In what order should I read Wicca books by Scott Cunningham?

I read about Wicca off of a website and it recommended Scott Cunningham, which order should I read them and are there any other books I will need? Any supplies I will need? I need help starting off..(: thank you

You could try joining a coven. There are some on line witches which prat ice Wicca. They might help you.

Thea Sabin and Deborah Lipp are a lot better than him.

Scott is a good first stop but should not be the last or only stop by any means.

His two major books on Wicca are specifically written in a certain order: Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner followed by Living Wicca.

It's not a question of what books you "need". This is not a hobby. It's a religion, and religion is a journey, not a goal. Wiccans never stop studying Wicca.

here are some more suggestions on where to start:
http://wicca.cnbeyer.com/book_recommendations.shtml

I'd actually suggest Wicca and Living Wicca and THAT'S IT.

Frankly, I'm not alone in saying that his last several books were probably not written by him anyways, and many of them are not that helpful.

Honestly, with the exception of the aforementioned books half of it reads like gamer resource books and some of his errors are galling.

Nightwind's book list is very good, I've recommended it often.

Wicca is a religion. Don't confuse it with Witchcraft, which can be practiced outside of religion, or with any religion.

Ritual tools are useful but are not the purpose of a religion-- the religion, or faith, is the main purpose. Your first step to becoming Wiccan is developing that faith and incorporating the beliefs and values into your daily life.

Scott Cunningham is 1 author; a pretty good author, but not the only one, and he's not a prophet... read other stuff, just to gain perspective. Some other good authors are Janet & Stewart Farrar, Raymond Buckland, Doreen Valiente and of course Wicca's founder Gerald Gardner. Ronald Hutton writes an excellent history.

It doesn't matter what order your read his books, it is not a series of lessons, they are all on different topics.

I think the book "Circle Within" by Diane Sylvan is a better "part 2" to Cunninghams "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" than Cunningham's other book: "Living Wicca; A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner," which I think wasn't too hot.


Some not-so-good authors, who you might enjoy and might even gain some inspiration from, but they are absolutely horrible scholars and little of their factual or historic information is true: Silver Ravenwolf, DJ Conway, Amber K-- this is why it is important to do research in many different sources-- not just sources that claim they are Wiccan-- because you learn to "separate the wheat from the chaff" so to speak.

Wicca.timerift.net is a great website that has a lot of accurate info and a good recommended reading list.