I'm an inexperienced wiccan and I'm looking for some good books to gain a better understanding of the craft.
2006-10-07 15:16:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham
An ABC Of Witchcraft Past & Present by Doreen Valiente
Aradia: Gospel of the Witches by Charles Leland
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland
The Complete Art of Witchcraft by Sybil Leek
A Complete Guide to the Tarot by Eden Gray
also get the Rider Waite Tarot Deck (recommended deck, and the deck used in the above book)
Diary of a Witch by Sybil Leek
Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler
God of the Witches by Margaret Murray
The Great Cosmic Mother by Monica Sjoo & Barbara Mor
Magick in Theory and Practice by Aleister Crowley
Mastering Herbalism by Paul Huson
Mastering Witchcraft by Paul Huson
The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Gardner
Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune
Natural Magic by Doreen Valiente
Persuasions of the Witch's Craft by T. M. Luhrmann
Positive Magic by Marion Weinstein
Principles of Wicca by Vivianne Crowley
Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune
The Rebirth of Witchcraft by Doreen Valiente
The Spiral Dance by Starhawk
The Training and Work of an Initiate by Dion Fortune
When God Was A Woman by Merlin Stone
The White Goddess by Robert Graves
Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Millennium by Vivianne Crowley
Witchcraft for Tomorrow by Doreen Valiente
Witchcraft Today by Gerald Gardner
2006-10-07 18:04:46 · answer #1 · answered by AmyB 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Read some older stuff, Golden Bough, White Goddess, Aradia.
For more recent work I like Rhiannon Ryall, Ly De Angeles, Anna Moura, Raven Grimmassi, Kerr Cuhlain, A.J. Drew. Witches Bible by the Farrars is a good one, it is a compilation of two books and contains good bit of information.
Read everything you can get your hands on and take nothing at face value.
Blessings )O(
2006-10-07 22:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Have you picked out the type of Wicca faith you are going to follow?Gardenia, Celtic, Norse. Etc.
some good books are :The ultimate Book of Shadows for the new generation Solitary Witch by Silver RavenWolf; Faery Wicca Books 1&2 by Kisma K. Stepanich; Dancing with Drgons By D.J. Conway; The Spiral Dance by Starhawk; Magic of the Celtic otherworlds by Steve Blamires; The Witch's Shield protection magic& psychic self-defence by Christopher Penczak
2006-10-07 22:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Rev. has a great list of excellent books here but PLEASE do us all a favour and SKIP anything by Aleister Crowley. It's inappropriate, unhelpful and positively dangerous. Just don't read Crowley and then you won't have to crowbar it out of your mind one day in the future.
I also recommend the books by Fiona Horne, a modern Australian witch who had her own women's rock band before becoming a writer. Her witchcraft is simple, friendly, sexy, cheerful, and she cheerfully admits all her mistakes so we know she's human and accessible. Great for beginners!
2006-10-08 03:31:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
This is a good recommended reading list:
http://www.tangledmoon.org/reading_list.htm
2006-10-08 08:37:31 · answer #5 · answered by Witchy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The magick power of witchcraft by gavin and yvonne frost
2006-10-07 22:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
What year do you live in?
Wicca isent real, concepts are, but powers and majic?
come ooonnn>.
2006-10-07 22:25:26 · answer #7 · answered by gotslayer 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋