hello! i've been trying to research magic, but unfortunately most books i find are specific wicca, which i'm not interested in. do you have any book reccomendations that arent wicca centric? thank you! i love your blog :^)
Oh heckin yes I do My amazon wishlist is literally like six pages long⌠ALL BOOKS
WARNING: This Is Going To Be Extremely Long!
First though I want to note that while I 100% understand your feelings about the Wicca stuff (being a very NOT Wiccan Witch), not all books that are Wicca leaning are bad! Iâve gotten loads of useful information from books that tended to be a little new agey. Thatâs where being objective comes in! With ANY book, you should take it with a grain of salt, and some with a whole shaker. But itâs up to you to pay attention to misinformation and conflation, and to know how to do research to prove or disprove that something in a book you read is true or not. Does that make sense??Â
Anywho, a couple of books that are still kind of âWicca-yâ but great:
Grimoire of the Green Witch
The Goodly Spellbook (This one is an INCREDIBLY AWESOME REFERENCE)
The Modern Guide To Witchcraft (Written By Skye Alexander who seems to mass produce books, so need some good fact checking here)
The Modern Witchcraft SpellBook (Written By Skye Alexander who seems to mass produce books, so need some good fact checking here)
The Witches Broom (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
The Witches Athame (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
The Witches Mirror (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
Cottage Witchery (This author is pretty good about keeping away but thereâs still some slips)
Practical Protection Magick (This author is pretty good about keeping away but thereâs still some slips)
The Big Book of Practical Spells (Written by Judika Illes, who did the Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells; itâs a good book, but thereâs too much Cultural appropriation for my taste. Tread Lightly, and bring that shaker I was talking about)
Those are all books from my personal collection that I would recommend! Now as for the Non-Wicca Books, Letâs dive in! Not all of these have I read or owned, and they are in no particular order. Youâll notice most of them relate to âTraditional Witchcraftâ or West Country, because that is where my practice is focused.Â
The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and PracticesÂ
The High Magic of Talismans and Amulets: Tradition and Craft
To Fly by Night: An anthology of Hedgewitchery
Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft
Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History
The Black Arts: A Concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages
The Devilâs Dozen: Thirteen Craft Rites of the Old One
The Witching Herbs: 13 Essential Plants and Herbs for Your Magical Garden
Defences Against the Witchesâ Craft - Anti-cursing Charms from English Folk Magick, Traditional Witchcraft and the Grimoire Traditions
Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-lore
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions
The Art of Black Mirror Scrying
Enchantment: The Witchesâ Art of Manipulation by Gesture, Gaze and Glamour
CHILDREN OF CAIN: A Study of Modern Traditional Witchcraft.
The Pillars of Tubal Cain
The Left Hand: The Cabal Grimoire of Walking in Darkness
Profane Seals: A Compendium of Vile Sigil Magick - Volume I
Eye of the Oracle: The Cabal Grimoire of Psychic Magick
The Book of Smokeless Fire
Azoetia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft
Between the Living & the Dead: A Perspective on Witches & Seers in the Early Modern Age
The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
The Horn of Evenwood: A Grimoire of Sorcerous Operations, Charms, and Devices of Witchery
The Cunning Manâs Handbook: The Practice of English Folk Magic, 1550-1900
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witchesâ Sabbath
The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic
The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet (PB)
Witchcraft: A Handbook of Magic Spells and Potions
Cecil Williamsons Book of Witchcraft: A Grimoire of the Museum of Witchcraft
Under the Witching Tree: A Folk Grimoire of Tree Lore and Practicum
Veneficium: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path
Pharmako Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path
The Witchesâ Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic
The Visions of Isobel Gowdie
The Taper That Lights The Way: Robert Cochraneâs Letters Revealed)Â
The Call of The Horned Piper
Heritage Witchcraft (This one is kind of useless unless youâre taking his Classes)
Letters from the Devilâs Forest: An Anthology of Writings on Traditional Witchcraft, Spiritual Ecology and Provenance Traditionalism
The Devilâs Plantation: East Anglian Lore, Witchcraft & Folk-Magic
Liber Nox: A Traditional Witchâs Gramarye
Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism
Traditional Witchesâ Formulary and Potion-making Guide: Recipes for Magical Oils, Powders and Other Potions
Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways
That was a lot! Okay anon I hope this gives you a good starting place!Â
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