RECOMMENDED
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READING
by Deepstar
Witchcraft is primarily about doing and being. Although we do not denigrate academic pursuits we believe
that endless reading to accumulate information is a distraction upon the path. For information to be transformed into wisdom it must be applied. As a consequence, the seeker is better served by taking a walk into
nature, experiencing the elements upon the skin, listening to the wind move through the trees, or watching
the surface of a lake. Meditate upon the images which arise within you when becoming one with nature.
Work with the knowledge derived from within. Test it, and allow it to temper you. The spirits of the Land can
instruct you well if you but listen. Such is the work of inner cultivation. Should you have leisure to devote to
reading, the following texts may be helpful......
Agrippa, Henry Cornelius.
Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Llewelyn Publications.
Woodbury, Minn., 2006
Ankarloo, Bengt and Henningsen, Gustav.
Early Modern European Witchcraft. Oxford University Press.
Oxford, 2001
Bardon, Franz.
Initiation into Hermetics. Dieter Ruggeberg. Wuppertal, Germany 1981
______________ The Practice of Magical Evocation. Dieter Ruggeberg. Wuppertal, Germany, 1970
Bourne, Lois
Dancing with Witches. Robert Hale. London, 1998
Bracelin, Jack L
Gerald Gardner: Witch. The Octagon Press, London 1960
Burkert, Walter
Ancient Mystery Cults. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass. 1987
Crowther, Patricia. Witchcraft in Yorkshire. Harvest Shadows. Southbrough, Mass. 2008
______________ The Zodiac Experience. Samuel Weiser, York Beach, Maine. 1992
______________ Covensense. Robert Hale, London. 2009
______________ From Stagecraft to Witchcraft: The Early Years of a High Priestess. Capall-Bann Publishing.
Chieveley, Berks, England. 2002
______________ Lid off the Cauldron. Capall-Bann Publishing, Chieveley, Berks, England. 1998
______________ High Priestess: The Life and Times of Patricia Crowther. Phoenix Publishing. Blaine,
Washington. 1998
Davies, Owen
Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History. Hambledon and London, New York, 2003
Davies, Sioned (ed) The Mabinogion. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2007
De Santillana G. and Von Dechend, H. Hamlet’s Mill. Gambit, Boston, 1969
Gardner, Gerald B. Witchcraft Today. Rider & Co., London 1954
_______________ The Meaning of Witchcraft. The Aquarian Press, London, 1971
_______________ High Magic’s Aid. Samuel Weiser, New York. 1971.
_______________ A Goddess Arrives. I.H.O. Books, Thame, England. 2000
Graves, Robert.
The White Goddess. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 1966
_______________ The Greek Myths.
Grieve, M.
A Modern Herbal. Barnes & Noble Books.New York, 1996
Gray, William G.
Magical Ritual Methods. Helios Books. Cheltenham, Glos.,England 1969
_______________ Inner Traditions of Magic. The Aquarian Press, London. 1970
_______________ Evoking the Primal Goddess. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minn. 1989
_______________ An Outlook on our Inner Western Way. Samuel Weiser. New York, 1980
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_______________ By Standing Stone and Elder Tree. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minn. 1990
_______________ Western Inner Workings. Samuel Weiser. York Beach, Maine 1983
Heselton, Philip. Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival. Capal-Bann.
Chievely, Berks, England. 2000
_______________ Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration. Capal-Bann. Chievely, Berks,
England. 2003
Kingsley, Peter
Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995
______________ In the Dark Places of Wisdom. The Golden Sufi Center. Inverness, Calif., 1999
______________ Reality. The Golden Sufi Center. Inverness, Calif., 2003
Lecouteux, Claude.Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies. Inner Traditions. Rochester, VT 2003
Leland, Charles G. Aradia, Gospel of the Witches. Phoenix Publishing, Blaine, Washington. 1998
_______________ Etruscan Magic and Occult Remedies. University Books. New Hyde Park,
New York. 1963
Lethbridge, T. C. Witches. Citadel. New York, 1968
Luck, Georg
Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Johns Hopkins
University Press. Baltimore, 1985
Matthews, Caitlin Arthur and the Sovereignty of Britain. Arkana. London, 1989
_______________ Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain. Arkana. London, 1987
Matthews, John
Taliesin: Shamanism and the Bardic Mysteries in Britain and Ireland. The
Aquarian Press. London, 1991
McNeill, F. Marion The Silver Bough: A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals. Vols. I-III
Stuart Titles Ltd. Glasglow, Scotland, 1990
Meyer, Marvin (ed) The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook. Harper & Row. San Francisco, 1987
Muller-Ebling, Claudia, Ratsch, Christian, and Storl, Wolf . Witchcraft Medicine. Inner
Traditions. Rochester, VT 1998
Murray, Margaret. The God of the Witches. Faber and Faber. London, 1952
______________ The Witch Cult in Western Europe. Barnes and Noble Books. New York, 1996
Pocs, Eva
Between the Living and the Dead. CEU Press. Budapest, 1999
Petterson, David Hostile Witnesses: Rescuing the History of Witchcraft From the Writings of Scholars
and Churchmen. P.O. Box 62266, St. Louis Park, Minn. 55426
Schulke, Daniel A. Viridarium Umbris: The Pleasure Garden of Shadows. Xoanon. 2005
Steinbrecher, E. The Inner Guide Meditation. Samuel Weiser. York Beach, Maine 1988
Stewart, R.J.
The Underworld Initiation. The Aquarian Press. Wellingbrough, Northhamptonshire,
England. 1985
______________ The Prophetic Vision of Merlin. Arkana. London, 1986
______________ The Mystic Life of Merlin. Arkana. London, 1986
______________ Earth Light. Element Books. Rockport, Mass. 1992
______________ Power Within the Land. Element Books. Rockport, Mass. 1992
______________ The Living World of Faery. Mercury Publishing. Lake Toxaway, NC 1995
______________ The Well of Light. Muse Press. Lake Toxaway, NC 2004
______________ The Way of Merlin. The Aquarian Press. London, 1991
Still, Cecil C.
Botany and Healing: Medicinal Plants of New Jersey and the Region. Rutgers University
Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey 1998
Stratton-Kent, J. Geosophia: The Argo of Magic. Vols. I & II Scarlet Imprint. England. 2010
Valiente, Doreen. An ABC of Witchcraft Past & Present. St. Martin’s Press, New York 1973
______________ Witchcraft for Tomorrow. St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1978
______________ Natural Magic. Phoenix Publishing, Custer, Washington. 1985
Weston, Jessie
From Ritual to Romance. Doubleday & Co. Garden City, New York. 1957
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Witches were for Hanging – Patricia Crowther
Secrets of Dr. Traverner – Dion Fortune
The Sea Priestess – Dion Fortune
Moon Magic – Dion Fortune
The Demon Lover – Dion Fortune
The Winged Bull – Dion Fortune
The Goat Foot God – Dion Fortune
Song of Rhiannon – Evangeline Walton
Children of Llyr – Evangeline Walton
Prince of Anwyn – Evangeline Walton
Island of the Mighty – Evangeline Walton