Minimum three, and they can be books to own or just have had read.
2006-11-03 11:31:02 · 12 answers · asked by Jess 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Ooo lovely.
1) Spiral Dance by Starhawk
2) Earth Power by Scott Cunningham
3) a good overall herbal I recommend The Herb Book by John Lust
for reference of the movement and the Goddess, I suggest Drawing down the Moon by Margot Adler and finally The Great Cosmic Mother by Monica Sjoo and Barbara Mor
Otherwise, read read read but don't take everything as fact. Trust what's in your gut to tell you what's right for you. what's right for you and what is so for others can vary dramatically. Good luck and Blessings, my child.
2006-11-03 14:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Three minium? Then I could go on forever, but I'll play the game and stick to just three, I would have to go with the classics;
The Spiral Dance by Starhawk
I recommend this to others with a warning; the second wave feminism in this book is sickening, but if you can look past that it was very influential and shows a good example of Pagan spirituality.
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Shows religious and magical co-habitation, when working within religious magic I think it is important to recognise that and see it in all religions, I also think it works well exploring myth and ritual.
The Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton
Showing influences of society on paganism, I also think it gives people a clearer idea of why Wicca is how it is which is important given how many people approach Wicca for very shallow reasons.
Granted, I know they are not strictly Pagan-specific, and that they could be ripped apart by critics and academics, however that said they are very influential and let's face it most books on Paganism, particularly Wicca (or specifically Neo-wicca) come and go, often all saying the exact same things. With Wicca's oath-bound path I also happen to think a lot more can be learned by approaching these books than the nonsense Neo-wicca books or going by what limited information that can be given in books by/about Wicca.
2006-11-03 13:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kasha 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Recommended Reading - Non-fiction:
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
What Witches Do by Stewart Farrar
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
Witches by T. C. Lethbridge
The Witches' God by Janet & Stewart Farrar
The Witches' Goddess by Janet & Stewart Farrar
The Witches' Way by Janet & Stewart Farrar
Woman's Mysteries by M. Esther Harding
2006-11-03 16:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by AmyB 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Spiral dance, just to get your big toe wet. Then find a mentor or coven. What is passed down is much more important than what is acquired by commercial means. Also, get a large loose leaf note book to begin your personal Book of Shadows.
Do stay away from Crowley until you know a good bit more.
2006-11-03 14:35:44 · answer #4 · answered by Terry 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For the solitary Wiccan, I would recommend Raymond Buckland's Wicca for one and Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland, and Scott Cunningham's Wicca and Living Wicca.
2006-11-03 16:51:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the folk I wish would understand us greater desirable do no longer bypass to public libraries. And in the event that they did, they does no longer be finding up the forms of books that would help them understand us. There are some "idiots courses" and "whilst somebody you adore is Wiccan" form books which would be effective to verify.
2016-10-03 06:17:41 · answer #6 · answered by kroner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reccomend "The Power of the Witch" by Laurie Cabot with Tom Cowan(1989). Her prologue struck a cord, and it also helped me with my meditation.
Every year Llewellyn comes out with her "Magical Almanac" and "The Witches Calendar". Those have acurate moon phases and Sabbats etc...
"Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magickal Herbs" by Scott Cunningham. This comes in useful at times.
2006-11-03 15:10:08 · answer #7 · answered by LadyMagick 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm.... for a wiccan?
"Spiral Dance" for its basics and great chapters on the pagan perception of God and Goddess
"Drawing Down the Moon" for its coverage of different paths
"The Golden Dawn" to help obtain knowledge in occult matters and to keep one from drowning in fluffiness
2006-11-03 13:18:14 · answer #8 · answered by Redcap the Druid 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Spiral Dance" "The Golden Dawn "Drawing Down the Moon" and "Which Witch is Which" by samantha Stevens
2006-11-03 14:56:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Spiral Dance" is the quintessential Wicca 101
"Drawing Down the Moon" is a great journalistic analysis of the overal pagan community.
"Truth or Dare" is a good book looking at the ties between philospohy, thealogy and activism.
2006-11-03 11:34:36 · answer #10 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋