Reading List

Gardnerian Bibliography

Witchcraft is primarily about doing and being. Although we do not denigrate academic pursuits, we believe that endless reading to accumulate information is a distraction upon the path. For information to be transformed into wisdom it must be applied. As a consequence, the seeker is better served by taking a walk into nature, experiencing the elements upon the skin, listening to the wind move through the trees, or watching the surface of a lake. Meditate upon the images which arise within you when becoming one with Nature. Work with the knowledge derived from within. Test it, and allow it to temper you. The spirits of the Land can instruct you well if you but listen. Such is the work of inner cultivation. Should you have leisure to devote to reading, the following texts may be helpful……

Blessed Be!

• Agrippa, Henry Cornelius. Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Llewelyn Publications. Woodbury, Minn., 2006
• Ankarloo, Bengt and Henningsen, Gustav. Early Modern European Witchcraft. Oxford University Press Oxford, 2001
• Bardon, Franz. Initiation into Hermetics. Dieter Ruggeberg. Wuppertal, Germany 1981
  • The Practice of Magical Evocation. Dieter Ruggeberg. Wuppertal, Germany, 1970
• Bourne, Lois Dancing with Witches. Robert Hale. London, 1998
• Bracelin, Jack L Gerald Gardner: Witch. The Octagon Press, London 1960
• Burkert, Walter Ancient Mystery Cults. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass. 1987
• Crowther, Patricia. Witchcraft in Yorkshire. Harvest Shadows. Southbrough, Mass. 2008
  • The Zodiac Experience. Samuel Weiser, York Beach, Maine. 1992
  • Covensense. Robert Hale, London. 2009
  • From Stagecraft to Witchcraft: The Early Years of a High Priestess. Capall-Bann Publishing. Chieveley, Berks, England. 2002
  • Lid off the Cauldron. Capall-Bann Publishing, Chieveley, Berks, England. 1998
  • High Priestess: The Life and Times of Patricia Crowther. Phoenix Publishing. Blaine, Washington. 1998
• Davies, Owen Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History. Hambledon and London, New York, 2003
• Davies, Sioned (ed) The Mabinogion. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2007
• De Santillana G. and Von Dechend, H. Hamlet’s Mill. Gambit, Boston, 1969
• Gardner, Gerald B. Witchcraft Today. Rider & Co., London 1954
  • The Meaning of Witchcraft. The Aquarian Press, London, 1971
  • High Magic’s Aid. Samuel Weiser, New York. 1971.
  • A Goddess Arrives. I.H.O. Books, Thame, England. 2000
• Graves, Robert. The White Goddess. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 1966
  • The Greek Myths.
• Grieve, M. A Modern Herbal. Barnes & Noble Books.New York, 1996
• Gray, William G. Magical Ritual Methods. Helios Books. Cheltenham, Glos.,England 1969
  • Inner Traditions of Magic. The Aquarian Press, London. 1970
  • Evoking the Primal Goddess. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minn. 1989
  • An Outlook on our Inner Western Way. Samuel Weiser. New York, 1980
  • By Standing Stone and Elder Tree. Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minn. 1990
  • Western Inner Workings. Samuel Weiser. York Beach, Maine 1983
• Heselton, Philip. Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival. Capal-Bann. Chievely, Berks, England. 2000
  • Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration. Capal-Bann. Chievely, Berks, England. 2003
• Kingsley, Peter Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995
  • In the Dark Places of Wisdom. The Golden Sufi Center. Inverness, Calif., 1999
  • Reality. The Golden Sufi Center. Inverness, Calif., 2003
• Lecouteux, Claude.Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies. Inner Traditions. Rochester, VT 2003
• Leland, Charles G. Aradia, Gospel of the Witches. Phoenix Publishing, Blaine, Washington. 1998
  • Etruscan Magic and Occult Remedies. University Books. New Hyde Park, New York. 1963
• Lethbridge, T. C. Witches. Citadel. New York, 1968
• Luck, Georg Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, 1985
• Matthews, Caitlin Arthur and the Sovereignty of Britain. Arkana. London, 1989
  • Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain. Arkana. London, 1987
• Matthews, John Taliesin: Shamanism and the Bardic Mysteries in Britain and Ireland. The Aquarian Press. London, 1991
• McNeill, F. Marion The Silver Bough: A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals. Vols. I-III Stuart Titles Ltd. Glasglow, Scotland, 1990
• Meyer, Marvin (ed) The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook. Harper & Row. San Francisco, 1987
• Muller-Ebling, Claudia, Ratsch, Christian, and Storl, Wolf . Witchcraft Medicine. Inner Traditions. Rochester, VT 1998
• Murray, Margaret. The God of the Witches. Faber and Faber. London, 1952
  • The Witch Cult in Western Europe. Barnes and Noble Books. New York, 1996
• Pocs, Eva Between the Living and the Dead. CEU Press. Budapest, 1999
• Petterson, David Hostile Witnesses: Rescuing the History of Witchcraft From the Writings of Scholars and Churchmen.
• Schulke, Daniel A. Viridarium Umbris: The Pleasure Garden of Shadows. Xoanon. 2005
• Steinbrecher, E. The Inner Guide Meditation. Samuel Weiser. York Beach, Maine 1988
• Stewart, R.J. The Underworld Initiation. The Aquarian Press. Wellingbrough, Northhamptonshire, England. 1985
  • The Prophetic Vision of Merlin. Arkana. London, 1986
  • The Mystic Life of Merlin. Arkana. London, 1986
  • Earth Light. Element Books. Rockport, Mass. 1992
  • Power Within the Land. Element Books. Rockport, Mass. 1992
  • The Living World of Faery. Mercury Publishing. Lake Toxaway, NC 1995
  • The Well of Light. Muse Press. Lake Toxaway, NC 2004
  • The Way of Merlin. The Aquarian Press. London, 1991
• Still, Cecil C. Botany and Healing: Medicinal Plants of New Jersey and the Region. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey 1998
• Stratton-Kent, J. Geosophia: The Argo of Magic. Vols. I & II Scarlet Imprint. England. 2010
• Valiente, Doreen. An ABC of Witchcraft Past & Present. St. Martin’s Press, New York 1973
  • Witchcraft for Tomorrow. St. Martin’s Press, New York. 1978
  • Natural Magic. Phoenix Publishing, Custer, Washington. 1985
• Weston, Jessie From Ritual to Romance. Doubleday & Co. Garden City, New York. 1957

Fiction

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