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    OakShade Coven's Recommended Reading List

    Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 10:26 PM [reading]

    Here is a sample of books that OakShade recommends to our students.

    Just as the human mind evolves, so will this list. Feedback is welcomed!

     

    Books concerning the Neo-pagan and Wicca movement . . .

    Witchcraft from the Inside by Raymond Buckland Ph.D

    Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler

    A Witches' Bible: The Complete Witches' Handbook by Janet and Stewart Farrar

    The Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton Ph.D

     

    Any of the material written by Ayn Rand. We especially recommend the

    following:

    Anthem

    The Fountainhead

    Atlas Shrugged

    The Virtues of Selfishness

     

    History. . .

    The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant

    A History of Magic by Kurt Seligmann

    A History of Western Philosophy by Betrand Russell

     

    Religion. . .

    The History of God by Karen Armstrong

    The Unauthorized Version by Robin Lane Fox

    Parallel Myths by J.F. Bierlein

    The Hero with a Thousand Faces, or The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell

    The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure by Victor Turner

    Fiction. . .

    The Bull from the Sea and The King Must Die by Mary Renault

    The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, and The Wicked Day, by Mary Stewart

    Hawaii by James Michener (a great writer of historical fiction)

    Sherwood by Parke Godwin

    Dreams Underfoot, The Ivory and the Horn, Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint

     

     

     

     

     

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