 | Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Includes Author's Book of Shadows) by Scott Cunningham
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $4.29 My very first book on Wicca; still a classic, IMO
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 | Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series) by Scott Cunningham
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $2.99 I didn't use this one as much, but it's still a good book
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 | Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small by Ted Andrews
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $9.00 The first book on anything pagan I ever bought--I still have my copy today.
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 | Animal-Wise: The Spirit Language and Signs of Nature by Ted Andrews
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.49 A good sequel to "Animal-Speak"
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 | The Animal Wise Tarot by Ted Andrews
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $16.55 My first totem deck, and one I still use quite a bit today
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 | Shapeshifter Tarot by D.J. Conway
Buy new: $31.31 / Used from: $8.43 My first tarot deck; a bit fluffy, but it worked until I replaced it with Crowley's Thoth deck.
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 | Tarot for Beginners: An Easy Guide to Understanding & Interpreting the Tarot (For Beginners (Llewellyn's)) by P. Scott Hollander
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $0.01 I used this book instead of the book that came with the Shapeshifter Tarot; this is an excellent 101 guide
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 | 21st Century Wicca: A Young Witch's Guide to Living the Magical Life (Citadel Library of the Mystic Arts) by Jennifer Hunter
Buy used from: $0.01 Another really good intro guide to Wicca
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 | Contemporary Paganism: Listening People, Speaking Earth by Graham Harvey
Buy new: $21.00 / Used from: $12.21 I actually read this before I read Adler's "Drawing Down the Moon", and consider it to be a superior text
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 | The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.67 Thankfully I found this before attempting to read stuff from plastic shamans like Brooke Medicine Eagle and Mary Summer Rain. There's a reason this book is a classic!
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 | Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series) by Scott Cunningham
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.40 I still use this book on herbs today, a decade after I got it....
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 | Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic by Scott Cunningham
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.67 ...same goes for this book...
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 | The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews (Llewellyn's Practical Magick) by Scott Cunningham
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.15 ...and this one.
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 | Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic by Peter J. Carroll
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.25 A few years into my practice I was introduced to Chaos magic through this book.
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 | The Paradigmal Pirate: Liber Lll And Liber Ventum by Joshua Wetzel
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $16.95 And I continued my exploration with this excellent guide.
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 | The Four Powers by Nicholas Graham
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $17.54 I wish I'd had this book when I was just getting starting out with paganism and magic in general, though. It would have made things a lot easier. I'd recommend reading this one first, and then moving on to others from the list.
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