Good fictional books about Wicca, witches, and Paganism?

Question

I posted this question earlier. I know Wicca is not fake, I'm simply asking for stories that deal with Wicca and witchcraft that are made up, such as the Sweep series by Cate Tiernan and Circle of Three by Isobel Bird. I wanted to clear this up. I want to read something fun, that's all! Besides, I am Wiccan and I know the difference b/w fake and real.

Answer 1

Wicca is most certainly fake. Every book on it is a work of fiction.

Basically it is a fraud dreamed up by someone named Gerald Gardner in 1954. Since then, various people have been making stuff up and adding it to what he made up. There are no historical roots pre-dating Gardner and nothing to support his movement besides what he pulled out of his ***. Their claims of wicca as being the "old religion" stand are nothing more than the fact that Gardner said so, with absolutely nothing predating the claims made in 1954.

My point here is there is no history, no roots, no people who ever practiced wicca. All legitimate religion has been around for thousands of years and practiced by many people through many generations. They have rich history and things that you can point to and say, there is where the religion came from.

Wicca has none of these. It started in 1954, by a man that has nothing to support its status as a religion beyond his say so. Further, many people have basically made stuff up and with no links whatsoever have claimed what they say is part of Gardners religion.

Please....it's obvious fraud and only stupid people fall for it.

Answer 2

A book series you would probably like is Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld.

It starts with two very good werewolf books but then the next three books switch to wicca and sorcery (they can be read as stand alone volumes or in a series).

If you start with the werewolf read "Bitten"
If you start with the wiccan read "Dime Store Magic".

This is a very enjoyable series with good characters. Purely fictional, and a fun read.

Best of all they are all in paperback so not a heavy financial investment.

Best Wishes

Answer 3

If you post a request on an open list you have to put up with the nonsense from other religions! Is this something we can live with, SURE! What other people think isn't important, shouldn't faze us and it isn't going to change what we believe! I can't stress enough to people is that just because someone thinks that they know right from wrong, what they believe has no bearing on what you believe. I am a Witch and a Pagan and no one can change that. Maybe you and your pastor can come up with an information exchange that would provide information to these... radical Christians. I would gladly host a website for that. So see what you can come up with. Smile and give a knowledgeable nod to all those who really think their religion is the only true one. It can't be the "true" religion since not everyone embraces it! Bright blessings.

Answer 4

You've read some of the best.
My fav Wicca-theme writer is Isobel Bird. I think she did a fabulous job educating and entertaining with her series "Circle of Three".

You've read the Sweeps series by Cate Tiernan but have you read her Balefire series about twin sisters who are also New Orleans' Witches?

You might also like Celia Rees's "Witch Child" and "Sorceress". You might like her other fantasy works too. Rees has a nice young adult fiction trilogy, based on the traditional fairies and elves of England: "City of Shadows", "A Trap in Time", & "The Host Rides Out".

Rosemary Edghill wrote a fantastic mystery Wiccan trilogy "The Bast Novels": "Speak Daggers to Her", "Book of Moons", and "The Bowl of Night". All three can be found in one book, "Bell, Book, and Murder".

M. R. Sellars also has written some good adult Wicca-themed mysteries. He has a series going with a St. Louis Wiccan named Rowan Gant as the main character.

And Silver Ravenwolf also has written some pretty good adult mystery fiction: "Murder at Witches' Bluff" and "Beneath a Mountain Moon", and her Witches Chillers young adult series is ok: #1 "Witches Night Out", #2 "Witches Night of Fear", and #3 "Witches' Key to Terror".

"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare, "Gallows Hill" by Lois Duncan, and "Beyond the Burning Times" by Kathryn Lasky are three great books of fiction based on the witch trials. All three authors have also written other great works.

I think you will certainly find something enjoyable to read among these, Wicca-themed fiction and more.

Answer 5

Some titles:

Witch Child by Celia Rees
Sorceress by Celia Rees
The Magick Bookshop by Kala Trobe
Magick in the West End by Kala Trobe
The Song of an Emerald Dove by Xanna Vinison
A Dark Muse by Gary Lachman

Answer 6

Llewellyn publishes several fantasy fiction series for "teens & tweens". You may want to check out their website at
http://www.llewellyn.com.

Here are a few examples. You did not state your age so I did not know really what to list.

Debbie Federici has an interesting series including:
L.O.S.T
ShadowQueen
Sign of the Crescent
Witch Circle (which was just published in April 2006)


John Peels' Diadem series:
Book of Signs
Book of War
Book of Thunder
Book of Magic
Book of Earth
Book of Nightmares
Book of Doom
Book of Names
Book of Oceans
Book of Reality

There is a series for younger readers entitled "The Fortune Teller's Club" by Dotti Enderle:
Lost Girl
Playing with Fire
Magic Shades
Secrets of Lost Arrow
Hand of Fate
Mirror, Mirror...
The Burning Pendulum
Ghost of Shady Lane

I hope this helps.


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Answer 7

This isn't particularly Wicca, but "Mists of Avalon" and the other books in the Avalon series by Marion Zimmer Bradley are excellent. It has more of an ancient Celtic witchcraft feel to it, but the triple Goddess and triple God are heavily involved.

Answer 8

I like the "Avalon Series"(Mists of Avalon, Lady of Avalon, Priestess of Avalon, The Forest House, Ancestors of Avalon, etc) by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Also "Sword and Sorceress" series edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley

I also liked the pledge ceremony (basically a hand fasting) in Mercedes Lackey's "Owlflight".

Answer 9

M.R.Sellars wrote the Rowan Gant series about a wiccan who solves crimes.Maggy Shayne writes romance novels with wiccan characters

Answer 10

Anne Bishop's Blood Jewels Trilogy. Start with Daughter of the Blood.

Answer 11

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice was very good!