THE WELL READ WITCH - Essential Books for Your Magickal Library by McColman, Carl - 2002

Franklin, New Jersey: New Page Books, 2002. 287 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Bell, Book, and Candle: The Role of the Book in Witchcraft; Book of Shadows: Oral Tradition and the Written Word; Discernment: How to Figure Out Which Witch Books to Read (and Which Ones to Ignore); How to Us This Book; For the Beginner: A Brief Introduction to Wicca; PART ONE: Discovering Wicca - Introductory Books on Wicca; Introductory Books on Paganism; Intermediate Wiccan Books; Advanced Wiccan Books; Wiccan Classics - Published before 1979; PART TWO: The Elements of Wicca - The Goddess; The God - and Male Spirituality; Mysticism and Meditation; Shamanism; Psychic Development; Magick; Divination; Ritual; Healing; Herbalism; Cycles of the Sun and Moon; Folklore; Mythology; The Inspiration of the Celts; The Inspriation of World Cultures; The Occult Tradition; PART THREE: Wicca in the Real World - History for Witches; Science and Cosmology; Psychology and Community; The Body: Gender and Sexuality; The Earth: Nature, Ecology, and the Sacred Land; Kitchen Witchery: Gardening and the Home; The Arts and Personal Creativity; Fiction for Grownups; Fiction for Kids; Reference Books; The Well-Wired Witch; How to Find Books - Especially When They're Out of Print.. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.