 | Witchcraft Today by Gerald Brosseau Gardner
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £11.99 1954 - The book that started the whole ball running - Gardner's first book on the subject of the witchcraft religion
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 | The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Brosseau Gardner
Buy new: £11.77 / Used from: £10.30 1959 - Gardner elaborated on his history of the witchcraft religion
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 | The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (Forgotten Books) by Margaret Alice Murray
Buy new: £7.19 1921 - Margaret Murray the Egyptologist's first book on the witch cult
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 | The God of the Witches (Galaxy Books) by Margaret A. Murray
Buy new: £11.00 / Used from: £4.00 1933 - Murray expands her theory in this second book on the witch cult - don't read the third, it's a mad ramble with no or little relevence to Wicca at all
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 | The Rebirth of Witchcraft by Doreen Valiente
Buy used from: £11.76 1989 - Doreen Valiente, the "mother of modern witchcraft" speaks out about her experiences in the early craft - essential reading from the woman who was there!
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 | Fifty Years of Wicca by Frederic Lamond
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £4.15 2004 - Frederic Lamond, another man who was actually there during the craft's early years
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 | Crafting the Art of Magic: The History of Modern Witchcraft, 1939-1964 Book 1 (Llewellyn's Modern Witchcraft Series) by Aidan A. Kelly
Buy used from: £15.89 1991 - One of the earliest attempts to actually document Wicca's history
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 | The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton
Buy new: £7.14 / Used from: £4.09 2001 - Respected historian Ronald Hutton provides a history of Wicca, and claims Gardner made it all up !
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 | A New History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans: Sorcerers, Heretics and Pagans by Jeffrey B. Russell
Buy new: £6.54 / Used from: £5.00 2007 - Historians examine witchcraft as a whole, and in the last section of the book examine Wicca, and agree with Hutton's conclusion
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 | Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration: An Investigation into the Sources of Gardnerian Witchcraft by Philip Heselton
Buy new: £16.95 2003 - Philip Heselton's extremely thorough research indicates that Wicca predates Gardner.
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| Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival by Philip Heselton
Buy used from: £36.14 2000 - Philip Heselton's work in the field is perhaps more extesive than that of any other researcher
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 | The Alexandrian and Gardnerian Book of Shadows by Athena Gardner
Buy new: £8.91 / Used from: £6.66 An important source book for what it is that Wicca follows
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 | Witchcraft Out of the Shadows: A Complete History by Leo Ruickbie
Buy new: £12.34 / Used from: £5.79 An evaluation of witchcraft in Britain, from the witch-hunt to the rise of Wicca
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