Limited to texts I have read, at least in part. The lists evolve over time, so check back in. Open to book suggestions.
I naturally have some reservations and a range of opinions about many of the works listed here. Hit me up if you have questions about a specific text.
Little List for Beginners
A mix systems, techniques, and context I think beginners will value.
Honoring Your Ancestors by Mallorie Vaudoise (2019)
Traditional Witchcraft by Gemma Gary (2008)
The Sorcerer’s Secrets by Jason Miller (2009)
The Elements of Spellcrafting by Jason Miller (2018)
A Deck of Spells by Professor Charles Porterfield (2015)
An Animist’s Guide to Working with Spirits of Your Home by Ivy Senna (2025)
Accused: British Witches Throughout History by Willow Winsham (2022)
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton (2001)
Folk Tales by Wilhelm Matthiessen (1968)
Practical Sorcery
Texts containing operations that have worked for me, practical knowledge I have used, or whose advice I have found helpful.
The Sorcerer’s Secrets by Jason Miller (2009)
The Elements of Spellcrafting by Jason Miller (2018)
Honoring Your Ancestors by Mallorie Vaudoise (2019)
An Animist’s Guide to Working with Spirits of Your Home by Ivy Senna (2025)
Apotropaia curated by Psychepomp
Witches’ Potions and Spells by Kathryn Paulsen (1971)
The Complete Book of Magic and Witchcraft by Kathryn Paulsen (1970)
Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot (1584)
Historiola: The Power of Narrative Charms by Carl Nordblom (2021)
The Black Books of Elverum by Oskar Garstein (2022)
Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-Lore by Sarah Hewett (1900)
Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet by David Rankine (2011)
Traditional Witchcraft by Gemma Gary (2008)
Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure and Folk Magic from Appalachia by Jake Richards (2019)
The Silver Bullet: And Other American Witch Stories by Hubert J. Davis (1975)
Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston (1935)
A Deck of Spells by Professor Charles Porterfield (2015)
The Long Lost Friend by John George Hohman
True to the Earth: Pagan Political Theology by Kadmus (2023)
The Orphic Hymns by Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin Wolkow (2013)
Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes (2020)
Dictionary of Roman Religion by Lesley and Roy Adkins (2000)
Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe by Ronald Hutton (2023)
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy by Ronald Hutton (1991)
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton (2021)
The Treasure of the Tuatha De Danann by Morgan Daimler (2019)
Tales of the Tuatha De Danann Vol. 2 by Morgan Daimler (2016)
Manannán Mac Lir: Meeting The Celtic God Of Wave And Wonder by Morgan Daimler (2019)
The Sacred Isle: Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin (1999)
Lady Gregory’s Complete Irish Mythology by Lady Gregory (1902-04)
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The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton (2017)
The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West: From Antiquity to the Present ed. David J. Collins, S. J. (2015)
Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (2021)
Witch Belief in Scottish Coastal Communities by Lizanne Henderson (2017)
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1662)
Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits by Emma Wilby (2005)
Accused: British Witches throughout History by Willow Winsham (2022)
Under the Devil’s Spell: Witches, Sorcerers and the Inquisition in Renaissance Italy by Matteo Duni (2007)
The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by Carlo Ginzburg (1985)
Werewolf Histories ed. Willem de Blécourt (2015)
Witchcraft in Old and New England by George Lyman Kittredge (1929)
Witchcraft in Early North America by Alison Games (2010)
The Silver Bullet: And Other American Witch Stories by Hubert J. Davis (1975)
A Treasury of New England Folklore: Stories, Ballads and Traditions of Yankee Folk by B.A. Botkin (1947)
The Narrow Land: Folk Chronicles of Old Cape Cod by Elizabeth Reynard (1934)
Irish Folktales by Henry Glassie (1985)
Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (2021)
Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-Lore by Sarah Hewett (1900)
Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe by Ronald Hutton (2023)
Folk Tales by Wilhelm Matthiessen (1968)
The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton (1985)
The Silver Bullet: And Other American Witch Stories by Hubert J. Davis (1975)
Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians by Patrick W. Gainer (1975)
Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston (1935)
The Narrow Land: Folk Chronicles of Old Cape Cod by Elizabeth Reynard (1934)
A Treasury of New England Folklore: Stories, Ballads and Traditions of Yankee Folk by B.A. Botkin (1947)
Lolly Willowes: Or the Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner (1926)
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (1995)
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice (1990)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke (2004)
Enchantress: A Novel of Rav Hisda’s Daughter by Maggie Anton (2014)
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart (1970)
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (2008)
Circe by Madeline Miller (2018)
Botanical.com - A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve (og. 1931)
The Complete Old Wives’ Lore for Gardeners by Bridget and Maureen Boland (1976)
Discovering the Folklore of Plants by Margaret Baker (1969)
Ireland’s Wild Plants: Myths, Legends, and Folklore by Niall Mac Coitir (2006)
Wildflower Folklore by Laura C. Martin (1984)
Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
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