We regularly get asked what we recommend seekers to read. Here is a selection enjoyed and recommended by the Derby Coven for both seekers and initiates

Updated 2026

1. What Witches Do- Stewart Farrar

2. Fire Child -Maxine Sanders

3. A Coin For The Ferryman- Jimahl Di Fiosa

4. A Voice in the Forest- Jimahl Di Fiosa

5. The Alex Sanders Lectures -Sanders

6. Everything by Dion Fortune, but especially ‘Sea Priestess’, ‘Moon Magic’ and ‘The Mystical Qabalah’

7. King of the Witches: The World of Alex Sanders- June Johns (Out of Print, available as ebook PDF)

8. Maxine: Witch Queen- Maxine Sanders

9 . A Spark in the Void- Apawaae/Len Roberts

10. The Book of Law- Daniel McDonald (Out of Print)

11. The Seedbearers Trilogy- Peter Valentine Timlett

12. Initiation into Witchcraft- Brian Cain

13. The Ecstatic Mother: Portrait of Maxine Sanders- Richard Deutch (Out of Print)

14. Born to be King (previously published as the Alex Sanders Notebook) – Rose Ankh Publishing

15. The Inner Circle: A Discourse on Alexandrian Witchcraft – Karagan Griffith

16. A Thousand Suns at Midnight -Jimahl diFiosa

17. A Place at the Table: The Human Legacy of Alex Sanders – Jimahl diFiosa

18 Mother: Ecstacy, Transformation and the Great Mother – Levi Rowland

19. The Religion of Witchcraft- Brian Cain

20. The Witch as Psychopomp- Sharon Day

And for British Traditional Witchcraft in general

1. Witchcraft Today- Gerald Gardner

2. The Rebirth of Witchcraft- Valiente

3. Lid off the Cauldron- Patricia Crowther

5. Modern Wicca- Michael Howard

6. The Witch Cult in Western Europe- Murray

7. God of the Witches- Murray

8. Doreen Valiente:Witch- Philip Heselton

9. Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches- Leland

10. Natural Magic- Doreen Valiente

11. Doreen Valiente: Witch- Heselton

12. High Priestess: The Life and Times Of Patricia Crowther.

13. Dancing With Witches- Lois Bourne

14. Traditional Wicca: A Seeker’s Guide -Thorn Mooney

15. Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration-Philip Heselton

16. Wiccan Roots- Philip Heselton

17. Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft- Raymond Buckland

Occult , Witchcraft and Magic Authors

1. Dion Fortune

2. W.E. Butler

3. William G. Gray

4. Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

5. David Goddard

6. Israel Regardie

7. J.H Brennan

8. Stephen Skinner

9. Agrippa

10. James Frazer

11. Carlo Ginzburg

12. Reginald Scott

13. Franz Bardon

14. MCgregor Mathers

Theurgy and the Ancient Mystery Cults

1. On the Mysteries- Iamblichus

2. On the Hieratic Art- Proclus

3. Elements of Theology- Proclus

4. Isis and Serapis in the Graeco Roman World – Takacs

5. Ancient Mystery Cults- Burkert