Hello All...Here is the recommended reading list for the Guild, please post your favorite books (or not so favorites) so we can add them to the list. Please be sure to add the Title and the Author, and be sure to let us know whether you like the book or not and why!
Note: If you can't afford to buy a lot of books, don't forget that you can always check out your local library. Even if they don't have the specific book you are looking for, they usually can get it for you through the Inter-Library Loan system. It's a really great resource!!!
Recommended Reading - these are the books you should check out first!
WICCA
* Books by Gerald B. Gardner (The Meaning of Witchcraft, Witchcraft Today)
* Books by Doreen Valiente
* Books by Vivianne Crowley
* Fifty Years Of Wicca - Frederic Lamond
* A Witches' Bible, The Witches God, The Witches Goddess – Stewart Farrar
* Circle of Fire - Sorita D'Este & David Rankine
* Lid off the Cauldron - Patricia Crowther
NEO-PAGANISM
where to start...
* Books by Scott Cunningham (Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, Living Wicca, Incese, Oils, and Brews and others)
* Wicca for Beginners by Thea Sabin
* Books by Starhawk (The Spiral Dance, The Twelve Wild Swans, Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Tradition and others)
* Witchcrafting – Phillis Currot
* Elements of Ritual – Deborah Lipp
* "Ancient Ways: Reclaiming Pagan Traditions", "Rites of Passage: The Pagan Wheel of Life", "Circles, Groves & Sanctuaries: Sacred Spaces of Today's Pagans" by Dan and Pauline Campanelli
* "Bonewits's Guide to Witchcraft And Wicca", "Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Light", "Witchcraft: A Concise Guide or Which Witch Is Which?", and really anything by Isaac Bonewitts
* Books written by Christopher Penzack (Inner Temple of Witchcraft, Outer Temple of Witchcraft - several others)
* Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft
* The Wicca Bible by Ann-Marie Gallagher
* The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft, Third Edition by Denise Zimmerman
more indepth studies
* "The Triumph of the Moon" by Ronald Hutton (a scholar, not a pagan)
* "Drawing Down the Moon" by Margot Adler
* Wiccan Roots - Philip Heselton
* Aradia: Gospel of the Witches – Charles Godfrey Leyland
Online Texts
Aradia: Gospel of the Witches by Charles G. Leland
The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
The Witch-Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray
Witchcraft Today by Gerald Gardner
The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Gardner
High Magic's Aid by Gerald Gardner (fiction, but still worth reading)
God of the Witches by Margaret Murray
* note: most of Margaret Murries theories have been disproven, it is still a good reference point since Gardner did use her works when creating Wicca.
Other Books of Interest
* Love is in the Earth by Melody (crystals)
* Kitchen Witch's Cookbook by Patricia Telesco
* Healing Crystals and Gemstones by Dr Flora Peschek-Bohmer and Gisela Schreiber
* Opening to Channel: How to Connect With Your Guide by Sanaya Roman & Duane Packer
* How to Meet and Work with Your Spirit Guides by Ted Andrews
* Bard's Book of Pagan Songs by Hugin the Bard
* Animal Speak: The Spiritual and Magickal Powers of Creatures Great and Small by Ted Andrews
* Herbal Tonic Therapies by Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D.
* Aromatheraphy: The Complete Guild to Plant and Flower Essences for Health and Beauty by Daniele Ryman
* The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils by Julia
* How to Read Tarot by Sylvia Abraham
* Taking Up the Runes by Diana L. Paxson
* Our Troth by Kvelduf Gundarsson
Read At Your Own Risk - these books should really be avoided, the information contained within is not reliable and if you are just beginning on your path...this may not be the place you want to start.
* Books by Silver Ravenwolf
* Books written by Edain McCoy
* Books by D.J. Conway
* Books by Fiona Horne
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