There are countless Witchcraft courses, tutorials, articles available online, but for some, having a book is still a necessity to learn. This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.
- Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within (2019)
- Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft (Llewellyn’s Practical Magick) (2012)
- The Black Arts: A Concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages (Perigee) (1968)
- Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia (2019)
- The Door to Witchcraft: A New Witch’s Guide to History, Traditions, and Modern-Day Spells (2019)
- A Witches’ Bible: The Complete Witches’ Handbook (1996)
- Slavic Witchcraft: Old World Conjuring Spells and Folklore (2019)
- Wicca Book of Spells: A Book of Shadows for Wiccans, Witches, and Other Practitioners of Magic (2016)
- A Year and a Day of Everyday Witchcraft: 366 Ways to Witchify Your Life (2017)
- The Path of Witchcraft: A Guide for the Extremely New Witch (2018)
- Grimoire for the Green Witch: A Complete Book of Shadows (2003)
Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within (2019)
In this book, third-generation Witch Juliet Diaz guides you on a journey to connect with the Magick within you. She explains how to cast off what doesn’t serve you, unleash your authentic self, and become an embodiment of your truth. You’ll also learn the skills and techniques you need to build your own Magickal craft.
Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft (Llewellyn’s Practical Magick) (2012)
Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft has influenced and guided countless students, coven initiates, and solitaries around the world. One of modern Wicca’s most recommended books, this comprehensive text features a step-by-step course in Witchcraft, with photographs and illustrations, rituals, beliefs, history, and lore, as well as instruction in spellwork, divination, herbalism, healing, channeling, dreamwork, sabbats, esbats, covens, and solitary practice.
The Black Arts: A Concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages (Perigee) (1968)
The Black Arts is a fascinating and wonderfully readable exploration of the practice, theory, and underlying rationale of magick and occultism in all its branches, including witchcraft, spells, numerology, astrology, alchemy, kabbalah, tarot, charms, and summoning and control of spirits. This edition features a 50th anniversary introduction by historian of alternative spirituality Mitch Horowitz, who frames the book for a new generation of readers.
Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia (2019)
In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could “rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the blood in a wound.” The witchcraft practiced in Appalachia is very much a folk magic of place, a tradition that honors…
The Door to Witchcraft: A New Witch’s Guide to History, Traditions, and Modern-Day Spells (2019)
Channel the witch within―a beginner’s guide to history, tradition, and modern-day spells.Imagine a door between the world you know and a world where tradition, ritual, and the occult lie. The key to unlocking it is in this book. Open it―and invite magic into your life.The Door to Witchcraft teaches new witches everything they need to know to start their witchcraft practice.
A Witches’ Bible: The Complete Witches’ Handbook (1996)
The Complete Witches’ Handbook.Everything you need to know is here! The Sabbats; Casting & Banishing the Magic Circle; The Complete Book of Shadows; The Great Rite; Initiation Rites; Consecration Rites; Spells; Witches’ Tools; Witchcraft & Sex; Running a Coven; Clairvoyance;Astral Projection.
Slavic Witchcraft: Old World Conjuring Spells and Folklore (2019)
A practical guide to the ancient magical tradition of Russian sorcery and Eastern Slavic magical rites • Offers step-by-step instructions for more than 300 spells, incantations, charms, amulets, and practical rituals for love, career success, protection, healing, divination, communicating with spirits and ancestors, and other challenges and situations • Reveals specific places of magical power in the natu…
Wicca Book of Spells: A Book of Shadows for Wiccans, Witches, and Other Practitioners of Magic (2016)
The world of magic is full of immeasurable potential. There are literally thousands of spells in existence, for every purpose you could possibly imagine. In this book from best-selling author Lisa Chamberlain, you will find spells and other magical workings that, when applied with focused intention, can bring positive experiences into your life.
A Year and a Day of Everyday Witchcraft: 366 Ways to Witchify Your Life (2017)
Enjoy the Sacred Wisdom of Witchcraft Every Day Connect with your witchy self each and every day using quick, easy, and fun practices. This handy book features simple yet meaningful ways to integrate witchcraft into your daily life, inspiring you to take your magic to a new level whether you’re a beginner or an experienced practitioner.
The Path of Witchcraft: A Guide for the Extremely New Witch (2018)
A beginners guide to Witchcraft for the extremely new Witch. Learn basic and practical ways to acquire the tools and skill sets you will need in order to develop your own style of practicing Magick. Written in a simplified and direct style, from an eclectic secular perspective, this book makes learning the basics of beginner Witchcraft a far less daunting experience.
Grimoire for the Green Witch: A Complete Book of Shadows (2003)
The author of the popular Green Witchcraft series presents her personal Book of Shadows, designed for you to use just as she uses it-as a working guide to ritual, spells, and divination. This ready-made, authentic grimoire is based on family tradition and actual magical experience, and is easily adaptable to any tradition of Witchcraft.
Best Witchcraft Books: The Ultimate List
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some witchcraft books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Operative Witchcraft: Spellwork and Herbcraft in the British Isles
Author(s): Nigel Pennick
ID: 2438642, Publisher: Destiny Books, Year: 8 Oct 2019, Size: 10 Mb, Format: epub
Transformative Witchcraft: The Greater Mysteries
Author(s): Jason Mankey
ID: 2316814, Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, Year: 8 Jan 2019, Size: 9 Mb, Format: epub
Weave the Liminal: Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft
Author(s): Laura Tempest Zakroff
ID: 2321552, Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, Year: 8 Jan 2019, Size: 7 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are really hot items according to Washington Post, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.
Don’t know about witchery but “A Witches’ Bible” has some cool tricks in it.
Try at your own risk, some spells are really spooky. Also, ingredients are rare.