Wicca Books And Info

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I found this book very useful, enjoyable, and easy to read.  I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn about wicca and solitary practice.  Cunningham expresses his opinion and views on wicca strongly but not to the point of overshadowing the importance of the readers personal experience and adaptation.  The book makes a point of expressing, this is a way or the common way to do things, not this is the only way to do wicca.

Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I found this book to be a very good follow up to Cunningham's "Wicca. A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner".  It is more than just expanded information on the previous book.  One of the aspects of this book that I like best is that it deals more with the validity of solitary practice, telling the reader not to feel let down if coven wiccans don't accept you right away as wiccan.  It's a very informative, enjoyable, and easy to read book.

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About  Books: Finding Information

When I first started out reading books on wicca I was nervous about who would see me buy/checking them out.   Again, I am living in the bible belt in a very small town. Our bookstore has an 'other religions' shelf, directly adjacent to the 'christian' shelves; this shelf is home to books on wicca, meditation, far east books, ghost hunting, paranormal, and self help books.  So it's a small selection in a very conspicuous feeling area.  What our library has is an even smaller selection, half of which is in the 'religious' shelf and the other half in the 'creative non-fiction' section and one book in reference.  For example, Wicca for Beginners is filed directly between The Art of Ghost Hunting and Paranormal Kentucky. 

Mostly due to the small selection, I don't buy many books from the bookstore, and I have exhausted the libraries resources short of inter-library loans.  I still check the bookstore, every now and then there is something I want, and I find myself scanning the store for anyone I know from work before purchasing it.  I'm not complaining, it's the choice I have made, and it's not that bad or hard; to be honest most of my books come from online shopping, which is good because I am also able to directly look up a book review to see if it's worth the money.  The library can be different, luckily Luna is studying as well and we go together sometimes. All I can say is if you are afraid of the wrong person getting the wrong idea, then stick to online purchases, but if you (like me) don't have a lot of cash to throw around don't be afraid to go to the library.  If you are going super-secret-agent wicca (like I sometimes feel I have to be) what I do is take a notebook with me or a print out with a list of what I am looking for; if you're like me it's hard not to get paranoid, but librarians usually don't care what you are checking out, but when I have the notebook with me, the few nosier ones assume I am writing a religions paper or doing some kind of official study.  

I see a lot of reviews that say only read so-n-so's books, or never read one by this publication company.  There are books called to fluffy, and ones that are too dark; I don't really have the answers on that.  I don't know which companies care about putting out the best information or not. Because money is tight if I am buying a book I tend to go by reviews or people I know that have read them before.  


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