Books (hell, pagan, religion, Wicca, paganism)

[rhiannon]

Hello I have a question again.... Since I'm going to write about Wicca in my MA thesis I was wondering if anyone could help me with bibliography. I'm not Wiccan and don't know anything specific about this religion but I would like to find out as much as it is possible from books available on the market. Any suggestions about good authors or titles would be welcome.
Just one wish: I'm interested only in good, relyable and serious sources, no such things as "Wicca for Dummies"

[Gentoo]

I like Scott Cunningham personally, though I know some people don't.

Raymond Buckland and Gerald Gardner are the ones to read, as Gerald Gardner is known as the founder of Wicca.

[rhiannon]

Oh! That was fast Thanx I'll definately look for those authors

[rhiannon]

I don't want to make a new thred so I'll ask here. I've found out that there is also something like Driudry. I would also like to know about it more, so if anyone could give me some information about it, or recomand some books I would be gratefull

[Mike182]

Ronald Hutton is the best name out there for the history of moder paganism - no question about that. he's a current lecturer at the university of bristol, and a damn good public speaker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hutton

he's as reliable as they come

[Mike182]

Originally Posted by Gentoo

I like Scott Cunningham personally, though I know some people don't.

Raymond Buckland and Gerald Gardner are the ones to read, as Gerald Gardner is known as the founder of Wicca.

i would add Aleister Crowley to that list, just for general context.

by the by, does anyone know of any good book on the golden dawn?

[Kay]

Originally Posted by rhiannon

I don't want to make a new thred so I'll ask here. I've found out that there is also something like Driudry. I would also like to know about it more, so if anyone could give me some information about it, or recomand some books I would be gratefull

http://www.druidry.org/

http://www.aoda.org/

[rhiannon]

Thanx That will help a lot. Now I have to find some books and buy them some how Because it is hard to get such stuff in Poland

[MaddLlama]

I'm really suprised no one mentioned Gerald Gardener and Doreen Valentine. They were the first authors that came out with books on Wicca, and Gardener is the religion's founder. I would at least skim through his material, and the books written by Doreen. The religion itself has been rapidly evolving since then, but it pays to know the history, especially if you plan on talking about said evolution. =)
That being said, I would avoid the works of Robert Graves and Margaret Murray, except to talk about negative influence, or just bad history.

May I ask what class this is for? Just being nosy

[Mike182]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

I'm really suprised no one mentioned Gerald Gardener and Doreen Valentine. They were the first authors that came out with books on Wicca, and Gardener is the religion's founder. I would at least skim through his material, and the books written by Doreen. The religion itself has been rapidly evolving since then, but it pays to know the history, especially if you plan on talking about said evolution. =)
That being said, I would avoid the works of Robert Graves and Margaret Murray, except to talk about negative influence, or just bad history.

May I ask what class this is for? Just being nosy

hey! i said Crowley and the Golden Dawn, how much more history does the poor lad want? besides, Gardern came out of those two anyway