Wicca: A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner, Scott Cunningham, Llewellyn Publications, 1988
Knowing absolutely nothing about Wicca before I started this book, I had no idea what to expect. Cunningham does an admirable job at taking the reader through Wicca, starting with the basics.
Wicca has a simple idea of morality: do what you want, as long as you harm none. Wicca is centered around reverence for nature and acknowledges a supreme power from which the universe sprang, personified into two basic beings: the Goddess and the God. There isn't one holy book which is the same for everyone, just as there isn't a "right" way to worship in Wicca. Everyone is encouraged to find their own path.
Cunningham also includes many rituals to copy or adapt, ranging from simple rituals to be performed at sunrise or sunset each day, to more involved rituals to be performed on certain days of the year.
To those who want to practice Wicca, but don't know where to start, or think that it can only be done as part of a group, this is the book. To those who simply want to learn about another way of looking at the world around them, this is the book.
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