I do so love seeing a well-thumbed copy of one of my books! Thank you for this lovely review. I'm so glad that Grovedaughter WItchery resonates with you and that you're continuing to find it useful!
Thank you for writing it! It's been in my bag, in the bath, covered with herbs and dashes of oil as well as other unidentifiable additions lol Thanks so much for watching! Really means a lot!
I love how all of your book recommendations are so different from the mainstream ones. Those books are great too. But it gets tiring looking at video after video, who recommend the same book over and over again. I learnt so much through just this one video of yours and purchased so many amazing books. Thank you so much! :)
Love the witches garden! Love Ronald Hutton, Kate west and Gemma Gary speaks to my Cornish folklore love. My thesis was on witch trials in the UK so any book on this makes me happy. Great round up btw
1:30 Grovedaughter Witchcraft 3:09 Magical Power for Beginners 4:44 Spellcrafting 6:40 Book of Witchery 8:08 Practical Sigil Magic 9:00 Rudements of Rune Lore 10:04 Magic of the Breath 11:12 Practical Protection Magick 12:22 the tradition of household spirits 13:51 House Witch 14:29 Be your own astrologer 15:05 Witches Garden 15:50 The Magical Properties of Plants and How to Find Them 16:50 Grimoirs a history of magical books 17:26 Popular Magic 17:50 Witches, Sluts, and Feminists 19:35 Rebel Witch 21:12 Your Magical Guide To the Waxing Year (planner) 23:08 Brainscan (zine)
Nice list! I highly recommend 'A Witch's Guide to Spellcraft' and 'By Rust of Nail and Prick of Thorn', both by Althaea Sebastiani. Those books really made me to work on my witchy skills. Also, a special mention to 'Practical Magic' by Nancy B. Watson
A wonderful list! Here are some ones that I’ve read or have been on my radar: “The Art and Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal & Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine” (by Karen M. Rose) is a great rec for intersectional herbalism by a black author! “Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism” (by Sarah Lyons) is lovely as an intro to revolutionary magic! “Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic” (by Amy Torok and Lisa Dickens) is nice for an inclusive history based read! “Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body, and Primitive Accumulation” (by Silvia Federici) is the wild card on this list. It’s an academic history/theory book about the history of the body in the transition to capitalism. It moves moves from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, and she investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction.
Oooh these sound great. Revolutionary Witchcraft is on my wishlist as is Caliban but I'll have to add the others. I always struggle with finding good herbal books. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the recommendations, I have some new books to check out now! Great tip on the Bibliography too - for me that's often the most heavily post-it noted :)
Loved this list! So unique and a breath of fresh air to be honest. Thank you so much for sharing! 😁 are there any additions to this list for 2022? Anything on your TBR list?
I'm so glad I came across this video. I have many witchy books but it is amazing how many you showed that I didn't know about, so thanks! I love your manner, have subscribed, and look forward to watching other of your videos.
Another excellent video Lee, really enjoyed watching it. I'm currently reading 'Triumph of the Moon' by Prof. Hutton. It's a really interesting read. I love books, I could happily read all day long!
Oopsy. I should probably ready your description first next time, LoL... Found the link. THANK YOU! Can you please tell me where I can find the Magical Guide to the Waxing Year, 2022 edition? I'm in the U.S., and it's not available here that I know of, so I'm hoping to find a retailer in the UK that will ship one to me. I appreciate any help. Brightest of Blessings! p.s. I've been following my craft for about 22 years. That said, I have quite the library (22 years of being an avid reader and researcher). It was so refreshing to see a recommended book list of mostly books I don't have. Looking forward to hunting some of these down.
Thanks so much for your lovely comment! The 2022 edition is underway and you can pre order from the link in my description box that says 'Secrets of the Cauldron' They do ship overseas!
Thank you so much for this review. Yes books are not cheap 🧙 are these all based around developing a practice in England? I have purchased a lot these 12months as a newbie, only to discover lewellyn and similar really aren't quite hitting the information I was needing (spent a lot of money on Sabbaths books). I have now found Rachel Pattinson & Troy publishers. 🌻🌻
They really aren't cheap some of them! Grovedaughter Witchery and Rebel Witch are international takes on Witchcraft. Troy I like. For specifically English works I'd look to Gemma Gary and Tylluan Penry. For Owen Davies' cunning folk book too for historical context. I'd recommend having a look at PBW Witch shop. (The link is in the description box) as they sell some great books on Witchcraft of all sorts. A lot of them are on my wishlist. Thanks so much for watching!
@@dothemagicalthing i appreciate you sharing. PWB I have not heard of, off to go look them up. 😊 some others i have read are : Besom sword & stang, the crooked path, wheel of the year & Sabbaths almanac again lewellyn, moonology, british gardening almanacs, green witch & witchy selfcare, and so many I can't remember names of, from kindle subscription have all given me that great overview. 🌞🧙
PBW is Portland Button Works. They have a Witchcraft section on their website that is really fantastic. I liked Besom Sword and Stang. It was a really interesting look at a particular path. I'm quite a fan of audible for books. There's some good ones on there.
So many books I haven't seen recommended! :o Though I do have a different Ellen Dugan book, Seasons of Witchery, I found at a library book sale. I almost thought it was the same one as the first you showed of hers, so I had to go check, and turns out it was just the same author! XD I also really like this one, Backwoods Witchcraft, I'm about halfway through it and it just seems really good to me, I don't see a lot of people recommending that one. XDa Great video!
You can separate Wicca from Witchcraft despite a lot of books conflating the terms because Wicca is a religion under the umbrella of Witchcraft but Witchcraft as a whole is not a religion it is a practice or craft. Definitely check out the book Grovedaughter Witchery by Bree NicGarran and the work of Althaea Sebastiani's Witch's Guide To Spellcraft. These works are quite foundational and will get you practicing.
@@dothemagicalthing great :) because I need little help,but from the beginning, step by step: I managed to find out some interesting things about my house and the surrounding area I have ruins here where several different families lived including one Prussian countess who controlled magic, mainly clouds and water, my grandfather told me about her as a child, i.e.grandfather's childhood when I was a child, he told me about it when he was a child and he saw this countess go out onto the balcony and bring dark clouds, heavy rain and a powerful storm that lasted for several days until the residents apologized for something, and then she went out onto the balcony of her palace, waved her hands and the weather returned to normal Meanwhile, apparently my house where I live with my family is inhabited not only by me and my relatives also the two souls of our ancestors, grandmother and great-grandfather :) but apart from them, there were several other beings that were never human these are not the ghosts of former people and they are rather malicious... Apparently the spirit of my great-grandfather wants to cooperate with me on the path of spiritual development, but he cannot do it because he is ahead of me and I am not ready, I am too behind... Of course, this information is not in 100% verified and reliable just highly probable,but... myself and the people I know, let's call them siddhi people ;D are not advanced enough to gain full knowledge about who, what,when and how. Are you able to help me on this matter? For example, using Tarot to determine what creatures live in my house, what their role is, what they want, how I can establish a relationship and symbiosis with them, or how to get rid of them if they are hostile :( I would not like to drive away creatures that are friendly and valuable
I really liked this books and think Lee would dig it too. I would love to carry it in my shop except that they only offer 5% off for wholesale and after shipping I'm playing more than cover price for it to resell.
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I do so love seeing a well-thumbed copy of one of my books! Thank you for this lovely review. I'm so glad that Grovedaughter WItchery resonates with you and that you're continuing to find it useful!
Thank you for writing it! It's been in my bag, in the bath, covered with herbs and dashes of oil as well as other unidentifiable additions lol
Thanks so much for watching! Really means a lot!
I love how all of your book recommendations are so different from the mainstream ones. Those books are great too. But it gets tiring looking at video after video, who recommend the same book over and over again. I learnt so much through just this one video of yours and purchased so many amazing books. Thank you so much! :)
Oh thanks for such lovely feedback Agni! I really appreciate it. Glad you got something from the recommendations!
Love the witches garden! Love Ronald Hutton, Kate west and Gemma Gary speaks to my Cornish folklore love. My thesis was on witch trials in the UK so any book on this makes me happy. Great round up btw
Oh fantastic! Yes Ronald Hutton and Gemma Gary for the win!
Well done for getting that thesis done, that's a work of magic in itself!
1:30 Grovedaughter Witchcraft
3:09 Magical Power for Beginners
4:44 Spellcrafting
6:40 Book of Witchery
8:08 Practical Sigil Magic
9:00 Rudements of Rune Lore
10:04 Magic of the Breath
11:12 Practical Protection Magick
12:22 the tradition of household spirits
13:51 House Witch
14:29 Be your own astrologer
15:05 Witches Garden
15:50 The Magical Properties of Plants and How to Find Them
16:50 Grimoirs a history of magical books
17:26 Popular Magic
17:50 Witches, Sluts, and Feminists
19:35 Rebel Witch
21:12 Your Magical Guide To the Waxing Year (planner)
23:08 Brainscan (zine)
Thank you! The second one is Magical Power For Beginners.
@@dothemagicalthing that you for this great lost of books. Weird how I thought it was medical. Lol.
The best review of books for witches ever 👍🏻 thank you
Thank you so much for your kind comment!
Nice list! I highly recommend 'A Witch's Guide to Spellcraft' and 'By Rust of Nail and Prick of Thorn', both by Althaea Sebastiani. Those books really made me to work on my witchy skills. Also, a special mention to 'Practical Magic' by Nancy B. Watson
Big fan of Althea Sebastiani here! Very practical, very to the point. Great books! I'll have to check out Warson's book! Thank you.
A wonderful list! Here are some ones that I’ve read or have been on my radar:
“The Art and Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal & Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine” (by Karen M. Rose) is a great rec for intersectional herbalism by a black author!
“Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism” (by Sarah Lyons) is lovely as an intro to revolutionary magic!
“Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic” (by Amy Torok and Lisa Dickens) is nice for an inclusive history based read!
“Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body, and Primitive Accumulation” (by Silvia Federici) is the wild card on this list. It’s an academic history/theory book about the history of the body in the transition to capitalism. It moves moves from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, and she investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction.
Oooh these sound great. Revolutionary Witchcraft is on my wishlist as is Caliban but I'll have to add the others. I always struggle with finding good herbal books. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for this. I’m just learning about witchcraft and looking what books to buy. Your book review is the best I’ve seen.
Thank you so much Michelle. I really appreciate your lovely comment!
Thank you for the recommendations, I have some new books to check out now! Great tip on the Bibliography too - for me that's often the most heavily post-it noted :)
Thanks so much for the lovely feedback! Really means so much!
Really love your channel I’m glad I found it
That's so kind of you to say! Thank you!!
Just found your channel. Subscribed after 5 minutes!! Really loving your vibe and information.
Thank you so much! That really means a lot! There'll be a brand new video out next week.
Loved this list! So unique and a breath of fresh air to be honest. Thank you so much for sharing! 😁 are there any additions to this list for 2022? Anything on your TBR list?
There are! I will reveal my latest book stash soon! As always I appreciate your comments!
Thank you for reviewing books. I bought a few of the books you reviewed.
You're welcome! Thanks for your comment!
I'm so glad I came across this video. I have many witchy books but it is amazing how many you showed that I didn't know about, so thanks! I love your manner, have subscribed, and look forward to watching other of your videos.
Thank you so much for your kind comment! Really means so much!
Another excellent video Lee, really enjoyed watching it. I'm currently reading 'Triumph of the Moon' by Prof. Hutton. It's a really interesting read. I love books, I could happily read all day long!
Oh ace! Thanks so much! Really appreciate it. Yes I'm working through that book too!
I added all of these. Thank you so much for this video. I really appreciate you.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! It means a great deal!!
I really enjoyed this, there were some books I'd not heard of before. My reading list just got a little longer. Thank you for sharing.
I'm so glad you got something out of it! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Gracias justo buscaba una bibliografia diferente a los muy comentados
Espero que sea correcto: ¡muchas gracias por tu comentario!
Oopsy. I should probably ready your description first next time, LoL... Found the link. THANK YOU! Can you please tell me where I can find the Magical Guide to the Waxing Year, 2022 edition? I'm in the U.S., and it's not available here that I know of, so I'm hoping to find a retailer in the UK that will ship one to me. I appreciate any help. Brightest of Blessings! p.s. I've been following my craft for about 22 years. That said, I have quite the library (22 years of being an avid reader and researcher). It was so refreshing to see a recommended book list of mostly books I don't have. Looking forward to hunting some of these down.
Thanks so much for your lovely comment! The 2022 edition is underway and you can pre order from the link in my description box that says 'Secrets of the Cauldron' They do ship overseas!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for this review. Yes books are not cheap 🧙 are these all based around developing a practice in England? I have purchased a lot these 12months as a newbie, only to discover lewellyn and similar really aren't quite hitting the information I was needing (spent a lot of money on Sabbaths books). I have now found Rachel Pattinson & Troy publishers. 🌻🌻
They really aren't cheap some of them! Grovedaughter Witchery and Rebel Witch are international takes on Witchcraft.
Troy I like.
For specifically English works I'd look to Gemma Gary and Tylluan Penry. For Owen Davies' cunning folk book too for historical context.
I'd recommend having a look at PBW Witch shop. (The link is in the description box) as they sell some great books on Witchcraft of all sorts. A lot of them are on my wishlist.
Thanks so much for watching!
@@dothemagicalthing i appreciate you sharing. PWB I have not heard of, off to go look them up. 😊 some others i have read are : Besom sword & stang, the crooked path, wheel of the year & Sabbaths almanac again lewellyn, moonology, british gardening almanacs, green witch & witchy selfcare, and so many I can't remember names of, from kindle subscription have all given me that great overview. 🌞🧙
PBW is Portland Button Works. They have a Witchcraft section on their website that is really fantastic.
I liked Besom Sword and Stang. It was a really interesting look at a particular path.
I'm quite a fan of audible for books. There's some good ones on there.
Love this! I'm finding it so difficult to find secular witchcraft books if you know of any more would be much appreciated!
Thank you! I hear you there! I'll likely do some book reviews at some point so keep an eye out for them!
So many books I haven't seen recommended! :o
Though I do have a different Ellen Dugan book, Seasons of Witchery, I found at a library book sale. I almost thought it was the same one as the first you showed of hers, so I had to go check, and turns out it was just the same author! XD
I also really like this one, Backwoods Witchcraft, I'm about halfway through it and it just seems really good to me, I don't see a lot of people recommending that one. XDa
Great video!
Thanks so much for your lovely comment and your recommendation!
@@dothemagicalthing Thanks so much for your lovely video!
That's really appreciated thank you!
Thank you for this, added some to my must buy list, love your videos 🙂
Thanks so much Diane! Really appreciate your comment!
I like Mastering Magick by Mat Auryn.
I've just started listening to that on Audible. What did you like about it?
I'm looking for a good witch book for cursing. Would you please introduce some. Tnx
I'd recommend taking a look at S. Connolly's 'Curses, Hexes, Crossing' as this is generally well reviewed.
Hi, are you able to separate Wicca from Witchcraft
and indicate books discussing the practice of pure Witchcraft
without the New Age influences/Wicca?
You can separate Wicca from Witchcraft despite a lot of books conflating the terms because Wicca is a religion under the umbrella of Witchcraft but Witchcraft as a whole is not a religion it is a practice or craft.
Definitely check out the book Grovedaughter Witchery by Bree NicGarran and the work of Althaea Sebastiani's Witch's Guide To Spellcraft. These works are quite foundational and will get you practicing.
@@dothemagicalthing thanks :) tell me one more thing,do You use tarot?
@kukumuniu5658 yes I do use tarot.
@@dothemagicalthing great :)
because I need little help,but from the beginning, step by step:
I managed to find out some interesting things about my house and the surrounding area
I have ruins here where several different families lived
including one Prussian countess who controlled magic, mainly clouds and water,
my grandfather told me about her as a child,
i.e.grandfather's childhood when I was a child,
he told me about it when he was a child
and he saw this countess go out onto the balcony and bring dark clouds,
heavy rain and a powerful storm that lasted for several days
until the residents apologized for something,
and then she went out onto the balcony of her palace, waved her hands
and the weather returned to normal
Meanwhile, apparently my house where I live with my family is inhabited not only by me
and my relatives
also the two souls of our ancestors, grandmother and great-grandfather :)
but apart from them, there were several other beings that were never human
these are not the ghosts of former people and they are rather malicious...
Apparently the spirit of my great-grandfather wants to cooperate with me
on the path of spiritual development, but he cannot do it because he is ahead of me
and I am not ready, I am too behind...
Of course, this information is not in 100% verified and reliable
just highly probable,but... myself and the people I know, let's call them siddhi people ;D
are not advanced enough to gain full knowledge about who, what,when and how.
Are you able to help me on this matter?
For example, using Tarot to determine what creatures live in my house, what their role is,
what they want, how I can establish a relationship and symbiosis with them,
or how to get rid of them if they are hostile :(
I would not like to drive away creatures that are friendly and valuable
Have you had a chance to read Aidan Wachter's Six Ways or Weaving Fate? His practice of 'dirt sorcery' strikes me as doing the magickal thing 📚🤓
I've heard good things! They're on my wishlist at the moment. I'll have to bump them up the queue!
Looking forward to reading more on dirt sorcery!
I really liked this books and think Lee would dig it too. I would love to carry it in my shop except that they only offer 5% off for wholesale and after shipping I'm playing more than cover price for it to resell.
Aw that sucks! Hopefully that will improve in the future!
Nice
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Tory I'm not sure if you had more to say but if you do I'd love to read it!