shamanism as a Spiritual Practice for Daily Life" by Tom Cowan [author of "Fire in the Head", which I don't have]
"Modern Shamanic Living" by Evelyn Rysdyk [women's perspective; doesn't get as good reviews]
"The Way of the Shaman" by Michael Harner [a must read for this subject]
"Mother Earth Spirituality" by Ed McGaa [native American perspective]
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:51 pm
Okay, as I've referred to some of them, tonight I've gathered some Witchy books and what little I have specifically on Wicca:
Wicca, a Guide for the Solitary Practioner by Scott Cunningham
Christopher Penczak: The Inner Temple of Witchcraft
The Outer Temple of Witchcraft
The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft
(there are 3 further books in this series that I don't have)
Solitary Witch by Silver Ravenwolf yes, I have a book by SR, who usually gets roundly trashed. This is mainly a reference book with all sorts of correspondences.
Witchcrafting by Phyllis Curott
A Witch's book of Answers by Eileen Holland [signed by the author!]
The Witch's Coven by Edain McCoy
The Magickal Life by Vivianne Crowley
Celebrate the Earth by Laurie Cabot
Witchcraft, an Alternative Path by Ann Moura [I have her Green Witchcraft series which I'll drag out when I do the topic as a separate list]
Witchcraft: Theory and Practice by Ly de Angeles
Nocturnal Witchcraft by Konstantinos
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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:48 pm
Update: I found a new home for my duplicate copy of "Spirit of the Witch" by Raven Grimassi.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:59 pm
Tonight's additions: books about Ritual.
"The Elements of Ritual" by Deborah Lipp - Wiccan orientation
"Ritual: a Guide to Life, Love & Inspiration" by Emma Restall Orr - British Druid orientation
"The Power of Ritual" by Rachel Pollack - 'new age' orientation by a Tarot master
"A Book of Pagan Rituals" by Herman Slater - classic non-denominational pagan rites for all occasions
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 2:34 pm
Actually, I may have to divest myself of some books due to downsizing the household space I have available. What I choose to get rid of may be instructive....
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:22 pm
I'd like to recommend these books:
WICCA ORIENTED AND BY REAL WICCAN AUTHORS
The Alex Sanders Lectures – Alex Sanders
Witchcraft Today – Gerald Gardner
The Meaning of Witchcraft – Gerald Gardner
A Witches Bible (or ‘What Witches Do and Eight Sabbat’s for Witches) – Stewart Farrar
Wicca- The Old in the New Age – Vivienne Crowley
Charge of the Goddess - Doreen Valiente
Circle of Fire – Sorita d'Este and David Rankine
Towards the Wiccan Circle – Sorita d'Este
Wicca Magickal Beginnings – Sorita d'Este and David Rankine
The Divine Struggle – Fred Lamond
Lid off the Cauldron – Patricia Crowther
Rebirth of Witchcraft – Doreen Valiente
Dancing with Witches – Lois Bourne
Religion Without Beliefs – Fred Lammond
NEO-PAGANISM AND ECLECTIC WITCHCRAFT
Witchcraft for Tomorrow – Doreen Valiente
Witchcrafting – Phillis Currot
Elements of Ritual – Deborah Lipp
Spiral Dance – Starhawk
Drawing Down the Moon – Margot Adler
Magical Rites from the Crystal Well - Ed Fitch
Coven Craft: Witchcraft for Three or More - Amber K
Ethics and the Craft - John J. Coughlin
The Truth About Witchcraft - Hanz Holzer
The Paganism Reader - Chas Clifton
TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT
Mastering Witchcraft – Paul Huson
Conversations with a Witch – Lois Bourne
The Forge of Tubal Cain - Ann Finnin
The Crooked Path Journal (Various Contributors)
Hedge Rider - Eric de Vries
Sorgitzak: Old Forest Craft - Veronica Cummer
ACADEMIC HISTORIES OF WICCA AND WITCHCRAFT
Triumph of The Moon – Ronald Hutton
Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival (also as: Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration: An Investigation into the Sources of Gardnerian Witchcraft)– Philip Heselton
Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca And Paganism in America - Chas S. Clifton
The Pickengill Papers-The Origin of the Gardnerian Craft - W.E. Liddell
WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IN EUROPE: (a 6 Volume series), edited by Bengt Ankarloo and Stuart Clark
Vol 1 Biblical and Pagan Societies
Vol 2 Ancient Greece and Rome
Vol 3 The Middle Ages
Vol 4 The Period of the Witch Trials
Vol 5 The 18th & 19th Centuries
Vol 6 The 20th Century
Early Modern Witches: Witchcraft Cases in Contemporary Writing Edited by Marion Gibson
HISTORICAL WITCHCRAFT TEXTS
Malleaus Mallifacarum
The White Goddess – Graves
The new Golden Bough – Frazer
Aradia: Gospel of the Witches – Leyland
A Witchcult in Western Europe – Murray
REFERANCE TEXTS
ABC of Witchcraft – Doreen Valiente
The Witches God – Farrar
The Witches Goddess – Farrar
Spells to Change Your Life - Lois Bourne
Spells and how they work – Farrar
PSYCHOLOGY TEXTS (i.e Lots of Jung!)
Man and His Symbols – Carl Jung
The Undiscovered Self - Carl G. Jung
The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious - Carl G. Jung
Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle - Carl G. Jung
Psychology and Religion (The Terry Lectures Series) - Carl G. Jung
BIOGRAPHIES
King of the Witches – June Johns
Fire Child: The Life & Magic of Maxine Sanders 'Witch Queen' - Maxine Sanders
Fifty Years of Wicca – Frederic Lammond
Diary of a Witch - Sybil Leek
Gerald Gardner: Witch - Jack L Bracelin
High Priestess – Patricia Crowther
Witch Amongst Us – Lois Bourne
Witches Speak – Aronld and Patricia Crowther [RARE BOOK]
CEREMONIAL MAGICK AND OCCULT/MYSTICISM TEXTS
Magick in theory and practice – Crowley
The Kabbalah unveiled – Mathers
The Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic - Israel Regardie
The Training & Work of an Initiate - Dion Fortune
Practical Elemental Magick – David Rankine & Sorita d'Este
Practical Planetary Magick – David Rankine & Sorita d'Este
A Collection of Magical Secrets & A Treatise of Mixed Cabalah – Translated by Paul Harry Barron With introduction and commentary by Stephen Skinner and David Rankine
The Goetia of Dr Rudd, The Angels and Demons of Liber Malorum Spirituum seu Goetia, Theurgia-Goetia, Ars Paulina and Ars Almadel. – Stephen Skinner and David Rankine
The Keys to the Gateway of Magic, Summoning the Solomonic Archangels and Demon Princes – Stephen Skinner and David Rankine
The Practical Angel Magic of Dr John Dee’s Enochian Tables Tabula Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes as used by Wynn Westcott, Alan Bennett, Reverent Ayto etc. – Stephen Skinner and David Rankine
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:24 pm
Also, some e-books:
The Golden Bough
by Sir James George Frazer
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/index.htm
The Witch-Cult in Western Europe
by Margaret Alice Murray
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/wcwe/index.htm
Aradia; Gospel of the Witches
by Charles G. Leland
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/aradia/index.htm
Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition
by Charles Godfrey Leland
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/err/index.htm
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
by Sir Walter Scott
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/scott/index.htm
The Sorceress (La Sorcière) by Jules Michelet
translation by Afred Richard Allinson
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/sor/index.htm
Witchcraft Today (PDF) - by Gerald Gardner
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wisewoman/WiccaWitchcraftToday.pdf
The Meaning of Witchcraft - Gerald Gardner
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wisewoman/TheMeaningofWitchcraft.doc
High Magics Aid - A 'fictional' book by Gerald Gardner
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wisewoman/HighMagicsAid.doc
Gerald Gardner: Witch - attributed to Jack Bracelin but actually written by Idries Shah http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wisewoman/GeraldGardnerWitch[1].rtf
God of the Witches (PDF) - by Dr Margaret Murray,
http://www.thewica.co.uk/godwitch.pdf
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