Suggested Beginner's Bibliography

The Spiral Dance - Starhawk

Power of the Witch - Laurie Cabot

To Ride a Silver Broomstick- Silver Ravenwolf

To Stir a Magick Cauldron - Silver Ravenwolf

Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft - Raymond Buckland

A Witches' Bible - Janet & Stewart Farrar

Earth Power - Scott Cunningham

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner - Scott Cunningham

Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner - Scott Cunningham

True Magick: A Beginner's Guide - K. Amber

 

Extended Readings List: advanced resources

777; Crowley, Aleister; Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1989.
A Testament of Alchemy; Morienus (translated and edited by Lee Stravenhagen); Brandeis University Press; 1974
ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present; Valiente, Doreen; St. Martin's Press, 1973.
Collecteana Hermetica; ed. W. Wynn Wescott; Theosophical Publishing Society, 1893.
Corpus Hermeticum: Hermetica (subtitled: the ancient Greek and Latin writings which contain religious or philosophic teachings assigned to Hermes Trismegistus); edited and translated by Walter Scott; Hermes House, 1982.
Diodorus Siculus; Diodorus Siculus (translated by C. H. Oldfather); Harvard University Press, 1979.
Elizabethan Magic: the Art of the Mages; Turner, Robert; Element Books, Ltd., 1989.
Encyclopedia of the Tarot, vols. 1 & 2; Kaplan, Stuart R.; U.S. Game Systems, Inc., 1985.
Equinox, vol. 1 - 10; Crowley, Aleister; Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1972.
Growing the Tree Within; Gray, William G.; Llewellyn, 1991.
Hermetica, vols. 1 - 4; edited and translated by Walter Scott; Shambala Press, 1985.
I Ching; translated and edited by John Blofeld; ed. Dutton and Co., 1968.
Letters to a Disciple; Levi, Eliphas; Aquarian Pres, Ltd., 1980.
Magika Hiera, subtitled: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion; ed. Faraone, Christopher, A.; Oxford University Press, 1991.
Natural Magic; Valiente, Doreen; Phoenix Publishing, 1986.
New A to Z Horoscope Maker and Delineator; Llewellyn, George; Llewellyn, 1989.
Ritual Book of Herbal Spells; Aima; Foibles Publications, 1976.
Spells and How They Work; Farrar, Janet and Stewart; Phoenix Publishing, Inc., 1990.
Techniques of High Magic: A Manual of Self Initiation; King, Francis and Stephen Skinner; Destiny Books, 1976.
The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage; translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers; Dover Publications, 1975.
The Book of Thoth; Crowley, Aleister; Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1989.
The Celtic Shaman; Matthews, John; Element Books, Ltd., 1991.
The Complete Book of Palmistry; Wilson, Joyce; Bantam Books, 1982.
The Golden Dawn; Regardie, Israel; Llewellyn Publications, 1986.
The Hebrew Myths; Graves, Robert and Patai Raphael; Doubleday, 1964.
The Magus, subtitled: A Complete System of Occult Philosophy; Barett, Francis; Citadel Press, 1967.
The Murdered Magicians; Partner, Peter and Thornsons Crucible; Brandeis University Press, 1974.
The Mystical Quabalah; Fortune, Dion; Samuel Weiser Inc., 1935.
The Occult Sciences in the Renaissance; Shumaker, Wayne; University of California Press, 1972.
The Tarot of the Bohemians; Papus; Wilshire Book Company.
Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum; Ashmole, Elias, Esq.; Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967.
Three Books on Life; Ficino, Marsilio, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies; State University of New York at Binghamton; 1989 (or SUNY Binghamton, 1989).
Transcendental Magic; Levi, Eliphas; translated by A. E. Waite; Samuel Weiser, 1990.
Western Astrology and Chinese Medicine; Clogstoum-Willmott, Jonathan; Destiny Books, 1985.
Witchcraft for Tomorrow; Valiente, Doreen; Phoenix Publishing.
Witche's Way; Farrar, Janet and Stewart; Hale Publishing, 1983.
Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects; Walker, Barbara G.; Harper and Row, 1988.
Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets; Walker, Barbara G.; Harper and Row, 1983.
Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali, Samkhya-yoga-charya; Swami Hariharananda Aranya, translated by P. N. Mukerji; State University of New York Press, 1983.

 

Personal Suggestions

Necronomicon; ed. Simon; Avon Books, 1980.
Necronomicon Spellbook; ed. Simon; Avon Books, 1988.

 

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