***Aldred, Cyril 1998. The Egyptians, 3rd ed. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28036-3.
(Excellent overall resource book on Ancient Egypt.)

Baigent, Michael and Richard Leigh. 1991. The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception. Summit Books, New York.
(While it looks like these guys have done their research, these are also the same folks who promoted, in another book, the concept of the unbroken and known lineage of Jesus to the present day. So, there are a few grains of salt in my hand...)

**Bottéro, Jean. 1992. Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

*Eisenman, Robert. 1992. The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered. Element Books, Longmead, England.
(Translations of portions, some historical context.)

**Featherston, Elena, ed. 1994. Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity. Crossing Press, Freedom, California. (Understandings of identity and community, and a process of healing. Not specifically Pagan, but it "feels" that way to me.)

***Fox, Everett, trans. & commentary. 1995. The Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
(The Schocken Bible, Volume I.) Schocken Books, New York. ISBN 0-8052-4140-X. (A re-translation of the Bible, painstakingly undertaken, in an attempt to render the cadence and tone and nuance of what we have of the original in as much of a non-jarring form of English which keeps that cadence and tone as far as is possible. If I'm going to refer to the Christian Bible, I want to be as close to the source as I can get, given that I want it in English.)

**Gleason, Judith. 1987. Oya: In Praise of the Goddess. Shambhala, London & New York. (A variety of information on the Yoruba goddess Oya.) ISBN 0-87773-430-5.

Greenberg, Blu, 1983. How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household. Simon and Schuster, NY.

**Grimassi, Raven. 1995. Ways of the Strega: Italian Witchcraft: Its Lore, Magick, and Spells. Llewellyn Books, St. Paul, MN. (Well-written and informative about a branch of Witchcraft I know little about. Dubious about some of the historical claims, but there's other stuff here to stir thought.) ISBN 1-56718-253-4.

Hope, Murry. 1984. Practical Egyptian Magic. The Aquarian Press, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. (And Atlantis will rise again... NOT!)

Hornung, Erik, trans. J. Baines. 1982. Conceptions of the Gods in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many. Cornell University Press, Cornell, NY. (Just purchased, but it came recommended from a couple of sources.) ISBN 0-8014-8384-0.

Knappert, Jan. 1990. The Aquarian Guide to African Mythology. Aquarian Press, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. (Done in the manner of an encyclopedia.)

*Leland, Charles G.. 1998. Aradia: or the Gospel of the Witches. A New Translation by Mario and Dina Pazzaglini, with additional material by Chas S. Clifton, Robert Matheisen, and Robert E. Chartowich. Phoenix Publishing. (While I still have my doubts as to the longeveity of the Leland source material, it is good to have both the translations and Leland's original Italian here in one spot. The commentary is also of interest.) ISBN 0-919345-34-4.

**Murphy, Joseph M., Santeria: An African Religion in America. (A good overview of the religion and its history and culture, including the author's personal experiences. This is not a "how-to" book -- experience with a teacher is recommended.)

**Neimark, Philip John, ed. 1993. The Way of the Orisa: Empowering Your Life Through the Ancient African Religion of Ifa. Harper San Francisco. (The gods of the Ifa, and how they are worshipped today.) ISBN 0-06-250557-2.

***Pagels, Elaine. 1979. The Gnostic Gospels. Vantage, New York.
(The parts that didn't make it into the New Testament. A lucid explanation of the time of early Christian gnosticism, as well as its meaning.)

*Pagels, Elaine. 1995. The Origin of Satan. Random House, New York.
(Where did this Satan myth come from, and why was he originally useful in the political sense?)

Patai, Raphael, 1967. The Hebrew Goddess. Avon Books, New York. (Discusses female deities in Judaism, with sections on Ashera, Astarte, Lilith, Kabbalistic information, and more. Glanced at, but not read -- looks worthwhile but I haven't seen enough to rate it.)

*Radin, Paul, ed. 1983. African Folktales. Schocken Books, New York.

*Romer, John. 1984. Ancient Lives: Daily Life in Egypt of the Pharaohs. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York. (The PBS special was based on this.)

***Schwaller de Lubicz, 1978. Her-Bak: Egyptian Initiate. Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT. (Translations of important Egyptian commentaries.) ISBN 0-89281-002-5.

*Siuda-Legan, Tamara. 1994. The Neteru of Kemet: An Introduction. Eschaton Publications, Chicago. (Discusses thirteen of the Netjer of ancient Egypt. Inspirational writings and meditations, and quite a nice bibliography.) ISBN 1-57353-105-7.

**Teish, Luisah. 1985. Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals. Harper & Row, San Francisco.

Von Rudloff, Robert. 1999. Hekate in Ancient Greek Religion. Horned Owl Publishing, Victoria, BC, Canada. (I bought this one as a Solstice gift -- shhhh -- but it looks really good although I haven't read it.) ISBN 0-9696066-8-0.

Last Updated: January 2, 2001, ce.