Reading Lists

One of the most common requests I get from people is, 'do you have a reading list?'. The tricky thing about reading lists is that as soon as you publish them, they are already out of date as the world of books is always changing. So this list comes with a big caveat - it's not exhaustive, it's not complete, and you do need to do your own research... It is the tip of the iceberg, and just a starting place... It's divided into different subject areas to help you navigate a bit. I am not going to give you names of publishers or ISBNs as these sometimes change, and life is too short. Just google the author and title, and you should be able to find it...

Pagan Cosmology

Craig Spencer - A Modern Guide to Charles Godfrey Leland’s Gospel of Witches

– Aradia.

Margot Adler - Drawing Down the Moon

Rebecca Beattie - The Wheel of the Year: Your Nurturing Guide to Discovering Nature's Seasons and Cycles

Francesco Dimitri - That Sense of Wonder

Wicca / Modern Pagan Witchcraft / British Traditional Witchcraft (if you live in the states)

Gerald B.Gardner (Scire) & Dr. Margaret Murray (intro) - Witchcraft Today

Vivianne Crowley - Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Millennium

Thorn Mooney - Traditional Witchcraft - (if you live in the states)

Solitary Witchcraft

Rae Beth - Hedgewitch

Marian Green - A Witch Alone

Scott Cunningham - Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner

History of Witchcraft, Witch Trials, and Cunning Folk

Dr John Callow - The Last Witches of England

Marion Gibson - Witchcraft - A History in 13 Trials

Owen Davies - Cunning-folk: Popular Magic in English History

Ronald Hutton - Triumph of the Moon

Owen Davies - Grimoires

King James - Demonologie

Reginald Scott - Discoverie of Witchcraft

Kramer and Sprenger - Malleus Malleficarum

Myth and Magic

Charles Leland - Aradia, The Gospel of Witches

Gerald Gardner - High Magic’s Aid

Dr. Margaret Murray - The Witch Cult in Western Europe

The Mabinogion

Frazer, James. The Golden Bough

Planetary Magic / Astrology for Spellcrafting

Cornelius Agrippa - Three Books on Occult Philosophy

Nicholas Culpeper - Culpeper’s Complete Herbal: Illustrated and Annotated Edition.

Rebecca Beattie - Pagan Portals - Planetary Magic.

Sorita D'Este and David Rankine -  Practical Planetary Magick

Druidry

Philip Carr-Gomm - Anything by Philip!

Kristopher Hughes - Anything by Kris!