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The Well-Read Witch: Essential Books for Your Magickal Library
The Well-Read Witch Essential Books for Your Magickal Library Author:Carl McColman Here's help for anyone with a sincere interest in Wiccan ways find the best books to read. With reviews of over four hundred books, this will be an essential handbook for anyone interested in reading about the magical world of Witchcraft-as well as related topics of interest to any Wiccan practitioner. Informative introductory chapters provide a... more » basic overview of Wiccan spirituality, as well as a thoughtful look at the role of the written word in this originally oral tradition. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced Wiccan books are included, as are general books on paganism, magic, and Celtic spirituality. The author reviews books related to topics such as herbalism, mythology, environmentalism, psychic development, spiritual healing, and raising a family in the Wiccan tradition. All in all, the books highlighted make up a lifetime's worth of reading, for both beginning and seasoned Witches, as well as anyone else with an interest in nature spirituality.« less
Not exactly what I was expecting, but a decent list of books to read for pagans. This book contains synopsis of many other texts with recommended reading lists for different areas of study.
With hundreds of books published on the subjects of Magick, the Occult, Witchcraft, and Paganism, how can someone interested in Wicca figure out which are the best books to read - and which books are best left on the shelf? While many books published today are overflowing with wisdom, insight, and mystical truth, others may just be filled with 'fluff'. So how's a Witch to know?
This book is a guide to the essential and non-essential, the current and the historical books written about Wiccan subjects.