RECOMMENDED READING and MORE
RECOMMENDED READING and MORE
Introductory Wicca Books
● Modern Wicca: Beliefs and Traditions for Contemporary Life - Rowan Morgana (2020)
● Wicca for Beginners A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic & Witchcraft - Lisa
Chamberlain (2020)
● The Real Witch’s Handbook - Kate West (2018)
Basic Wicca Classics
● The Heart of Wicca: Wise Words from a Crone on the Path – Ellen Cannon Reed (2000)
● Wicca for a Solitary Practitioner – Scott Cunningham (1989)
● The ABC’s of Witchcraft – Doreen Valiente (1994)
● Hedge Witch –Rae Beth (1989)
● The Principles of Wicca – Vivianne Crowley (1998)
● Buckland's Complete Guide to Witchcraft - Raymond Buckland (2002)
● T o Ride a Silver Broomstick – Silver Ravenwood (2002)
● A Witch’s Bible Complete - Janet and Stuart Farrar (1996)
● Progressive Witchcraft – Janet Farrar (2003)
● Secrets of a Witch’s Coven – Morwyn (1994)
● Web of Light - Morwyn (2000)
● The Spiral Dance – Starhawk (1979)
● The Book of Light – Lady Sara
● A Charmed Life – Patricia T Elesco (2009)
● Aradia: Gospel of the Witches – Charles Leland
● Drawing Down the Moon – Margot Adler (2006)
● Power of the Witch – Laurie Cabot (1990)
● A Witch Alone: 13 Moons- Marian Green (2009)
● Magickal Rites from the Crystal Well – Ed Fitch (201 1)
● West Country Wicca – Rhiannon Ryall (1990)
● Ariadne’s Thread – Shekinah Mountainwater (1991)
● The Golden Dawn – Israel Regardie (1937)
● Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Paganism – Ronald Hutton (2001)
● Witchcraft Today –Gerald Gardner (1954)
● Natural Magic – Doreen Valiente (1998)
● Positive Magic – Marian Weinstein (1994)
● The Wiccan Mysteries – Raven Grimassi (1997)
● Embracing the Moon – Yasmine Galenorn (2015)
● The Craft: A Witch’s Book of Shadows – Dorothy Morrison (2001)
● Witchcraft: Theory and Practice – Ly DeAngeles (2000)
● The Holy Book of Women’ s Mysteries – Zsuzsana Budapest (1989)
● Book of Shadows – Phyllis Curott (1999)
Reference Books
● Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magickal Herbs – Scott Cunningham
● Common Herbs for Natural Health – Juliette De Baircli Levy
● A Modern Herbal – Maude Grieve
● Rosemary Gladstar ’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner ’s Guide- Rosemary Gladstar
● Healing Wise – Susun Weed
● Moon Signs – Donna Cunningham
● The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need – Joanna Woolfolk
● The Rising Sign – Jeanne Avery
● Love is in the Earth – Harmony (Crystals)
● Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem and Metal Magic- Scott Cunningham
Fiction:
● The Mists of Avalon – Marian Zimmer Bradley (2001)
● The Witching Hour - Anne Rice (1990)
● The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Elizabeth George Speare (1958)
● The Initiation – The Secret Circle Series (teen) by LJ Smith (201 1)
● The Keeper of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan (2017)
● Garden Spells Waverly Family Series – Sarah Addison Allen (2007)
● Beautiful Creatures – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (2009)
● The Vine Witch – Luanne G. Smith (2019)
● The Red Tent – Anita Diamont (1994)
● Leaving Eden – Ann Chamberlain (2000)
● The Sea Priestess – Dion Fortune (1972)
● The Winter Sisters -T im Westover (2019)
● Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing – May Sarton (1993)
● The Wild Mother – Elizabeth Cunningham (1993)
● The Merlin Trilogy – Mary Stewart (2004)
● Maia – Richard Adams (1984)
● Juniper – Monica Furlong
● Dark Sister – Graham Joyce
● The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
● Sweep Series – Cate Tiernan
● Wither Series – John Passarella (2009)
● Circle of Three Series – Isobel Bird
● Harry Potter Series – JK Rowling
● Surfacing – Margaret Atwood (2012)
● Bell, Book and Murder – Rosemary Edghill (2014)
● The Heart of the Fire – Cerridwen Fallingstar (1990)
● The Moon Under her Feet – Clysta Kinster (1991)
● Lammas Night – Katherine Kurtz
● The Wolf and the Raven – Diana Paxson (2013)
● Rowan Gant Series – M.R.Sellers (2013)
● Cat Magic – Whitley Streiber (1986)
● The Magic Bookshop – Kala T robe
● The Divine Circle Series – Dolores Riccio (2003)
● A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness (201 1)
● The Witch’s Daughter – Paula Brackston (201 1)
● New England Witch Chronicles – Chelsea Luna (201 1)
● The Trouble with Magic Series – Madeline Alt (2006)
● Three Sisters Island Series – Nora Roberts (201 1)
● The Witches of Eastwick – John Updike (1996)
● Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman (2003)
● Blackbird House – Alice Hoffman (2004)
● The DaVinci Code – Dan Brown (2003)
● The Witches of East End - Melissa delaCruz (201 1)
● Druids – Morgan Llewellyn (1992)
● The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llewellyn (1982)
● Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Susannah Clarke (2010)
● The Witches of New York - Ami McKay (2017)
● The Age of Witches: A Novel - Louisa Morgan (2020)
● A Secret History of Witches - Louisa Morgan (2017)
● Illusions – Richard Bach (1989)
● Daughter of the Forest – Juliet Marillier (2002) (Sevenwaters Trilogy)
● Waking the Moon – Elizabeth Hand (1996)
● Chocolat -Joanne Harris (2000)
● The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane – Katherine Howe (2009)
● The Heretic’s Daughter – Kathleen Kent (2009)
● Once a Witch – Carolyn MacCullough (2010)
● Wicked Series – Nancy Holder (2008)
● White is for Magic – et al – Nancy Stolarz (2004)
● House of Night Series - PC and Kristin Cast (2014)
● Charmed and Dangerous Series – Candace Havens (2007)
● The Witch of Exmoor – Margaret Drabble (1997)
● The Midnight Witch - Paula Brackston (2014)
● Of Bees and Mist – Erick Setiawan (2010)
● The Quick- Lauren Owen (2014)
● The Hounds of the Morrigan – Pat O’Shea (1999)
● When Autumn Leaves – Amy Foster (2009)
● Brida – Paulo Coelho (2009)
● TirAlainn Trilogy – Anne Bishop (2001)
● The Little Shop of Found Things: A Novel - Paula Brackston (2019)
● Born Wicked -Jessica Spotswood (2013)
● Always a Witch – Carolyn MacCullough (201 1)
● Lucinda’s W eb – Dorothy Morrison (2008)
● The Witches of Blackbrook – Tish Thawer (2015)
● The Daughters of Dark Root series – April Aasheim
● Mystic Cove Series – Tricia O’Malley (2015)
● Book of Shadows – Alexandra Sokoloff (201 1)
● Legacy of Magick series – Ellen Dugan (2015)
● The Book of Lost Fragrances – MJ Rose (2013)
● The Daughters of La Lune (series) – MJ Rose
● The Apothecary Rose – Candace Robb (2015)
● The Hazel Wood - Melissa Albert (2019)
● The Mercies - Kiran Millwood Hargrave (2020)
● Jennifer , Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley , and Me, Elizabeth - E.L. Konigsburg (1968)
Books on Women’ s Studies
● The Moon and the Virgin – Nor Hall (1981)
● Womanspirit Rising – Christ and Plaskow (1992)
● When God was a Woman – Merlin Stone (1978)
● Voices of the Goddess – Caitlin Matthews (1990)
● Rebirth of the Goddess – Carol P . Christ (1998)
● Women who Run with the Wolves – Clarissa Pinkola Estes (1996)
● Women's Mysteries – M. Esther Harding (2001)
● Descent to the Goddess: A W ay of Initiation for Women – Sylvia Brinton Perera
● The Heroine’s Journey – Maureen Murdock
● Warrior Goddess T raining – Heatherash Amara
● The Goddess Path: Myths, Invocations, and Rituals – Dorothy Morrison
● Goddess in Everywoman – Jean Shinoda
● The Chalice and the Blade – Riane Eisler
● Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine – Joseph Campbell
Other Spirituality Books
● The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz
● The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
● Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach
● The Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield
● The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success – Deepak Choprak
● The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – Eckhart Tolle
Movies and Documentaries
● The Witches of Eastwick – 1987
● The Last Keepers 2013
● Practical Magic 1998
● Chocolat 2000
● The Craft 1996
● The Crucible 1996
● What the Bleep do We Know
● Hocus Pocus 1993
● Harry Potter Series 2001
● Lord of the Rings
● The Covenant 2006
● Rosemary’s Baby 1968
● The Witch 2015
● Beautiful Creatures 2013
● Three Sovereigns for Sarah – A T rue Story of the Salem Witch Trials 1985
● Witchcraft: Rebirth of the Old Religion with Raymond Buckland 2005
● Juliette of the Herbs 1998
● The Wicker Man 1973
● Night of the Eagle (1962)
● Suspiria (1977)
● Agora 2009
● Bell, Book and Candle 1958
● Season of the Witch 201 1
● Ten Inch Hero 2007
● Salem Falls 201 1
● V alley of the Witch 2014
● Drawing Down the Moon 1997
● Pan’s Labyrinth 2006
● Stardust 2007
● The Wretched 2019
● Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997
● Charmed 1998-2006
● Wish on a Spell (Documentary) 2005
● The Separation on State Street (2007)
● The Ritual
● The Love Witch 2016
Pagan Parenting
● Celebrating the Great Mother- Cait Johnson- (my favorite)
● Circle Round - Starhawk
Young Children
● The Winter Solstice – Ellen Jackson
● The Spring Equinox – Ellen Jackson
● The Summer Solstice- Ellen Jackson
● The Autumn Equinox – Ellen Jackson
● The Solstice Badger - Robin McFadden (2014)
● Moon Magic: A Child’s Book of Moonlight Magick - R. Aurora Lightbringer (2017)
● Look to the Moon: A Pagan Bedtime Blessing - JC Artemesia (2018)
● Roots, Shoots, Bucket’s and Boots- Sharon Lovejoy
● All I See is a Part of Me – Chara M. Curtis (2015)
● The Turning of the Y ear – Bill Martin Jr . & Greg Shed
● Mother Earth – Nancy Luenn
● The Star People: A Lakota Story - SD Nelson (2019)
● Wild Wisdom: Animal Stories of the Southwest - Rae Ann Kumelos & Jan T aylor (2016)
● Alice and Greta- A T ale of T wo Witches – Steven Simmons and Cyd Moore (1997)
● Child of Fairy , Child of Earth – Jane Yolen (1997)
● The Tomten - Astrid Lindgren (1997)
● Good Night Fairies – Kathleen Hague (2002)
● Grandfather Twilight – Barbara Helen Berger(1984)
● Wild Child – Lynn Plourde (2003)
● Strega Nona Series – Tomie De Paola – (Lily’s favorites!) (201 1)
● The Witch’s Supermarket – Susan Meddaugh (2014)
● The Lorax by Dr Seuss
● Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (1087)
● Aiden’s First Full Moon Circle by Katie Lyndon Olivares
● ABC Book of Shadows by W . Lyon Martin
● The Last Wild Witch: An Eco Fable – by Starhawk
● Smokey and the Feast of Mabon by Catherynne M. Valente