Book query

[the_old_soul]

Horribly vague again I know, but I'm after a comprehensive bit-of-everything. I'm essentially after Pagan books that are not a 101 or an ABC. Material that may follow that same style is fine, as long as it delves a bit deeper than "this is an Athame. This is a wand

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[verdecat]

Grey Cat was one of my teacher's teachers. Shes ... interesting. If you want a way to take a deeper insight to a bit of Kabbalah, try THE CHICKEN QABALLAH by DuQuett, and THE LAYMAN'S KABBALAH trust me they are NOT fluffy.

[soulfire06]

Hi,

I don't know what you've read, or what level you're at, so I'll keep this pretty general. Below are some titles I view as "intermediate" to advanced. YMMV. I've arranged them in the order I would basically have my students read them. These get progressively more difficult:

1. _The Complete Art of Witchcraft_ by Sybil Leek. This book is not without some bias by the author (especially the horrible chapter on homosexuality--skip it!), but it is a classic and more challenging than most books out now. I give this to newbies to weed out the insincere. Alas, it's oop, but I often see used copies on eBay.

2. _The Witches' Sabbats_ by Mike Nichols. This book explains the origins of the eight Pagan holidays. It's not a "how-to", but a "why" book. Somewhat challenging.

3. _Witchcraft for Tomorrow_ by Doreen Valiente.

4. _Dreaming the Dark_ by Starhawk.

5. _The Great Mother_ by Erich Newmann will stretch your critical thinking. (It's 379 pages! And it has 185 additional pages of plates.)