your favorite book to recommend to beginners in wicca?

Along with Scott Cunningham's books, I usually suggest

Pagans and the Law by Dana Eilers

The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft - Ronald Hutton

Witchcraft Today - Gerald B. Gardner.

Witchdom of the True - Edred Thorsson

Wicca: the Old Religion in the New Milennium - Vivianne Crowley

Advanced Wiccan Spirituality - Kevin Saunders

The Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle - Deborah Lipp

Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic - by Phyllis W. Curott

Positive Magic - Marion Weinstein

The Circle Within: Creating a Wiccan Spiritual Tradition - Dianne Sylvan

Book of Shadows - Phyllis Curott

The Second Circle - Venecia Rauls

The Heart of Wicca: Wise Words from a Crone on the Path - Ellen Cannon Reed

Evolutionary Witchcraft - T. Thorn Coyle

The Wiccan Path: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner - Rae Beth

21st Century Wicca - Jennifer Hunter

Witchcraft: A Concise Guide - Isaac Bonewits

Way of Four - Deborah Lipp

I second (or is it third?) the Scott Cunningham "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" recommendation. "Essential Wicca" by Paul Tuitean and Estelle Daniels is on my bedside table right now and is turning out to be quite good. I also have an ebook called "A Practical Guide to Witchcraft and Magic Spells" by Cassandra Eason which is quite a handy text for beginners.

I firmly advise anyone to stay away from anything by Silver Ravenwolf, for the reasons so well outlined in the following essay:

http://wicca.timerift.net/ravenwolf.shtml

Yes, Scott Cunningham is a very good choice for the beginners. It is simple and fun, but still tells the basics of myths and ritual and celebrations. Also very good and interesting book is Starhawk´s "The Spiral Dance". Although it is aimed mainly to covens, there still are the exercises and rituals and celebrations of Sabat´s and Esbat´s and you can always make them fit also for the solitary practitioners.

Also very interesting about the history of Wicca is Ronald Hutton´s "The Triumph of The Moon - A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft" and Margot Adler´s "Drawing Down The Moon".

I would recommend "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft". I have this book and its a good general guide with some really good info. I often refer back to this book.

Anything by Scott Cunningham. :-)

"Simple Wicca" by Michele Morgan.

Fantastic book for beginners--I'd recommend it to anyone.

Blessed Be :D

-Toma

http://www.sacredhearth.com/books/wicca

That's my list of reading suggestions for Wicca

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