Suggested Reading
The most common email I get from Cyranna's Lair is, "I want learn about Wicca. What do I DO?!" Of course, the best way to learn about Wicca is to train one-on-one with a teacher, but that is impossible for many Seekers (especially teens, since most teachers require that you are over 18 to train with them). My advice to those who do not have access to a teacher: read, read, read! And after you have read many books, read more. Check bibliographies. And NEVER take any author's word for ABSOLUTE TRUTH. In Wicca, we place a great emphasis on personal responsibility; therefore, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to do good research, to carefully mine the truth from the slag, and to decide what YOU believe.
The following is a list of books that I recommend to those Seekers wishing to know more about the Wiccan path.
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Wiccan Roots: Classic Wiccan Literature
Some of these were written during Wicca's "early days," but they are all invaluable resources, absolutely essential reading for every Seeker in order to understand our where we have come from.
- Witchcraft Today (1954) by Gerald B. Gardner
- The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959)by Gerald B. Gardner
- What Witches Do (1971) by Stewert Farrar (Phoenix)
- The Witches' Way and Eight Sabbats for Witches (published together in 1996 as The Witches' Bible [Compleat]) by Janet and Stewart Farrar
- Any of the number of books published by Doreen Valiente
This is a list of books that have been written in the last few years and are highly recommended.
- Wicca: A Comprehensive Guide to the Old Religion in the Modern World (1996) by Vivianne Crowley
- Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham (Llewellyn.)
- The Truth About Witchcraft Today by Scott Cunningham. (Llewellyn)
- The Wheel of the Year by Pauline and Dan Campanelli (Llewellyn)
- The Spiral Dance by Starhawk (Harper & Row)
- Drawing down the Moon by Margot Alder (Beacon Press)
- The Sea Priestess (fiction) by Dion Fortune
- The Power of the Witch by Laurie Cabot
- Dancing With the Sun Yasmine Galernorn (Llewellyn)
- Celebrate the Earth by Laurie Cabot
- Magickal Rites from the Crystal Well by Ed Fitch (Llewellyn)
- Spells and How They Work by Janet and Stewert Farrar (Phoenix)
- Witchcraft for Tommorrow by Dorreen Valiente (Phoenix)
- Be a Goddess by Francesca DeGrandis
- Dark Moon Magick by Timothy Roderick (Llewellyn)
For Covens
- *Inside a Witch's Coven by Edain McCoy (Llewellyn)
- Covencraft by Amber K (Llewellyn)
For Families
- The Family Wicca Book by Ashleen O'Gaea (Llewellyn)
- The Pagan Family by Ceisiwr Serith (Llewellyn)