Thursday, November 26, 2015

Recommended Books

General, Essays, History, etc
  • Traditional Witchcraft. A Cornish Book of Ways - Gemma Gary
  • The Black Toad - Gemma Gary
  • Popular Magic: Cunning Folk in English History - Owen Davies
  • A Grimoire for Modern Cunning Folk - Peter Paddon
  • Treading the Mill - Nigel Pearson
  • Old Tradition Crafte - (translated by) Robin Artisan
  • West Country Witches - Michael Howard
  • Pretty much anything by Doreen Valiente, a Wiccan author but her work should not be avoided, in my opinion.
  • Hands of Apostasy, Essays on Traditional Witchcraft  - Edited by Michael Howard and Daniel A. Schulke
  • To Fly By Night: An Anthology of Hedgewitchery - Veronica Cummer
Charms, Spell, Customs Etc:
  • Nummits and Crummits - Sarah Hewitt
  • Defences Against the Witches Craft - John Canard
  • Protection and Reversal Magic, Beyond 101 - Jason Miller
  • Crones Book of Charms and Spells - Valerie Worth
  • Crones Book of Magical Words - Valerie Worth
  • The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells - Judika Illes
  • Enchantment: The Witch’s Art of Manipulation through Gesture, Gaze and Glamour - Peter Paddon
  • The High Magic of Talismans and Amulets: Tradition and Craft - Claude Lecouteux
  • Charms, Spells, and Curses - V. J. Banis
  • Cornish Charms And Cures - Kelvin Jones
  • The Power of Poppets - Alexis Morrigan 
Herbs, Potions, Incense, Recipes etc
  • Traditional Witches Formulary and Potion-making Guide - Sophia DiGregorio
  • The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews - Scott Cunningham
  • Book of Herbs - Sybil Leek
  • Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs - Scott Cunningham  
  • Herbs and Things. A Compendium of Practical and Exotic Herb Lore - Jeanne Rose
  • Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine. Old World and New World Traditions - Gabrielle Hatfield
  • Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities - Am Stewart
  • Irish Wild Plants - Niall Mac Coitir
  • Magical Powder Recipes - Lady Gianne 
Superstitions, Omens, Folk-Lore, Folk-Tales, etc
  • Superstitions Irish Country People - Padraic O'Farrell
  • Strange Superstitions and Curious Customs of the Ancient World - Alicia Chrysostomou & Matheos Chrysostomou
  • Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall - William Bottrell
  • Irish Superstitions – Irish Spells, Old Wives’ Tales and Folk Beliefs - Daithi O Hogain
  • Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore (Chiefly Lancashire and the North of England - Charles Hardwick
  • Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales - Elias Owen
  • Cornish Folk Tales - Mike O’Connor
Divination, Fortune Telling etc
  • A Manual Of Cartomancy And Occult Divination - Arthur Edward Waite
  • Fortune Telling by Tea Leaves - Cecily Kent
  • The Art of Black Mirror Scrying - Rosemary Ellen Guiley 
  • Pendulum Power - Greg Nielsen 

*I will be adding to this list every so often.