Last post of the night! - Book List

"Damiana's Reading Room

December 24, 2012 at 10:56pm

This is not a comprehensive list of every occult, witchcraft, herbalism or Celtic books ever published. Instead, it is a list of books worth buying, reading and treasuring. You know, the good stuff! This list will continue to evolve as I work my way through my library - it's also open to suggestions, so feel free to email me a title you think should be included, and why it is deserving of recommendation.

Australian books/authors

What Is Magic by Caiseal Mor

Witches of Oz by Matthew & Julia Philips

Sorcerers and Jealing Spirits by Janice Reid

Dancing the Sacred Wheel by Frances Billinghurst

Pan's Daughter by Nevill Drury

Practising the Witch's Craft by Doug Ezzy

The Classics:

Aradia or the Gospel of the Witches of Italy by Charles G. Leland, 1899

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz, 1911

The Golden Bough by James George Frazer, 1922

The History of the Devil: The Horned God of the West by R. Lowe Thompson, 1929

The Greater Key of Solomon edited by Samuel L. Macgregor Mathers, 1914

The Secret Commonwealth: An Essay on the Nature and Actions of the Subterranean (and for the Most Part) Invisible People, Heretofore Going Under the Name of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies by Robert Kirk, 1691

The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth by Robert Graves, 1966

The Hero with 1000 Faces by Joseph Campbell

The Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley

Modern Classics:

The Complete Art of Witchcraft: Penetrating the Secrets of White Magic by Sybil Leek, 1971

Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition by Cora Anderson

Witchcraft Today by Gerald Gardner

High Magic’s Aid by Gerald Gardner, 1949

Mastering Witchcraft: A Practical Guide for Witches, Warlocks & Covens by Paul Huson, 1971

Natural Magic by Doreen Valiente

Rebirth of Witchcraft by Doreen Valiente

Witchcraft for Tomorrow by Doreen Valiente

The Writings of Roy Bowers (Robert Cochrane)

Nightside of Eden by Kenneth Grant

Mystical Qabbalah by Dion Fortune

Psychic Self Defence by Dion Fortune

Shamanism

The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner

Cunning-Folk & Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic by Emma Wilby, 2006

Singing With Blackbirds: The Survival of Primal Celtic Shamanism in Later Folk-Traditions by Stuart A. Harris Logan, 2006

Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade, 1951

Shamans Sorcerers and Saints: A Prehistory of Religion by Brian Hayden, 2003

The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer by Brian Bates, 1984

Witchcraft and the Shamanic Journey (aka North Star Road) by Kenneth Johnson, 1999

Hands-on

Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon

Sorgitzak: Old Forest Craft by Veronica Cummer

A Century of Spells by Draja Mickaharic

Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews by Scott Cunningham

Crones Book of Words by Valerie Worth, 1971

Crones Book of Charms & Spells by Valerie Worth, 2002

Hoodoo, Herb and Root Magic by cat yronwode

Magical Herbalism by Scott Cunningham

Spiritual Cleansing: A Handbook of Psychic Protection by Draja Mickaharic

Magical Use of Thoughtforms by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki & JH Brennan

The Ritual Magic Workbook: A Practical Course of Self-Initiation by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowick

The Initiate's Book of Pathworkings: A Bridge of Dreams by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

Herbalism

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham

The Herb Book by John Lust

Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook: A Home Manual by James Green

Magical and Ritual Use of Aphrodisiacs by Richard Alan Miller, 1985

Magical and Ritual Use of Herbs by Richard Alan Miller, 1983

Witchcraft and the Shamanic Journey by  Ken Johnson

Pharmako Trilogy by Dale Pendell

Plant Spirit Shamanism: Traditional Techniques for Healing the Soul by Ross Heaven & Howard G. Charing

Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants by Claudia Müller-Ebeling, Christian Rätsch, and Wolf-Dieter Storl, 2003

Other books of note

The Black Pullet

Traditional Witchcraft: A Book of Cornish Ways by Gemma Gary

The Black Toad: West Country Witchcraft and Magic by Gemma Gary

Village Witch by Cassandra Latham-Jones

Children of Cain: A Study of Modern Witchcraft by Michael Howard

A History of Modern Wicca by Michael Howard

*With thanks to The Witch of Forest Grove (www.witchofforestgrove.com) and Witches WorkShop (www.witchesworkshop.com) for additional recommendations I have taken onboard over the years, and incorporated into my own library."

Also Grimoire for the Green Witch, by Ann Moura. She's brilliant, and has heaps of books worth checking out :)