Church of All Worlds Basic Bibliography

1. THE CONTEMPORARY PAGAN MOVEMENT
   
   1. THE NEW PAGANISM
      
      1. DRAWING DOWN THE MOON, Margot Adler, 1979; revised 1986. The most comprehensive, essential book on the modern Neo-Pagan movement. (A)[RFB]
      2. THE TRUTH ABOUT NEO-PAGANISM. Anadea Judith. 1994. Excellent b~sic inlroducrion.(small boaklet: Llewellyn Pubs.)(A)
      3. THE SPIRAL DANCE, Starhawk. 1979. (3rd ed 1999) The most basic, readable, and concise book on Neo-Pagan premises and practice. (A)[RFB]
      4. PEOPLE OF THE EARTH: THE NEW PAGANS SPEAK OUT, Ellen Everet Hopman & Lawrence Bond, 1996. Inteviews with many major Pagan leaders.(A)
      5. Fritjof Capra, THE TURNING POINT
      6. J. Gordon Melton, MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT & PAGANISM IN AMERICA
      7. Marilyn Ferguson, THE AQUARIAN CONSPIRACY
      8. Doreen Valiente, THE REBIRTH OF WITCHCRAFT. Robert Hale, London, 1989. (Good background information on the contemporary development of Witchcraft, written by a seminal figure.)
      9. Doreen Valiente, AN ABC OF WITCHCRAFT
      10. Doreen Valiente, WITCHCRAFT FOR TOMORROW. Phoenix Publishing, Custer, Washington, 1978. Building on work done earlier in the century, Valiente discusses signs and symbols, alphabets, festivals, and the Magic Circle.
      11. James R. Lewis, ed, MAGICAL RELIGION AND MODERN WITCHCRAFT. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1996. (A collection of articles going into greater depth with specifics of the Craft and Paganism, including valuable contributions by Judy Harrow, Dennis Carpenter, Sabina Magliocco, James W. Baker, Jeffrey Kaplan, and others, on topics of worldview, magic and ritual, ethics, history, etc.)
      12. Graham Harvey, LISTENING PEOPLE, SPEAKING EARTH: Contemporary Paganism. C.Hurst & Co Ltd, London, 1997.
      13. THE PAGAN PATH, Janet & Stewart Farrar & Gavin Bone, 1995 Excellent updated overview of the worldwide Pagan movement by famous Wiccan/CAW members. (A)
      14. TRUE MAGICK, Amber K, 1990. Practical, cheap, complete, humorous. A good companion to Spiral Dance. (A)
      15. SIRENS, 1994. Beautiful movie centered on the great Australian Neo-Pagan artist of the early 20th century, Norman Lindsey. (A)
      16. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WITCHES & WITCHCRAFT, Rosemary Guiley, 1989. Excellent entries on people, groups, history, of both Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism. (ref.)
      17. THE SABBATS: A NEW APPROACH TO LIVING THE OLD WAYS, Edain McCoy, 1994. Origins, modern practice, rituals (A)
      18. ANCIENT WAYS: RECLAIMING PAGAN TRADITIONS (1991): RITES OF PASSAGE (1994) Pauline & Dan Campanelli. (B)
      19. THE MAGICAL HOUSEHOLD, Scott Cunningham & David Harrington, 1987.(B)
      20. WITCHCRAFT, THE OLD RELIGION. Leo Louis Manello, 1973. A pretty good report on the emerging perspectives of the early Neo-Pagan movement. (B)
      21. VOICES FROM THE CIRCLE: THE HERITAGE OF WESTERN PAGANISM. Prudence Jones & Caitlin Matthews, 1990. (B)
      22. HEAVEN ON EARTH: DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA'S SPIRITVAL FRONTIER, Michael d'Antonio. 1992. A wandering reporter chronicles the New Age and Pagan communities in 1991, including CAW's Participation in Redwood Summer.
      23. Margaret Murray, THE WITCHCULT IN WESTERN EUROPE
      24. Justine Glass, WITCHCRAFT; THE SIXTH SENSE
      25. Marvin W. Meyer, ed., THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES
      26. Aidan Kelly, CRAFTING THE ART OF MAGIC: A History of Modern Witchcraft, 1939-1954. Llewellyn, St. Paul, Minn, 1991. (Some interesting jumps in logic to reach his points regarding the creation of contemporary Witchcraft, which he regards as invented by Gardner with some backsourcing. He has an occasional habit of making a hypothesis, and then voila refering back to it as a statement of fact.)
   2. INSPIRATIONS & VISIONS OF COMMUNITY
      
      1. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, Robert A. Heinlein, 1961. (NOT the 1991 unedited release!) Germinal in the original CAW vision, this prophetic novel still has some important ideas for new members. (A)[NLS]
      2. RETURN TO CREATION: A SURVIVAL MANUAL FOR NATIVE & NATURAL PEOPLE. Manitonquat (Medicine Story), 1991. Wonderful telling of traditional Native American stories, laying the foundation for a new tribalism. (essays)(A)
      3. DAS ENERGI, Paul Williams. Poetic and visionary revelation of How It Is. (A)
      4. THE FIFTH SACRED THING, Starhawk, 1993. What if witches and Pagans became the majority and began running a major city? How might our values and practices alter business as usual? (fiction)(A)[WBP]
      5. ENGINE SUMMER, John Crowley, 1979. 1,000 years in the future a tribal youth comes of age by trying to understand relies of the technological past. Much food for thought re: community standards of awareness, and very gracefully written. (fiction)(A)
      6. ECOTOPIA, Ernest Callenbach, 1975. Utopian vision of a new society created by the seccession of the Pacific Northwest from the US. (fiction: audiotape available)(B)
      7. ALWAYS COMING HOME, Ursula Le Guin, 1985. An anthropological study of a fictional culture--one that corresponds to life as it could be and perhaps should be. (B)
      8. PILGRIMAGE: THE BOOK OF THE PEOPLE(196l) and THE PEOPLE: NO DIFFERENT FLESH (1967), Zenna Henderson. Exiles of a beloved, demolished homeworld are scattered across the Earth, must hide their eldrich abilities, and find each other, generations later. (THE PEOPLE was produced as a TV movie. with William Shatner. Also, Disney made a movie based on these stories, called ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN)
      9. WATCH THE NORTHWIND RISE, Robert Graves, 1949. A utopian fantasy about an experimental future community modeled on ancient Crete. (fiction)(B)
      10. ISLAND, Aldous Huxley, 1962. This antithesis to Brave New World is a Pagan paradise with which we can strongly identify. [NLS]
      11. WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIME, Marge Piercy, 1976. Mind-link to a future utopian community in the year 2137. (fiction)(B)
      12. THE THREE SIRENS, Irving Wallace, 1963. Sacred sexuality in a utopian island paradise. (fiction)(8)
      13. GODBODY, Theodore Sturgeon, 1986. A messianic love story. (fiction)(C)
      14. THE KIN OF ATA ARE WAITING FOR YOU, Dorothy Bryant, 1971. A very infuential story of a society where The Dreaming is the prime reality. (fiction)(C)
      15. WALDEN TWO, B.F. Skinner, 1948. Fictionalized blueprint for a utopian community that formed the basis of the very successful Twin Oaks community. (fiction)(C)
   3. MODERN WITCHCRAFT
      
      1. TO RIDE A SILVER BROOMSTICK, Silver RavenWolf, 1993. A great primer for the solitary Witch, written by a CAW member. (A)
      2. THE WICCAN PATH: A GUIDE FOR THE SOLITARY PRACTITIONER, Rae Beth 1990. Lessons in letter form from a Hedge Witch to her apprentices. Excellent! (A)
      3. WICCA: A GUIDE FOR THE SOLITARY PRACTITIONER. Scott Cunningham, 1988. A good introductory guide. (A)
      4. WICCACRAFT FOR FAMILIES, Margie McArthur, 1994. Witchcraft for parents and children. (practice)(A)
      5. THE FAMILY WICCA BOOK, Ashleen O'Gaea, 1992. Witchcraft for parents and children. (practice)(A)
      6. WEST COUNTRY WICCA: A JOURNAL OF THE OLD RELIGION, Rhiannon Ryall, 1990. Memories of Craft life in Devonshire/Somerset in the 1940s among country folks who practiced the Old Religion. (A)
      7. BUCKLAND'S COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT, Raymond Buckland, 1986.
      8. THE REBIRTH OF WITCHCRAFT, Doreen Valiente, 1989. Valuable history of 20th century revival of Witchcraft from Gardner in the '30s, through popularization in the '60s, to feminist Craft. (B)
      9. WITCHES U.S.A., Susan Roberts, 1971. Early American Witchcraft in the late 1960s, and some of the key personalities involved. (B)
      10. 50 YEARS IN THE FERI TRADITION, Cora Anderson, 1994. Victor Anderson and the tradition in which Starhawk, Gwydion, Alison Harlow, Valerie Voigt, Francesca Dubie & other Craft luminaries were trained.
      11. AN A-B-C OF WITCHCRAFT, Doreen Valiente, 1973: 1986. It's all here! (ref.)(B)
      12. WITCHCRAFT: A TRADITION RENEWED, Doreen Valiente & Evan Jones, 1990. A significant book on primal Witchcraft in the Robert Cochrane tradition. (B)
      13. POWER OF THE WITCH, Laurie Cabot with Tom Cowan, 1990. History and practice of Witchcraft by the most famous Witch of Salem, Mass. (non-fiction)(B)
      14. A WITCHES BIBLE COMPLEAT, Janet & Stewart Farrar 1984. First published as EIGHT SABBATS FOR WITCHES (1981) and THE WITCHES' WAY (1981). The Fanars joined CAW in 1995. (B)
      15. WITCHCRAFT TODAY, Gerald Gardner, 1954: 1982. The book that introduced the modem Witchcraft revival.(C)
      16. WICCA, THE OLD RELIGION IN THE NEW AGE, Vivianne Crowley, 1996. (2nd ed) What do witches do? Gives good grounding in classical Wicca. (non-fiction)(B)
      17. WITCHCRAFT, THE SIXTH SENSE, Justine Glass, 1965. (B)
      18. CRAFTING THE ART OF MAGICK, Aidan Kelly, 1991. A scholarly but controversial investigation into the origins of Gardnerian Witchcraft. (C)
2. PAGAN HISTORY
   1. ANCIENT HISTORY/ARCHAEOLOGY
      
      1. THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE, Riane Eisler, 1987. How patriarchy took over through the acceleration of militarism. True female/male partnership as the direction for the future. (A)[RFB]
      2. A CHRONICLE OF THE LAST PAGANS, Pierre Chuvin, 1990. A history of the triumph of Xianity in the Roman Empire as told from the perspective of the Pagans of the time. (A)
      3. GILGAMESH THE KING, Robert Silverburg. A novelization of the Epic of Gilgomesh, the most ancient epic tale from Sumeria, the first civilization. (fiction)(A)
      4. THE DANCER FROM ATLANTIS, Poul Anderson, 1972. A time-travel story set in ancient Crete, just before the eruption of Thera. (science-fiction)(A)
      5. THE CREATION OF PATRIARCHY, Gerda Lerner, 1986. A brilliant analysis of the earliest law codes that legislated the new patriarchy. (non-fiction)(B)
      6. AMERICA B.C., Barry Fell, 1976. An examination of the evidence for contacts and settlements of ancient Euro-Mediterranean civilizations in the Americas. (non-fiction)(B)
      7. FUNERAL GAMES, Mary Renault, 1981. Brilliant novel of the death and succession of Alexander the Great. (fiction)(B)
      8. THE MAZE MAKER, Michael Ayrton, 1969. Story of Daedalus, builder of the Minoan Labyrinth and first man to fly. (fiction)
      9. THE DISCOVERY OF KING ARTHUR, Geoffrey Ashe, 1985. The true history of Arthur, derived from recently discovered contemporary records. Good! (non-fiction)(B)
      10. THE ROOTS OF CIVILIZATION, Alexander Marshack, 1972. The cognitive beginnings of our first art, symbol and notation.
      11. THE SECRET OF CRETE, Hans Wunderlich, 1983. Brilliant analysis of the "Minoan" civilization, refuting many of the popular notions regarding the "palace" of Knossos.
      12. THE MYSTERY OF THE ORACLES, Philipp Vandenburg, 1979: 1982. World-famous archaeologists reveal the best-kept secrets of antiquity. (non-frction)(C)
   2. GODDESS HYSTORY
      
      1. WHEN GOD WAS A WOMAN. Merlin Stone, 1976. Stone's story points us to a time when all worshipped the Goddess, reminding us that patriarchal religion is not natural or inevitable. (non-fiction)(A)[RFB]
      2. THE MISTS OF AVALON, Marion Zimmer Bradley, 1983. How did the old religion lose its power? The Arthurian legend, excitingly told from the point of view of a priestess of the Goddess, gives us a picture of how it might have happened in Britain. (fiction)(A)[WBP]
      3. WHENCE THE GODDESSES: A SOURCEBOOK, Miriam Robbins Dexter, 1990. (B)
      4. THE ONCE AND FUTURE GODDESS, Elinor Gadon, 1989. Art historian and scholar Gadon uses well researched art history, archeological speculations, and current artistic trends to reconstruct goddess-based culture and world view in past, present, and future. Readable. (art/religions history)(B)
      5. GODDESSES AND GODS OF OLD EUROPE (1982), THE LANGUAGE OF THE GODDESS (1990), THE CIVILIZATION OF THE GODDESS (1991), Marija Gimbutas. Bold and imaginative scholarly reconstruction of earliest religious symbols. (C)
      6. THE GODDESS OBSCURED, Pamela Berger, 1985. Transformation of the Grain Protectress from Goddess to saint. (non-fiction)(C)
      7. Anne Baring and Jules Cashford. THE MYTH OF THE GODDESS: Evolution of an Image. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, England, 1991. (The authors have background in psychology and philosophy; they detail cultural Goddess archetypes over time, and show how relationships to these goddesses developed and changed.)
      8. Christine Downing. THE GODDESS: Mythological Images of the Feminine. Crossroad, New York, 1981.
   3. MEDIEVAL WITCHCRAFT
      
      1. WITCHES, Erica Jong, 1981. Coffee-table book, very good overall presentation, beautifully illustrated. (non-fiction)(A)
      2. SORCERESS. Beautiful French film of an historical encounter between a village Witch and an Inquisitor. (video from Mystic Fire, POB 1092, Cooper Stn., New York, NY 10276. 800-292-9001)(A)
      3. THE HEART OF THE FIRE, Cerridwen Fallingstar, 1990. Powerful story of a coven during the Burning Times, told by a practiced, skilled Witch, with lots of examples of how it's done. (fiction)(A)
      4. ANCHORESS, Judith Stanley-Smith & Christine Watkins, writers; Chris Newby, dir. 1993. A Pagan lens on the 14th century, seen through the eyes of the 14-yr-old daughter of the village Wise Woman. (video from Upstate Films, POB 324, Rhinebeck, NY 12572))
      5. ARAD1A, OR THE GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES, Charles G. Lcland, 1889. Essential scriptural material of 19th century Tuscany Witches, or Strega. (scripture)(A)
      6. STRANDS OF STARLIGHT (1989), MAZE OF MOONLIGHT, (1993), SHROUD OF SHADOW (1993), STRANDS OF SUNLIGHT (1994), Gael Baudino. Beautiful series of novels dealing with Witchcraft, Elves and the Inquisition, and linking the Middle Ages to our own times. (fantasy)(A)
      7. COWS, PIGS, WARS & WITCHES: THE RIDDLE OF CULTURE. Anthony Harris, 1989. A brilliant and insightful analysis of Medieval history and what shaped it. (B)
      8. WITCHCRAFT & THE GAY COUNTERCULTURE, Arthur Evans, 1978. A radical view of Western Civilization and some of the people if has tried to destroy. (B)
      9. THE BURNING TIMES, dir. by DonnaRead, 1990. Outstanding documentary on European Witch-hunts from feminist, Goddess-centered point of view, with commentary by Margot Adler, Starhawk, Matthew Fox. (video from Nat'l. Film Board of Canada, Box 61W, D-10, Montreal, QE, Can. H3C 3H5, S30)(A)
      10. WITCHES: INVESTIGATING AN ANC1ENT RELIGION, T.C. Lethbridge, 1962. Classic study of Etruscan Pagan survivals.
      11. WITCHCRAFT IN THE MIDDLE AGES, Jeffrey Burton Russell, 1972. Comprehensive history of European Witchcraft from the 5th to 15th century, and its social and religious implications. (non-fiction)(C)
      12. THE WITCHCULT IN WESTERN EUROPE, Margaret Murray, 192L. The book that inspired Gerald Gardner. (C)[RFB]
      13. SATANISM & WITCHCRAFT: A STUDY IN MEDIEVAL SUPERSTITION, Jules Michelet, 1992. (C)
3. MYTHOLOGY
   1. GENERAL MYTHOLOGY
      
      1. THE GODS ABIDE, Thomas Burnett Swann. 1976. Swann's final novel, telling of the retreat of the Pagan gods and all their retinue. A beautiful and moving story. (fiction)(A)
      2. NEW LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYTHOLOGY, Felix Guirand, ed. 1959; 1986. Classical, reliable reference text of myths from A-Z. (ref.)(A)
      3. MYTHS & LEGENDS OF ALL NATIONS, Herbert Spencer Robinson & Knox Wilson, 1950; 1961. Synopses of the essential stories from virtually every culture on Earth. (A)
      4. MYTHOLOGY, Edith Hamilton, 1942. The classic. (ref.)(A)
      5. A COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY OF THE GODS, Anne S. Baumbgartner, 1984. A virtual biographical dictionary of every god or goddess known from every culture. (ref.) (A)
      6. MYTHS TO LIVE BY, Joseph Campbell. Readable theory of mythology. What are myths? What do they contribute to our lives? (B)[NLS]
      7. HISTORICAL ATLAS OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY, Joseph Campbell, 1988. Multivolume magnum opus. Giant books, profusely illustrated. Each book in this series is a complete work. (ret)(B)
      8. THE POWER OF MYTH, Joseph Campbell, 1988. Conversations with Bill Moyers, transcribed from the six-hr. PBS TV series. (interview available on video from PBS)(B)
      9. THE MASKS OF GOD: TRANSFORMATIONS OF MYTH THROUGH TIME, Joseph Campbell. Excellent way to get a grounding in myth and archetype. (4 volumes non-fiction)(B)
      10. DICTIONARY OF PAGAN RELIGIONS, Harry Wedek & Wade Baskin, 1971. ReaIly more of an extensive glossary of terms, deilies, practices and religions. (ref.)(B)
      11. A HISTORY OF RELIGOUS IDEAS, Mircea Eliade, 1977. (3 volumes non-fiction)
      12. MYTH OF THE ETERNAL RETURN, Mircea Eliade. Research and theory on death and rebirth mythology by one of the world's greatest scholars of myth and ritual. (C)
      13. ESSAYS ON A SCIENCE OF MYTHOLOGY. Karl Karenyi & Carl Jung. Jungisn theory of mythology. (scholarship)(C)
   2. GODDESSES
      
      1. ANCIENT MIRRORS OF WOMANHOOD, Merlin Stone, 1979 (2 volumes). A fine selection of important Goddess legends, artfully presented. (mylhology)(A)[WBP]
      2. THE WITCHES' GODDESS: THE FEMININE PRINCIPLE OF DIVINITY, Janet & Stewart Farrar, 1987. Overview of Goddess from ancient Near East, Western Europe, Celtic and Meditetrranean, with rituals to invoke each one, and a list of Goddesses of the world. By CAW members. (non-fiction)(A)
      3. INANNA, QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, Diane Wolkstein, Joseph Noel Kramer, 1983. Mytho-poetic, readable reconsuuction of most ancient Sumerian scriptures of the Goddess that still speak to us today. Beautiful poetry, good scholarship. (A)
      4. THE HEART OF THE GODDESS, Hallie Eaglehearf. 1990. Brief, well-told myths of the Goddess in all her aspects from around the world. Profusely-illustrated coffee table book. (mythology)(A)
      5. THE BOOK OF GODDESSES AND HEROINES, Patricia Monaghan, 1981; revised 1997. You can find any goddess from any pantheon here. fref.)(B)
      6. GODDESS: MOTHER OF LIVING NATURE, Adele Getty, 1990. Profusely illusuated coffee-table book of Goddess imagery. (B)
      7. THE BOOK OF LILITH, Linda Koluvch, 1987). History of the Dark Goddess as She relates to women and the anima. (B)
      8. GRACE AND MERCY IN HER WILD HAIR, Rampradad Sen, 1982. 18th century Bengali poet addressing Mother Goddess as Shakti and Kali.(scriplure)(A)
      9. THE MYTH OF THE GODDESS, Jules Cashford & Anne Baring, 1991. (mythology)
      10. THE GREAT MOTHER, Erich Neumann, 1963. Voluminous investigation of the archetype, with substantial photo section. (C)
      11. MYSTERIES OF THE DARK MOON, Demetra George, l992.
      12. THE GODDESS WITHIN, Jennifer & Roger Wooleer, 1971.
      13. LADY of THE BEASTS. Buffle Johnson, 1981. Ancient images of the Goddess and Her sacred animals. (non-fiction)(C)
      14. THE WHITE GODDESS, Robert Graves, 1948: revised 1966. Enormous work exploring the depth and scope of True Poetry as Muse-inspired, underpinning Druidic teachings and the Celtic Tree Calendar. (C)
      15. THE EYE GODDESS, O.G.S. Crawford, 1991. Tracing the spread of an ancient Goddess cult through its iconography. (C)
      16. THE HEBREW GODDESS, Raphael Patai, 1990. Essential work on Middle Eastern Goddesses: Ashera, Shekhinah, etc. (B)
      17. PELE, GODDESS OF HAWAII'S VOLCANOES, Herb Kawainui Kane, 1987. Beautifully-illustrated myths of the Volcano Goddess.(A)
      18. IN ALL HER NAMES: EXPLORATIONS OF THE FEMININE IN DIVINITY, Joseph Campbell & Charles Muds, eds. 1991. Brilliant essays on the Goddess by Joseph Campbell, Charles Muses, Marija Gimbutas & Riane Eisler. (essays)(B)
      19. THE CRONE. Barbara Walker
      20. M. Sjoo & B. Mor, THE GREAT COSMIC MOTHER
      21. Anne Baring and Jules Cashford. THE MYTH OF THE GODDESS: Evolution of an Image. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, England, 1991. (The authors have background in psychology and philosophy; they detail cultural Goddess archetypes over time, and show how relationships to these goddesses developed and changed.)
      22. Christine Downing. THE GODDESS: Mythological Images of the Feminine. Crossroad, New York, 1981.
   3. THE GOD
      
      1. THE GREEN MAN: ARCHETYPE OF OUR ONENESS WITH THE EARTH, William Anderson, photos by Clive Hicks, 1990. Very complete examination of the archetype. (A)
      2. THE WITCHES' GOD, Janet & Stewart Farrar, 1989. Companion to The Wirches' Goddess, with invocations and list. CAW (A)
      3. EARTH GOD RISING, Alan Richardson, 1990. (non-ficion)(B)
      4. GODS IN EVERY MAN, lean Shinoda-Bolen. The Greek Gods as archetypes for personal transformation. (non-fiction)(B)
      5. THE GOD OF THE WITCHES, Margaret Murray, 1933. (B)[RFB]
      6. THE GOLDEN BOUGH, James Frazier. 1890; 1981. Classic compendium of worldwide customs regarding the cycle of the sacrificed Year-King. (ref.)(C)[NLS]
4. SOCIOLOGY
   1. THE PARADISAL COMMUNITY
      1. Aldous Huxley, ISLAND
      2. Robert Graves, WATCH THE NORTHWIND RISE
      3. Ernest Callenbach, ECOTOPIA
      4. John Humphrey Noyes, HISTORY OF AMERICAN SOCIALISMS
   2. SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
      1. Starhawk, DREAMING THE DARK
      2. Starhawk, TRUTH OR DARE Harper and Row, San Fransisco, 1987.
      3. Margot Adair, WORKING INSIDE OUT
      4. R.A. Wilson & R. Shea, ILLUMINATUS! (trilogy)
      5. A MANUAL FOR A CONTINUING REVOLUTION
   3. HUMAN SEXUALITY
      1. Reay Tannahill, SEX IN HISTORY
      2. John Mumford, ECSTASY THROUGH TANTRA
      3. B.Z. Goldberg, THE SACRED FIRE
      4. Nik Douglas & Penny Slinger, SEXUAL SECRETS
5. PSYCHOLOGY
   1. TRANSFORMATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
      1. Anodea Judith, WHEELS OF LIFE
      2. Jacqueline Small, TRANSFORMERS
      3. Jean Houston, THE POSSIBLE HUMAN
   2. PERCEPTION & CONSCIOUSNESS
      1. Julian Jaynes, THE ORIGIN OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BICAMERAL MIND
      2. Joseph Chilton Pearce, THE CRACK IN THE COSMIC EGG
      3. Andrew Weil, THE NATURAL MIND
   3. ACTUALIZATION ETHICS
      1. Bertrand Russell, WHY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN
      2. Bertrand Russell, MARRIAGE AND MORALS
      3. Erich Fromm, MAN FOR HIMSELF
6. COMPARATIVE RELIGION
   1. FEMINIST SPIRITUALITY
      1. Diane Mariechild, MOTHERWIT A Feminist Guide to Psychic Development. The Crossing Press, Trumansburg, New York, 1981.
      2. Hallie Iglehart, WOMANSPIRIT
      3. Diane Stein, WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY BOOK Llewellyn, St. Paul, 1987. (Good -- relevant to men as well as women.)
      4. M. Sjoo & B. Mor, THE GREAT COSMIC MOTHER
      5. Z Budapest, HOLY BOOK OF WOMEN'S MYSTERIES
   2. NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGION
      1. T.C. McLuhan, ed., TOUCH THE EARTH
      2. Hyemeyohsts Storm, SEVEN ARROWS
      3. Frank Waters, BOOK OF THE HOPI
   3. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
      1. Robert Ellwood, RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL GROUPS IN MODERN AMERICA
      2. Arkon Daraul, A HISTORY OF SECRET SOCIETIES
      3. R. Cavendish, ed., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MAN, MYTH & MAGIC
      4. J. Gordon Melton, ed., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN RELIGION, 3rd ed.
      5. Ellen Evert Hopman and Lawrence Bond, ed. PEOPLE OF THE EARTH: The New Pagans Speak Out. Destiny Books, Rochester, VT ,1996. (Interviews with a variety of folks walking the Pagan/Wiccan paths, dealing with some of the more outspoken and articulate members of our community.
7. MAGIC & METAPHYSICS
   1. PRACTICAL MAGIC
      1. Cunningham & Harrington, MAGICAL HOUSEHOLD
      2. P.E.I. Bonewits, REAL MAGIC
      3. Scott Cunningham, EARTH POWER
      4. Doreen Valiente, NATURAL MAGIC. Phoenix Publishing, Custer, Washington, 1975.
      5. Marion Weinstein, POSITIVE MAGIC, rev. ed. Phoenix Publishing Company, Surrey, B.C., Canada, 1981.
      6. William Gray, MAGICAL RITUAL METHODS
   2. METAPHYSICS & COSMOLOGY
      1. Robert Anton Wilson, PROMETHEUS RISING
      2. Fritjof Capra, THE TAO OF PHYSICS
      3. Brian Swimme, THE UNIVERSE IS A GREEN DRAGON
8. PAGAN TRADITIONS & BOOKS OF SHADOWS
   1. PAGAN TRADITIONS
      1. R.J. Stewart, THE UNDERWORLD INITIATION: A Journey Towards Psychic Transformation. The Aquarian Press, Surrey, 1985. (Celtic underworld myths and meanings, especially as they relate to rebirth markers of initiatory experience.)
      2. Rhiannon Ryall, WEST COUNTRY WICCA: A Journal of the Old Religion. Phoenix Publishing, Custer, Washington, 1989. (There's controversy on this one over how much she made up, but the recipes in this book, and some of her comments, are inspirational.)
   2. BOOKS OF SHADOWS
      1. Marion Weinstein, EARTH MAGIC: A Dianic Book of Shadows, rev. ed. Phoenix Publishing, Custer, Washington, 1986.
      2. Janet and Stewart Farrar, A Witches Bible Volume I and II The Sabbats. Magickal Childe, New York,1981. (Sabbat rituals, along with discussions.)
      3. Scott Cunningham. WICCA: A GUIDE FOR THE SOLITARY PRACTITIONER. Llewellyn, St. Paul, 1988.
9. EARTH & NATURE
   1. ECOSOPHY
      
      1. VOICE OF THE PLANET, Michael Tobias, 1990. Gaia speaks through a computer at a Tibetan monastery to enlighten an ecologist to Her fate, and his mission. (fiction; also a TBS miniseries, starring William Shatner)(A)
      2. LIVES OF A CELL, Lewis Thomas, 1974. Brilliant essays on the nature of Life. (A)
      3. LIFETIDE, Lyall Walson, 1979. The awareness that "we are all one" examined from a biological and evolutionary perspective. (A)
      4. EARTH WISDOM, Delores La Chappelle, 1978. (A) EARTH PRAYERS, Roberts & Amidon, eds. 1991. A selection of bitc-simd meditations on Nature, from poets and scriptures of many cultures. (scripture)(A)
      5. RUMORS OF SPRING, Richard Grant, 1987. What would happen if a forest could really adapt to the conditions of our poisoned planet? Richard is a CAW member. (fiction)(A)
      6. THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST, Ursula LeGuin, 1972. The recurring story of clashing cultures, technocratic invaders vs. dream-powered natives. (fiction)(A)
      7. GAIA: AN ATLAS OF PLANET MANAGEMENT, Norman Myers, ed. 1984. The definitive guide to a planet in critical transition. Profusely illustrated, with over 100 contributors. Extraordinary. (non-fiction)(B)
      8. SACRED LAND, SACRED SEX, RAPTURE OF THE DEEP, Dolores La Chappelle, 1988. A brilliant, multi-disciplinary examination of how ritual works. Demands deep concentration, and well worth it! (B)
      9. DEEP ECOLOGY, Bill Devall and George Sessions, 1985. (B)
      10. GAIA: THE GROWTH OF AN IDEA. Lawrence Joseph, 1990. (B)
      11. GAIA: A NEW LOOK AT LIFE ON EARTH (1979), THE AGES OF GAIA (1988), HEALING GAIA (1991), James Lovelock. Implications of Gaia Thesis. (B)
      12. THINKING LIKE A MOUNTAIN: TOWARDS A COUNCIL OF ALL BEINGS, John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming. Arne Naess, 1988. (cssays)(A)
      13. THE DREAM OF THE EARTH, Thomas Berry, 1988. (B)
      14. THE RECOVERY OF CULTURE, Henry Bailey Stevens, 1963. Classic. (B)
   2. COSMOLOGY & METAPHYSICS
      
      1. COSMOS, Carl Sagen, 1980. (non-fiction book & TV series)(A)
      2. THE UNIVERSE IS A GREEN DRAGON, Brian Swimme & Thomas Berry, 1984. (A)
      3. THE UNIVERSE STORY, Brian Swimme & Thomas Berry, 1992.
      4. THE COSMIC DOCTRINE, Dion Fortune
      5. THE SELF-ORGANIZING UNIVERSE, Erich Jantsch, 1980. (non-fiction)(C)
      6. ANGELS FEAR, Gregory Bateson.
      7. SHIKASTA, Doris Lessing. (fiction)
      8. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, Stephen Hawking, 1988. (non-fiction)(A)
      9. THE TAO OF PHYS1CS, Fritjof Capra. 1975. (non-fiction)[NLS, RFB]
   3. EMERGENT EVOLUTION
      
   4. STAR MAKER, Olaf Stapleton. 1937; 1972. One of the most far-reaching SF books ever written. An evolutionary projection from humanity to Gaia to the galaxy and beyond! (A)
   5. MICROCOSMOS, Lynn Margulis & Dorian Sagan. 1986. (A)
   6. THE DESCENT OF WOMAN, Elaine Morgen. 1972. Presents the radical thesis that human evolution included a significant phase as an aquatic ape. (non-fiction)(A)
   7. SO HUMAN AN ANIMAL, René Dubos, 1968. 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner on our emergence and nature. (essays)(A)
   8. CHILDHOOD'S END, Arthur C. Clarke. The classic science fiction novel of a future leap in consciousness evolution. (A)
   9. EVER SINCE DARWIN, Stephen Jay Gould. (essays)(B)
   10. MORE THAN HUMAN, Theodore Sturgeon. A vision of the possible future evolution of group consciousness. (fiction)(B)
   11. ODD JOHN, Olaf Stapleton. 1935? A classic science fiction novel of Homo Novus. (B)
   12. NOT MAN APART. Robinson Jeffers, 1969.(essays)(B)
   V. MIND, PSYCHE & BEHAVIOR
   A. PSYCHOLOGY & PERSONAL GROWTH
   
   1. WHEELS OF LIFE: A USER'S GUIDE TO THE CHAKRA SYSTEM, Anodea Judith, 1987: and THE SEVENFOLD JOURNEY, Selene Vega & Anodea Judith, 1993. A carefully wrought and readable synthesis of the ancient chakra system and modem psychology in two books by CAW High Priestess that provide keys to our own selves and lives. (A)
   2. WHY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN, Benrand Russell, 1957. (essays)(A)
   3. THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE, Stephen Covey, 1989. Powerful lessons in personal change. (A)
   4. MEETING THE SHADOW, Zweig & Abrams, eds. 1991. Anthology of ideas on dealing with the dark side; 65 essays, including Jung, Bly, Bradshaw, Deena Metzger. (B)
   5. TOWARD A PSYCHOLOGY OF BEING, Abraham Maslow. 1962. Grandaddy of Transpersonal Psychology gives us the basics of a psychology of self-actualization. (C)
   6. WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR, Dan Millman
   7. HEALING THE SHAME THAT BINDS YOU, John Bradshaw, 1988.
   8. THE COURAGE TO HEAL. Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
   9. THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED, Scott Peck, 1978.
   10. CARE OF THE SOUL, Thomas Moore. 1992.
   B. SEXUALTY & RELATIONSHIPS
   
   1. LOVE WITHOUT LIMITS, Debora Annapol, ed. 1992. First book specifically exploring the option of polyamory. (essays)(A)
   2. THE GATE TO WOMEN'S COUNTRY, Sheri S. Tepper, 1988. A powerful novel, set 300 years in the future. where human civilization into two separate societies, with walled cities of women and peaceful men: and armed garrisons of warrion. (fiction)(A)
   3. THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, Ursula LcGuin, 1969. What does society look like when there are no men or women, just people who are sometimes sexual? (fiction)(A)
   4. COURTSHIP RITE, Donald Kingsbury, 1982. Brilliant novel of group marriage and religion in a SF cannibal society. (fiction)(A)
   5. THE REBELLION OF YALE MARRAT, Robert Rimmer, 1964. A non-science-fiction analog of Heinlein's SISL, including a new Goddess religion. (fiction)(B)
   6. SACRED PLEASURE, Rhiane Eisler, 1995. A sequel to The Chalice & the Blade, addressing all aspects of sexuality and pleasure through the ages, including suppression. (B)
   7. MARRIAGE AND MORALS, Bertrand Russell, 1929. Amazing insights! (essays)(B)
   8. LOVING MORE: THE POLYFIDELITY PRIMER, Ryam Nearing, Excellent on structuring multiple relationships. (LM, POB 4358, Boulder, CO 80306. $12)(B)
   9. SEXUAL SECRETS, Nik Douglas and Penny Slinger, 1979. (B)
   10. INTIMATE PARTNERS: PATTERNS 1N LOVE & MARRIAGE. Maggie Scarf, 1987.
10. SOME RECOMMENDED PUBLICATIONS
    1. CIRCLE NETWORK NEWS, Box 219, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572 - $3
    2. CONVERGING PATHS, POB 63, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572 - $4
    3. EARTH FIRST!, POB 2358, Lewiston, ME 04241 - $3
    4. FIREHART, POB 462, Maynard, MA 01754 - $3
    5. GREEN EGG, POB 1542, Ukiah, CA 95482 - $3.50
    6. HARVEST, POB 228, S. Framingham, MA 01701 - $1.50
    7. MAGICKAL BLEND, POB 11303, San Francisco, CA 94101 - $4
    8. NEW TIMES, POB 64383-886, St. Paul, MN 55164 - $1
    9. SAGEWOMAN, POB 5130, Santa Cruz, CA 95063 - $4.50
    10. SHAMAN'S DRUM, POB 2636, Berkeley, CA 94702 - $3.50
    11. STARDUST SALAMANDER, POB 341383, Memphis, TN 38184
    12. WOMAN OF POWER, PO Box 827, Cambridge, MA 02238 - $6
11. Recommended Comic Books (check local comic store):
    1. CARTOON HISTORY OF UNIVERSE - WONDER WOMAN - ELFQUEST
    2. HELLBLAZER - SWAMP THING - XANADU
12. PAGAN MUSIC (listed in alphabetical order by sources)
    1. Aeolus, 411 Lincoln Blvd. #211, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Ruth Barrett & Cynthia Smith -
       1. AEOLUS
       2. DEEPENING
       3. SONGS OF THE ROLLING WORLD
    2. Ar nDraiocht Fein, Box 1022-R, Nyack, NY 10960 Isaac Bonewits -
       1. BE PAGAN ONCE AGAIN!
    3. Circle, POB 219, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
       1. Jim Alan & Selena Fox -
          1. CIRCLE MAGICK MUSICK
          2. DRAGON TRACK
          3. TALES OF THE SONGSMITH
          4. SONGS OF PAGAN FOLK
          5. DIFFERENT ROADS
       2. Victoria Ganger -
          1. NEANDER
          2. LADY OF THE FLAME
       3. Kay Gardner -
          1. MOODS&RITUALS
          2. A RAINBOW PATH
       4. Lady Isadora&Pan -
          1. THE WITCHING HOUR
       5. Lea Kendrick&others -
          1. LAUGHTER&LOVE
       6. Darragh Nagle, et al -
          1. STARCRYSTAL
       7. Angie Remedi -
          1. THE MOTHER CALLS
       8. Holly Tannen -
          1. INVOCATION
       9. Meg Davis -
          1. MY HERETIC HEART
    4. Laurie Galian, c/o Gawain, POB 297, Jericho, NY 11753
       1. THE SHAMAN'S ASCENT
    5. The Greenwood Singers, POB 3008, Seattle, WA 98103
       1. SONGS&CHANTS
       2. YULE
    6. Nemeton, 2140 Shattuck #2093, Berkeley, CA 94704
       1. Rick&Deborah Hamouris -
          1. WELCOME TO ANNWFN
       2. Gwydion Pendderwen -
          1. SONGS OF THE OLD RELIGION
          2. THE FAERIE SHAMAN
    7. Leigh Ann Hussey, 2240 Blake St. #308, Berkeley, CA 94704
       1. PANTHEON
    8. Kenny&Tzipora Klein, POB 746, New York, NY 10009
       1. MOON HOOVES IN THE SAND
       2. DREAMER'S WEB
       3. SONGS OF THE OTHERWORLD
       4. FAIRY QUEEN
       5. WINESKINS TINKERS&TEARS
    9. Out Front Music, Box 12188, Seattle, WA 98102
       1. Charlie Murphy -
          1. CATCH THE FIRE
          2. CANTICLE
    10. Off-Centaur Publications, POB 424, El Cerrito, CA 94530
        1. Julie Ecklar -
           1. HORSE-TAMER'S DAUGHTER
        2. Leslie Fish -
           1. COLD IRON
           2. TIME WINDS TAVERN
           3. CHICKASAW MOUNTAIN
           4. SKYBOUND
           5. THE UNDERTAKER'S HORSE
        3. Cynthia McQuillin -
           1. SINGER IN THE SHADOWS
           2. SHADOW SPUN

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