Honoring her many guises, Knight explores the powers of the Goddess as maiden, mother, initiator, protector, sorceress, and faery queen. Guided meditations on each of these qualities lead the practitioner into direct contact with the potent healing energy of the Divine Feminine. The author also offers rituals, exercises, and other practical tools for integrating the Western magical tradition with worship of the Goddess. He shows how we, and our planet, have suffered due to the repression of the feminine principle. For our own health, and that of our environment as well, we must recognize the power of the Goddess within to reconstitute and guide our existence. Read more here.

Explore witchcraft as a path to connection with the Divine and a call to daily communion with the gods and spirits who shape our worlds. Kenneth Freeman II shares his journey from Baptist Christian to hard polytheistic magical practitioner who honors gods as living beings with agency, power, and a will of their own. Kenneth challenges the modern movement of spiritual syncretism and encourages the reader to seek cultural grounding, historical context, and spiritual responsibility in their practice. Devotional Witchcraft asks us to slow down, to sit at the feet of our gods, and to listen to the rhythms of our spirits and the truths that emerge when gnosis is tempered with informed practice and humility. Read more here.

A personal biographical account of the life of Doreen Valiente, described by Professor Ronald Hutton as “the greatest single female figure in the modern British history of witchcraft”. Author Philip Heselton draws on first hand testimony and Doreen’s own personal papers to reveal previously unknown details of her life with fascinating and sometimes startling insights. Adding to the still-emerging story of how an underground cult, described by some as Britain’s only living indigenous religion, became a worldwide spiritual movement in the course of a few decades. While Gerald Brosseau Gardner is credited with breathing life into modern witchcraft, it was his High Priestess Doreen Valiente who made it truly accessible to the wider world. Read more here.

Written to fill the gap in available knowledge on trance, prophecy, deity-possession and mediumship within the neo-Pagan and Wiccan communities, Lifting the Veil has been developed from Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone’s personal work and public workshops on trance-prophecy and ecstatic ritual over 25 years. The book covers the history and modern practice of trance as well as the methods of practice. It also explores the four keys to trance-prophecy, which include the importance of understanding mythical cosmology and psychology, understanding the role of energy in trance, the nature of spirits and deity, and understanding what trance is and the techniques involved. Because trance-prophecy is a very subjective process, the book includes descriptions of the personal experiences of others and transcriptions from several independent sessions by modern seers and priestesses. Read more here.

In Wild Once, internationally renowned High Wiccan Priestess, Vivianne Crowley, reveals the secret riches to be found on a hidden path. This is the extraordinary and inspiring guide to a life lived magically, of adventures into the unknown and of finding spiritual nourishment. It shows what can happen when you have the courage to step into the unexplainable and live untamed. It is also an evocative, intricate account of a hidden world, a rich tour of modern magical practices, from meditation to manifestation, shamanism to spellwork. Magic is waiting to be discovered. Read more here.

The philosophical roots of much of Wicca and Paganism, as well as Western ceremonial magick, come from ancient Egypt. In this thoroughly researched book, the Grand Master of the Aurum Solis shares the history and evolution of the theurgic tradition―including the origins of Hermeticism in Egypt and the Mediterranean world, the birthplace of the theurgic tradition―and how-to instructions for discovering the presence of the divine in the world. Read more here.

Within this book’s pages, J.H. Brennan acts as your seasoned guide, unveiling the secrets of separating your consciousness from your physical form. Learn to navigate the astral plane, a realm brimming with vibrant landscapes and boundless possibilities. Brennan equips you with powerful techniques, honed over years of exploration, to unlock this hidden doorway within yourself. Imagine drifting through breathtaking vistas, encountering otherworldly beings, and gaining profound insights into the nature of reality. Astral Doorways is not just a book, it’s an invitation to embark on a thrilling adventure unlike any other. Are you ready to awaken your inner explorer and unlock the secrets of the astral plane? Read more here.

This compelling account of eccentricity and Witchcraft in the 1950s and 60s revolves around two principal characters: ‘Rex Nemorensis’ (Charles Cardell), son of an internationally famous Victorian stage magician, and Ray Howard, owner of the Head of Atho, a representation of the Horned God of the Witches reputedly over 2000-years-old. From the luxury of his country estate, Cardell trod his own unique path of modern Witchcraft, the reality of which was e ectively put on trial in a High Court libel case brought against a major newspaper, following an article by two reporters who had hidden near Charles’ sacred Grove….Read more here.

Raven Grimassi is among the pioneering authors of the modern witchcraft renaissance. In What We Knew in the Night, he presents a cohesive and complete system of witchcraft based on traditional sources. The author’s premise is that, beginning in the 1980s, with the rise of modern metaphysical publishing, authors began presenting very personal witchcraft practices. In the process, traditional and formerly well-established practices fell into obscurity, which potentially lead to confusion. Read more here.

The ancient world of Egypt, Greece, and Rome was home to a set of magical and spiritual technologies, called theurgy, that unite the practice of magic with the aims of religion. Theurgy, or “godwork,” is the art of creating a stronger bond between the theurgist and his or her deities. The results of this stronger bond were imminently practical: stronger magic, more meaningful existence, and a better life. With the fall of Rome, these techniques faded into obscurity, and many of them were lost forever. Read more here.

This book turned up for me at just the right time. I’ve recently begun an intensive and immersive exploration of the Goddess of the Witches and have been working to align my personal practice more closely with her, and in pursuing this, the themes of magical theurgy were bound to pop up at one point or another. Theurgy: Seven Approaches to Divine Connectionis actually an anthology bringing together several voices from actual Theurgists, each of who offers their own unique take on how to incorporate theuristic (is that a word?) techniques into one’s magical practice. Read more here.

Rewild yourself. Return to an ancient, deeper way of being. Reconnect with the primordial, animistic world of the spirits and the powers of nature that have been patiently waiting for you to return. Once you become open to this reality, the spirits of nature will welcome you, bond with you, and help you. In Feral Magick: Unleash Your Inner Animal Self, author Denny Sargent gives readers the tools they need to locate and work with their inner animal as well as with sacred deities and personal animal spirits. Through spells, rituals, and meditations, as well as shapeshifting and trance states, readers will learn how to tap into their natural instinct, intuition, and insight. Read more here.

Explore the mysteries and magick of the cauldron and the goddesses and gods associated with this sacred tool. Looking at some of the oldest forms of the Cauldron- from Arthurian lore and the progression of the Holy Grail to the vessels of alchemists- work with the powers of the sacred cauldron in sequence, using the myth of transformation and rebirth from the goddess Cerridwen and her bardic son Taliesin as a system of initiatory magick. The mystery of the Mother and child, of life, death, and rebirth, is at the heart of these teachings. Read more here.

David Salisbury’s Hail to the Guardians: Invoking the Wisdom of the Watchtowers is the first and only work devoted entirely to the guardians of the watchtowers, and it is a genuinely refreshing read. Most occult texts allude to the watchtowers, often confining them to a brief paragraph or two within discussions of circle casting. By contrast, Salisbury offers an entire volume dedicated to engaging with and exploring these forces in a practical, hands-on manner, something that feels long overdue for new and experienced Witches alike. Read more here.

As an avid and enthusiastic Witch, my usual reading list tends to focus primarily on books related to the magical arts, witchcraft, paganism, and other similar esoteric and occult topics. Anyone who knows me knows that my shelves are packed full of books on spellwork, herbalism, old grimoires, and books written specifically on Witchcraft’s history, and for the most part I find comfort in these topics. Read more here.