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RESOURCES FOR BEGINNER WITCHES

PLACES TO GET BOOKS/PDFS:

*avoid Amazon because we eat the rich in this house and don't support prison labor*

CHECK YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE/SMALL BOOKSTORE AND SEE IF THEY WILL ORDER BOOKS FOR U :)

https://b-ok.cc/ - pdfs - download free pdfs on witchcraft

www.scribd.com - $9.99 subscription fee per month after free 30 days, contains HUGE amounts of witchcraft books + witchcraft pdfs

https://www.etsy.com/ca/search?q=witchcraft%20books - etsy sometimes has the books you need.

https://www.abebooks.com/?cm_sp=TopNav-_-PLP-_-Logo - has many of the books listed

https://www.catlandbooks.com/ 

https://www.thecrookedpathshop.com/shop/24 - has many of the books listed

RESOURCES FOR BEGINNER WITCHES

*this list will be edited/added to as more information and resources are found*

*a reminder that most modern-day witchcraft books are heavily affected by white colonization and whiteness. Keep in mind your privilege and how this affects the sources you read*

As an eclectic self taught witch, I consider these topics to be the basis and foundation for beginning your journey as a witch, and helpful to decolonize your craft:

Mythology/Historical Resources

Magic of the Celtic Gods and Goddesses by Carl McColman and Kathryn Hinds

The Aradia - Book of the Witches

The Greek Myths By Robert Graves

Norse Mythology by John Lindow

The Gods of the Egyptians by E. A. Wallis Budge

Mythology by Martin R Phillips

History of Salem Witch Trials (Brief) - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/#:~:text=The%20Salem%20witch%20trials%20occurred,the%20families%20of%20those%20convicted. 

Sources to remind you that your witchcraft is political:

Cultural Appropriation + Colonization of Witchcraft

Cultural Appropriation in Modern Day Witchcraft and Paganism, a study https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1303&context=honors

Podcast talking about cultural appropriation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPaQObRWZ4

Witches of Hoodoo discuss the appropriation of their culture

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkg93m/black-magic-talking-with-hoodoo-witches

Cultural appropriation of white sage

https://www.willystreet.coop/august-2019/smudge-and-the-cultural-appropriation-issue

Overall reads on cultural appropriation and why most published books are by white cis men/women:

https://thestrand.ca/your-witchy-aesthetic-is-problematic/

https://www.bustle.com/p/for-witches-of-color-books-about-the-occult-are-scarce-19206296

Black + Indigenous Owned Businesses (witchy, bookstores, + more)

https://www.grandmascandleshop.com/gemstones.html - candles, gemstones, books and more!