Reddit reviews Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner

My first exposure to everything was through Cunningham's Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner, which I honestly believe is a good "introductory" book even though I personally don't practice Wicca. It goes over many of the core concepts common to multiple practices of witchcraft, introduces basic things like the wheel of the year, and - most importantly - is commonly found in all sorts of places. I've seen it in Barnes & Noble, and PDFs are readily accessible if you can't afford a hard copy.

It's not the Bible of Wicca, like some people treat it, but it's a good starting point. Take what you like, work it into your own practice, and figure out what interests you from there.

Seconded. I read this, as well as Cunningham's Guide for a Solitary Practitioner at first. They are both very helpful, but different. Here is the Amazon Link for Wicca and Witchcraft for Dummies and here is the Amazon Link for Cunningham.

...How exactly did you find out about this book?


I looked into it, and it looks like this is his first ever book, published just two days ago, and the only things I can find online about the author are an Instagram with less than fifty followers and a half-finished website. The guy doesn't even have a blog as far as I can see, so I'm surprised you were able to find the book among the hundreds of beginner witchcraft resources floating around on Kindle.


I'm not trying to be a jerk, but this seems suspiciously like a plug, and unless this guy has some seriously groundbreaking advice, $10 for a 52 page book is pretty pricey.


If it's not a plug, and you're looking for an affordable beginner book that's available for Kindle, I'd recommend either Grovedaughter Witchery ($8.99, 226 pages, non-denominational) or A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner ($10.99, 240 pages, slightly modified Wiccan).


Or heck, a lot of the basic beginner info can be found for free online! If you have any specific questions about different areas of witchcraft, there are lots of us who'd be willing to share our thoughts/experiences with you. :)

Cunningham's Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner, Janet and Steward Farrah's A Witches Bible Compleat, Marian Green's A Witch Alone, Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft are all decent intro books IMO.


You can also find a "buttoad of Wiccan/Pagan/Magic E-books" in this thread

My advice is to read everything you can about it. Some books are better than others, some authors know what they're talking about whereas others are full of it, but not everyone agrees on who's "right." So, just read them all and realize that some may be great sources whereas some books ought to be taken with a grain of salt. Make on your own decisions on what is or isn't correct.

Hi, I've been practicing for about a year (so not super long) and I can happily recommend some basics.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AS9S80/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

This is a great read whether you're a serious practitioner or not

I agree completely, I started this book and stopped pretty quick. I stuck with Scott Cunningham's books, though I don't know if those would be considered 'classic'. For OP, I would recommend Wicca: A guide for the solitary practitioner.