Traditional Witchcraft Books or articles..any that you would reccommend?

[Caitlin.ann]

I posted here instead of the book area because it has specifically to do with Traditional Witchcraft reading. We all know how hard it can be to find books regarding practices other than Wicca in the new age book section, I was wondering what are some good traditional witchcraft books that you all would recommend? Any articles as well?

[Owd Scrat]

Any book by Nigel Jackson.

Wonderfully poetic and in-depth article here by Andrew Chumbley:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050910032011/http://www.harvestmoon.net/library/chumbley/chumbley.html

ETA: I thought I had better add that the essay is a very long one! Also reading that white font on black always gives me a headache so I just copy & paste articles like that to a white background.

[Ben Gruagach]

There's a thread with links to other threads useful to traditional (non-Wiccan) Witches at http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=129395

The only thing I'd add is that the Yahoo groups mentioned in that thread aren't around any more. But there is a really good traditional Witchcraft Yahoo group that I highly recommend:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Traditional_Witchcraft/

Another good website/messageboard for traditional Witchcraft is http://www.crookedpath.org/

[Lilrodrigues]

Michael Ford for Sabbatic witchcraft, and you can find those on the interwebs.

[Lilrodrigues]

Double post

[Deerwoman]

This is my Traditional Witchcraft Reading List from my website, it's broken down by tradition and also general reading:

General


Call of the Horned Piper (http://www.amazon.com/Horned-Piper-Nigel-Aldcroft-Jackson/dp/1898307091/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233197285&sr=1-5) by Nigel Jackson
Crooked Path Journal: A Journal of the Nameless Art (http://www.pendraigpublishing.com/products.asp?genre=Journal)
Light from the Shadows: A Mythos of Modern Traditional Witchcraft (http://www.amazon.com/Light-Shadows-Mythos-Traditional-Witchcraft/dp/1861630611/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233197776&sr=1-15) by Gwyn
Masks of Misrule: The Horned God & His Cult in Europe (http://www.amazon.com/Masks-Misrule-Horned-Cult-Europe/dp/1898307679/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233197254&sr=1-1) by Nigel Jackson
Mastering Witchcraft (http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Witchcraft-Practical-Witches-Warlocks/dp/0595420060/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233197551&sr=1-1) by Paul Huson
Pillars of Tubal Cain (http://www.amazon.com/Pillars-Tubal-Cain-Nigel-Jackson/dp/1861630298/ref=pd_sim_b_4) by Nigel Jackson
Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft (http://www.amazon.com/Treading-Mill-Practical-Traditional-Witchcraft/dp/1861632932/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233197600&sr=1-9) by Nigel G. Pearson

Culture-Based


Balkan Traditional Witchcraft (http://www.pendraigpublishing.com/products.asp?genre=Witchcraft) by Radormir Ristic
Black Books of Elverum (http://www.amazon.com/Black-Books-Elverum-Mary-Rustad/dp/1880090759) by Mary S. Rustad (Swedish)
Gaelic Otherworld: Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands and Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands (http://www.amazon.com/Gaelic-Otherworld-Superstitions-Highlands-Witchcraft/dp/1841587338/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233198056&sr=1-1) by John Gregorson Campbell
Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch (http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Witchcraft-Witch-Lora-OBrien/dp/1564147592/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233197600&sr=1-4) by Lora O’Brien
Old Tradition Crafte (http://www.arsobscurabookbinding.com/titles_for_sale.html) by Robin Artisan
Silver Bough (http://paganbookworm.org/2009/01/24/the-silver-bough/) by F. Marian McNeill
Sorgitzak: Old Forest Craft (http://www.amazon.com/Sorgitzak-Forest-Craft-Veronica-Cummer/dp/0979616867/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210297681&sr=1-1) by Veronica Cummer
Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways (http://www.cornishwitchcraft.co.uk/store.html) by Gemma Gary

Cunning Folk / Cunning Art


Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History (http://www.amazon.com/Popular-Magic-Cunning-folk-English-History/dp/184725036X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183087828&sr=1-1) by Owen Davies
A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in 19th Century Somerset (http://www.karisgarden.com/cunningfolk/bewitched.htm)by Owen Davies
(http://www.karisgarden.com/cunningfolk/bewitched.htm)
Witchcraft, Magic and Culture 1736-1951 (http://www.karisgarden.com/cunningfolk/wmc.htm) by Owen Davies
(http://www.karisgarden.com/cunningfolk/wmc.htm)
Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0582894131?tag=cottingleyglen&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0582894131&adid=1K7MDSNNHRPY9PSNG04H&) by Owen Davies
An Joan the Crone: The History and Craft of the Cornish Witch (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1901163938?ie=UTF8&tag=corniswitchc-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1901163938) by Kelvin I. Jones
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1901163938?ie=UTF8&tag=corniswitchc-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1901163938)
Biddy Early: The Wise Woman of Clare (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Biddy-Early-Wise-Woman-Clare/dp/1856353168/ref=sr_1_10/202-0808627-0403029?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183144922&sr=8-10) - Meda Ryan
Cunning Folk And Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions In Early Modern British Witchcraft And Magic (http://www.amazon.com/Cunning-Folk-Familiar-Spirits-Shamanistic/dp/1845190785/ref=sr_1_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183088255&sr=1-1) by Emma Wilby
(http://www.amazon.com/Cunning-Folk-Familiar-Spirits-Shamanistic/dp/1845190785/ref=sr_1_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183088255&sr=1-1)
Secrets of East Anglian Magic (http://www.capallbann.co.uk/popup.cfm?p_n=260294&p_i=260294) - Nigel Pennick
Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healing (http://www.amazon.com/Leechcraft-English-Charms-Plantlore-Healing/dp/1898281238/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&qid=1183087828&sr=1-3) by Stephen Pollington
(http://www.amazon.com/Leechcraft-English-Charms-Plantlore-Healing/dp/1898281238/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&qid=1183087828&sr=1-3)
The Gaelic Otherworld (http://www.amazon.com/Gaelic-Otherworld-Gregorson-Superstitions-Witchcraft/dp/1841582077/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183089285&sr=1-1) by John Gregorson Campbell
Witchcraft in England (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007DP5KU?tag=cottingleyglen&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B0007DP5KU&adid=1EW8RB747GSTWSAPYRDV&) - Christina Hole
The Pickingill Papers: The Origin of the Gardnerian Craft (http://www.amazon.com/Pickingill-Papers-Origin-Gardnerian-Craft/dp/1898307105/ref=sr_1_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183087590&sr=8-1) by W.E. Liddell

Anderson’s Feri Tradition


Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition (http://acornguild.com/50years.html) by Cora Anderson
Thorns of the Blood Rose (http://acornguild.com/thorns.html) by Victor H. Anderson
Lilith’s Garden (http://acornguild.com/lilith.html) by Victor H. Anderson
Etheric Anatomy (http://acornguild.com/anatomy.html) by Victor H. and Cora Anderson
People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out (http://www.amazon.com/People-Earth-New-Pagans-Speak/dp/0892815590/ref=sr_1_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183001722&sr=8-1) by Ellen Hopman (with Lawrence Bond) - Contains a rare interview with Victor.
By Witch Eye: Selections from the Feri Uprising, Vol.1 (http://feritradition.org/witcheye/book_BWEV1.htm), by Contributors to Witch Eye (Storm Faerywolf, ed.)
The White Wand (http://www.carnivalia.com/books_feri.htm#whitewand) by Anaar
The Spiral Dance (http://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Dance-Rebirth-Religion-Anniversary/dp/0062516329/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183001900&sr=1-1)by Starhawk
Evolutionary Witchcraft (http://www.amazon.com/Evolutionary-Witchcraft-T-Thorn-Coyle/dp/1585424366/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183001985&sr=1-1) by T. Thorn Coyle
The Stars Within the Earth (http://www.carnivalia.com/books_feri.htm#stars) by Storm Faerywolf

Robert Cochrane, Clan of Tubal Cain, & 1734


The Roebuck in the Thicket (http://www.amazon.com/Roebuck-Thicket-Anthology-Witchcraft-Tradition/dp/1861631553/ref=sr_1_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182967646&sr=8-1) - Evan John Jones & Michael Howard
The Robert Cochrane Letters (http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Cochrane-Letters-Traditional-Witchcraft/dp/1861632096/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&qid=1182967646&sr=8-1)- Evan John Jones & Michael Howard
The Forge of Tubal Cain (http://www.amazon.com/Witchcraft-Tradition-Evan-John-Jones/dp/0709065213/ref=sr_1_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182967710&sr=1-1) by Ann Finnin
Rollright Ritual (http://www.amazon.com/Rollright-ritual-William-G-Gray/dp/0900448210/ref=sr_1_6/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182967965&sr=1-6)- William Gray
Sacred Mask, Sacred Dance (http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Mask-Dance-Llewellyns-Craft/dp/1567183735/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&qid=1182967710&sr=1-1) - Jones & Chas S. Clifton
Standing Stone and Elder Tree (http://www.amazon.com/Standing-Stone-Elder-Tree-Unconscious/dp/0875422993/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182967965&sr=1-3) - William Gray (newer version of Rollright)
Rebirth of Witchcraft (http://www.amazon.com/Rebirth-Witchcraft-Doreen-Valiente/dp/0919345395/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&qid=1182967710&sr=1-1)(Chapter 8 ) - Doreen Valiente
Triumph of the Moon (http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Moon-History-Modern-Witchcraft/dp/0192854496/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182967878&sr=1-1) (Chapter 15-16) - Ronald Hutton (not the most acurrate or unbiased account)
Western Inner Workings (http://www.amazon.com/Western-Inner-Workings-Sangreal-Sodality/dp/0877285608/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182968065&sr=1-2) (Chapter 10) - William Gray
White Goddess (http://www.amazon.com/White-Goddess-Historical-Grammar-Poetic/dp/0374504938/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182967926&sr=1-2) - Robert Graves
Witchcraft: A Tradition Renewed (http://www.amazon.com/Witchcraft-Tradition-Evan-John-Jones/dp/0709065213/ref=sr_1_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182967710&sr=1-1)- Evan John Jones
Witchcraft, The Sixth Sense (http://www.amazon.com/Witchcraft-Sixth-Sense-Justine-Glass/dp/0879801743/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2980201-8505444?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182968096&sr=1-1) (Chapters 1, 10 & 11) - Justine Glass (Cochrane gave her a lot of misinformation, so don’t take the quotes as writ)

Sabbatic Witchcraft

Books:


Azoetia: a Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft (Xoanon 1992)
Book of Abramelin: A New Translation (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Abramelin-New-Translation/dp/089254127X/ref=pd_sim_b_4) by Abraham Von Worms
Qutub: the Point (Xoanon and Fulgur, 1995)
Grimoire of the Golden Toad (Xoanon, 2000)
Grimorium Verum (http://www.amazon.com/Grimorium-Verum-Joseph-H-Peterson/dp/1434811166/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233198497&sr=8-3) by Joseph H. Peterson
The Draconian Grimoire or ‘The Dragon-Book of Essex‘ (Xoanon , not yet released)
Viridarium Umbris: The Pleasure Garden of Shadow by Daniel A. Schulke
Ars Philtron: Concerning the Aqueous Cunning of the Potion and its Praxis in the Green Arte Magical by Daniel A. Schulke

Publishers:


Xoanon Publishing Ltd (http://www.xoanon.co.uk/)
Fulgur Limited (http://www.fulgur.co.uk/)
Field’s Book Store (http://www.fieldsbooks.com/)
IXAXAAR Occult Literature and Distribution (http://www.ixaxaar.com/sabbatic.html)