Best Book for Beginners: Revamped

[@mymy_meadows]

Book titles mentioned by section and in order for those that need it! Historical References: 1:33 The Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation by Hans Dieter Betz Herbalism and Candle Magic: 4:11 The Book of Candle Magic by Madame Pamita Plant Witchery by Juliet Diaz General Beginner Books: 7:26 Witchery by Juliet Diaz Psychic Witch by Mat Auryn Weave the Liminal by Laura Tempest Zakroff Books on Racism and Colonization in Witchcraft: 8:36 Bringing Race to the Table: Exploring Racism in the Pagan Community by Crystal Blanton Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Other General Books: 11:33 Year of the Witch by Temperance Alden Honoring your Ancestors by Mallorie Vaudoise Six Ways by Aidan Wachter Weaving Fate by Aidan Wachter The Witch at the Forests Edge by Christine Grace The Witches Path by Thorn Mooney Of Blood and Bone by Mat Auryn and Kate Freuler Spells for Change by Frankie Castanea

[@hi-po5xs]

thank you!

[@samthornburg3390]

Bless u! I needed a visual list

[@ranbrk6]

❤️

[@bedhairismybae5480]

regarding your book: it is the first witchy book i bought hardcover and pre-ordered ever and i was so excited for it and it met all my expectations

[@bedhairismybae5480]

also i only ever used kindle or ebook format for witchy books and it was a revelation for my adhd ass that a physical book is a lot easier to finish in one sitting than a ebook.

[@Artemis583]

Additional recommendations for new and beginner witches: Rebel Witch by Kelly-Ann Maddox The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Levi (Greer translation) Green Witch Magick by Susan Ilka Tuttle New World Witchery by Cory Hutcheson Protection Spells by Arin Hiscock-Murphy Intuitive Witchcraft by Astrea Taylor The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs - Judy Ann Nock The Herbal Apothecary by JJ Pursell Bewitching the Elements - Gabriela Herstik The Path of Paganism by John Beckett Modern Witch by Devin Hunter The Ultimate Guide to Witchcraft by Anjou Kiernan Real Magic by Dean Radin

[@Jinkun2702]

These are really great suggestions! 👍👍

[@the_fae_witch1509]

I have the book of candle magic and its amazing. I couldn't believe just how much infirmation it contained. I'm used to buying these types of books that just contain little info and alot of spells. This book really brings home the information.

[@j3tztbassman123]

I was surprised not to see Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs in the list. My copy is very well used.

[@riveramnell143]

Of Blood and Bone is a phenomenal book. I’ve been practicing for 22 years, am a huge reader, and yet this book had information in it I’d never read before. I was shocked at how much I loved it. It changed the way I practice witchcraft. Cannot recommend this book enough.

[@Bi0nicFurY]

I have been looking into ancestor worship for some time and have never really found anything helpful for someone who knows almost nothing about their ancestry, thank you so much for the recommendation of Honouring Your Ancestors, it covers that exact problem quite helpfully and answers so many other questions I had. I dont have anyone that can teach me about this sort of thing so I'm so glad I managed to get hold of a copy. Bought a PDF copy yesterday and oh my gosh, I couldnt stop reading, I'm already nearly finished. Thanks again xox

[@exnedu1738]

I second Psychic Witch and Weave the Liminal. Great stuff in both.

[@megane11222]

I am here for a revamped edition of recommendations!!! So many books come out,so many different books read,etc. Thank you for the updated list. I for one sincerely appreciate it ❤ Videos are great,per usual,right? Many blessings to you 💕

[@galacticgardevoir9496]

I was so happy to see Braiding Sweetgrass on this list. I listened to it in 2020 and it changed my entire worldview and is definitely one of the reasons I feel comfortable dipping my toes into witchcraft.

[@jillian_duz]

I’d love to have more book recs and maybe some advance ones too?😊✨

[@rokelle_2012]

Thanks for sharing this video with us Frankie! I haven't watched the first video yet, but you mentioned that there was an herbalism book that you had included in that list but took it out of this one because it was problematic. If you felt comfortable doing so, do you think you could do a video going over such books so that we could have a reference as to which ones to avoid or if you feel like it still has good information, we would be aware of them being problematic before reading them? If you feel like that wouldn't be a video you wouldn't be comfortable doing no worries. I can't wait to read your book when it comes out in April. Already have it pre-ordered.

[@utopicuta]

YEEES finally someone who loves Plant Witchery as much as I do! I never see this book anywhere but it's soooo good! It's my go to book if I need to know more about a specific plant

[@emmabeckett6451]

I would love more book recommendations from you!! It’s funny, I remember you mentioning Braiding Sweetgrass before and I had put it on my to-read list. Cut to this week when I’m with extended family and my little cousin (who’s technically 24 lol) is reading this book!! 🤣 she’s definitely not a witch but it was interesting for me to see that and then for you to talk about it again in this video! 😆

[@kv7310]

I fricking ADORE your editor, the music the style the vibe your videos are just so warm and nice

[@reginaceniceros5198]

Can’t wait to read your book in April2022. What you listed sounded perfect for a beginner witch.

[@aprilsnow9543]

Hi Frankie! I just want to thank you for making all of this information accessible for beginners and other more experience practitioners. It's amazing to see all the people you've helped through your platform. I've been following you for a year, around the time you made the channel introduction and I'm so happy I found your channel because the content you make is incredible and provides a solid, bullshit free, base for novice witches to start off. I wish you the best in your new projects, and in your path, thank you for all you do. Happy holidays!!!

[@goofysnowoman6857]

I'm just beginning my witchcraft and paganism journey, and the best way I learn is through lecture and reading so right now I'm building my to buy and to be read list. So thank you for the book recommendations and explaining the basic ideas behind all of them!

[@LeanneAuroraBlue]

Your book hit your target audience perfectly I finished it half hour ago well done.

[@julphines]

For future book recommendations, it would help me a lot if you held up the book to the camera so I can see the title and author, or have a card up on screen. I have a hard time picking out the title in the middle of a sentence. Thanks!

[@starlightbecca]

Just in time for me to add some witchy books to my Christmas wish list hehe,, thank you !!

[@spannycat2]

I love the book Horse Magick because it explains the purpose of each ingredient. That makes it easier to make substitutions

[@eygeniamark1198]

I saw the witch of wonderlust's video and I just ordered yor book. Lots of love from Greece.

[@vio.matthews]

was just about to send out my Christmas list but saw this.. thank you for the wishlist ideas!! :))

[@rebsthetipsyelf]

Your the kind of KZbin channel that makes watching the whole ad worth it even when it says i can skip 😩✋💕✨

[@musicfeedsyoursoul8070]

What was the problematic herbal book? I’m looking at buying a bunch of witchy books and I don’t want to get it by accident (I like having multiple books on the same topic, that’s why I ask instead of just getting Plant Witchery and being done with it)

[@LeanneAuroraBlue]

I just finished your book half hour ago ,well done you hit your target audience perfectly.

[@MachuBaxter]

Thanks for recommending indigenous-informed texts - audiobook for braiding sweetgrass (read by the author) was great as well!

[@anarchylol6946]

i started my journey through tarot cards and i'm so ready for the next part of journey to be researching and learning through books thank you for helping

[@darkangelkate3950]

Thank you so much for this video. I too love books. Could you please post a list of the books you mentioned? Keep on doing what you do♥️🧚‍♀️

[@dayalaver64]

The book "A Discovery of Witches" that I know is a fiction book series. It's not a book of information. It has a show on TV as well. Unless there's another "A Discovery of Witches" book that I don't know about.

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

Lol. A discoverie of witchcraft is a historical document. www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwipop-n0rf0AhV1KzgKHTG5Ag0YABAGGgJqZg&ae=2&sig=AOD64_2x1i7i8HJsKCVHee8CsxMaRhyvzA&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwj2gZan0rf0AhWmk2oFHQLvA40Qwg96BAgDECA&adurl=

[@dayalaver64]

@@ChaoticWitchAunt I understood A Discovery of Witches 🤣🤣🤣. My bad.

[@bl1072]

thank you so much frankie!!! you’re so cool :) you inspire me to look into my heritage and made me realize all that i need for magick is all within me

[@xkaeos]

Just found out my local library in NZ has your book so I can read it!! And some of the other recs too, looking forward to reading it all :)

[@JayJay55505]

i got all these books downloaded and i spent no money so as a beginner witch this was a lot of help ty!

[@beckymackh3582]

Please please please let us know where you got those adorable earrings!!! I need them in my life!!!!

[@kaedee-lynnmccollum7647]

Love your videos but could you put names for books in the bottom of your videos

[@bedhairismybae5480]

sally be the best editor

[@da2357]

Thanks, Frankie, for a great set of books. I’ve expanded my Amazon wish list with a bunch of your suggestions and I’m going to order the UK version of your book (I can’t wait for the US edition). Thanks!!!

[@leahmckeswick6468]

Cant wait to give your book! I bought it as a christmas present for myself 😅 you're amazing btw 🖤🖤🖤

[@cltcommander3395]

she recommended it before

[@leahmckeswick6468]

@@cltcommander3395 yeah I know lol I follow her on tiktok too, I have trust in what Frankie says and recommends so will always support her

[@zanderg7048]

Just in time for my letters to Santa XD ...But at what point did you find yourself accepting or moving towards 'intermediate' books?

[@ryannswan6288]

Would love to know this as well!

[@moonroom7577]

Am I a beginner? Nope. Am I still reading them because you can always learn from new perspective? Yess

[@routofpretty9708]

hello!! i found your channel (as well as a few other witchy youtubers) very recently because ive finally decided that i do want to seriously being practicing and this video is vEry helpful in guiding me where to start, but can i ask if youre familiar with any asian resources? preferably chinese or filipino because that's what i am and what im hoping to incorporate into my craft but as someone who is neither western nor lives in the west its just,,r l y hard to find anything that isnt western-centric lol. i found that benebell wen is taiwanese and i am planning to look into more of her work but im hoping if anyone would have any other recommendations? thank you!

[@routofpretty9708]

@@m.m.6670 oooh i see thank you!

[@jasmineblanks1203]

I will definitely get your book when it’s available in the US. Also,I loved your energy in the video. I don’t know what was different but you made me smile🥰.

[@mildreddempsey5873]

I'm typing this up because the subtitles and time markers are a hot mess. Subtitles are all names of saints and what they are to be invoked for. Historical Reference 1. Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton 2. Greek Magical Papyri translated by Hans Dieter Betz Herbalism and Candle Magic 1. Candle Magic by Madame Pamita 2. Plant Witchery by Juliet Diaz General Beginner Books 1. Witchery by Juilet Diaz 2. Psychic Witch by Mat Auryn 3. Weave the Liminal by Laura Tempest Zakroff General Books 1. Bringing Race to the Table editor Crystal Blanton 2. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer General Witchcraft Books 1. Year of the Witch by Temperance Alden 2. Honoring Your Ancestors by Mallorie Vaudoise 3. Six Ways by Aidan Wachter 4. The Witch at the Forest's Edge by Christine Grace 5. The Witch's Path by Thorn Mooney Not a recommendation but written by this KZbinr - Spells for Change by Frankie Castanea

[@TheSparrowBatman]

Definitely screencapped the list, because I've been in the awkward stage for years that I wanted to excell my practice into an intermediate - advance way without getting tricked back into a beginner book 😢 Do you, or anyone in the comments, have good suggestions for the Greek Pantheon for polytheism? Id greatly appreciate your guys help, because a lot of the books I found are kinda hit-or-miss sadly.

[@kaylycan183]

This is an awesome recommendation list. What is the song playing in the background? I love it and it sounds like it would be good for meditation.

[@AmandaWojahn]

Can't remember if you recommended this book but I love encyclopedia of spirits

[@bedhairismybae5480]

"..in the later books..." take my money

[@NeverEndingFolklore]

Hi Lisa Chamberlain has the best closet sized ethically smart beginner books in hard cover, paperback, and ebook!

[@emilykuhnast9694]

So excited to read your book!!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[@alternativewitchyunicorn]

I just bought honoring your ancestors and love it!

[@sheriseulmer6789]

Thank you so much for touching on everything especially racism we must continue to combat this ugly thing to unify us.. continue to sew a new seed sister 💜🙏🏽💃🏽

[@esoclectic]

iirc, some translations of the PGM are out of copyright so you can get them free legally!

[@anasershourmach5775]

Racism+Prejudice is the multiplicity of problems in each person's personal circle, Maybe black and white wizards or witchcraft will understand this parable sooner than ordinary people. Do you use this method for self-defense or to curse someone?

[@anajustana5318]

Ooooo got more books to add to my wishlist tysm for the great recommendations :)))

[@timberclaire7415]

Hey, I’m really excited for your book! I live in Canada though and I was wondering if you were going to make it available in Canada ever?

[@kiaundriabellerose5027]

Currently reading Psychic Witch by Matt Auryn I’m really enjoying it so far.

[@watchingthebees]

Does Braiding Sweetgrass work only for people in the USA or anywhere in America and Oceania too?

[@bochi1542]

what is the song used in the background? I just can't get enough out of it

[@alixwithani8250]

Yay. More books!

[@georginataylor3802]

Thaanks!

[@That1Witch99]

when you make another one of these videos can you put a picture up of the book so we can see them and write them down please

[@alexgiroux6656]

I love your videos so much! thank you! I was searching books about herbs today! so it fits a lot! :) have a good day :)

[@hailstormk9417]

How did you start writing your book? I’ve been trying to start a book on my cat and my experiences with him after death,the spiritual aspect and so on.

[@CM-uq8ro]

With your book, are there any differences between the UK and US editions that we should be aware of?

[@zanderg7048]

Sorry for my multicomments but I comment thru watching ....BUT MAY WE BE BLESSED ONE DAY WITH A READING FROM AUNTIE FRANKIE FROM HER OWN BOOK ID LIIIIIVEEEEE FOR THAT!!!!!!!! EVEN JUST LIKE AN PAGE FROM UR FAV CHAPPY!

[@jaelavelazquez6627]

the cc is not lined up with the video

[@zanderg7048]

WAIT THAT WAS 7 YRS AGO O.O

[@rebsthetipsyelf]

Omg the fact you added a book on the racism in our communities is absolutely wonderful Also the fact you keep finding stuff in your books is literally me af lol your like "oh a leaf!" "Oh that's a pretty bookmark" and I'm like "this is how ppl see me for sure" lmfao

[@zhanatkaltayev3916]

Help Me Faded Odin

[@sarimedina4195]

I would love to read your book, but I'm in Mexico :(

[@eliasharper1175]

I WANT JULIET DIAZ BOOKS BUT I CANT FING THEM ONLINE

[@hollo0o583]

10:10 still don’t get the name.

[@OfBlessedNight]

Oo- first time ive been earlier than a month!

[@christinafulwider35]

The subtitles are not correct, just fyi. looks like the subtitles from a patron based video

[@ChaoticWitchAunt]

Thank you for pointing that out to me! I'm fixing that right now. I definitely got my transcripts messed up.

[@edenp22]

If I wrote a whole book you couldn't shut me up about it.

[@Aryasvisa]

My school caught on fire the day my principle retired 😂

[@ginbrunson7692]

📚📖💖

[@chantelobrien1951]

Frankie, please reach out to me. I’d like to send you a few things from my witchy store! ❤️

[@addsomespiceshit754]

777 likes?😳

[@bonnieequality]

I tried to ask this on a TikTok live but it got too busy. Do you have any recommendations for books about similar subject matter to "Year Of The Witch" that aren't that book? I got it a couple months ago but returned it (along with two others, for similar reasonings). I liked Temperance on KZbin before, but her book made me really uncomfortable. She basically says that pharmaceutical medicine can dull your natural magick/magickal connection to nature (when she discusses her history of being on BC), denies humans' effects on climate change, and there is at least one section that is very trans-exclusionary (when she says women menstruate and men don't). I'm a non-binary person that unfortunately does, but I am close to many people who would be affected and hurt by these statements. It's hard in general to find good witchy books that are trans-inclusive, but I digress.

[@bojii2939]

I just bought that book! I haven’t finished reading it but how did I, as a non-binary person, miss that 🤦

[@bonnieequality]

@@bojii2939 It's ok, I almost missed it too! After I received it in the mail, I got the strangest vibe just from holding it. I decided to double-check reviews for some reason, and I was gobsmacked. It just wasn't well-written or proofread either, IMO. My fiancé is trans, and we share our library (especially the witchy books). YOTW isn't something I would want him to read, and then potentially be hurt by. I knew I had to return it. I've had to return two other witchy books for similar reasoning. I'm much more excited about Frankie's book, however, since they are non-binary as well. A lot of the witches on YT/IG/etc. are all friends with each other. It's good to have a wide, diverse community, but... They don't really speak critically or from a neutral/unbiased about each others' work. This makes it harder to do research into which books/materials are good and at least very minimally problematic.

[@bojii2939]

@@bonnieequality yeah besides all of that I was really disappointed by the making your own wheel section, since that was the whole reason I bought the book. I thought it was really lacking.

[@bonnieequality]

@@bojii2939 That's why I bought the book too. A lot of reviews also said the section on the wheel was so small and full of easily-Googled info that there was no justification for it being labeled as a book about the wheel. I'm looking for better books about it, even if they're older.

[@bonnieequality]

I've gotten some likes/notifications about this comment I left recently, so I wanted to come back and note some things. First of all, I still love Frankie's content (as of writing this comment). Seeing as they're also non-binary, I know they will at least understand my POV even if they disagree with it (which I expect that they will, since they're closer to TA than I initially realized), and they won't condescend to me or take it personally. I plan to check out Frankie's book as soon as I can. Unfortunately, however, the bristly and dismissive response I got to the same question (recently) from another creator (on their own book recommendation video) left me with a lot of fear and apprehension about bringing up this topic to anyone else in TA's circle. So, to be honest, I don't really want a response anymore, and I won't be asking the initial question I left to anyone else unless they are or can be unbiased. I'm leaving this comment up, however, so that others who might be negatively affected by the book (and TA's incredibly condescending attitude toward those who merely disagree with her book's content) will know what to expect ahead of time. They can make their own decisions about whether or not to purchase/read it at that point.

[@dizzyisi767]

YAY I NEED BOOKS TO THREATEN MY PARENTS OVER A HEX (I'm joking I'm joking)

[@bedhairismybae5480]

AM I THE FIRST

[@sivadcal]

a lot of talking but not much being said i'm sorry to say...