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The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth

10 best books like The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth (Robert Graves): Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer, The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess, The Power of Myth, Bulfinch's Mythology, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, The Norse Myths, Gargantua and Pantagruel, The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews, Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America

Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
AuthorDiane Wolkstein
ISBN0060908548
A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period.

With the long-awaited publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern literary form one of the most vital and important of ancient myths: that...
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
AuthorStarhawk
ISBN0062516329
The twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess worship to the religious forefront. This bestselling classic is both an unparalleled reference on the practices and philosophies of Witchcraft and a guide to the life-affirming...
The Power of Myth
AuthorJoseph Campbell
ISBN0385418868
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's...
Bulfinch's Mythology
AuthorThomas Bulfinch
ISBN0375751475
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.
        The stories are divided into three...
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
AuthorJoseph Campbell
ISBN0691017840
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers...
The Norse Myths
AuthorKevin Crossley-Holland
Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the Viking world vividly to life. The mythic legacy of the Scandinavians includes a cycle of stories filled with magnificent images from pre-Christian Europe. Gods, humans, and monstrous beasts engage in prodigious drinking bouts, contests of strength,...
Gargantua and Pantagruel
AuthorFrançois Rabelais
ISBN0140445501
The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c.1471-1553) expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy to make us look afresh at the world.

Gargantua depicts a young giant, reduced to laughable...
The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews
AuthorScott Cunningham
ISBN0875421288
One of the secrets of real magic is that it is controlled by the mind. The more things in your ritual to help your mind associate with your goal, the more powerful your ritual may be. Colored candles, scented oils, natural incenses, and more all add to the impact of the magic you wish to do. But how do you know...
Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
AuthorScott Cunningham
ISBN0875421849
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

Selling more than 200,000 copies, Living Wicca has helped countless solitary practitioners blaze their own spiritual paths. Let the wise words of Scott Cunningham guide you toward a new level of practice.

Living...
Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
AuthorMargot Adler
ISBN0143038192
Now fully revised-the classic study of Neo-Paganism

Almost thirty years since its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo- Pagan subculture. Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and...
The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
AuthorRonald Hutton
ISBN0192854496
Here is a book that brings witchcraft out of the shadows. The Triumph of the Moon is the first full-scale study of the only religion England has ever given the world--modern pagan witchcraft, otherwise known as wicca. Meticulously researched, it provides a thorough account of an ancient religion that...
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series)
AuthorScott Cunningham
ISBN0875421229
Do you work magic with herbs? Do you use them in spells, for talismans or simply use their innate powers? If you don't have Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs, you need to get it right away. This book has become a classic in its field. Paul Beyerl, a respected author on herbs calls it "…an essential...
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
AuthorHaben Girma
ISBN1478992816
The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage.

Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she discovered courage as she faced off...
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
AuthorBetty MacDonald
ISBN0064401510
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a trick up her sleeve.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves everyone, and everyone loves her right back. The children love her because she is lots of fun. Their parents love her because she can cure children of absolutely any bad habit. The treatment are unusual, but they work! Who...
The Golden Bough
AuthorJames George Frazer
ISBN0684826305
Frazer a klasszikus brit etnológia utolsó képviselője (1854-1941). Élete és munkássága korszakot jelent a néprajztudomány történetében. … Az Aranyágban arra tesz kísérletet, hogy felvázolja az emberi gondolkodás fejlődését a mágia, a vallás egymást követő...
The Library of Greek Mythology
AuthorApollodorus
ISBN0192839241
The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorus is a unique guide to Greek mythology, from the origins of the universe to the Trojan War. Apollodorus' Library has been used as a source book by classicists from the time of its compilation in the 1st-2nd century...
American Indian Myths and Legends
AuthorRichard Erdoes
This magnificent collection gathers 160 tales from 80 tribal gathers to offer a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From all across the continent come tales of creation and love, of heroes and war, of animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. Alfonso Ortiz, an eminent...
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0192835890
The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood, and the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, the...
Who Built the Moon?
AuthorChristopher Knight
ISBN1842931636
The moon has confounded scientists for many years. It does not obey the known rules of astrophysics and there is no theory of its origin that explains the known facts--in fact it should not really be there...

The authors of Civilization One return, bringing new evidence about the Moon that will...
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
AuthorMircea Eliade
ISBN0691119422
First published in 1951, "Shamanism" soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious & fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian emigre--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-86) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two &...
The Masks of God, Volume 1: Primitive Mythology
AuthorJoseph Campbell
ISBN0140194436
I wish I could like Campbell's Masks of God series more than I do. I keep having the same experience -- I pick one up and read 15 pages that are magnificent, electrifying, and truly brilliant in their scope and perspicacity.

Then the long digressions accumulate and I start to lose the line of his...
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft
AuthorRaymond Buckland
ISBN0875420508
One of the 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 intruction in spellwork, divination, herbalism, healing, channeling, dreamwork, sabbats,...
A Witches' Bible: The Complete Witches' Handbook
AuthorJanet Farrar
ISBN0919345921
A Witches' Bible is one of the first books I obtained on the Craft. Written by Gardnerian Craft authorities, Janet and Stewart Farrar, it encapsulates much of what the Farrars wrote in previous books, "Eight Sabbats for Witches" and "The Witches' Way". It is a very good overview and outline of how formal...
The Harpist of Madrid
AuthorGordon L. Thomas
ISBN1848971540
Bright and musically gifted, Juan Hidalgo grows up in the Madrid of the early sixteen-hundreds. Employed as a harpist in the court of King Philip IV, he is soon writing his own music and sharing in the life of the court. The King confounds his expectations by being a charming and helpful man, and a fellow...
Yoga Mind and Body Book Hb
AuthorSivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre
ISBN0751302643
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The Wanderer
AuthorMika Waltari
ISBN9997519329
والتاری در این داستان تاریخی, دنیای قرون سیزده و چهارده قلمرو عثمانی را مجسم می‌سازد .(میکاییل حکیم) قهرمان داستان, راوی ماجراهاست .او پس از مرگ همسرش تصمیم...
Oedipus Borealis: The Aberrant Body in Old Icelandic Myth and Saga
AuthorLois Bragg
ISBN1611472830
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Unsolved Mysteries
AuthorColin Wilson
ISBN0883657902
I love reading about unsolved mysteries of almost any subject, so in that sense, this was a great book. There were many mysteries that I’m familiar with, but many more that I wasn’t. The author cares about the subject, and that shows throughout his work. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, even though...
The Remains of Elmet
AuthorTed Hughes
ISBN0060119535
The upturned face of this land
The mad singing of the hills
The prophetic mouth of the rain

That fell asleep

Under migraine of headscarves the clatter
Of clog-irons and looms
And gutter-water and clog-irons
And clog-irons and biblical texts

Stretchs...
Charge of the Goddess: The Mother of Modern Witchcraft
AuthorDoreen Valiente
ISBN0953920402
Doreen Edith Dominy Valiente was an influential English Wiccan who was involved in a number of different early traditions, including Gardnerian Wicca, Cochrane's Craft and the Coven of Atho. Responsible for writing much of the early Gardnerian religious liturgy, in later years she also helped to...
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