The following is presented solely as a suggestion for reading on the subject of witchcraft and paganism as well as some related subjects. It is intended neither as a comprehensive nor a complete list of works on the matter, but is representative of the works we have found useful to our own study of the Craft. Not all of these title or authors are here because we think they are superlative or excellent.
Many are here because we think their works may help you think critically, which is what we wish to encourage in you.
We are in the process adding links to sites where these books may be purchased, or if in public domain, downloaded, In other instances, to the book review pages on Goodreads or the author’s personal websites. Although some links may go to commercial sites, such as Amazon, we do not receive compensation from these links.) Note also, that this menu topic is also a menu in itself, with links to other items we consider of importance.
Albertus, Frater
- The Horn of Evenwood
- The Witching Way of the Hollow Hill
- Magical Use of Thought Forms: A Proven System of Mental & Spiritual Empowerment
- Highways of the Mind: The Art and History of Pathworking
- First Steps in Ritual: Safe, Effective Techniques for Experiencing the Inner Worlds
- The Forgotten Mage: The Magical Lectures of Colonel C.R.F. Seymour
Barrett , Francis
- The Magus
Bates, Brian
- The Way of Wyrd
Buczynski, Edmund M.
- The Witchcraft Fact Book
Chumbley, Andrew
- Azoetia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft
- Qutub: also called the Point
Cockayne, Thomas Oswald
- Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England
Collins, Andrew
- The Witches’ Runes: A Traditional Divination System
- Royal Roads: Pilgrimages Through the Four Elements and Beyond (written with Bjoern-Erik Hartsfvang)
Davies, Morganna and Lynch, Aradia
Davies, Owen
Eliade, Mircea
Fanger, Claire
- Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic
Fortune, Dion
- The Sea Priestess
- Esoteric Orders and Their Work
- Moon Magic
- Psychic Self Defence
- Sane Occultism
- The Mystical Qabalah
- The Secrets of Doctor Taverner
- The Training & Work of an Initiate
Frazer, Sir James
- The Golden Bough
Furlani, G.
- The Yezidis
Gardner, Gerald B.
- The Meaning of Witchcraft
- Witchcraft Today
- High Magic’s Aid
Ginzburg, Carlo, and Raymond Rosenthal
- Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath
Ginzburg, Carlo; John Tedeschi, and Anne C. Tedeschi
- Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method
- The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
- The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century
Glass, Justine
- Witchcraft, The Sixth Sense
Graves, Robert
- The Greek Myths
- The White Goddess
- Watch the Northwind rise (aka Seven Days in New Crete)
Graves, Robert and Raphael Patai
- Hebrew Myths
Guest, John
- The Yezidis – A Study in Survival
Gwyn (Michael Howard)
- Light from the Shadows-A Mythos of Modern Traditional Witchcraft
Harrison, Michael
- The Roots of Witchcraft
Hartley, Christine
- The Western Mystery Tradition: Esoteric Heritage of the West
Hartsfvang, Bjoern-Erik
- Numerology for Dummies
- Protecting Yourself – Techniques of Psychic Self-Defense
Hole, Christina
- Witchcraft in Britain
Houk, James T.
- Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad
Howard , Michael
- CHILDREN OF CAIN: A Study of Modern Traditional Witchcraft
- Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch’s Gramarye (a follow-on to ideas and concepts expressed in Light from the Shadows-A Mythos of Modern Traditional Witchcraft)
- Way of the Magus
- Welsh Witches and Wizards
- West Country Witches
Huson, Paul
- Mastering Witchcraft
- Mastering Herbalism
- Dame Fortune’s Wheel
- Liber Spirituum – The Grimoire of Paul Huson
Hutton , Ronald
- The Triumph of the Moon
- The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy
- The Rise and Fall of Merry England: The Ritual Year 1400–1700
- The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
- The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
- Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
- Witches, Druids and King Arthur
- The Druids: A History
- Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain
- Pagan Britain
- The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
Idowu, E. Bolaji
- African Traditional Religion
Illes, Judika
- The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells – because sometimes, you may want a bit of inspiration on those spells and charms.
Jackson, Nigel Aldcroft
- Call of the Horned Piper
- Masks of Misrule
Jackson, Nigel Aldcroft and Michael Howard
- The Pillars of Tubal-Cain
Jones, Evan John & Robert Cochrane, Edited by Mike Howard
- The Roebuck in the Thicket-An Anthology of the Robert Cochrane Witchcraft Tradition
Jones , Evan John with Chas S. Clifton
- Sacred Mask, Sacred Dance
Jones , Evan John with Doreen Valiente
- Witchcraft: A Tradition Renewed
Jones, Gertrude
- Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols-Volume 1
Laurie, Erynn Rowan
- A Circle of Stones: Journeys and Meditations for Modern Celts
- Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom
Leek, Sybil
- Diary of a Witch
- The Compleat Art of Witchcraft
- Driving Out the Devils: An Exorcist’s Casebook
Leland, Charles G.
- Aradia – The Gospel Of The Witches
- Gypsy Sorcery And Fortune Telling
- The Mystic Will: A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, Through the Awakened Will, By a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence
- Etruscan Roman Remains
- The Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria
- Legends of Florence Collected from the People (2 vols.)
- Unpublished Legends of Virgil
- Legends of Virgil
- The Witchcraft of Dame Darrel of York
Martello, Leo M.
- Witchcraft, The Old Religion – if possible you want the first edition of this, as the revised editions are missing two of the original chapters
- Weird Ways of Witchcraft
Miller, Jason
- Consorting with Spirits: Your Guide to Working with Invisible Allies (Available in print, ebook and audible)
Murray, Margaret A.
- The God of the Witches
- The Witch-Cult in Western Europe
Palin, Poppy
- Wildwitch – The Craft of the Natural Psychic
Papus [J. Lee Lehman, trans.]
- Astrology for Initiates: Astrological Secrets of the Western Mystery Tradition
Patai, Raphael
- On Jewish Folklore
- The Hebrew Goddess
Pennick, Nigel
- Secret Signs, Symbols & Sigils
- The God Year
- The Goddess Year
- The Secrets of East Anglian Magic
- Way of Natural Magic
Pepper, Elizabeth
- The ABC of Magical Charms
- Love Charms
- Witches All, a treasury from past editions of The Witches’ Almanac
- Magick Spells and Incantations
- Moon Lore: Lunar Themes of Wisdom and Magic
- Celtic Tree Magic
- Magic Charms from A to Z
Pollington, Stephen
- Leechcraft, Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healing
Rainbird, Ariadne & David Rankine
- Magick Without Peers
Randolph, Vance
- Ozark Magic and Folklore
Redgrove, Peter
- The Black Goddess and the Unseen Real
Robbins, Russell Hope
- The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology
Roney-Dougal, Serena
- Where Science & Magic Meet
Ryall, Rhiannon
- Celtic Lore and Druidic Ritual
- West Country Wicca: Journal of the Old Religion
- A Glimpse of Avalon
- The Magic Garden : a home herbal
- Teachings of the Wise Women
Schulke , Daniel Alvin
- Ars Philtron
- Viridarium Umbris: the Pleasure Garden of Shadows
- Lux Haeresis: The Light Heretical
Seymour, C.R.F. and Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki (Editor)
- The Forgotten Mage
Shah, Idries
- The Sufis
- The Secret Lore of Magic
- Oriental Magic
Slater, Herman ed.
- The Alex Sanders Lectures
- A Book of Pagan Rituals (3 volumes)
Sousa, Navi (formerly Jonathan)
- Hymnodia: A Collection of Sacred Poetry
- Witch Heart: Essays in Traditional Craft Philosophy
- Reflections in Diana’s Mirror: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven
- A Star From Heaven: An Introduction to Angelic Magic
- Wings of Flame, Coils of Light: A Devotional for Apollo
Whitmore, Ben
Wilby, Emma
- Cunning Folk And Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions In Early Modern British Witchcraft And Magic
- The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanisn in Seventeenth-Century Scotland
Wigginton, Eliot (original editor, since continued by others)
- The Foxfire Books (This is a series of collected works; many of which we have found useful for lore and handcrafting.)
Wilson, Peter
- Escape from the Nineteenth Century and other essays
- Ploughing the Clouds: the Search for Irish Soma