RECOMMENDED READING LIST


The Well-Read Witch by Carl McColman (more or less replaces this list)


Pagan or Wiccan specific books:

Scott Cunningham, Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner and Living Wicca
Silver Ravenwolf, To Ride a Silver Broomstick
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft
Michael Streeter, Witchcraft: A Secret History
Michael Newton, Journey of Souls
Phyllis Curott, Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic
Starhawk, The Spiral Dance
Edain McCoy, If You Want to Be a Witch
Lillith McLelland, Out of the Shadows: Myths and Truths of Modern Wicca
Janet & Stuart Farrar, A Witches’ Bible
Venecia Rauls, The Second Circle: Tools for the Advancing Pagan

For learning about traditions:

Hereditary Witchcraft and Italian Witchcraft by Raven Grimassi
Celtic Magic by D.J. Conway

Pantheons:

The Goddess Path by Patricia Monaghan
Dictionary of World Myth by Roy Wilis
Encyclopedia of Gods by Michael Jordan

As reference for your rituals:
 
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland (also referred to as the Big Blue Sleeping Pill, more like a textbook than
something to read about being Pagan)

Reference books for magick, herbs, etc: 

Pretty much anything by Scott Cunningham...he has books on crystals, herbs,and oils. He also has a book about household magic and another about elements.
Prescription for Herbal Healing by Phyllis A Balch

Meditation and help books:

Hugh Prather, The Little Book of Letting Go
Paramananda, Buddhist Reflections on Everyday Life