Essential Reading List

Essential Reading - I've complied a list of books which myself and members of the Forum have found useful for Newcomers to the Craft.

General Mythology, History

The White Goddess by Robert Graves
Athlone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe by Bengt Ankarloo (in 6 volumes)
Truimph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton
Wiccan Roots by Philip Heselton
The Golden Bough by Sir James Frazer
The Evil Eye by Frederick Elworthy
The Mabinogion translated by Lady Charlotte Guest

Other useful authors: Charles Leland, Agrippa, Francis Barret, Apulieus

Traditions

Contemporary Paganism by Graham Harvey
Druid Priestess by Emma Restall Orr
Witches Bible by Janet and Stewart Farrar (Alexandrian Tradition)
Gerald Gardner for books on the (Gardnerian Tradition)
Wicca by Viviane Crowley (elecletic, Jung based Wicca)
Isis Magic by M. Isidora Forrest (Egyptian)

Other authors: Scott Cunnigham, Patricia Crowther, Dion Fortune, Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki, Marion Green, Eileen Holland

Egyptian

Liber Aegyptius by Melusine Draco
Egyptian Book of Days by Melusine Draco
The Sacred Tradition in Ancient Egypt by Rosemary Clark

Deities

The Witches Goddess and The Witches God both by Janet and Stewart Farrar
A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses by George Heart
Celtic Goddess and Gods of the Celts by Miranda Green

Books recommended by Rain:

21st Century Wicca, Jennifer Hunter
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft, Buckland
Spiral Dance, Starhawk
Philosophy of Wicca, Amber Laine Fisher.

Books suggested by Alizon:

Marion Green