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#161 Ancestral Celt

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Posted 04 August 2010 - 06:02 PM

Marion, on 21 July 2010 - 10:49 PM, said:

Victorian Pharmacy, the book of the BBC2 tv series...which I LOVE!

Wow. Didn't know there was a book specifically on the pharmaceuticals. Will have to take a look.

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#162 Marion

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Posted 16 August 2010 - 05:04 PM

Just finished Paula Brackston's follow up to "Book of Shadows" called "Lamp Black, Wolf Grey"...set in Wales, standard time jumping format, good sense of place, nice lesson in not doing magic if you don't understand it..lost me a bit when the modern day heroine got impregnanted by Merlin, though...

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Posted 16 August 2010 - 05:57 PM

Dawn, on 14 October 2008 - 06:05 PM, said:

ok i dont know if anyone else does this but i read at least 3 books at once and just switch from one to the other when i get to a boring bit

So atm i am reading:

City of Bones (bit young for me but a lite read)

Interview with a vampire (i know i know cant help myself, 5th time round)

The Occult (a mega thick book detailing all famous occultists and practices, really interesting)

Balkan Traditional Witchcraft by Radomir Ristic and Vices of my blood by Maureen Jennings:vhappywitch:

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Posted 17 August 2010 - 10:47 PM

Now four chapters in to "The Wise Woman" by Philippa Gregory

Liking it very muchly

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#165 Lela

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Posted 18 August 2010 - 01:41 PM

Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley by Richard Kaczynsk

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Posted 18 August 2010 - 04:12 PM

I picked up the "immortal life of nicholas flamel" by michael scott as a fluff read, but may check out the rest of the series for fun and i'm reading one of my usual re-reads sherlock holmes.

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Posted 28 August 2010 - 03:15 AM

Anilec, on 18 August 2010 - 04:12 PM, said:

I picked up the "immortal life of nicholas flamel" by michael scott as a fluff read, but may check out the rest of the series for fun and i'm reading one of my usual re-reads sherlock holmes.

Ah, LOVE Sherlock. Not the new UK series, though - that was pants IMHO. I'm still reading The Wise Woman, taking ages becaus I'm pretty shattered after work these days. I picked up another book at work - The Lost Art of Enochian Magic - Angels, Invocations and the Secrets Revealed to Dr John Dee (with accompanying CD) by John DeSalvo, Ph.D...anyone else got it? or heard of him? Even Amazon didn't have customer reviews or anything of worth on an author's page. I'm going to finish the book I'm on first before I look at it in depth. One of my side-lines in interest is the "old men" of magic...Dee, Agrippa etc

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Posted 28 August 2010 - 06:24 AM

Anilec, on 18 August 2010 - 04:12 PM, said:

I picked up the "immortal life of nicholas flamel" by michael scott as a fluff read, but may check out the rest of the series for fun and i'm reading one of my usual re-reads sherlock holmes.

I actually love this series. Riddled with history, myth, folklore, magic. He's an avid folklorist and wrote a rather lovely omnibus of Irish myth and folklore.

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Posted 28 August 2010 - 10:28 PM

I'm reading creative visualization by shakti gawain, i found it at a used book store.

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 06:28 AM

Just ordered "Communing With the Spirits: The Magical Practice of Necromancy" by Martin Coleman and I can't wait until it gets here! It was recommended on a Hoodoo mailing group for anyone wanting to learn to work with spirits, ancestors, and graveyards. Read the first couple of chapters before I bought and it looks quite promising. It seems to be broken down into "lessons", with the first being to learn as much as you can about any deceased relatives you have and learn about who they are, how they lived, etc.

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Posted 30 August 2010 - 07:22 PM

After a recent trip to Glastonbury I had to pick up a copy of Barbara Erskine's 'Times Legecy' a Supernatural/Historical tale set around a young present day Priest in the Church of England who is sent to a Glastonbury retreat by the church after being accused of Witchcraft by her obsessed boss, with the aid of a magickal crystal she watches a story from the past of a druidess unfold before her. I loved the descriptions of Glastonbury past and present (made me want to go back immediately) and the time hopping. I read the book in record time, definitely her best book to date.

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Posted 30 August 2010 - 08:15 PM

Black-Cat, on 29 August 2010 - 06:28 AM, said:

I have to get my hands on that book too! I'm currently reading a few tarot books because I recently bought a tarot deck (the Paulina Tarot!). It's working surprisingly well. Reading Paul Quinn's "Tarot for Life" (such a cheesy title, but the content is pretty good!) and starting Mary K. Greer's "The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals." Good books for any tarot beginner, I'd say.

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Posted 31 August 2010 - 02:10 PM

Firenze, on 30 August 2010 - 08:15 PM, said:

...I'm currently reading a few tarot books because I recently bought a tarot deck (the Paulina Tarot!). It's working surprisingly well. Reading Paul Quinn's "Tarot for Life" (such a cheesy title, but the content is pretty good!) and starting Mary K. Greer's "The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals." Good books for any tarot beginner, I'd say.

I love the Paulina! Ironically, it's not my usual style, being a bit twee, but I just love the colors and all the characters of this deck... I really enjoy working with it. Wonderful deck!

Back on topic... I'm now reading 13 Moons by Fiona Walker-Craven. Only read a few chapters so far, but what a wonderful little book. Even though it's categorized as a 'beginner' book, it's filled with some very practical advice, and has reminded me to not over complicate things. Definitely a great book if your new to Witchcraft and want to bypass the usual Wicca related stuff.

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Posted 01 September 2010 - 04:18 PM

I need to run through this thread with pen and paper ... there are such good title suggestions here.

I'm reading through The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres and The Witches' Qabalah by Christopher Penczak. I own two other Penczak titles (his Reiki book and the first in his Temple series) and seem to enjoy his writing voice and the way he organizes his books. I'm making my way through this book ... it's an enjoyable read and I like his suggested exercises he includes. I don't think I'll buy this book ... I think I'm going to first explore the texts mentioned in Penczak's bibliography.

#175 Anilec

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Posted 10 September 2010 - 04:00 AM

I just started reading A.F.Scott's "Witch,Spirit,Devil" Amazingly historically accurate (and I had just bought it for the pictures) and it's incredible to see the things that led to the witch hunts and the assumptions that were made. It has so far been a really good read.

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Posted 10 September 2010 - 06:00 PM

Well today my uncle gave me a gift, he said he saw it while he was out and about and it made him think of me. The gift is a book called `The Element Encyclopedia Of 5000 Spells` by Judika Illes. So I shall be spending a lot of time browsing through it.

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Posted 10 September 2010 - 08:17 PM

Magdalena, on 10 September 2010 - 06:00 PM, said:

I have that book as well Magdalena, I use it all the time...esp for references and "tweaking" a spell...enjoy!

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Posted 10 September 2010 - 09:08 PM

Ophelia, on 10 September 2010 - 08:17 PM, said:

I have that book as well Magdalena, I use it all the time...esp for references and "tweaking" a spell...enjoy!

Thank you

I have had a quick browse through it and it seems packed with information. I read Judika Illes bio also on the net and she seems a very interesting lady.

#179 Telluria

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Posted 11 September 2010 - 01:29 AM

i just bought awakening to the spirt world by sandra ingerman & hank wesselman gonna crack it open tonight

#180 Marion

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Posted 12 September 2010 - 05:52 AM

I HAVE to re-read Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone for a course I'm doing. Seriously! Peter Rabbit and Swallows and Amazons are on the set list too