Some of our favourite books

Many of the books here are the same ones as those featured on the Priestess Training booklist - but that's because they're all books we've enjoyed anyhow - and we think you might like them too.

Also, many of the links below (not quite all) will open up in the amazon.co.uk website.  If you buy through these links, you will be making a donation to the Temple and the new Goddess Hall - in fact if you buy any books from Amazon, please use the search link below and the Temple will receive a donation at no cost to you!

The Ancient British Goddess

The Ancient British Goddess, Kathy Jones, Ariadne Publications, 2001

Avalon of the Heart

Avalon of the Heart by Dion Fortune, Aquarian Press, 1971

Avalonian Quest

Avalonian Quest by Geoffrey Ashe, 1982

Avalon's Red & White Springs

Avalon's Red and White Springs by Nicholas Mann, Glastonbury, 1992

The Avebury Cycle

The Avebury Cycle, Michael Dames, Thames & Hudson

 

Book of Glastonbury by Philip Rahtz, English Heritage, 2003

 

The Celtic Realms, M. Dillon & N. Chadwick, Cardinal

The Civilization of the Goddess

The Civilization of the Goddess, Marija Gimbutas, Thames & Hudson

Crossing to Avalon

Crossing to Avalon, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Harper Collins

 

Eclipse of the Sun, Janet McCrickard, Gothic Image

Glastonbury, Maker of Myths

Glastonbury, Maker of Myths by Frances Howard-Gordon, Gothic Image, 1982

Glastonbury Tor

Glastonbury Tor by Nicholas Mann, Glastonbury, 1993

The Glastonbury Tor Maze

The Glastonbury Tor Maze by Geoffrey Ashe, Gothic Image, 1979

 

The Glastonbury Zodiac by Mary Caine, 1978

 

The Golden Key and the Green Life, Elizabeth Sutherland, Constable

Gyn/Ecology

Gyn/Ecology, Mary Daly Women's Press

In a Chariot drawn by Lions

In a Chariot Drawn by Lions, Asphodel Long

In the Nature of Avalon

In the Nature of Avalon, Kathy Jones, Ariadne Publications 2000

Iona

lona, Fiona Macleod, Floris Books

The Island of the Mighty

The Island of the Mighty, Evangeline Walton, Pan Books

Kali the Feminine Force

Kali the Feminine Force, Ajit Mookerjee, Thames & Hudson

Ladies of the Lake

Ladies of the Lake, Caitlin and John Matthews, Aquarian Press

Lady of the Beasts

Lady of the Beasts, Buffie Johnson, Harper Collins

The Language of the Goddess

The Language of the Goddess, Marija Gimbutas, Thames & Hudson

Longing for Darkness

Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna, China Galland, Penguin

The Mabinogion

The Mabinogion, translated by Lady Charlotte Guest, Dent

Mists of Avalon

Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Alfred A Knopf, 1982

The Modern Antiquarian

The Modern Antiquarian, by Julian Cope, Thorsons

Mythic Ireland

Mythic Ireland, Michael Dames, Thames and Hudson

New Light on the Stones of Callanish

New Light on the Stones of Callanish, Margaret & Gerald Ponting

New View over Atlantis

New View over Atlantis by John Michel, Thames and Hudson, 1983

The Once and Future Goddess

The Once and Future Goddess, Elinore Gadon, Thorsons

Pagan Cornwall

Pagan Cornwall, Cheryl Straffon, Meyn Mamvro

 

The Phenomena of Avalon, Gino Genaro, 1979

Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Goddess

Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Goddess, Kathy Jones, Ariadne Publications, 2006

Pure Lust

Pure Lust, Mary Daly, Women's Press

The Quest for Arthur's Britain

The Quest for Arthur's Britain by Geoffrey Ashe, Paladin, 1968

Return of the Dark/Light Mother

Return of the Dark/Light Mother, Monica Sjoo, Plain View Press

The Secrets of the Avebury Stones

The Secrets of the Avebury Stones, Terence Meaden

The Serpent and the Goddess

The Serpent and the Goddess, Mary Condren, Harper & Row

The Sheela-na-Gigs of Ireland and Britain

The Sheela-na-Gigs of Ireland and Britain, Joanne McMahon & Jack Roberts, Mercier Press

The Silbury Treasure

The Silbury Treasure, Michael Dames, London

Sophia, Goddess of Wisdom

Sophia, Goddess of Wisdom, Caitlin Matthews, Mandala

Spinning the Wheel of Ana

Spinning the Wheel of Ana, Kathy Jones, Ariadne Publications, 1994

The Spiral Dance

Spiral Dance, Starhawk, Harper Row

The Sun and the Serpent

The Sun and the Serpent, Miller & Broadhurst, Pendragon Press

Trioedd Ynys Prydein

Trioedd Ynys Prydein, ed. Rachel Bromwich, University of Wales

Truth or Dare

Truth or Dare, Starhawk, Harper Row

The White Goddess

The White Goddess, Robert Graves, Faber

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths & Secrets

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths & Secrets, Barbara Walker, Harper Row

Woman's Inhumanity to Woman

Woman's Inhumanity to Woman, Phyllis Chesler

Women who run with the Wolves

Women Who Run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Rider