Personal Libraries

[cora91]

I don't know about other people, but I enjoy reading A LOT (I work in a book store), and I have slowly been collecting various books on the subject of Wicca and paganism in general. What do other people have in their collections, or what are a few of your favorites that you have?

I am patiently waiting for a 1913 3-Volume set of the Complete Works of Aleister Crowley to be marked-down at my work.

Thus far I only have:

- Drawing Down the Moon (Margot Adler)
- Wiccan Beliefs and Practices (Gary Cantrell)
- Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Scott Cunningham)
- Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Scott Cunningham)
- Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem and Metal Magic (Scott Cunningham)
- Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Scott Cunningham)
- Earth, Air, Fire and Water (Scott Cunningham)
- The Truth About Witchcraft Today (Scott Cunningham)
- Pagan Visions for a Sustainable Future (Ly de Angeles et al.)
- A Witches' Bible (Janet and Stewart Farrar)
- All One Wicca (Kaatryn MacMorgan)
- Wicca 333: Advanced Topics in Wiccan Beliefs (Kaatryn MacMorgan)
- Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore and Herb Craft (Ann Moura)
- Green Witchcraft II: Balancing Light and Shadow (Ann Moura)
- Green Witchcraft III: The Manual (Ann Moura)
- Grimoire for the Green Witch (Ann Moura)
- The Golden Dawn (Israel Regardie)
- The Spiral Dance (Starhawk)

[corvidus]

Awesome! I'm slowly building an occult library too.

A few books on yoga techniques, alchemy and mysticism in general.

[SpiritTalker]

I love books, and thousands have moved through my home shelves. In the past 2years I've donated them all. I haven't kept many. I'll skip my titles that are not particularly Craft-related, like drawing, art, ETs. Let me mosey over to my shelf and see what is currently there...(I'll add a + by favorites) ... In no particular order but the way they landed on the shelves:

Green WitchCraft full series and Grimoire & Green Magic, A. Moura +
Witch's Bible, Farrar
Treading the Mill, Nigel Pearson
Devil's Plantation, " "
Traditional Witchcraft, Gemma Gary
Black Toad, ". "
Charmer's Psalter, ". "
Mastering Witchcraft, Paul Huson
West Country Wicca, R. Ryall +
Old World Witchcraft, R. Grimassi
Psychic Shield, Matthews
Shamanic Way of the Bee, Buxton
Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs, Cunningham
Good Magic, Marina Medicci +
Masters and the Path, Leadbeater +
Red Church, Bilardi
Witchcraft for Tomorrow, Valiente
Handbook of Magic & WC, Oliver
The Petit Albert, Warwick
Practical Psychic Self Defense, Bruce
Finding Ellen, C. Wise +. (1st book on my special Goddess)
The Magic Candle, Dey
God of the Witches, Murray
Aradia, Gospel of the Witches, Leland
Poisonous Psychoactive Plants, illustrated field guide
Hyperspace Helper, swerdlow +
Fascinating World of Nightshades, Heiser
Complete Art of WC, S.Leek +
Wee Book of Dowsing,
Astral Realm, Leadbeater
Ecstasies, C. Ginzberg. (I'm reading this now)
The Field, mc Taggert
Secret Life of Plants, Tompkins +
Laurie Cabotts Book of Shaddows
Man Visible and Invisible, Leadbeater +
City Herbal, Silverman
Crystal Wisdom, Dolfyn
Grimoire of Lady Sheba, J. Belle +
Spell craft of a Hedgewitch, Rae Beth
Pharmako Dynamis, Penndell
Folk Ointments, potions, remedies, Baker
Rosales Encyclopedia of Herbs
Magical Course in Tarot, Morgan

Whew! No, I haven't read them all, but I'm working on it.

[Nerys]

I used to borrow from the libraries and as I moved many times is several libraries different cities and towns. When I used to leave house less and less due to ill health I started buying the pagan books and reference books like herb books both magickal herbalism and regular herb books. My library grew quite big. Some years ago I went on a no-buy for books. I allready posted a list of my books at another forum and have some listed at GoodReads. At yet another forum I asked if anyone kept a pagan books list 0 replies. So here follows not a complete list but some of them in random order.
Magickal Aromatherapy - Cunningham
Complete Book of Incense Oils Brews - Cunningham
Llewellyn magickal almanacs editions the years 1998,1999, 2000, 2001,2002,2003,2004, 2005,2006,2007,2008.2009.2010.2011.
Llewellyn herbal almanacs 2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 and 2011.
Herbalism an illustrated guide - Non Shaw
The Cauldron of dreams - Gerina Dunwich
The complete book of herbs - Lesley Bremness
Illustrated encyclopedia of aromatherapy oils - Julia Lawless
Home aromatherapy - Julia Lawless
Herbs - Lesley Bremness
Rodales Encyclopedia of Herbs - Kowalchik & Hylton
Magickal Herbalism - Cunningham
J.M. Greer - Nature Magickal
Magick potions - Gerina Dunwich
Your Book of Shadows -Patricia Telesco
Norse Magic - D.J. Conway
Celtic Magic - D.J. Conway
Enchantments - Edain McCoy
Making Magick - Edain McCoy
Lady of the Night:Moon magick - Edain McCoy
The curious lore of precious stones - George Frederick Kunz
Gemstones of the world - Walter Schumann
Llewellyn 2003 Sun Sign book.
Llewellyns 2002 Sun Sign book
Llewellyns 2002 Moon sign book.
Llewellyns 2003 Moon sign book.
Smithsonian handbook gemstones - Cally Hall
Making herbal dream pillows - Jim Long
Kodo the way of incense - David Phybus
The country diary of garden lore - Julia Jones
Healing herbs and health foods of the zodiac - Ada Muir
The ancient art of colour therapy - Linda Clark
Water magic healing bath recipes for the body spirit and soul - Mary Muryn
Culpeper complete herbal - Nicholas Culpeper
The spirit of herbs guide to herbal tarot - Michael Tierra
The book of potpourri - Penny Black
Complete Medicinal Herbal - Penelope Ody
Mastering the tarot - Eden Gray
True magick - Amber K
Yule - Dorothy Morrison
Good Magic - Marina Medici
Numerology magick - Richard Webster
Spiritual merchants Religion magick commerce - Carolyn Morrow Long

[vassal]

Love these lists! I too have a reading affair. Right now I'm trying to edit what I have since I've read much I think is a waste of time!


Cult of Aphrodite - Lauralei Black
The Practical Psychic Self Defense Handbook - Robert Bruce
Chi Gung: Chinese Healing, Energy and Natural Magick - L. V. Carnie
Liber Null and Psychonaut - Peter Carroll
Liber Chaos - Peter Carroll
Psybermagick - Peter Carroll
Machig Labdron and the Foundations of Chod - Jerome Edou
The Mystical Qabalah - Dion Fortune
Inner Tantric Yoga - David Frawley
Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound: Secret of Seed (Bija) Mantras
Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God - Scott Hahn
The Crystal Bible Series - Judy Hall
The Sacred Art of Chanting - Ana Hernandez
Pagan Portals: A Druids exploration of sanctuary and sacred space - Joanna van der Hoeven
Hindu Goddesses - David Kinsley
Chi Kung for Health and Vitality - Wong Kiew Kit
Root of Chinese Qigong - Yang Jwing-Ming
Yoga Anatomy - Leslie Kaminoff
Pagan Meditations: The Worlds of Aphrodite, Artemis, and Hestia - Ginette Paris
Infernal Dictionary - J Collin de Plancy
Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony - Constantine Rhodes
Venificium: Magic, Witchcraft & the Poison Path - Daniel Schulke
Lux Haeresis - Daniel Schulke
Viridarium Umbris - Daniel Schulke
Ars Philtron - Daniel Schulke
Idolatry Restor'd - Daniel Schulke
Aghora, At the Left Hand of God - Robert Svoboda
Aghora II: Kundalini - Robert Svoboda
The Divine Consort - Donna Marie Wulff
Chod in the Ganden Tradition: The Oral Instructions of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche

[Newbiewitch94]

My little library currently consists of
Wicca a guide to a solitary practioner (Scott Cunningham)
Wicca for beginners (Lisa Chamberlain)
Wicca book of shadows (Lisa Chamberlain)
Wicca herbal magick (Lisa Chamberlain)
Wicca a year and a day (timothy Roderick)
Yep I need more books

[corvidus]

Pretty decent collection, vassal!

[moonlightsonata]

Pagan Portals- Hekate: A Devotional (Vivienne Moss)
Forever Inanna (Foreana Nativo
Wiccan Initation (Lisa Chamberlain)
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practioner (Scott Cunningham)
Nocturnal Witchcraft (Konstantinos)
Wicca for Beginners (Gillian Nolan)
Wicca Altar and Tools (Lisa Chamberlain)
The Spiral Dance (Starhawk)
To Ride a Silver Broomstick (Silver Ravenwolf)
Wicca for Beginners (Lisa Chamberlain)
Book of Shadows (Phyllis Curott)
Talking to the Goddess (Kardia Zoe)
Wicca Magical Deities (Lisa Chamberlain)
Journey to the Dark Goddess (Jane Meredith)
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Wiccan Chants (Christine Roche)

That's more then I thought I had. I should mention that they are all Kindle versions.

[SpiritTalker]

Oo, I forgot to include Kindle. I'm shameless in that area because it takes no space.

[Shireside]

So far, this is what I have on hand. I don't get books very often, but I treasure the ones I bring into my space.

Letters from the Devil's Forest (Robin Artisson) *
The Witching Way of the Hollow Hill ( ^ ) *
Resurrection of the Meadow ( ^ )
The Visions of Isobel Gowdie (Emma Willy) *
Memento Mori: A Necrosophic Grimoire (J. Thorp). *
Grimoire of the Thorn Blooded Witch (Raven Grimassi)
A Green Witch's Formulary (Deborah J. Martin) *
Liber Null & Psychonaut (Peter Carroll)
Mastering Witchcraft (Paul Huson)
Practical Sigil Magick (Frater U.D.) *
Medicine Cards (Sams & Carson)
Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells (Judika Illes)
The Wild Unknown Tarot Guidebook (Kim Krans)
Trinity Psalter

[monarchwing]

Thanks, everyone who posted a list so far. I have a lot of catching up to do!

My Wicca list:

Wicca and Witchcraft for Dummies, by Diane Smith
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft, by Denise Zimmerman and Katherine Gleason
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, by Scott Cunningham
The Inner Temple of Witchcraft, by Christopher Penczak
To Ride a Silver Broomstick, by Silver RavenWolf
Solitary Witch, by Silver RavenWolf
The Circle Within, by Dianne Sylvan
The Body Sacred, by Dianne Sylvan

Some Tarot Magick books:

Tarot Spells, by Janina Renee
365 Tarot Spells, by Sasha Graham
Everyday Tarot Magic, by Dorothy Morrison
Portable Magic, by Donald Tyson

I also have at least 30 books on Tarot (I've lost count). I think there's a thread for those on Tarot Talk so I won't post those here.

Blessed be.