Church of Wicca, the Frosts and Great Books on Witchcraft

6-1-2015

Gavin and Yvonne Frost were leaders in teaching witchcraft.  They had placed a good share of their knowledge in the books from Parker Publishing.  Years later they would publish works similar to the one's they had done before.   It was good to get the updated versions but the classics are good too.  Even if I wasn't using the systems in their entirety, I was using the theory to begin to create my own rituals and spells. Once I began to create my own talismans.  I was designing my own in the 80's.

I've seen other witchcraft books on the shelves today in stores and they don't compare.  These were more comprehensive and goal oriented.  It wasn't the traditional witchcraft were you celebrated the solstice but it more pertinent to what one wanted: attracting love into one's life for example.  

My Favorite Authors - the Excellent 11

New! Updated 2/25/2012:

The Excellent 11.  My magical hat goes off to the absolute greatest of occult authors and teams of authors.  They taught me a lot of occult concepts.  These books are by far the greatest that I have encountered in my 30+ years of research.  The following list is not in order of importance, but rather alphabetical by author/team, and the book that is one of the greatest by the author/team.

1.Ted Andrews:  Simplified Qabala Magic

2.Geof Gray-Cobb, Maiya Gray-Cobb: Miracle of New Avatar Power, Twist Your Fate, The Mystic Grimoire of Mighty Spells and Rituals (under his anonymous name Frater Malak), Secrets from Beyond the Pyramids, Acupinelogy, Angels - The Guardians of Your Destiny

3.David Conway:  Complete Magic Primer

4.Patrick Dunn:  Postmodern Magic: The Art of Magic in the Information Age

5.Nick Farrell:  Making Talismans: Living Entities of Power

6.Gavin Frost, Yvonne Frost:  The Witch's Book of Magical Ritual, the Witch's Magical Handbook, Power Secrets From a Sorcerer's Private Magnum Arcanum

7.David Godwin:  Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia

8.Francis King, Stephen Skinner:  Techniques of High Magic: A Handbook of Divination, Alchemy, and the Evocation of Spirits

9.Israel Regardie (and Marc Allen):   The Art of True Healing

10.Donald Tyson:  The Magician's Workbook: Practicing the Rituals of the Western Tradition

11.Frater U.D.:  High Magic: Theory & Practice

If you are out to purchase any of these be sure to check all the possibilities.  Check on-line with all the bookstores because there may be an ebook for less price if you have a digital reader.