INTERMEDIATE TEXTS

These are titles of books with more indepth knowledge and are not meant for the beginner or the tire kicker.

• The Way: The Discovery of the Grail of Immortality, Part 2 of the Quest Trilogy by Rhuddlwm Gawr; Camelot Press, ISBN: 0-595-23125-X
  Synopsis: The amazing story of the ancient religion of the Celts and reveals its connection with the sacred knowledge of the Welsh Druids. Tells of: The Tribe of Masters, The Sacred Fourteen Keys, The Prophecies of the Coming Cataclysm, Natural Magick, Astral Projection, TANTRA and Sexual Ritual, Soul Mates, Karma, Elementals, and much more. Contains ``The Unicorn'', The Book-of-Shadows (Witches Spellbook) for the Celtic tradition of Witchcraft. This is a continuation of the story of Welsh Witchcraft and contains factual information of the Rituals and Religious customs of Y Dynion Mwyn. "I now use this book as the official lesson guide and Book-of-Shadows for my Coven..." ...Lady Morgana, Tampa. If you cannot find this title, contact: New Leaf Distributors, 401 Thornton Rd. Lithia Springs, GA. 30057-1557; phone: (770) 948-7845
• Earth Light, by R J Stewart (Element); ISBN: 1852302437
  Synopsis: An introduction to traditional Faerie beliefs by one of today's most prolific Earth Religion authors concerning the Celtic OtherWorld.  This book is based on the folk traditions of Scotland.  Next read .....
• Power Within the Land by R J Stewart (Element); ISBN: 185230331X
  Synopsis:  This book  introduces you to the earth energies of Arthur and Merlin.  These are the Guardians who sleep but who also stand watch over the Land.   Read Earth Light first.
• The Underworld Initiation by R. J. (Bob) Stewart, published by Aquarian, 320pp. ISBN: 0850303990 (Originally published in 1985)
  Synopsis: This book has been out of print for a number of years but is worth the search if you can find a second-hand copy.  Contains a tremendous amount of information concerning the OtherWorld tradition.
• Way of Merlin; The Prophet, the Goddess and the LandR. J. Stewart, List: $16.00, Amazon Price: $12.80, You Save: $3.20 (20%), 240 pages, HarperCollins, 1992, ISBN: 1855381133



• Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex & Politics by Starhawk [Miriam Simos], (Boston: Beacon Press, 1982). Second edition ISBN: 0807010251
  Synopsis: Discussion of social and group dynamics from a strong perspective of eco-feminist activism. Stirring story on the modern mythology of "the burning times" in appendix. Chants, songs and exercises for improving groups. If we have gained new religious insights from Pagan and feminist philosophy, how are we to incorporate those insights into our daily lives? Starhawk pulls together a wide range of materials to answer this question in a book as beautifully poetic as her first. Some of these things have waited a long time to be said - and they couldn't have been said better!
• Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery by Starhawk, ISBN: 0062508164
  Synopsis: A magical perspective on power. In this book is the clear recognition that a shaman works power in ALL its forms, thereby being aware of (and using) political power, power dynamics in a group, etc.
• The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over by Starhawk, M. Macha Nightmare & the Reclaiming Collective; ISBN: 0062515160
  Synopsis: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is breathtakingly important. But when it comes to death & dying, westerners have their own challenges and need their own rites. Starhawk, Macha, et al's anthology of essays and contemporary passing-over rites, based on our Northern European Wiccan heritage, fills this need beautifully, and covers a lot of ground.
• The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; ISBN:0345350499
  Synopsis: Fiction, and not only a hell of a good read, but deeply explores the feminine aspects of the Arthurian legend.
• The Family Wicca Book : The Craft for Parents & Children (Llewellyn's Modern Witchcraft Series), by Ashleen O'Gaea, List: $9.95 Amazon Price: $7.96, You Save: $1.99 (20%), 1st Ed., 240 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1993, ISBN: 0875425917
  Synopsis: An indispensable tool for Wiccan parents. Forgoing the usual Sabbat rituals and insipid invocations, O'Gaea discusses the real issues and challenges of bringing up your children in the Wiccan way. Ethics, peer interaction, developing children's ritual, facing religious issues as a family and the demands of parenthood vs the pocketbook are all addressed. Most importantly, she includes a section on "Answering the Hard Questions" - how do we respond to questions on sexuality, death, discrimination? With well-thought-out, insightful answers (which can serve as a starting point for family discussions), this is a volume you will refer to over and over. We look forward to the next book by O'Gaea.
• The Spell of Making by Blacksun, List: $12.50, Amazon Price: $10.00, You Save: $2.50 (20%), 192 pages, Eschaton Productions Inc., 1997, ISBN: 157353109X
  Synopsis: The Spell of Making offers a practical guide to constructing meaningful ritual. All religions have their rituals, their ceremonies and rites. Most practitioners never question where and when their religion's particular liturgies originate, they are just "traditional." Some religions, however, do not have the luxury of long histories of open practice. Faiths such as Wicca are only now being celebrated publicly, and their priests and priestesses are faced with quandaries as to how to properly address situations needing appropriate rites where none exist. This book was written to address this need.



• To Stir a Magick Cauldron : A Witch's Guide to Casting and Conjuring by Silver Ravenwolf, List: $16.95, Amazon Price: $13.56, You Save: $3.39 (20%), 320 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1996, ISBN: 1567184243
  Synopsis: This is an excellent source of information for the experienced Witch and the beginner alike. This is almost like a cookbook. Ideas, information, and experiments are all combined into one book. Silver gives you homework and leaves it up to you to complete it. The novice and the experienced will enjoy it for the fundamental information available that may have been forgotten about. This book is easy to understand and follow. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the Craft and those who are just wondering. A good book for those ready for Intermediate Studies.
• The Modern Craft Movement (Witchcraft Today, Book 1) by Charles S. Clifton (Editor), List: $9.95, Amazon Price: $7.96, You Save: $1.99 (20%), 208 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1992, ISBN: 0875423779
  Synopsis: A thoughtful set of essays for and by NeoPagan elders. Most books for neopagans on the market currently are for beginners; Charles Clifton, on the other hand, brings together a series of articles written for the experienced NeoPagan. Thought-provoking and informative, sometimes lyrical, the authors address topics generally not seen in the beginners books.

Note: The following three books are necessary to fully appreciate the ideas presented by Charles.

• Modern Rites of Passage (Witchcraft Today, Book Two) by C. S. Clifton, (Editor), List: $9.95, Amazon Price: $7.96, You Save: $1.99 (20%), 288 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1993, ISBN: 0875423787
• Shamanism and Witchcraft (Witchcraft Today, Book 3) Chas S. Clifton (Editor), List: $9.95, Amazon Price: $7.96, You Save: $1.99 (20%),288 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1994, ISBN: 1567181503
• Living Between Two Worlds : Challenges of the Modern Witch (Witchcraft Today, Bk. 4) by Chas S. Clifton (Editor), List: $12.95, Amazon Price: $10.36, You Save: $2.59 (20%), 187 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1996, ISBN: 1567181511
• The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft by Rosemary Ellen Guiley, List: $22.95, Amazon Price: $18.36, You Save: $4.59 (20%), Rep Edition, Facts on File, 1990, ISBN: 0816022682
  Synopsis: Some 400 entries survey the topic from its early pagan heritage to the present. Special emphasis is placed on the periods of witch persecutions, including the Inquisition and the Salem trials of 1692. Black and white illustrations.
• Deepening the Power: Community Ritual and Sacred Theatre Celu Amberston, List: $15.95, Amazon Price: $12.76, You Save: $3.19 (20%), 200 pages, Beach Holme Pub Ltd., 1995, ISBN: 0888783574
• Scottish Witchcraft: The History and Magick of the Picts (Llewellyn's Modern Witchcraft Series), Raymond Buckland, List: $9.95, Amazon Price: $7.96, You Save: $1.99 (20%), 1st Ed., 256 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1991, ISBN: 0875420575
• An ABC of Witchcraft', 'Natural Magick', Witchcraft for Tomorrow, and Witchcraft, A Craft Renewed, all by Doreen Valiente. Doreen Valiente is perhaps best known for her work with Gerald Gardner in creating the Gardnerian canon of liturgy. However, in her own books, she really shines as an amateur folklorist, managing to convey a sense of Witchcraft as a folk religion, tied very much to the locality, the land, and the oldest strains of folk wisdom and nature. Her sense of history and tradition is rich and deep, and she often presents fascinating historical tidbits about the Craft. From no other author can one gain such a rich sense of heritage. See below:

  

  • An ABC of Witchcraft: Past and Present, by Doreen Valiente, 1973 (Currently Published by Phoenix of Custer WA); ISBN: 0919345778
    Synopsis: An encyclopedic survey of witchcraft trivia and spell history by the woman who helped co-write the Gardnerian book of shadows. Much material on medieval aspects of modern Wiccan customs and beliefs.
  • Natural Magic, by Doreen Valiente, List: $8.95, Amazon Price: $8.95; Paperback, Published by Phoenix Publishing, Inc., 1985, ISBN: 0919345808
  • Witchcraft for Tomorrow, by Doreen Valiente, 1978 (Currently published by Phoenix of Custer WA). ISBN: 0919345832
    Synopsis: Discussion of Wiccan tools, philosophy and ethics. Contains a complete, modern book of shadows. Squarely addresses self-initiation on page 22.
  • Witchcraft: a Tradition Renewed Doreen Valiente and Evan Jones, (Custer Wa: Phoenix, 1990); ISBN: 0919345611
    Synopsis: The book is derived from the teachings of Robert Cochrane and will give the reader a little background of the origins of todays British Witchcraft.  Good source of Traditional Witchcraft knowledge.
• Shamanic Voices by Joan Halifax. List: $13.95 Our Price: $11.16 You Save: $2.79 (20%) Rei Edition; Paperback; Published by Arkana; 1994; ISBN: 0140193480
  Synopsis: This remarkable text is a collection of interviews with shamans who speak for themselves. A very subjective view and an excellent beginning book on Shamanism.
• Some Still Want the Moon: A Woman's Introduction to Tantra Yoga, by Vimala McClure, Willow Springs, MO, NUCLEUS Publications, 1989, ISBN: 0945934009
  For further information and instruction: The Progressive Women's Spiritual Association offers classes and personal instruction in meditation, yoga, vegetarian diet, and spiritual philosophy. Write to: PWSA, c/o 97-38 42nd Ave., Corona, NY 11368-2145; for free catalog, write: NUCLEUS Publications, Rte. 2, Box 48, Willow Springs, MO 65793
• A Witches' Bible Complete by Janet and Stewart Farrar, (New York: Magickal Childe, 1984); ISBN: 0919345921
  Synopsis: A one-volume compilation of two books: Eight Sabbats for Witches and The Witches' Way, respectively; also called A Witches' Bible, Vol 1 & 2. The first book is an examination of the festival Holidays of the Old Religion - the Solstices and Equinoxes and the cross-quarter days - together with the rich folk customs associated with them. The second book contains the long-awaited remainder of the previously unpublished portions of the Gardnerian Book of Shadows. In both of these books, the Farrars had the invaluable help of Doreen Valiente, who actually wrote parts of the Gardnerian liturgy. The three Farrar books taken together form the most complete system of Witchcraft currently available. Their more recent book The Witches' Goddess focuses on the feminine archetype, and contains a gazetteer of Goddesses that is mind-boggling in its thoroughness. Now out of print, the Farrars did not choose this title.
• Eight Sabbats for Witches; And Rites for Birth, Marriage and Death, by Janet and Stewart Farrar, (London: Robert Hale, 1981). Currently Published by Phoenix of Custer Wa. ISBN: 0919345263
  Synopsis: Initiates of Alex Sanders, the Farrars practice an ecumenical form of Gardnerian/Alexandrian Wicca, with this book focussing on "Wicca as a religion, ritually expressed." Detailed explanations of basic Sabbat rituals, with philosophy scattered throughout. The ritualistic portions for a book of shadows.
• The Witches' Way, by Janet and Stewart Farrar, (London: Robert Hale, 1984). Now re-published by Phoenix of Custer WA; ISBN 0919345719
  Synopsis: This book is a companion to Eight Sabbats, putting forward the remainder of the Gardner/Valiente Book of Shadows, supplemented with chapters on basics of Wiccan philosophy and practice such as making of tools, ethics, reincarnation, self-initiation and sexuality.



• A Harvest of Festivals Marian Green (Element)
  Synopsis: A examination of the folk customs and traditions current (or at least surviving until recently) in Britain. There is much material here to inspire, or suggest ideas for, rituals. It has fairly recently come back into print.
• Witchcraft Today by Gerald B. Gardner, currently published by Citadel
  Synopsis: Gerald Gardner has the distinction of being the first practicing Witch to write a book about Witchcraft. He was initiated into one of the surviving traditional British Covens, and onto the tattered remnants of magic and ritual inherited from them he grafted elements of ceremonial magic. The synthesis that emerged came to be called Gardnerian Witchcraft, and it became the major cause of the Witchcraft revival of the twentieth century. Because Gardner was the first to deal with this material in written form, it sometimes seems very disorganized, but its historical importance is immense.
• The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald B. Gardner. Published by Llewellyn Publications; 1982; ISBN: 0939708027
• The Secret Science at Work by Max Freedom Long, List: $15.95 Amazon Price: $12.76 You Save: $3.19 (20%) Paperback, Published by Devorss & Co; 1983; ISBN: 0875160468
  Synopsis: This book was used by Victor Anderson in fleshing out his version of the Faerie Tradition. There are not many authors who can equal Max's writings when it comes to books about Hawaiian Shamanism. Max's writings are not without flaw but on the whole are good.
• Secret Science Behind the Miracles by Max Freedom Long, List: $15.95, Amazon Price: $12.76, You Save: $3.19 (20%); Paperback, Published by Devorss & Co., 1948; ISBN: 0875160476
• People of the Earth, the New Pagans Speak Out by Ellen Evert Hopman & Lawrence Bond, List: $19.95 Amazon Price: $15.96 You Save: $3.99 (20%); Paperback, Published by Inner Traditions Intl, Ltd, 1996; ISBN: 0892815590
  Synopsis: A extensive collection of interviews with pagan leaders & teachers.
• The Way We Lived : California Indian Stories, Songs & Reminiscences by Malcolm Margolin (Editor); List: $14.95 Amazon Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%); 2nd Edition, Paperback, 260 pages, Published by Heyday Books, 1993; ISBN: 093058855X
  Synopsis: Harmony within one's self means seeking harmony with one's environment. I recommend students read this book to see how Shamanism was practiced in ancient times. The Way We Lived is great reading for anyone anywhere. It's the story of Northern California natives, told by themselves.
• Celtic Heritage, by Alwyn and Brinley Rees. List: $12.95 Amazon Price: $10.36 You Save: $2.59 (20%); Revised, Paperback, 428 pages, Published by Thames & Hudson; 1989; ISBN: 0500270392
  Synopsis: A good deal of modern Witchcraft can be traced to ancient Celtic sources. This book, based in comparative religion, mythology, and anthropology, gives one a clear picture of the Celtic world-view. Drawn mainly from Ireland and Wales, the study focuses on the interplay of Light and Darkness, Day and Night, Summer and Winter, and all the seasonal myths and rituals that make up the great Celtic yearly cycle.
• Celebrating Times of Change : A Wiccan Book of Shadows for Family and Coven Growth by Stanley J. A. Modrzyk, List: $11.00 Amazon Price: $8.80, You Save: $2.20 (20%), 141 pages, Samuel Weiser Publ, 1995, ISBN: 0877288208
  Synopsis: Wiccan rites of passage are covered in a book which will appeal to and educate any who have heard of the working coven. Over thirty candid photos of actual coven practice and extensive coverage of meaningful rituals make for an intriguing title.
• A Bard's Book of Pagan Songs: Stories and Music from the Celtic World by Hugin the Bard; List: $14.95 Amazon Price: $11.96, You Save: $2.99 (20%), 272 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1996, ISBN: 1567186033
• Between the Worlds : Witchcraft and the Tree of Life : A Program of Spiritual Development (Llewellyn's Modern Witchcraft Series) by Stuart Myers, List: $17.95 Amazon Price: $14.36 You Save: $3.59 (20%), 256 pages, Llewellyn Publications, 1995, ISBN: 1567184804

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