Recommended Witch Books:
Tag: practices
Golden Bough, The
Review:
Magical myths, folklore, customs, and practices of cultures worldwide compiled by a Scottish anthropologist. While its material is sometimes scattered or specious, it remains a valuable resource. (Actual book cover not shown.)
Tags
- Roman
- superstition
- magic
- practices
- reference
- folklore
- history
- European
- customs
- Greece
- nonfiction
- mythology
- spells
- symbolism
- cosmology
- Anthropology
- religion
- cultures
Witchcraft Basics
Witchcraft Today
Review:
An expanded edition of the 1954 classic by the father of the modern Witch renaissance. Covers myriad magical topics, including Picts, pixies, Pagan persecution, cauldrons, and Kabbalah, and includes a biography of Gardner and contributions from some Wiccan elders regarding the Olde Religion's past, present, and future.
Tags
- theology
- spells
- animism
- Olde Religion
- elders
- practices
- magical
- Wicca
- Witchcraft
- Pagans
- Witch
- Rites
- ancient
- customs
- authentic
- paganism
- beliefs
- nonfiction
Witchcraft Basics
Meaning of Witchcraft
Review:
Authentic beliefs, customs, history, practices, and theology of followers of the Olde Religion; written by a public, trained High Priest who ran the Witch Museum on the Isle of Man and is responsible for the Craft’s popularity today.
Tags
- history
- meaning of Witchcraft
- customs
- Manx
- nonfiction
- traditional material
- Olde Religion
- beliefs
- practices
- museum
- Witch
- theology
- ancient
- authentic
- Gardner
- Gardnerianism
- Isle of Man
Witchcraft Basics
An ABC of Witchcraft
Review:
Alphabetized information about Craft beliefs, traditions, lore, and practices; written by a witness to the modern rise of Witchcraft.
Tags
- Olde Religion
- Aleister Crowley
- practices
- witches
- Book of Shadows
- Priestess
- Craft terms
- reference
- paganism
- esbat
- Robert Cochrane
- England
- family traditions
- sabbat
- God
- Gerald Gardner
- Wicca
- Goddess
- Gardnerian
- Witchcraft
- nonfiction
- magic
- ritual
- New Forest Coven
- Pagan
- occult
- 1734 plate
Witchcraft Basics
Goodly Spellbook, The
Review:
Illustrated, definitive, fascinating guide to Witchcraft that explains how everyone can use common ingredients to work effective magic to help themselves, others, and the planet; written by trained, experienced Gardnerians.
Tags
- cauldron
- New Forest Coven
- Burning Times
- grimoire
- Paleolithic
- reincarnation
- gatherings
- death
- kitchen
- substances; Santeria
- spirits
- ancient
- fertility
- mind
- travel
- occult
- Celtic
- guide
- persecution
- language
- nature
- daimons
- magical: colors
- scourging
- animals
- Fire
- monotheism
- the Mysteries
- Olde Religion
- chanting
- gypsy
- planet
- paganism
- polytheism
- divination
- décor
- secret
- cosmology
- Asian
- flowers
- mythology
- voces magicae
- practices
- Church
- healing
- practical
- ethics
- Priest
- dreamwork
- gems
- sex
- Pagan
- astrology
- fortunetelling
- Native American
- virtues
- Rites
- Priestess
- compendium
- herbs
- prevent pregnancy
- England
- principles
- Egyptian
- foods
- solitary practice
- Roman
- attraction
- freemasonry
- Norse
- Voudon
- history
- reference
- conjure
- herbal medicine
- protection
- esbats
- spirituality
- Elements
- movement
- spell ingredients
- sites
- authentic
- German
- numerology
- Water
- illustrated
- Wicca
- cooking
- herbalism
- Puritans
- Initiation
- folklore
- entities
- music
- spellwork
- statues
- banish
- gesture
- offerings
- wind
- deities
- Witchcraft
- Crossing Over
- home
- purity
- nonfiction
- paranormal
- essential
- names
- Strega
- Craft terms
- Barbarous Words of Power
- ghosts
- oils
- world
- gods
- America
- culture
- invocation
- Renaissance
- ritual
- Activism
- European
- numbers
- Sumerian
- love
- Gerald Gardner
- body
- Golden Dawn
- oral tradition
- goddesses
- ceremonial magic
- cure
- Italian
- Russia
- sabbats
- African
- fascination
- and squares; medieval
- survival skills
- witches
- Gardnerian
- brew
- Greece
- Pagan dances
- tradition
- Earth
- cursing
- justice
- sacred: geometry
- spells
- Air
- fairies
- Meso-American
- symbolism
Witchcraft Basics
- By Lady Passion & *Diuvei
- Beliefs, Practices, & Traditions of Pagans, Witches, & Wiccans
- Fortune-telling & Divination
- Healing Arts
- Rituals & Spells
Witch Book
Review:
Alphabetized, oft-illustrated information about magical practices, fads and traditions, and some ancient and modern occultists; written by a trained Gardnerian Witch elder who’d given our The Goodly Spellbook a rave review.
Tags
- Witchcraft
- America
- Craft beliefs and terms
- paganism
- folklore
- nonfiction
- paranormal
- Pagan
- spiritualism
- occult
- table-tipplng
- Olde Religion
- Witch
- practices
- reference
- Wicca
Witchcraft Basics
Drawing Down the Moon
Review:
Craft history, information about diverse magical practitioners, groups, and Covens, and resources; written by a traditionally trained Gardnerian Witch; the author included information about Coven Oldenwilde in this 20th-anniversary update of her 1986 original edition.
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- Earth
- tradition
- principles
- occult
- Feri
- paganism
- spirituality
- Olde Religion
- gatherings
- God
- practices
- Goddess-Worshipper
- Goddess
- Priestess
- heathen
- nonfiction
- reference
- interviews
- ritual
- Wicca
- nature
- cosmology
- Witchcraft
- Pagans
- Craft terms
- America
- witches
- polyamoury
- Gerald Gardner
- ceremonial magic
- polytheism
- Gardnerian
- Druids
- history
- Priest
- magic
Witchcraft Basics
