Recommended Witch Books:
Tag: God
Great Mother, The
Spiral Dance
Review:
An eclectic primer about ancient and modern Goddess-worship and Pagan cosmology; written by a contemporary magical practitioner and co-founder of the Reclaiming trad.
Tags
- sabbats
- Goddess-worship
- cosmology
- modern
- Pagan
- moon
- religion
- primer
- magic
- ancient
- persecution
- theology
- history
- eclectic
- God
- feminism
- esbats
- deity
Witchcraft Basics
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines
Review:
Lore about Goddesses worldwide, including their magical correspondences and powers, feast days, myths, and much more.
Tags
- Celtic
- angry
- summer
- Egyptian
- autumn
- volcanoes
- European
- mountain
- warrior
- Fire
- rain
- winter; history
- Meso-American
- raped
- God
- legend
- mythology
- river
- reference
- lore
- Native American
- sea
- Earth
- Sumerian
- sky
- nature
- Water
- South American
- Air
- wind
- spring
- Asian
- Goddesses: African
- storm
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
- 1734 plate
- 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
Witchcraft Basics
Witches Bible
Review:
Illustrated with nude photographs, this book features modern British Alexandrian magic with an Irish emphasis; objectionable because: Its title is ungrammatical and contains an Xtian term, the term “complete” is arrogant, and the authors broke vows by including Gardnerian material forbidden to be printed.
Tags
- nudity
- Alexandrian magic
- ritual
- circle: casting
- sabbats
- England
- spells
- God
- spirits
- Goddess
- banishing
- esbats
- covenwork
- Elevation
- Initiation
- Ireland
- nonfiction
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.
Tags
- magic
- 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
Witchcraft Basics
Alexandria: The Journal Of The Western Cosmological Traditions
Alexandria 1: The Journal of Western Cosmological Traditions
Vol. 1, ed. David Fideler (1991 Phanes Press)
Alexandria 2: The Journal of Western Cosmological Traditions
Vol. 2, ed. David Fideler (1994 Phanes Press)
Alexandria 3: The Journal of Western Cosmological Traditions
Vol. 3, ed. David Fideler (1995 Phanes Press)
Review:
Explorations of Pagan topics such as the Life of Hypatia, an Orphic Hymn to Artemis, the Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks, The Science & Art of Animating Statues, and Pythagorean Harmonics, etc.; written by academic researchers and magical practitioners.
Tags
- paganism
- Orphism
- Western magical traditions
- God
- Pagan
- Goddess
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- religion
- Artemis
- research
- cosmology
- Roman
- Gnostic
- sacred architecture
- Greek
- harmonics
- Hypatia
- hymns
- Mantinea
- sites
- history
- Orphic
- statues
