List of Useful Books

Books of historical interest to Wicca:

• Aradia: Gospel of the Witches, by Charles G. Leland; Phoenix Publishing, 1990.
  This is claimed to be a book describing the Craft of the witches of Tuscany, the "strega." It contains the piece of lore that became the Charge of the Goddess.
• The God of the Witches, by Margaret Murray; Oxford University Press, 1952.
  This is a semi-biased anthropological account of the Craft in early and medieval Europe. Its scholaship has been criticized, but it remains a key book to understanding our history.
• The Witch Cult in Western Europe, by Margaret Murray; Oxford University Press, 1921.
  This book is full of quotes from original sources about the history of the Craft in Europe. However, they are not translated -- one needs to read English, French, German, and Middle English to understand everything in it.
• The Sea Priestess, by Dion Fortune; Samuel Weiser, 1993.
  This novel is one of the most important early works about the Craft by a woman whose influence on it continues today.