WICCAN READING RESOURCES

Most of these books are straight Wicca, although I have included some 
mythology sources as well, being that the themes are often tied together.  

Ratings of the below are subjective to some degree.  

* - Pretty good
** - More than pretty good
*** - Why the hey are you just staring at this list; go out there and grab 
     the book!!!

This is by no means a final list of what is available -- I have purposefully 
omitted some books, while other books which may be good just have not come 
into my possession.  Yet.  **** -- Jehana Silverwing
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***Adler, Margot.  1986.  Drawing Down the Moon, rev. & expanded ed.  Beacon 
Press, Boston.  (THE definitive book on the varieties of Witches and Neopagans 
today.)  

***Beyerl, Paul.  1984.  The Master Book of Herbalism.  Phoenix Publishing 
Company, Custer, Washington.  (One of the BEST herbals.)  

**Bonewits, P. E. I.  1978.  Real Magic.  Creative Arts Book Company, 
Berkeley.  (Theories of magic.)  

**Bulfinch, Thomas.  1959.  Bulfinch's Mythology, a modern abridgement.  Dell 
Publishing Co., New York.

**Campanelli, P.  1989.  Wheel of the Year:  Living the Magical Life.  
Llewellyn, St. Paul, Minn.  

**Campbell, J.  1986.  The Inner Reaches of Outer Space:  Metaphor as Myth 
and as Religion.  Harper and Row, San Francisco.  

**Campbell, Joseph.  1968.  The Hero With a Thousand Faces.  Princeton 
University Press, Princeton.  

*Craighead, Meinrad.  1986.  The Mother's Songs:  Images of God the Mother.  
Paulist Press, Mahwah, New Jersey.  

***Crowley, Vivianne.  1989.  Wicca:  The Old Religion in the New Age.  
Aquarian Press, Surrey.  (Meaty and important.)  

*Cunningham, Scott.  1982.  Magical Herbalism.  Llewellyn, St. Paul.  

*Cunningham, Scott.  1985.  The Magic of Incense, Oils and Brews.  Llewellyn, 
St. Paul.  

*Cunningham, Scott.  Wicca for the Solitary Practicioner.  Llewellyn, St. 
Paul.  

**Downing, Christine.  1981.  The Goddess:  Mythological Images of the 
Feminine.  Crossroad, New York.  

**Farrar, Janet and Stewart.  1981.  A Witches Bible Volume I:  The Sabbats.  
Magickal Childe, New York.  (Sabbat rituals, along with discussions.)

***Farrar, Janet and Stewart.  1989.  The Witches' God.  Robert Hale, 
London.  (Discussion of God-roles; rituals; index to Gods.)  

***Farrar, Janet and Stewart.  1987.  The Witches' Goddess.  Phoenix, Custer, 
Washington.  (Discussion of Goddess-roles; rituals; index to Goddesses.)  

**Farrar, Stewart.  1983.  What Witches Do:  The Modern Coven Revealed.  
Phoenix Publishing Company, Custer, Washington.  

**Feinstein, David and Stanley Krippner.  1988.  Using Ritual, Dreams and 
Personal Imagination to Discover Your Inner Story.  Tarcher, Los Angelos.  

*Ford, Patrick K., trans. & ed.  1977.  The Mabinogi and Other Medieval 
Welsh Tales.
*Graves, Robert.  1966.  The White Goddess:  Amended and Enlarged Edition.  
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York.  (Would get a higher rating, but very 
oddly organized and sometimes hard to read.)  

Hamilton, Edith.  1940.  Mythology:  Timeless Tales of Gods and Heros.  
Mentor, Boston.  

***Hope, Murry.  1987.  Practical Celtic Magic.  The Aquarian Press, 
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.  

**Hope, Murry.  1984.  Practical Egyptian Magic.  The Aquarian Press, 
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.  

Mariechild, Diane.  1981.  Mother Wit:  A Feminist Guide to Psychic 
Development.  The Crossing Press, Trumansburg, New York.  

**Olson, Carl, ed.  1987.  The Book of the Goddess, Past and Present.  
Crossroad, New York.  

**Rees, Alwyn and Brinley Rees.  1961.  Celtic Heritage:  Ancient Tradition in 
Ireland and Wales.  Thames and Hudson, London.

*Rutherford, Ward.  1978.  The Druids:  Magicians of the West.  The Aquarian 
Press, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.  

***Starhawk.  1979.  The Spiral Dance.  Harper and Row, San Fransisco.  (A 
"must-read"!!!)  

*Starhawk.  1987.  Truth or Dare.  Harper and Row, San Fransisco.  

**Stein, Diane.  1987.  The Women's Spirituality Book.  Llewellyn, St. Paul.  
(Very good -- relevant to men as well as women.)  

***Stewart, R.J.  1985.  The Underworld Initiation:  A Journey Towards 
Psychic Transformation.  The Aquarian Press, Surrey.  (Celtic underworld 
myths and meanings.)  

**Teish, Luisah, 1985.  Jambalaya:  The Natural Woman's Book of Personal 
Charms and Practical Rituals.  Harper & Row, San Francisco.  

**Weinstein, Marion.  1981.  Positive Magic, rev. ed.  Phoenix Publishing 
Company, Surrey, B.C., Canada.

*Weinstein, Marion, 1986.  Earth Magic:  A Dianic Book of Shadows, rev. ed.  
Phoenix Publishing, Custer, Washington.