The book lists I already gave you are just the tip of the iceberg. There are many, many wonderful books available on a range of topics having to do with Wicca, Witchcraft, Paganism, and beyond. Here are some of the ones you will find on my bookshelves; there are plenty more besides. If you only take away one suggestion from everything I have said, it is this: keep learning! And along with the titles already mentioned in chapter 11, these are a good place to start.
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty. New York: Harper Collins, 2001.
Bonewits, Isaac. Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Magic Boston: Red Wheel/Weiser, 1989.
Buckland, Raymond. Buckland’s Book of Gypsy Magic: Traveler’s Stories, Spells and Healings San Francisco: Red Wheel/Weiser Books, 2010.
———. Wicca for Life: The Way of the Craft—from Birth to Summerland New York: Citadel Press, 2001.
Cole, Jennifer. Ceremonies of the Seasons: Exploring and Celebrating Nature’s Eternal Cycle. London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2007.
Conner, Kerri.Spells for Tough Times: Crafting Hope When Faced with Life’s Thorniest Challenges Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2012.
Conway, D. J. Magickal Mystical Creatures: Invite Their Powers into Your LifeSt. Paul: Llewellyn, 1996.
Cunningham, Scott. Magical Herbalism: The Secret Craft of the Wise St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1982.
Digitalis, Raven. Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2007.
———. Planetary Spells and Rituals: Practicing Dark and Light Magick Aligned with the Cosmic Bodies Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2010.
Dugan, Ellen. The Enchanted Cat: Feline Fascinations, Spells and Magick Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2006.
———. Garden Witchery: Magick from the Ground Up St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2003.
Dunwich, Gerina. The Wicca Garden: A Modern Witch’s Book of Magickal and Enchanted Herbs and Plants New York: Citadel Press, 1996.
Emoto, Masuru. The Hidden Messages in Water New York: Atria Books, 2004.
Ferguson, Joy. Magickal Weddings: Pagan Handfasting Traditions for Your Sacred Union Toronto: ECW Press, 2001.
Fitch, Ed. Magical Rites from the Crystal Wel St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1984, 2000.
Franklin, Anna. A Romantic Guide to Handfasting: Rituals, Recipes and Lore St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2004.
Galenorn, Yasmine. Embracing the Moon: A Witch’s Guide to Ritual, Spellcraft, and Shadow Work St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1999.
Green, Marion. A Witch Alone: Thirteen Moons to Master Natural Magi London: Thorsons, 1991.
Grimassi, Raven. Old World Witchcraft: Ancient Ways for Modern Day San Francisco: Weiser, 2011.
———. Spirit of the Witch: Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Witchcraft St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2003.
Harrison, Karen. The Herbal Alchemist’s Handbook: A Grimoire of Philtres, Elixirs, Oils, Incense, and Formulas for Ritual Use San Francisco: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2001.
Henes, Donna. The Queen of Myself: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife Brooklyn: Monarch Press, 2005.
Holland, Eileen. The Wicca Handbook York Beach: Samuel Weiser, 2000.
——— and Cerelia. A Witch’s Book of Answers York Beach: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003.
Hopman, Ellen Evert. A Druid’s Herbal for the Sacred Year Rochester: Destiny Books, 1995.
Howard, Michael. Modern Wicca: A History from Gerald Gardner to the Present Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2009.
Illes, Judika. Encyclopedia of 500 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts New York: HarperOne, 2009.
———. Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints and Sages: A Guide to Asking for Protection, Wealth, Happiness, and Everything Else! New York: HarperCollins, 2011.
———. Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods and Goddesses. New York: HarperCollins, 2009.
Kaldera, Raven, and Tannin Schwartzstein. Handfasting and Wedding Rituals: Inviting Hera’s Blessing St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2003.
Kynes, Sandra. A Year of Ritual: Sabbats and Esbats for Solitaries and Covens St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2004.
MacLir, Alferian Gwydion. Wandlore: The Art of Crafting the Ultimate Magical Tool Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2011.
McCoy, Edain. Celtic Myth and Magick: Harnessing the Power of the Gods and Goddesses St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1995.
———. The Healing Power of Faery: Working with Elementals and Nature Spirits to Soothe the Body and Soul St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2008.
Morningstar, Sally. The Art of Wiccan Healing: A Practical Guide Carlsbad: Hay House, 2005.
Morrison, Dorothy. Everyday Sun Magic: Spells and Rituals for Radiant Living Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2005.
Peschel, Lisa. A Practical Guide to the Runes: Their Uses in Divination and Magick St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1989.
Rhea, Lady Mauve. Handfasted and Heartjoined: Rituals for Uniting a Couple’s Hearts and Lives New York: Citadel Press, 2001.
River, Jade. Tying the Knot: A Gender-Neutral Guide to Handfastings or Weddings for Pagans and Goddess Worshipers Cottage Grove: Creatrix Resource Library LLC, 2004.
SpiderHawk, Vila. Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones Niceville: Spilled Candy Books, 2006.
Telesco, Patricia. Advanced Wicca: Exploring Deeper Levels of Spiritual Skills and Masterful Magick New York: Citadel Press, 2000.
———. Exploring Candle Magick: Candle Spells, Charms, Rituals, and Divinations Franklin Lakes: New Page Books, 2001.
———. Your Book of Shadows: How to Write Your Own Magickal Spells New York: Citadel Press, 1999.
Trobe, Kala. The Witch’s Guide to LifeSt. Paul: Llewellyn, 2003.
Webster, Richard.Candle Magic for Beginners: The Easiest Magic You Can Do St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2004.
Whitehurst, Tess. The Good Energy Book: Creating Harmony and Balance for Yourself and Your Home Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2012.
———. The Magic of Flowers: A Guide to Their Metaphysical Uses and Properties Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2013.
Wood, Gail. Rituals of the Dark Moon: 13 Lunar Rites for a Magical Path St. Paul: Llewellyn, 2001.
Worwood, Valerie Ann. The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy San Rafael: New World Library, 1991.
I also highly recommend the various Llewellyn annuals and almanacs, as well as the fabulous magazines put out by BBI Media (including Witches & Pagans, in which I have a regular column).
Everyday Witch A to Z
An Amusing, Inspiring & Informative Guide
to the Wonderful World of Witchcraft
Deborah Blake
Break out your broomstick and get ready to set your magickal powers free with this fun and inspiring guide for the everyday witch! Whether you’re curious about the art of Witchcraft and just setting out on your path or looking to add more spellcrafting skills to your repertoire, this must-have book is meant for you. From altars to the zodiac, all things witchy are presented alphabetically in quick and easy bites for fast reference. Get the low-down on everything you ever wondered about Witchcraft—herbs, gems and stones, deities, gods and goddesses, magickal tools, correspondences, and much more.
Discover how to jumpstart and add extra zest to your practice with tips and tricks for crafting quick and effective spells, along with helpful hints for incorporating Witchcraft into your daily life. The author’s cat, Magic, even offers spells and wise words of her own!
978-0-7387-1275-8
7½ x 7½ • 288 pp.
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Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook
Wonderfully Witchy Blessings,
Charms & Spells
Deborah Blake
Today’s Witch deals with everything from family drama to weight loss to fertility—well beyond love and protection concerns. Chock-full of practical everyday magick, this is the perfect companion for your multifaceted life.
Arranged alphabetically, each spell has an associated goal to help you manifest your exact intention, whether it’s blessing your pet or aging gracefully. Fun and easy to use, this book is a must-have resource for the magnificently modern Witch.
978-0-7387-1970-2
7½ x 7½ • 264 pp.
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Everyday Witch Book of Rituals
All You Need for a Magickal Year
Deborah Blake
Amplify your wishes and manifest positive change all year long with Deborah Blake’s inspiring collection of simple rituals. These empowering ceremonies—for new moons, full moons, sabbats, and rites of passage—will help you find love, build courage, boost creativity, achieve balance, and deepen your faith.
Witches of all levels will appreciate these easy-to-perform rituals that require only common tools and ingredients. With down-to-earth sensibility and warmth, Deborah Blake explains basic ritual elements, timing for success, and the importance of each ritual step. You’ll also learn how to customize rituals, adapt them for solitary or group work, and work with a familiar.
978-0-7387-3343-2
7½ x 7½ • 360 pp.
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The Goddess Is in the Details
Wisdom for the Everyday Witch
Deborah Blake
Being a Witch isn’t limited to casting a spell under the full moon or consecrating a ritual circle. Whether you’re calling the Goddess or doing the dishes, your wonderfully witchy ways are woven into everything you do.
With her signature down-to-earth wisdom and warmth, Deborah Blake takes you into the heart of what it means to be a Witch all day, every day. Filled with practical suggestions and useful advice, this essential book covers all aspects of the modern Witch’s life: the seven core beliefs of Witches, mindful eating and health, creating sacred space at home, relationships with non-Pagans, sex and the single Witch, raising Pagan children, solitary and coven practice, and green living.
978-0-7387-1486-8
6 x 9 • 240 pp.
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Witchcraft on a Shoestring
Practicing the Craft
Without Breaking Your Budget
Deborah Blake
Practicing Witchcraft doesn’t have to cost an arm, a leg, and a broomstick!
From homemade tools to frugal feasts to thrifty home decoration, Deborah Blake offers economical tips and suggestions for stretching your dollar. Try making your own magickal oils, runes, tarot cards, candles, jewelry, and wands. Choose from over fifty ways to practice Witchcraft that cost little or no money. Whip up tasty sabbat dishes that cost ten dollars or less. Best of all, Blake reminds us of the essentials of Witchcraft spirituality, all of which are free.
978-0-7387-2136-1
53⁄16 x 8 • 240 pp.
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The Witch’s Broom
The Craft, Lore & Magick of Broomsticks
Deborah Blake
From besoms to broomcorn, Deborah Blake takes you on a magickal flight into the history and lore of broomsticks and the witches who use them.
Throughout the ages, brooms and witches have always been thought of as a united, inseparable pair. Whether being used to sweep your home or help with your magickal endeavors, the broom is a more versatile and useful tool than you’ve ever imagined. You’ll enjoy special segments entitled “Real Witches, Real Brooms” that feature well-known witchy authors sharing their personal uses of broomsticks. Whether you want to add a new facet to your magick practice, make a unique gift for someone special, or explore the role of brooms in Witchcraft’s past and present, The Witch’s Broom is your perfect guide.
978-0-7387-3802-4
5 x 7 • 304 pp.
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Living Earth Devotional
365 Green Practices for Sacred Connection
Clea Danaan
Tune in to nature, care for the sacred earth, and grow spiritually. Living Earth Devotional offers 365 earth-friendly activities for deepening your physical and spiritual connection to nature.
These practical, soul-centered tasks—meditations, craft projects, gardening and outdoor activities, journal exercises, and more—are organized by the Wheel of the Year. Bridging green spirituality with ecological action, this day-by-day guide will help you tune in to the energies of the changing seasons and build a deep appreciation for the earth’s beauty, power, and wisdom. Reduce your carbon footprint, recharge your creativity and intuition, and cultivate a connection with the Earth that inspires spiritual growth and personal transformation.
978-0-7387-3658-7
5 x 7 • 464 pp.
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The Witch’s Bag of Tricks
Personalize Your Magick &
Kickstart Your Craft
Melanie Marquis
Increase your power, improve your spellcasting, and reclaim the spark of excitement you felt when you took those very first steps down your magickal path. The first book of its kind to offer solitary eclectics a solution to the problem of dull or ineffective magick, The Witch’s Bag of Tricks will help practicing witches renew faith, improve abilities, and cast powerful spells that work. Whether your rituals have become rote or your spells just aren’t working, you don’t have to settle for magickal mediocrity!
Designed for the experienced eclectic practitioner, this guide offers advanced spellcasting techniques and practical hands-on exercises for personalized magickal development. You’ll gain the skills and knowledge you need to custom-design your own spells and advance your mystical development. Breathe fresh life into your practice and take your magickal skills further than ever with The Witch’s Bag of Tricks!
978-0-7387-2633-5
6 x 9 • 264 pp.
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Magical Housekeeping
Simple Charms & Practical Tips for
Creating a Harmonious Home
Tess Whitehurst
Every inch and component of our home is filled with an invisible life force and unique magical energy. Magical Housekeeping teaches readers how to sense, change, channel, and direct these energies to create harmony in their homes, joy in their hearts, and success in all areas of their lives.
In this engaging guide, energy consultant and teacher Tess Whitehurst shares her secrets for creating an energetically powerful and positive home. Written for those new to metaphysics as well as experienced magical practitioners, Magical Housekeeping will teach readers how to summon success, happiness, romance, abundance, and all the desires of the heart. And, by guiding them to make changes in both the seen and unseen worlds simultaneously, this dynamic and delightful book will help to activate and enhance readers’ intuition and innate magical power.
978-0-7387-1985-6
53⁄16 x 8 • 240 pp.
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To Walk a Pagan Path
Practical Spirituality for Every Day
Alaric Albertsson
Live fully as a Pagan every day of the year, not only at full moons and holidays. With practical tips for incorporating Pagan spirituality into every aspect of life, To Walk a Pagan Path teaches readers how to:
978-0-7387-3724-9
53⁄16 x 8 • 288 pp.
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