Library Archive - Museum of Witchcraft and Magic

A Witch’s Year

Journey through the changing seasons in a constant process of unfolding and becoming! A Witch’s Year is a compendium of magic, lore, rituals, observances, spells, crafts, meditations, visualisations and all manner …

The Witches House

close to the crashing waves of Boscastle Harbour in Cornwall, the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic contains one of the worlds most loved and most influential collection of magical objects. …

The Strollers Tale

Folklore and stories collected from wandering around the Uk gathering tales issues held from no.25 Summer 2024

The Cambridge book of magic

a Tudor necromancer,s manual

The Dragon Book of Essex

Grimorium Synomosia Draco’taus A quest upon the crooked path, a book of sorcery containing the sacred rites and formulae undertaken in the mysteries of the great dragon.

Rue Morgue

article about The Museum of Witchcraft by Peter White, signed by him in 2018 Rue Morgue – Magazine – Horror in Culture and Entertainment Jan / Feb 2010 issue #97 …

The Man Who Saw the Future

Very interesting biography of William Lilly, a 17th C Astrologer whose predictions influenced strategy in the English Civil War. A sought after astrologer, who gave ‘scientific’ credibility to Astrology due …

The Tomb of God

Interesting exploration of theory that the Holy Grail is buried at Rennes-le-Chateau, tracing ‘clues’ from paintings and drawings, finding significance in angles and other visual representation. Good combination of story …

Doctor by Nature

Biography of a surgeon from Polperro, Cornwall who made a major contribution to natural science over his lifetime (1789 – 1870)

Superstition & Science

How the rise of western science interacted with and challenged established superstition. The relationship between what people believed and what they ‘knew’. there was no real conflict between faith and …

The Pendle Witch Fourth Centenary Handbook

Intended for the ‘casual reader’, rather than the historian or academic. Includes the social context of the lead up to the accusations and trials, the key characters and locations. Looking …

The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy

This book is written in a relaxed,accessible style, with lots of interesting information about the backgrounds of the key witch trial characters. The historical context is also given, along with …

Astrology and Horoscopes

A very comprehensive but accessible guide to astrology. Donated in memory of Kathryn “Kat” Adams.

Spells for the Witch in You

A very Wiccan approach to spellcraft. Donated in memory of Kathryn “Kat” Adams.

The Book of Thoth

Aleister Crowley’s analysis of the Tarot, illustrated with black and white pictures of the cards he designed with Lady Frieda Harris. This actual book seems to have an interesting provenance. …

Songs for the Journey Home

A mystical but also psychological approach to the Tarot. Signed by one of the authors, Catherine Cook. Donated in memory of Kathryn “Kat” Adams.

Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom

A classic work from the 1980s, originally in two volumes, here brought together in one. Described (justifiably) in the blurb as the book “that helped launch the modern Tarot Renaissance”. …

Fairy Lore

A detailed, entertaining and accessible study of a wide range of fairy lore. Signed by Anna Franklin, one of the authors. Donated in memory of Kathryn “Kat” Adams.

Step-by-Step Tarot

A comprehensive and systematic guide to reading Tarot cards. The author is the founder and director of the London Tarot Centre. Donated in memory of Kathryn “Kat” Adams.

Dictionary of Dreams

A guide to the symbolic significance of a wide range of subjects that may occur in dreams, with two introductory chapters that discuss dream interpretation in general, including its place …

1001 Dreams

This draws on Freudian and Jungian psychology to give brief interpretations of (as the title says) 1001 dream subjects. Donated in memory of Kathryn “Kat” Adams.

Tell Your Own Fortune

A useful guide to a wide range of divinatory techniques: Tarot, cartomancy, dice, western astrology, Chinese astrology, Oracles, runes, dominoes, the I Ching, palmistry, numerology, divining, tea leaf reading and …

Tarot Journaling

Interesting ideas about blending Tarot reading and creativity. Donated in memory of Kathryn “Kat” Adams.

Tarot: Your Everyday Guide

Divination is not necessarily about predicting the future – arguably seeking advice is an even more important aspect of the art, and that is what this book focuses on. Donated …

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