RAVENSONG'S REFERENCE SHELF The following is compiled list of Pagan interest books, useful for somone getting involved in the craft and seeking directions to consider. It is not a complete bibliography, simply a personal list compiled by Ravensong with assistance from Seastrider over a period of time. This information is public domain and available to anyone who wants it. Auel, Jean M.; "Clan of the Cave Bear"; Bantam 1981 <<>> "The Valley of the Horses"; Bantam 1983 <<>> "The Mammoth Hunters"; Bantam 1986 <<>> Adler, Margot; "Drawing Down the Moon"; Random House 1979 Anderson, Victor; "Thorns of the Blood Rose"; Anderson 1971 Anthony, Pierce ; "On a Pale Horse"; Ballantine 1983 <<>> "Bearing an Hourglass"; Ballantine 1984 <<>> "With a Tangled Skein"; Ballantine 1985 <<>> "Wielding a Red Sword"; Ballantine 1986 <<>> "Being a Green Mother"; Ballantine 1987 <<>> Bach, Richard ; "Illusions - Adventures of A reluctant Messiah"; Dell "Bridge across Forever" "One" Baer, Randall & Vicki;"Windows of Light: Quartz Crystals & Self-Transformation Harper & Row 1984 Bergier, Jacques and Pauwels, Lois; "The Morning of the Magicians"; Dover,1968 Blumer, Herbert; "Symbolic Interactionisn;Perspective and Method"; Prentice 1969 Bonewits, P.E.I.; "Real Magic"; Creative Arts Book Company 1979 "Druid Chronicles (Evolved)"; Pentalpha 1979 Boyle, John P.; "ESP Research Equipment You Can Build Yourself"; Prentice Hall 1977 "Psionic Generator Patter Book"; Prentice Hall 1975 Buchman, Dian Dincin ; "Herbal Medicine"; Gramercy 1979 Buckland, Raymond; "The Tree Complete Book of Saxon Witchcraft";Weiser 1974 "Practical Candleburning Rituals"; Llewellyn 1970 "Witchcraft: Ancient and Modern"; HC Publishers, 1970 "Witchcraft From the Inside"; Llewellyn Publications,1971 Budapest, Z.; "The Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows"; Luna Publications, 1976 Butler, E.A. Wallis; "Apprenticed to Magic"-; Weiser 1970 "How To Develop Clairvoyance"; Weiser 1971 "The Magician:His Training and His Work"; Weiser 1971 "Magic: Its Ritual, Power and Purpose"; Weiser 1971 "How to Develope Psychometry"; Weiser 1971 Callison, Brian; "The Judas Ship"; Campbell, Joseph & Bill Moyers "The Power of Myth"; Doubleday 1987 Capra, Fritjof; "The Tao of Physics"; Bantam 1977 Castaneda, Carlos; "Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge"; Ballantine Books, 1969 "The Eagles Gift"; "The Fire From Within"; "Journey to Ixtlan"; "The Second Ring of Power"; "Separate Reality"; "Tales of Power" Chandler, Bertram A. "Gateway To Never" Chang, Jolan "The Tao of Love and Sex", E.P. Dutton 1977 Chayefsky, Paddy; "Altered States"; HarperRow 1978,(also made into movie) Commoner, Barry; "The Closing Circle"; Knopf 1971 Cowper, Richard; "The Road To Corlay" Cox, Harvey; "The Feast of Fools"; Harper and Row 1972 Crowley, Aleister; any titles; Weiser, Llewellyn, Dover and O.T.O. Grand Lodge Cunningham, Scott; "Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs";Llewellyn 1985 "Magical Herbalism"; Llewellyn 1985 Daly, Mary; "Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation" ; Beacon Press, 1973 Di Prima, Diana; "Loba"; Wingbow Press, 1978 Evans Wentz, W. Y.; "The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries";University Books, 1966 Fairfield, Gail; "Choice Centered Tarot"; Newcastle Publishing 1985 Farrar, Janet and Stewart; "Eight Sabbats For Witches"; Robert Hale 1983 "What Witches Do"; Phoenix Publications 1983 "The Witches' Way"; Robert Hale 1984 "Eight Sabbats For Witches"; Robert Hale 1981 Frazer, Sir James G.; "The Golden Bough"; Macmillan Company, 1958 Fort, Charles; "The Complete Books of Charles Fort"; Dover 1975 Fortune, Dion; "The GoatFoot God"; Weiser, 1980 "The Sea Priestess"; Weiser, 1979 Froud, Brian and Lee, Alan; "Faeries"; Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1978 Gardner, Gerald; "Witchcraft Today"; Ryder, 1954 "High Magic's Aid"; Weiser, 1975 Garner, Alan; "The Weirdstone of Brinsingamen"; Ballantine, 1981 "The Moon of Gomrath"; "The Owl Service"; Ballantine, 1981 "Alan Garner's Book of British Fairy Tales"; Delacorta 1985 Garrison, Omar; "Tantra: The Yoga of Sex"; Crown, 1983 Gleick, James; "Chaos making a new science"; Viking 1987 Graves, Robert; "The White Goddess"; Farrar 1970 "Watch The North Wind Rise"; FS&G 1949 "King Jesus"; Arden Library 1983 "The Greek Myths vol. 1 & 2"; Hazell Watson & Viney,1955 Greene, Liz & Juliet Sharman-Burke "The Mythic Tarot : A New Approach to the Tarot Cards"; Fireside Book - Simon & Schuster 1986 Grey, William G.; "Inner Traditions of Magic"; Weiser 1970 Gribbin, John; "In Search of Schrodinger's Cat"; Bantam 1984 Grieve, M.; "A Modern Herbal vol. 1 & 2"; Dover, 1971 Harrison, Harry; "Make Room! Make Room!"; Ace Books 1984 <<>> Heinlein, Robert A.; "A Stranger In A Strange Land"; Berkley Publishers 1984 "Job: A Comedy of Justice"; Ballantine 1984 "I Will Fear No Evil"; Berkley 1984 "Friday"; Ballantine 1985 "Revolt In Two Thousand OneHundred"; AEL "Starship Troopers"; Berkley 1984 "Time Enough For Love"; Berkley 1984 "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress"; Berkley 1984 <<>> Henderson, Zenna; "The Anything Box"; Avon 1977 "Holding Wonder"; Avon 1972 "The People: No Different Flesh"; Avon 1968 "Pilgrimage: The Book of the People"; Avon 1970 Herbert, Frank; "Dune"; Berkley 1985 <<>> Huson, Paul; "Mastering Witchcraft: A Practical Guide For Witches, Warlocks and Covens"; Berkley 1977 Jackson, Kenneth H.; "A Celtic Miscellany"; Penguin 1977 Jung, Carl Gustav; any titles Knight, JZ ;"A State Of Mind : my Story; Ramtha";Warner Books 1987 LeGuin, Ursula K.; "A Wizard of Earthsea"; Bantam, 1975 <<>> "The Tombs of Atuan"; Bantam 1975 <<>> "The Farthest Shore"; Bantam 1975 <<>> "The Lathe of Heaven"; Bentley 1971 <<>> "Always Comming Home"; Leland, Charles G.;"Aradia: the Gospel of the Witches";C.W.Daniel Company 1974 Martello, Dr. Leo Louis; "Witchcraft: The Old Religion"; University Books Inc., Martin, George R. and Tuttle, Lisa; "Windhaven" PB 1985 Mitchell, Janet Lee PHD; "Out-Of-Body Experiences :a Handbook" Ballantine 1981 McGarey, William A. MD; "The Edgar Cayce Remedies"; Bantam Books 1983 Morris, Jim; "Sheriff of Purgatory"; Doubleday, 1979 <<>> Morrison, Sarah Lyddon; "The Modern Witch's Spellbook"; Citadel Press 1971 Murray, Margaret A.; "The Witch Cult in Western Europe"; Oxford University Press "The God of the Witches"; Daimon Press 1962 Niven, Larry "Footfall"; Ballantine 1985 <<>> "Oath of Fealty"; Timescape 1984 <<>> "The Mote In God's Eye"; <<>> "The Magic Goes Away"; Ace 1978 <<>> "The Magic May Return" editor; Ace 1981 <<>> O'Donnell, Kevin Jr.; "Bandersnatch"; Owen, Iris M. and Sparrow, Margaret; " Conjuring Up Philip";Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1976 Panshin, Alexei; "Rite of Passage"; Piper, H. Beam; "Empire"; Ace Books 1981 <<>> "Federation"; Ace Books 1983 <<>> Pournelle, Jerry; "West of Honor"; PB 1980 <<>> "High Justice"; <<>> "The Survival of Freedom"; Fawcett 1981 <<>> "A Step Farther Out"; Ace Books 1983 <<>> Rand, Ayn any of her books Regardie, Israel ; "A Garden Of Pomegranates"; Llewellyn 1978 Reich, Wilhelm; "The Function of Orgasm"; PB, 1978 Sharman-Burke, Juliet ; "The Mythic Tarot Workbook"; Simon & Schuster 1988 Shea, Robert J. and Wilson, Robert Anton; "The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye In the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, and Leviathan"; Dell 1984 <<>> Smith, L. Neil; "The Probability Broach"; Stapleton, Michael;"A Dictionary of Greek & Roman Mythology"; Bell 1978 Starhawk; "The Spiral Dance: Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess"; HarperRow 1979 Stasheff, Christopher; "Escape Velocity"; Ace Books 1984 <<>> "The Warlock In Spite of Himself"; Ace Books 1985 "King Kobold Revived"; Ace Books 1985 <<>> "The Warlock Unlocked"; Ace Books 1985 <<>> "The Warlock Enraged"; Ace Books 1986 <<>> Stone, Merlin; "The Paradise Papers, The Suppression of Women's Rites"; Quartet Books 1976 "When God Was A Woman"; The Dial Press, 1976 "Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: A Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Love From Around the World vols. 1 and 2"; Beacon Press 1984 Valiente, Doreen; "Where Witchcraft Lives"; Aquarian Press 1962 "An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present"; Robert Hale 1975 "Natural Magic"; Robert Hale 1975 "Witchcraft for Tomorrow"; Phoenix Publishing 1985 Walker, Barbara G.; "The Secrets of the Tarot"; Harper & Row 1984 Watkins, Alfred; "The Old Straight Track"; Garnstone Press,1970 Weinstein, Marion ; "Positive Magic"; Phoenix Publishing 1981 "Earth Magic, A Dianic Book of Shadows"; Phoenix 1980 Wilson, F. Paul; "An Enemy of the State"; Doubleday, 1980 "Wheels Within Wheels"; Doubleday, 1978 Wilson, Robert Anton; "Prometheus Rising"; Falcon Press, 1983 <<>> "The Principia Discordia" Zelazny, Roger; "Nine Princes in Amber" and the rest of this series of books are a good understanding on dimensional theory and Trump working, though written within a fictional context. <<>> These books are recommended for the usefulness to the author of the list, and is not a list of absolutes or 'scripture' as other religions might claim. Not all the books are vitally useful, except to show sociological and psychological principles. This list has been updated many times and will so be again. This version of the list is that created in Feb. 1989 and distributed over various computer networks and BBS's.