Selected Starter Texts
- A Witch Alone: 13 Moons to Master Natural Magic, Marian Green, Thorsons 2002 Edition
- Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practicioner, Scott Cunningham, Llewellyn 2003 Edition
- Hedgewitch, Rae Beth, Hale, 1996 Edition
Alchemy
- The Alchemist’s Kitchen, Guy Ogilvy
- Spagyrics: The Alchemical Preparation of Medical Essences, Tinctures & Elixirs, Manfred Junius
General Interest
- Not Part of the Package: A Year In Ibiza, Paul Richardson.
- Wizardry for the Uninitiated, Thea Faye, Avalonia 2007 Edition
- The Golden Bough, J G Frazer, Papermac 1983 Edition
- The Celtic Year, Shirley Toulson, Element 1993 Edition
- The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, Tr. R O Faulkner, British Museum Press, 2000 Edition
- The Celts, Nora Chadwick, Penguin, 1991 Edition
- The Aquarian Dictionary of Festivals, J C Cooper, Aquarian, 1990 Edition
- The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, Methuen 1932 Edition
- Collected Short Stories, E M Forster, Penguin Modern Classics 1965 Edition
- The Theory of Evolution, John Maynard Smith, Cambridge University Press, 1993 Edition
- The Stations of the Sun, Prof Ronald Hutton, Oxford University Press, 2001 Edition
- Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, C G Jung, Princeton UP 1973 Edition
Goddess
- The Witches’ Goddess, Janet & Stewart Farrar, Phoenix 1987 Edition
- The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image, Anne Baring & Jules Cashford, Penguin 1991 Edition
- The Spiral Dance, Starhawk, 1999 20th Anniversary Edition
Green Life
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver, Faber and Faber 2007 Edition
Green Witchcraft
- The Gentle Arts of Natural Magic, Marian Green, Thoth 2003 Edition
- The Way of the Green Witch, Arin Murphy-Hiscock, Provenance Press 2006 Edition
- The Hedge Witch’s Way, Rae Beth, Robert Hale 2003 Edition
Magic
- Basic Sigil Magic, Phillip Cooper, Weiser 2001 Edition
Mythology
- The Poetic Edda, Tr Carolyne Larrington, Oxford University Press 1996 Edition
- The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse Mythology, Snorri Sturluson tr. Brodeur, Dover 2006 Edition
Mythmaking Theory
- Myth: Its Meanings & Functions in Ancient & Other Cultures, G S Kirk, CUP 1970 Edition
- Mythology and Cosmic Order, Studia Fennica 32, Gothoni & Pentikainen (Eds), Helsinki 1987
Plants and Herballs
- A Modern Herbal, Mrs Grieve, Jonathan Cape 1977 Edition
- The Magic of Herbs, David Conway, Jonathan Cape 1973 Edition
- Discovering the Folklore of Plants, Margaret Baker, Shire 2001 Edition
- Herbal Healing, Michael Hallowell, Avery 1994 Edition
- A History of British Gardening, Miles Hadfield, Hamlyn, 1969 Edition
Studies in Witchcraft
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Persuasions of the Witch’s Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England, T M Lurhmann, Picador 1989
- Triumph of the Moon, Prof Ronald Hutton, Oxford University Press 2000 Edition
- Drawing Down the Moon, Margot Adler, Beacon Press 1986 Edition
Tarot
- The Intuitive Tarot, Cilla Conway, Connections, 2004 Edition
Witchcraft & Wiccan Theory
- The Meaning of Witchcraft, Gerald Gardner, Red Wheel / Weiser 2004 Edition
- Buckland’s Book of Saxon Witchcraft, Raymond Buckland, Red Wheel / Weiser 2005 Edition
- The Training & Work of an Initiate, Dion Fortune, Weiser 2000 Edition
- Wicca Magickal Beginnings, Sorita d’Este & David Rankine, Avalonia, Second Edition 2008
- Out of the Shadows: Myths and Truths of Modern Wicca, Lilith McClelland, Citadel Press, 2002
Women
- Daughters of Copper Woman, Anne Cameron, The Women’s Press, 1984 Edition
- Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England 450-1500AD, Henrietta Leyser, Phoenix Giant 1995
- Spider Woman: Navajo Weavers and Chanters, Gladys A Reichard, University of New Mexico Press, 2001 Edition

May I suggest something for the herbal section? Davif Hoffmann’s The New Holistic Herbal has lots of practical ‘how to’ explanations with good pictures and the Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Andrew Chevallier are both worth having on the shelf alongsie Mrs Grieve.
Thank you Mereth! I shall have to put those down on the old Amazon wisheliste!
I’m surprised not to see any of Owen Davies works on the history of magic included. He’s quite an interesting writer.
Thanks for the recommend bwitch - I’m trying to be good and not post details of anything I haven’t read, and there’s lots and lots I haven’t read!