Witchcraft on a Shoestring: Practicing the Craft Without Breaking Your Budget
10 best books like Witchcraft on a Shoestring: Practicing the Craft Without Breaking Your Budget (Deborah Blake): Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer, The Book of the City of Ladies, The Complete Essays, Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America, The Song of Roland, Young Goodman Brown, Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, Poems and Fragments
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
| Author | Diane Wolkstein |
| ISBN | 0060908548 |
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 Book of the City of Ladies
| Author | Christine de Pizan |
| ISBN | 0892552301 |
In dialogues with three celestial ladies, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, Christine de Pizan (1365-ca. 1429) builds an allegorical fortified city for women using examples of the important contributions women have made to Western Civilization and arguments that prove their intellectual and moral...
| Author | Michel de Montaigne |
| ISBN | 0140446044 |
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech.
In...
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
| Author | Scott Cunningham |
| ISBN | 0875421180 |
Cunningham's classic introduction to Wicca is about how to live life magically, spiritually, and wholly attuned with nature. It is a book of sense and common sense, not only about magick, but about religion and one of the most critical issues of today: how to achieve the much needed and wholesome relationship...
Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
| Author | Margot Adler |
| ISBN | 0143038192 |
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...
| Author | Unknown |
| ISBN | 0140440755 |
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French. The Song of Roland, written...
| Author | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| ISBN | 1557423628 |
Such a wonderfully (and eerily) subversive story of a man who sees what lies behind the virtuous facade. A classic "dark romance," it's got all the hallmarks of another kind of classic: that of the "hero cycle" (to use Joseph Campbell's famous phrase), where the hero has to leave society to gain wisdom,...
| Author | William Barrett |
| ISBN | 0385031386 |
Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett speaks eloquently and directly to concerns of the 1990s: a period when the irrational and the absurd are no better integrated than before and when...
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
| Author | Renni Browne |
| ISBN | 0060545690 |
"A superb tutorial for anyone wanting to learn from pros how to polish fiction writing with panache."-- Library Journal
Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn...
| Author | Sappho |
| ISBN | 0872205916 |
Little remains today of the writings of the archaic Greek poet Sappho (fl. late 7th and early 6th centuries B.C.E.), whose work is said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria some 500 years after her death. The surviving texts consist of a lamentably small and fragmented...
We first met Avery in two of the stories featured in Dana Johnson’s award-winning collection Break Any Woman Down. As a young girl, she and her family escape the violent streets of Los Angeles to a more gentrified existence in suburban West Covina. This average life, filled with school, trips to 7-Eleven...
Power Spellcraft for Life: The Art of Crafting and Casting for Positive Change
| Author | Arin Murphy-Hiscock |
| ISBN | 1593372728 |
Your intrepid guide to the art of spellcraft, Power Spellcraft for Life takes you on an in-depth magical journey of personal fulfillment. You'll explore the hows and whys of spellcasting, learn step-by-step how to build your own successful spells, raise positive energy to power them, and make your...
Charms, Spells, and Formulas: For the Making and Use of Gris Gris Bags, Herb Candles, Doll Magic, Incenses, Oils, and Powders
| Author | Ray T. Malbrough |
| ISBN | 0875425011 |
By using the simple materials available in nature, you can bring about the necessary changes to greatly benefit your life and that of your friends. You are given detailed instructions for making and using the "gris-gris"(charm) bags only casually or mysteriously mentioned by other writers. Malbrough...
A Witch Alone: Thirteen Moons to Master Natural Magic
| Author | Marian Green |
| ISBN | 0007133235 |
This book carries on the tradition of the solo village witch emphasizing white rather than black magic. It is a practical manual of instruction for those who choose the solo path of study and particularly stresses the importance of being in tune with nature. As there are approximately 13 moons each year...
The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More
| Author | Arin Murphy-Hiscock |
Discover the power of natural magic and healing through herbs, flowers, and essential oils in this new guide to green witchcraft.
At her core, the green witch is a naturalist, an herbalist, a wise woman, and a healer. She embraces the power of nature; she draws energy from the Earth and the Universe;...
Power of the Witch: The Earth, the Moon, and the Magical Path to Enlightenment
| Author | Laurie Cabot |
| ISBN | 0385301898 |
The earth, the moon, and the magical path to enlightenment. Written by a practicing witch who conducts classes and seminars on witchcraft--the oldest Western religion, a means of power and enlightenment, and a healing art.
"Laurie Cabot has written a fascinating account of a beautiful and...
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
| Author | Elaine N. Aron |
| ISBN | 0553062182 |
Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Are you "too shy" or "too sensitive" according to others? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? If your answers are yes, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).
Most of us feel...
Practical Candleburning Rituals: Spells and Rituals for Every Purpose
| Author | Raymond Buckland |
| ISBN | 0875420486 |
This trusted guidebook by popular author Raymond Buckland has introduced candle magick to more than 300,000 readers. From winning love to conquering fear, obtaining money to improving relationships, Practical Candleburning Rituals is filled with simple candle rites that get real results.
Newly...
Protection & Reversal Magick: A Witch's Defense Manual (Beyond 101)
| Author | Jason G. Miller |
| ISBN | 1564148793 |
You could be the target of a spell or curse and not even know it!
All people, witches or not, are susceptible to these attacks. The difference: witches and magicians can do something about it. Now you can too.
Protection & Reversal Magick is a complete how-to manual on preventing,...
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
| Author | Mady G. |
| ISBN | 1620105861 |
In this quick and easy guide to queer and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and JR Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBT+ world! Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience...
| Author | Alvin Schwartz |
| ISBN | 0060263415 |
Schwartz's three best-selling collections of scary folklore -- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3 -- are made available in one book, each one in its complete form.
Reviews
"A wonderful collection of tales that range from creepy to...
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
| Author | H.P. Lovecraft |
| ISBN | 0871404532 |
"With an increasing distance from the twentieth century…the New England poet, author, essayist, and stunningly profuse epistolary Howard Phillips Lovecraft is beginning to emerge as one of that tumultuous period’s most critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figures," writes Alan Moore...
