any suggestions?
2007-02-11 08:02:53 · 8 answers · asked by kittana! 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, I'm an ex-Wiccan and ex-occultist, but here's some books I would reccomend.
Crafting The Art of Magic by Adian Kelly ( A Wiccan "Tradition Head")
The Triumph of The Moon
Stations of the Sun by Ronald Hutton ( A History Professor at Oxford University, and not easily dismissed.)
Witchcraft and Demonology by Montague Summers
The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology by R.H. Robbins
The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why An Invented Past Will Not Give Women a Future by Cynthia Eller
The Genocide of Women in Hinduism By Sita Agarwal
Occult Bondage and Deliverance by Kurt Koch
Cracking Da Vinci's Code by James Garlow
And also these free sites:
http://usminc.org
http://spiritwatch.org
"11. As American Witches, we are not threatened by debates on the history of the Craft, the origins of various aspects of different traditions. We are concerned with our present, and our future. "
[Note this was written years before Kelly, Hutton, and others wrote their books. Wiccans had a collective cow when their history was exposed as fake. Most of them still can’t seem to accept it]
2007-02-11 16:36:23 · answer #1 · answered by The Notorious Doctor Zoom Zoom 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitoner Scott Cunningham
2007-02-11 19:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by AmyB 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would suggest Scott Cunninghams book "Wicca - A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner". Also, Doreen Valiente's "Witchcraft for Tomorrow". And Barbara Ardingers "Goddess Meditations" and Patricia Monaghan's "Seasons of the Witch - Poetry and Songs to the Goddess".
I think this will give you a really good idea of who we are and what we do and what we believe.
Have fun.
2007-02-11 16:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by Boudica 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
as silly as it sounds the most basic and informative book on the shelves (without the writer's "personal opinions") is The Complete Idiots Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft. It has all the basic information without all the hype and is actually fun to read.
2007-02-11 16:16:20 · answer #4 · answered by mom tree 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Witchcraft: Theory and Practice by Ly De Angeles
2007-02-11 16:10:09 · answer #5 · answered by Kallan 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Read "Sabrina The Teenage Witch"!
2007-02-11 22:55:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sabrina The Teenage Witch 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the Principia Discordia
2007-02-11 16:08:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Harry Potter. It's fiction but then so is Wicca and Harry Potter is more fun.
2007-02-11 16:09:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋