# Book Discussions **URL:** \ **Category:** Everything Else\ **Created:** [March 14, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838 "2026-03-14T18:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sedim\_Haba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/sedim_haba/32/845_2.png) [@Sedim\_Haba](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Sedim_Haba)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/1 "2026-03-14T18:56:30Z")
Seems that many new members ask about book recommendations and that many members have said recommendations on their own path and more sometimes. I feel that we could use a dedicated thread about books. Now it’s against the [rules of the forum](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/faq-guidelines/4#stealing) to post links to the books. But, as I’ve said in a different thread, some books are public domain. However, that’s sometimes a gray area. So, feel free to PM me if you have trouble finding a particular book, I can link such on my file sharing service for you. Otherwise, use an Amazon link for recommendations. All makes sense? Any book lists should go here too, with a category, like **“White Witch books:”**. An example of an Amazon share: [The Goddess Hekate](https://www.amazon.com/goddess-Studies-Christian-religion-philosophy-ebook/dp/B09B5HH47P) ---
**Author:** ![Sedim\_Haba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/sedim_haba/32/845_2.png) [@Sedim\_Haba](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Sedim_Haba)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/2 "2026-03-14T19:10:04Z")
Also, post book archive links. Especially those with the free public domain books. [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/) [welib.org/](https://welib.org/) _(I’d post Anna’s Archive but it keeps getting shut down and moving)_ I get a LOT of books off Facebook. There’s Groups that have PDFs. Public Groups. ---
**Author:** ![Lady-Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58f4c7/32.png) [@Lady-Gene](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Lady-Gene)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/3 "2026-03-14T20:53:41Z")
Super Saturday Sedim, Yes this is a touchy subject. I will place my 3 beginner recommendations. I do not have a “site” so I do NOT earn any commission. My recommendations are exactly that, what I am recommending, nothing that I make any money from. I have 3 basic, easiest read to more complex/technical. Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner–Scott Cunningham—this is very easy to read, very simple, and totally understandable. It gives a great basis for someone to decide what they want/believe before thinking about joining a coven. Who knows, maybe a coven is not for you. Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft–Raymond Buckland–you may hear this referred to as “Buckland’s Big Blue”–this is easy, has short exercises, and gives easily understood explanations on the different “denominations” of Wicca. A Witches’ Bible: The Complete Witches’ Handbook–Janet and Stewart Farrar–this follows Gardnerian Wicca very well; whether you agree with Gardner or not, this is a very “factual” book on what Wicca is. It is extremely informative, and many of us who do not follow the Gardnerian path, still keep this close at hand, because like the title says, it’s “A Witches’ Bible”—loads of information. Well, I hope this holds, and I will not have to type this up again. Oh, Sedim, I am very tactile and only use books that I can actually see and touch. But, I totally understand the “new way” of technology; just not for me. Betwixt us both, we can keep everyone in reading.😆 Lady Gene 🐦‍🔥 ---
**Author:** ![WrenTalbot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/wrentalbot/32/1156_2.png) [@WrenTalbot](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/WrenTalbot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/4 "2026-03-15T01:13:27Z")
Nice idea. I will throw in the link to the Internet Archive Here: [Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine](https://archive.org/details/texts) They have a HUGE selection. It does take a bit to figure out their search engine though, fair warning. Cheers. 🪷 ---
**Author:** ![Sedim\_Haba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/sedim_haba/32/845_2.png) [@Sedim\_Haba](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Sedim_Haba)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/5 "2026-03-15T03:19:58Z")
> [@Lady-Gene](#): > > Oh, Sedim, I am very tactile and only use books that I can actually see and touch Me too, but I have a ‘try before you buy’ motto. If I like a book, I will buy a physical copy. _(Unless it’s super-rare or super-expensive.)_ There’s a pretty good library at my high priestesses house, which is also our coven HQ. I borrow & donate & will buy my own copy if it’s something I need all the time, reference. ---
**Author:** ![Lady-Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58f4c7/32.png) [@Lady-Gene](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Lady-Gene)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/6 "2026-03-15T03:27:53Z")
> [@Sedim\_Haba](#): > > I have a ‘try before you buy’ motto. Likewise. I have a “frequent flyer” card for the library. I go through about 3 books a week. If I read a book numerous times, then I buy it. Lady Gene 📚 ---
**Author:** ![marcus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/marcus/32/944_2.png) [@marcus](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/marcus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/7 "2026-03-15T16:32:52Z")
I have a number of books that I like and have kept. Many of my occult/pagan/witch books have been gifted to others. I am who I am and see no point on those books I’ll never read again collecting dust. Among my keepers are _Eva Peron_ by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz and _Kleopatra_ by Karen Essex. I tried online stuff but just can’t seem to get into them. What I am doing in this moment is the longest I’m online at any given time, and I often go as much as a week without opening it - it’s a mental health thing. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must go bring in my plants that haven’t already blown away, since we are having 50 mph gusts and it is forecast to get into the teens tonight. 😟 Brightest Blessings! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sedim\_Haba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/sedim_haba/32/845_2.png) [@Sedim\_Haba](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Sedim_Haba)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/8 "2026-03-15T19:10:22Z")
> [@marcus](#): > > Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must go bring in my plants that haven’t already blown away, since we are having 50 mph gusts and it is forecast to get into the teens tonig Where the heck you live? I’m on the Wisconsin border and here I always thought it was arctic… About books I gave my huge Judaism library to the kids, like 99% of it. I still have to unpack the bulk of my occult books and put them somewhere. Where, IDK. I have the ‘essentials’ on one shelf. Otherwise I rely on internet copies, even of books I own. PDFs and such, I feel the need to ‘hoover’ up as much as I can, I never know what will be needed when. Buy if useful. Yup, I’m a hoarder. I REALLY need to sort it all, while the weather is awful. ---
**Author:** ![WrenTalbot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/wrentalbot/32/1156_2.png) [@WrenTalbot](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/WrenTalbot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/9 "2026-03-15T20:49:06Z")
lol dear god Sedim, that sounds like a lot! I have little space and just one bookshelf, so anything I don’t NEED gets donated. I retain all my info through a stockpile of journals and typed documents. And how cold is it for you now? I wager I can beat you in the cold temps any day. 🤣 (I wager I can beat anyone 99% of the time. I don’t say where I live, but when it says Arctic Circle on my profile, I **mean** **it.** After yesterday’s blizzard of about 6 inches of snow, it now feels like 7º outside. I can provide evidence! lol… Cheers. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Sedim\_Haba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/sedim_haba/32/845_2.png) [@Sedim\_Haba](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Sedim_Haba)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/10 "2026-03-15T20:53:52Z")
No envy here!, so we have arctic and desert and down-under members. All over, I’m middle US. ---
**Author:** ![WrenTalbot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/wrentalbot/32/1156_2.png) [@WrenTalbot](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/WrenTalbot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/11 "2026-03-15T21:35:42Z")
lol by no means should anyone envy that. … I really need to move. 😅 Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Aguilero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Aguilero](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Aguilero)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/12 "2026-03-16T10:40:23Z")
Dearest Sedim hi, my humble suggestion is to go straight to the source; there are some things we just can’t find anywhere else, and we have to pay the institutions that hold them to get a copy. If you’re interested, we can arrange to get them. We need to discuss this calmly in detail. ---
**Author:** ![Sedim\_Haba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/sedim_haba/32/845_2.png) [@Sedim\_Haba](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Sedim_Haba)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/13 "2026-03-16T17:24:40Z")
It is against the policy of this forum to link specific copyrighted works for illegal download. Links to public domain book collections is allowed however, therefore. Links to books on Amazon (or other seller) are encouraged for share of recommendations. I hope to see such recommendations and book discussions here. Public Domain out of print does not always mean readily available, however. For those rare out-of-print books yes more sources may be good. If sufficient interest is generated for that rare work. My path does not rely on such as Shaman don’t have or use a Grimoire. Closest is the journals that I have by Automatic Writings. ---
**Author:** ![marcus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/marcus/32/944_2.png) [@marcus](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/marcus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/14 "2026-03-17T15:38:57Z")
At the moment I live on the very western edge of what they call central Kentucky. I think it is becoming the case everywhere but the weather here sucks. It’s as though Mother Nature is saying, “Oh yeah, well watch this!”. Two days ago, it was 81 degrees, today it is 17 with a coating of snow on the ground. I have more or less adopted the philosophy that if something has been essentially untouched for a year or two, I don’t need it. I put things in a box, list the contents (not on the box) and label the box destroy/donate on “date”. I seal the box and if I haven’t opened it by the specified date, it gets tossed. By then I don’t have a clue what’s in the box without looking up the list of contents. ---
**Author:** ![Lady-Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58f4c7/32.png) [@Lady-Gene](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Lady-Gene)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/15 "2026-03-19T03:58:30Z")
Witchy Wednesday Marcus, I am almost the same way. I try to go through everything twice a year. I save the yearly stuff, like the winter jacket; otherwise, if it hasn’t been used in 6 mos. I guess I don’t really need it. Lady Gene ---
**Author:** ![Sedim\_Haba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/sedim_haba/32/845_2.png) [@Sedim\_Haba](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Sedim_Haba)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/16 "2026-03-29T21:07:27Z")
Some links of download sites. Not links to the actual books. Use with discretion. Some I’ve already posted: [https://welib.org/](https://welib.org/) > **[Home | Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/)** > > The world's largest library. View historic photos, maps, books and more. Contact experts for help with research. Plan a visit. Home of U.S. Copyright Office. New: > **[More than 2100 free esoteric and occult ebooks, spellbooks in PDF to download](https://darkbooks.org/)** > > These are my most favorite books on magic and occultism. My personal collection of books contains more than 2100 PDF books and it is freely available to all [https://www.gutenberg.org/](https://www.gutenberg.org/) > **[Twilit Grotto -- Esoteric Archives](https://esotericarchives.com/)** > **[Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.](https://www.scribd.com/)** > > Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and counting. [https://oceanofpdf.com/](https://oceanofpdf.com/) > **[Welcome to Open Library | Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/)** > > Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free. … and the one that’ll need constant updates: > **[Anna’s Archive: LibGen (Library Genesis), Sci-Hub, Z-Library in one place -...](https://annas-archive.gl/)** > > The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more. ---
**Author:** ![WrenTalbot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/wrentalbot/32/1156_2.png) [@WrenTalbot](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/WrenTalbot)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/17 "2026-04-10T20:48:50Z")
Siiince I found this for Moon, I thought I would add this here to the list. It looks good for researching deities. I have a vague memory of potentially reading it before, too: [Encyclopedia of Gods by Michael Jordan](https://books.google.com/books/about/Encyclopedia_of_Gods.html?id=cvypzwEACAAJ) ---
**Author:** ![Sedim\_Haba](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/sedim_haba/32/845_2.png) [@Sedim\_Haba](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/Sedim_Haba)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/18 "2026-04-15T15:41:36Z")
This topic got kinda stale. Just downloaded a small collection, thought I’d share the list: “A small collection of what I personally consider to be the best introductory books on witchcraft.” 1.) Wicca : A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner 2.) Living Wicca : A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner 3.) Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft 4.) A Witch’s Bible Compleate 5.) Sybil Leek : Diary of a Witch 6.) Drawing Down the Moon 7.) God/Goddess : Exploring the Two Sides of Wiccan Deity 8.) A Wiccan Bible 9.) The Crooked Path 10.) Maiden, Mother, Crone 11.) Circle of the Cosmic Muse 12.) Solitary Witch : Ultimate Book of Shadows for the New Generation 13.) King of the Witches : The World of Alex Sanders Now, many of these will be on [https://annas-archive.gl/](https://annas-archive.gl/) …but you didn’t hear that here… 😉 _(PM me if there’s a problem)_ ---
**Author:** ![SlayerLegion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SlayerLegion](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/SlayerLegion)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/19 "2026-06-30T17:28:36Z")
I have a recommendation to add to the list that’s great for deity research that I’ve found to be rather helpful. It’s a handy little book called _A Wiccan Bible_ by A.J. Drew ---
**Author:** ![RedNorcal](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.pagangrimoire.com/rednorcal/32/1843_2.png) [@RedNorcal](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/u/RedNorcal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838/20 "2026-08-30T18:16:09Z")
You might also consider the following: - Spiral Dance, Starhawk - Grandmother of Time, Z. Budapest For those interested in natural magick, I have begun to read - Green Witch, Ann Murphy-Hiscock - The Green Witch’s Grimoire, Ann Murphy-Hiscock Blessed be [Next page](https://forum.pagangrimoire.com/t/book-discussions/2838.md?page=2)