Date: Sat, 9 May 92 10:48:32 CDT
From: ba@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (B.A. Davis-Howe)

ORDER OF THE CELTIC CROSS
READING LIST

Copyright 1992
B.A. Davis-Howe

PRE-CANDIDACY:
Kurtz, Katherine; Camber of Culdi, Saint Camber, and Camber the Heretic (F)
King, Francis; Magic: The Western Tradition (NF)
Bradley, Marion Zimmer; The Forbidden Tower (F)
Ashcroft-Nowiki, Delores; The Ritual Magic Workbook(RMW): pp. 1-26 (NF)

CANDIDACY:
RMW: I (pp. 27-44)
Bonewitz, Isaac; Real Magic (NF)
Caldecott, Moyra; Tall Stones Trilogy (F)
RMW: II (pp. 44-62)
Starhawk; Dreaming the Dark (NF)
Kurtz, Katherine; The Adept (F)
RMW: III (pp. 63-81)
Dennings and Phillips; The Magical Philosophy, Vol. I (NF)
Crowley, John; Little, Big (F)
RMW: IV (pp. 82-100)
Theresa of Avila; Interior Castle: pp. 7-94 (NF)
Kurtz, Katherine; Harrowing of Gwynedd (F)
Kurtz, Katherine; Deryni Magic (NF)
RMW: pp. 101-240
Dennings and Phillips; Magical Philosophy, Vol. V: pp. 3-161 (NF)

For Further Reading:
SOURCE TEXTS:
Anthony, Piers; Tarot (F)
Butler, W.E.; Lords of Light (NF)
Halevi, Z'ev ben Shimon; Kabbalah: Tradition of Hidden Knowledge (NF)
Kurtz, Katherine; Works (F)
Lewis, C.S.; Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous
             Strength (F)
River and Gillespie; The Knot of Time (NF)
Theresa of Avila; Interior Castle: pp. 96-235 (NF)

RECOMMENDED:
Anonymous; The Bible: "Psalms"; "The Song of Songs"
Booth, Leo; When God becomes a Drug (NF)
Crowther, Patricia; Lid Off the Cauldron: pp. 114-148 (NF)
de Lint, Charles; Works (F)
Dennings and Phillips; Magical Philosophy, Vol. II and Vol. V: pp. 3-161 (NF)
Eliade, Mircea; Works (NF)
Garrett, Randall; Works (F)
Hancock, Neil; Works (F)
Le Guin, Ursula; A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; and The
                 Farthest Shore (F)
L'Engle, Madeleine; Works (F and NF)
Jung, C.G.; Works (NF)
Kelly, Thomas; A Testament of Devotion (NF)
Kempton-Smith, Debbi; Secrets From a Stargazer's Notebook (NF)
Lao Tzu; Tao Te Ching (NF)
Musashi, Miyamoto; The Book of Five Rings (NF)
Shah, Idries; Tales of the Dervishes
Woods, Margo; Masturbation, Tantra, and Self Love (NF)

QUESTIONABLE:
Carroll, Peter; Liber Null and Psychonaut (NF)
Mathews and Green; The Grail Seekers Companion (NF)
Reed, Ellen Cannon; The Witches' Qabala and The Witches' Tarot (NF)
Scully, Nicki; The Golden Cauldron: Shamanic Journeys on the Path of
               Wisdom (NF)
Stein, Diane; The Kwan Yin Book of Changes
Tyson, Donald; The New Magus (NF)
Underhill, Evelyn; Mysticism (NF)

GENERAL:
Mythology from all cultures
Mystical writings, especially auto-biographies