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Robert MoonShadow The Pirate Farmer

Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 2049 Location: White Bird, Idaho
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 12:55 pm Post subject: Any suggestions on books? |
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I'm going to Lewiston in a week or so, which has a Hastings bookstore. I'd like some suggestions on what are good books to get - I just can't seem to 'connect' with the two I have. I study them, then try to work it, but still have yet to "feel" anything when I try to ground/center. I need some basic stuff, still. I'm thinking perhaps Buckland or Cunningham? I'm more into Celtic, Germanic, things focused more on herbs or what I've heard described as "hedge-" or "kitchen-" witches.
I'm not really into the Wiccan philosophy/beliefs, so not sure if these two authors would fit, but the subject matters they cover seem to fit? _________________ "In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King"
"There are none so blind, as those that will not see"
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Robert MoonShadow The Pirate Farmer

Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 2049 Location: White Bird, Idaho
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Any thoughts on these?
Green Magic: The Sacred Connection to Nature Paperback
by Ann Moura (Author)
Green Witchcraft II: Balancing Light & Shadow Paperback
by Ann Moura (Author)
The Manual (Green Witchcraft, Book 3) Paperback
by Ann Moura (Author)
The Inner Temple of Witchcraft: Magick, Meditation and Psychic Development (Penczak Temple Series) Paperback
by Christopher Penczak (Author)
books by Ellen Dugan
*these are the ones I'm looking at on Amazon* _________________ "In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King"
"There are none so blind, as those that will not see"
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Robert MoonShadow The Pirate Farmer

Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 2049 Location: White Bird, Idaho
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Hmf. No input at all? _________________ "In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King"
"There are none so blind, as those that will not see"
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Abbysynthe The Mistress of All Things Naughty

Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 1989 Location: I have no freakin' idea.
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:24 am Post subject: |
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I have not read any of them, Robert, so I have no real advice to give you. I basically learn by the seat of my pants, trial and error and talking with people that know more than I do. _________________
*If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but think you'll lose, you're lost.
For out in the world we find success begins with a person's faith; It's all in the state of mind.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster hand; They go to the one who trusts in Themselves and always thinks... "I can." |
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Narn Magus of the Blue Duck


Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 6750 Location: New York City, USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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I like the works of Christopher Penczak... _________________ .
The place is still growing, it still is here
It will grow until all of its children are there
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Robert MoonShadow The Pirate Farmer

Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 2049 Location: White Bird, Idaho
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Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, Abbye & Narn.
Penczak, huh? Any particular one(s)? _________________ "In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King"
"There are none so blind, as those that will not see"
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Serafina Fae Seraphim of Hope

Joined: 24 Sep 2008 Posts: 1309 Location: Somewhere over the Rainbow
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:29 am Post subject: |
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I will look into the works of Penczak next. they all sound very interesting. but when I look at the titles you chose about nature and magick, then I doubt his books are what you would seek right now......
oh btw, on the weekend I will be in the USA, so I can finally send out your jar of plum butter  _________________ - the light in me honors the light in you -
May you be filled with lovingkindness
May you be well in body and mind
May you be peaceful and free from fear
May you be truly happy, and free from suffering |
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Robert MoonShadow The Pirate Farmer

Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 2049 Location: White Bird, Idaho
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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Lady Midnight Moon wrote: | I will look into the works of Penczak next. they all sound very interesting. but when I look at the titles you chose about nature and magick, then I doubt his books are what you would seek right now......
oh btw, on the weekend I will be in the USA, so I can finally send out your jar of plum butter  |
Thanks...and thanks. What do you mean about his books? _________________ "In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King"
"There are none so blind, as those that will not see"
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Robert MoonShadow The Pirate Farmer

Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 2049 Location: White Bird, Idaho
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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Got this while in town Thursday -
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)
I like it, so far. _________________ "In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King"
"There are none so blind, as those that will not see"
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John Navarro Initiate

Joined: 18 Mar 2013 Posts: 26 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Robert, if you are still looking for lists of books:
Here is a list of Wicca and Witchcraft books:
http://www.wiccantogether.com/profiles/blogs/advice-for-people-just-starting-out?xg_source=activity
If you have any interest in Druidism or Celtic religion, mythology & lore, I received the following list of books from a Druid Priestess and author (this is the book list they use in her Druidic Order):
Historical Resources ~
Nora Chadwick, THE CELTS
Barry Cunliffe, THE CELTIC WORLD
Otto Hermann Frey, Venceslas Kruta, THE CELTS
Miranda Green, THE WORLD OF THE DRUIDS
John Haywood, THE HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE CELTIC WORLD
Fergus Kelly, A GUIDE TO EARLY IRISH LAW
Fergus Kelly, EARLY IRISH FARMING
Bruce Lincoln, DEATH, WAR AND SACRIFICE
Alwyn and Brinley Rees, CELTIC HERITAGE
Anne Ross, PAGAN CELTIC BRITAIN
Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, GODS AND HEROES OF THE ANCIENT CELTS
Peter Wells, BEYOND CELTS, GERMANS, AND SCYTHIANS: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
Aids to creating Druidic rituals ~
Alexei Kondratiev, CELTIC RITUALS: AN AUTHENTIC GUIDE TO ANCIENT CELTIC SPIRITUALITY
Janet and Colin Bord, EARTH RITES: Fertility Practices in pre-Industrial Britain
Janet and Colin Bord, SACRED WATERS
Alexander Carmichael, CARMINA GADELICA
Cross and Slover, ANCIENT IRISH TALES
Ellen Evert Hopman, A DRUID'S HERBAL FOR THE SACRED EARTH YEAR
Ellen Evert Hopman, A DRUID'S HERBAL OF SACRED TREE MEDICINE
Ellen Evert Hopman, trilogy of Druid novels; PRIESTESS OF THE FOREST, THE DRUID ISLE, PRIESTESS OF THE FIRE TEMPLE
Morgan Daimler, BY LAND SEA AND SKY
Morgan Daimler, WHERE THE HAWTHORN GROWS
Suggested texts for further study;
Nerys Patterson's "Cattle Lords and Clansmen", any of MacNeill's material--especially the "Silver Bough" volumes and the "Festival of Lughnasadh", Gregorson's "The Gaelic Otherworld", Enright's "Lady with a Mead Cup", and Brunaux's "The Celtic Gauls", “Celtic from the West”. _________________ The question is: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then it is a good path. If it doesn’t, then it is of no use. -- Carlos Castaneda |
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Robert MoonShadow The Pirate Farmer

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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, John. Very interesting list. _________________ "In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King"
"There are none so blind, as those that will not see"
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