RECOMMENDED READING
Introductory Wicca Books
Modern Wicca: Beliefs and Traditions for Contemporary Life - Rowan Morgana (2020)
Wicca for Beginners A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic & Witchcraft - Lisa Chamberlain (2020)
The Real Witch’s Handbook - Kate West (2018)
Basic Wicca Classics
The Heart of Wicca: Wise Words from a Crone on the Path – Ellen Cannon Reed (2000)
Wicca for a Solitary Practitioner – Scott Cunningham (1989)
The ABC’s of Witchcraft – Doreen Valiente (1994)
Hedge Witch –Rae Beth (1989)
The Principles of Wicca – Vivianne Crowley (1998)
Bucklands Complete Guide to Witchcraft - Raymond Buckland (2002)
To Ride a Silver Broomstick – Silver Ravenwood (2002)
A Witch’s Bible Compleat - Janet and Stuart Farrar (1996)
Progressive Witchcraft – Janet Farrar (2003)
Secrets of a Witch’s Coven – Morwyn (1994)
Web of Light - Morwyn (2000)
The Spiral Dance – Starhawk (1979)
The Book of Light – Lady Sara
A Charmed Life – Patricia Telesco (2009)
Aradia: Gospel of the Witches – Charles Leland
Drawing Down the Moon – Margot Adler (2006)
Power of the Witch – Laurie Cabot (1990)
A Witch Alone: 13 Moons- Marian Green (2009)
Magickal Rites from the Crystal Well – Ed Fitch (2011)
West Country Wicca – Rhiannon Ryall (1990)
Ariadne’s Thread – Shekinah Mountainwater (1991)
The Golden Dawn – Israel Regardie (1937)
Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Paganism – Ronald Hutton (2001)
Witchcraft Today –Gerald Gardner (1954)
Natural Magic – Doreen Valiente (1998)
Positive Magic – Marian Weinstein (1994)
The Wiccan Mysteries – Raven Grimassi (1997)
Embracing the Moon – Yasmine Galenorn (2015)
The Craft: A Witch’s Book of Shadows – Dorothy Morrison (2001)
Witchcraft: Theory and Practice – Ly De Angeles (2000)
The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries – Zsuzsana Budapest (1989)
Book of Shadows – Phyllis Curott (1999)
Reference Books
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magickal Herbs – Scott Cunningham
Common Herbs for Natural Health – Juliette De Baircli Levy
A Modern Herbal – Maude Grieve
Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide- Rosemary Gladstar
Healing Wise – Susun Weed
Moon Signs – Donna Cunningham
The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need – Joanna Woolfolk
The Rising Sign – Jeanne Avery
Love is in the Earth – Harmony (Crystals)
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem and Metal Magic- Scott Cunningham
Fiction:
The Mists of Avalon – Marian Zimmer Bradley (2001)
The Witching Hour - Anne Rice (1990)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Elizabeth George Speare (1958)
The Initiation – The Secret Circle Series (teen) by LJ Smith (2011)
The Keeper of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan (2017)
Garden Spells Waverly Family Series – Sarah Addison Allen (2007)
Beautiful Creatures – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (2009)
The Vine Witch – Luanne G. Smith (2019)
The Red Tent – Anita Diamont (1994)
Leaving Eden – Ann Chamberlain (2000)
The Sea Priestess – Dion Fortune (1972)
The Winter Sisters -Tim Westover (2019)
Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing – May Sarton (1993)
The Wild Mother – Elizabeth Cunningham (1993)
The Merlin Trilogy – Mary Stewart (2004)
Maia – Richard Adams (1984)
Juniper – Monica Furlong
Dark Sister – Graham Joyce
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Sweep Series – Cate Tiernan
Wither Series – John Passarella (2009)
Circle of Three Series – Isobel Bird
Harry Potter Series – JK Rowling
Surfacing – Margaret Atwood (2012)
Bell, Book and Murder – Rosemary Edghill (2014)
The Heart of the Fire – Cerridwen Fallingstar (1990)
The Moon Under her Feet – Clysta Kinster (1991)
Lammas Night – Katherine Kurtz
The Wolf and the Raven – Diana Paxson (2013)
Rowan Gant Series – M.R.Sellers (2013)
Cat Magic – Whitley Streiber (1986)
The Magic Bookshop – Kala Trobe
The Divine Circle Series – Dolores Riccio (2003)
A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness (2011)
The Witch’s Daughter – Paula Brackston (2011)
New England Witch Chronicles – Chelsea Luna (2011)
The Trouble with Magic Series – Madeline Alt (2006)
Three Sisters Island Series – Nora Roberts (2011)
The Witches of Eastwick – John Updike (1996)
Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman (2003)
Blackbird House – Alice Hoffman (2004)
The DaVinci Code – Dan Brown (2003)
The Witches of East End - Melissa de la Cruz (2011)
Druids – Morgan Llewellyn (1992)
The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llewellyn (1982)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell – Susannah Clarke (2010)
The Witches of New York - Ami McKay (2017)
The Age of Witches: A Novel - Louisa Morgan (2020)
A Secret History of Witches - Louisa Morgan (2017)
Illusions – Richard Bach (1989)
Daughter of the Forest – Juliet Marillier (2002) (Sevenwaters Trilogy)
Waking the Moon – Elizabeth Hand (1996)
Chocolat -Joanne Harris (2000)
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane – Katherine Howe (2009)
The Heretic’s Daughter – Kathleen Kent (2009)
Once a Witch – Carolyn MacCullough (2010)
Wicked Series – Nancy Holder (2008)
White is for Magic – et al – Nancy Stolarz (2004)
House of Night Series - PC and Kristin Cast (2014)
Charmed and Dangerous Series – Candace Havens (2007)
The Witch of Exmoor – Margaret Drabble (1997)
The Midnight Witch - Paula Brackston (2014)
Of Bees and Mist – Erick Setiawan (2010)
The Quick- Lauren Owen (2014)
The Hounds of the Morrigan – Pat O’Shea (1999)
When Autumn Leaves – Amy Foster (2009)
Brida – Paulo Coelho (2009)
Tir Alainn Trilogy – Anne Bishop (2001)
The Little Shop of Found Things: A Novel - Paula Brackston (2019)
Born Wicked -Jessica Spotswood (2013)
Always a Witch – Carolyn MacCullough (2011)
Lucinda’s Web – Dorothy Morrison (2008)
The Witches of Blackbrook – Tish Thawer (2015)
The Daughters of Dark Root series – April Aasheim
Mystic Cove Series – Tricia O’Malley (2015)
Book of Shadows – Alexandra Sokoloff (2011)
Legacy of Magick series – Ellen Dugan (2015)
The Book of Lost Fragrances – MJ Rose (2013)
The Daughters of La Lune (series) – MJ Rose
The Apothecary Rose – Candace Robb (2015)
The Hazel Wood - Melissa Albert (2019)
The Mercies - Kirin Millwood Hargrave (2020)
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth - E.L. Konigsburg (1968)
Books on Women’s Studies
The Moon and the Virgin – Nor Hall (1981)
Womanspirit Rising – Christ and Plaskow (1992)
When God was a Woman – Merlin Stone (1978)
Voices of the Goddess – Caitlin Matthews (1990)
Rebirth of the Goddess – Carol P. Christ (1998)
Women who Run with the Wolves – Clarissa Pinkola Estes (1996)
Woman’s Mysteries – M. Ester Harding (2001)
Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women – Sylvia Brinton Perera
The Heroine’s Journey – Maureen Murdock
Warrior Goddess Training – Heatherash Amara
The Goddess Path: Myths, Invocations, and Rituals – Dorothy Morrison
Goddess in Every Woman – Jean Shinoda
The Chalice and the Blade – Riane Eisler
Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine – Joseph Campbell
Other Spirituality Books
The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz
The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
Johnathon Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach
The Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success – Deepak Choprak
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – Eckhart Tolle
Movies and Documentaries
The Witches of Eastwick – 1987
The Last Keepers 2013
Practical Magic 1998
Chocolat 2000
The Craft 1996
The Crucible 1996
What the Bleep do We Know
Hocus Pocus 1993
Harry Potter Series 2001
Lord of the Rings
The Covenant 2006
Rosemary’s Baby 1968
The Witch 2015
Beautiful Creatures 2013
Three Sovereigns for Sarah – A True Story of the Salem Witch Trials 1985
Witchcraft: Rebirth of the Old Religion with Raymond Buckland 2005
Juliette of the Herbs 1998
The Wicker Man 1973
Night of the Eagle (1962)
Suspiria (1977)
Agora 2009
Bell, Book and Candle 1958
Season of the Witch 2011
Ten Inch Hero 2007
Salem Falls 2011
Valley of the Witch 2014
Drawing Down the Moon 1997
Pan’s Labyrinth 2006
Stardust 2007
The Wretched 2019
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997
Charmed 1998-2006
Wish on a Spell (Documentary) 2005
The Separation on State Street (2007)
The Ritual
The Love Witch 2016
Pagan Parenting
Celebrating the Great Mother- Cait Johnson- (my favorite)
Circle Round - Starhawk
Young Children
The Winter Solstice – Ellen Jackson
The Spring Equinox – Ellen Jackson
The Summer Solstice- Ellen Jackson
The Autumn Equinox – Ellen Jackson
The Solstice Badger - Robin McFadden (2014)
Moon Magic: A Child’s Book of Moonlight Magick - R. Aurora Lightbringer (2017)
Look to the Moon: A Pagan Bedtime Blessing - JC Artemesia (2018)
Roots, Shoots, Bucket’s and Boots- Sharon Lovejoy
All I See is a Part of Me – Chara M. Curtis (2015)
The Turning of the Year – Bill Martin Jr. & Greg Shed
Mother Earth – Nancy Luenn
The Star People: A Lakota Story - SD Nelson (2019)
Wild Wisdom: Animal Stories of the Southwest - Rae Ann Kumelos & Jan Taylor (2016)
Alice and Greta- A Tale of Two Witches – Steven Simmons and Cyd Moore (1997)
Child of Fairy, Child of Earth – Jane Yolen (1997)
The Tomten - Astrid Lindgren (1997)
Good Night Fairies – Kathleen Hague (2002)
Grandfather Twilight – Barbara Helen Berger(1984)
Wild Child – Lynn Plourde (2003)
Strega Nona Series – Tomie De Paola – (Lily’s favorites!) (2011)
The Witch’s Supermarket – Susan Meddaugh (2014)
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (1087)
Aiden’s First Full Moon Circle by Katie Lyndon Olivares
ABC Book of Shadows by W. Lyon Martin
The Last Wild Witch: An Eco Fable – by Starhawk
Smoky and the Feast of Mabon by Catherynne M. Valente