by Brian Bates
The bibliography of comparative sorcery has had to be even more selective, for recent research specifically on shamanism and sorcery alone extends to several hundred articles. I have therefore listed only books that were of direct relevance to the preparation of The Way of Wyrd, and which together represent something of the wide range of subjects and disciplines which bear upon the investigation of sorcery. Again, many of these books have full bibliographies of recent journal literature.
ANGLO-SAXON SORCERY
Alcock, L. Arthur’s Britain. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971.
Alexander, M. The Earliest English Poems. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966.
Anderson, G. K. The Literature of the Anglo-Saxons. New York: Russell and Russell, 1962.
Barnard, H. E. Some English sites of ancient heathen worship, Hibbert Journal, 1945, XLTV, 76-79.
Barley, N. F. Anglo-Saxon magico-medicine. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, 1972, 3, 67-77.
Blair, P. H. An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England, 2nd edn. London: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
Blair, P. H. The World of Bede. London: Seeker, 1970.
Bonser, W. The significance of colour in ancient and medieval magic, with some modem comparisons. Man, XXV, 1925,194—198.
Bonser, W. Magical practices against elves. Folk-lore, 1926, XXXVII, 356-363.
Bonser, W. The dissimilarity of ancient Irish magic from that of the Anglo-Saxons. Folk-lore, 1926, XXXVII, 271-288.
Bonser, W. Survivals of paganism in Anglo-Saxon England. Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, 1932, LVI, 37-70.
Bonser, W. Animal skins in magic and medicine. Folk-lore, 1962, LXXIII, 128-129.
Bonser, W. The Medical Background of Anglo-Saxon England. London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1963.
Brandon, P. (ed.) The South Saxons. London: Phillimore, 1978.
Branston, B. The Lost Gods of England. London: Thames and Hudson, 1957 (reprinted 1974).
Brown, A. and Foote, P. (eds) Early English and Norse Studies. London: Methuen, 1963.
Bruce-Mitford, R. The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial. London: British Museum, 1972.
Buchholz, P. Perspectives for historical research in Germanic Religion. History of Religions, 1968, 8 (2), 111-138.
Cameron, K. English Place-Names. London: B.T. Batsford, 1961.
Chadwick, H. M. The Cult ofOthin. London: Cambridge University Press, 1899.
Chadwick, H. M. The Origin of the English Nation. London: Cambridge University Press, 1907 (reprinted 1924).
Chadwick, H. M. The I leroic Age. London: Cambridge University Press, 1912.
Chadwick, N. K. The monsters and Beowulf. In: Clemoes, P. (ed.) The Anglo-Saxons. London, 1959.
Chaney, W. Paganism to Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England. Harvard Theological Review, 1960, T UT.
Chaney, W. A. Aethelberht’s Code and the King’s number. American Journal of Legal History, 1962, VI, 151-177.
Chaney, W. A. The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1970.
Clemoes, P. (ed.) Anglo-Saxon England 3. London: Cambridge University Press, 1974.
Cockayne, T. O. Leechdoms, Wort cunning and Starcraft of Early England (three volumes). Rolls series 1864-6. Reissue London: Holland Press, 1961.
Cohen, S. L. The Sutton Hoo whetstone. Speculum, 1966, XII, 466-470.
Colgrave, B. The Venerable Bede and His Times. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1958.
Crossley-Holland, K. The Norse Myths. London: Andre Deutsch, 1980.
Daiches, D. A Critical History of English Literature (Volume 1). London: Seeker and Warburg 1963.
Davidson, H. R E. The Hill of the Dragon: Anglo-Saxon burial mounds in literature and archaeology. Folk-lore, LXI, 1950,169-184.
Davidson, H. R E. Welandthe Smith. Folk-lore, 1959, LXIX, 145-159.
Davidson, H. R E. Gods and Myths of Northern Europe. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964.
Davidson, H. R E. Scandinavian cosmology. In: Blacker C. and Loewe M. (eds) Ancient Cosmologies. London, 1975.
Dickins, B. (ed.) Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples. London: Cambridge University Press, 1915.
Dickins, B. Yorkshire Hobs. Trans. Yorks. Dialect. Soc., XII, 1942, 9-23.
Dickins, B. English names and Old English heathenism Essays and Studies (of the English Association) XIX, 1934.
Dickins, B. Runic rings and old English charms. Sprachen, 1935, 67.
Dillon, M. and Chadwick, N. The Celtic Realms. London: Weidenfeld andNicolson, 1967.
Dobbie, E. van K. Anglo-Saxon minor poems. In: Krapp, G. P. and Dobbie, E. van K. (eds) Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records: 6. New York: Columbia University Press, 1942.
Dumezil, G. (ed. and trans. E. I laugen) Gods of the Ancient Northmen. London: University of California Press, 1973.
Eliade, M. Occultism, Witchcraft and Cultural Fashions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
Elliott, R W. V. Runes: an Introduction. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1959.
Gardner, J. Grendel. London: Andre Deutsch, 1972. Garmonsway, G. N. Beowulf and its Analogues. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1969.
Garmonsway, G. N. (ed. and trans.) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: J.M. Dent, 1972 (first published Everyman, 1953).
Gelling M. Place-names and Anglo-Saxon paganism. University of Birmingham I listorical Journal, 8,1961-62, 7-24.
Gordon, R K. Anglo-Saxon Poetry. London: J. M. Dent, 1954 (reprinted 1977).
Grattan, J. Three Anglo-Saxon charms from the Lacnunga. Modem Language Review, 1927, XXH, 1-6.
Grattan, J. H. G. and Singer, C. Anglo-Saxon Magic and Medicine. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Oxford University Press, 1952.
Greenfield, S. B. A Critical History of Old English Literature. University of London Press, 1966.
Grendon, F. The Anglo-Saxon Charms. Journal of American Folk-lore, 1909, XXH.
Grimm, J. L. (ed. and trans. J. E. Stallybrass). Teutonic Mythology (four volumes). London: Bell, 1880-8.
Hachmann, R (trans. J. Hogarth). The Germanic Peoples. London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1971.
Harrison, R The Beginning of the year in England c. 500-900. In: Clemoes P. (ed.) Anglo-Saxon England 2. London: Cambridge University Press, 1973.
Harrison, M. The Roots of Witchcraft. London: Muller, 1973.
Hill, T. D. TheAecerbot charm and its Christian user. In: Clemoes P. (eel.) Anglo-Saxon England 6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
Hodgkin, R H. A History of the Anglo-Saxons 2nd edn. London: Oxford University Press, 1952.
Howe, G. M. Man, Environment and Disease in Britain. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1973.
Hunter, M. Germanic and Roman antiquity and the sense of the past in Anglo-Saxon England. In Clemoes P. (ed.) Anglo-Saxon England 3. London: Cambridge University Press, 1974.
Kemble, J. M. The Saxons in England (Volume 1). London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longnans, 1849.
Kern, F. (trans. S. B. Chrimes). Kingship and Law in the Middle Ages. Oxford: Blackwell, 1939.
Kirby, D. P. The Making of Early England. London: B.T. Batsford, 1967.
Kitt ledge, G. L. Witchcraft in Old and New England. Cambridge, Mass., 1929.
Lester, G. A. The Anglo-Saxons: How They lived and Worked. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1976.
Magiusson, M. Hammer of the North. London: Qrbis, 1976.
Magiusson, M. and Palsson, H. Njal’s Saga. London: Penguin, 1960.
Magiusson, M. and Palsson, H. KingHarald’s Saga. London: Penguin, 1966.
Magpun, F. P. Old English charm A. 13. Modem Language Notes 58,1943, 33-34.
Magpun, F. P. On some survivals of pagan belief in Anglo-Saxon England. Harvard Theological Review, 1947, XL, 85.
Mariner, J. Priests and priestesses in prehistoric Europe. History of Religions, 17 (2), 1977,101-120.
Matthews, C. M. Place Names of the English-Speaking World. London: WeidenfeldandNicolson, 1972.
Mayr-Harting H. The Coming o
f Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England. London: B.T. Batsford, 1972.
Meroney, H. Irish in the Old English charms. Speculum, XX, 172-182.
Morris, J. The Age of Arthur: a History of the British Isles from 350 to 650. London: WeidenfeldandNicolson, 1973.
Musset, L. (trans. E. and C. James). The Germanic Invasions. The Making of Europe A.D. 400-600. London: Paul Hek, 1975.
Myres, J. N. L. Anglo-Saxon Pottery and the Settlement of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969.
Qnians, R. B. The Origins of European Thought. London: Cambridge University Press, 1954.
Page, R. I. Anglo-Saxon runes and magic. Journal of Archaeological Association (third series), 1964, XXVII. Page, R. I. Life in Anglo-Saxon England. London, 1970. Page, R. L. An Lntroduction to English Runes. London: Methuen, 1973.
Payne, J. F. English Medicine in Anglo-Saxon Times. Oxford, 1904. Quennell, C. H. B. and M. Everyday Life in Roman and Anglo-Saxon Times.
Reaney, P. H. The Origin of English Place-Names. London: Rout ledge and Kegan Paul, 1960.
Renwick, W. and Orton, H. The Beginnings of English Literature to Skelton. Cresset Press, 1952 (revised edition).
Robertson, D. Magical medicine in Viking Scandinavia. Medical History, 20,1976, 317-322.
Runeberg A. Wtches, Demons and Fertility Magic. Helsingford, 1947.
Ryan, J. S. Othin in England: evidence from the poetry foracult of Woden in Anglo-Saxon England. Folk-Lore, 1963,460-480.
Shook, L. K. Notes on the Old English charms. Modem Language Notes, 1940, 55,139-140.
Singer, C. From Magic to Science. New York: Dover, 1958 (originally published 1928).
Skemp, A. R. The Old English charms. Modem Language Review, 1911,6,289-301.
Smith, A. W. The luck in the head: a problem in English folklore. Folklore, 1962, LXXLIL, 13-24.
Smith, A. W. The luck in the head: some further Observations. Folklore, 1963, LXXLX, 396-398.
Stanley, E. G. Continuations and Beginnings: Studies in Old English Literature. London: Nelson, 1966.
Stanley, E. G. The Search for Anglo-Saxon Paganism. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1975.
Stenton, D. M. (ed.) Preparatory to Anglo-Saxon England: the Collected Papers of Frank Merry Stenton. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1970.
Stenton, F. M. Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1947.
Storms, G. Anglo-Saxon Magic. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1948.
Strutynski, U. Germanic divinities in weekday names. Journal of Indo-European Studies, 1975, 3, 363-384.
Stuart, H. The Anglo-Saxon elf. StudiaNeophilogica, 1976,48, 313-320.
Sturluson, S. (trans. J. I. Young). The Prose Edda Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, 1954.
Swanton M. (ed.) Anglo-Saxon Prose. London: Dent, 1975. Talbot, C. H. Medicine in Medieval England. London: Olboume, 1967.
Tatlock, J. S. P. Thedragms of Wessexand Wales. Speculum, 1933, Vff[, 223-235.
Taylor, P. B. and Auden, W. H. (trans.) The Elder Edda: a selection. London: Faber and Faber, 1969.
Thun,N. The malignant elves. StudiaNeophilologica, 1969,41, 378-396.
Todd, M. The Northern Barbarians, 100B.A.-A.D. 300. London: Hutchinson, 1975.
Tolkien, J.RR Beowulf the Monsters and the Critics. London: Oxford University Press, 1937.
Tolkien, J.RR Preface to Beowulf and the FinnesburgFragrnent, J. R. C. Hall, revised by C. L. Wrenn. London: Allen and Unwin, 1940.
Tolkien, J.RR The Lord of the Rings. London: Allen and Unwin, 1968.
Turville-Petre, E. O. G. Myth and Religion of the North. London: WeidenfeldandNicolson, 1964.
Van Hamel, A. Odin hanging on the tree. Acta Philologica Scandinavica, 1932, 7,260. deVries, J. Magic and religion. History of Religions, 1962,1 (2),214-221. Wax, R. H. Magic, Fate and History: the Changing Ethos of the Vikings. Kansas: Colorado Press, 1969.
Whitelock, D. The Audience of Beowulf. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951.
Whitelock, D. The Beginnings of English Society. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952.
Whitelock, D. English Historical Documents. London: Eyre, 1955.
Wiliams, B. C. Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1914.
Wlson, D. M. The Anglo-Saxons, 2nd edn. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971.
Wright, C. E. The Cultivation of Saga in Anglo-Saxon England. Edinburgh: Oliver, 1939.
COMPARATIVE SORCERY AND RELATED READINGS
Blacker, C. The Catalpa Bow: a study of shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Allen and Unwin, 1975.
Bleibtreu, J. The Parable of the Beast. London: Gollancz, 1968.
Capra, C. The Tao of Physics. London: Wldwood House, 1975.
Castaneda, C. The Teachings of Don Juan. New York: Ballantine Books, 1968.
Castaneda, C. A Separate Reality. New York; Simon and Schuster, 1971.
Castaneda, C. Journey to Man. New York: Simon and Schuster, 19972.
Castaneda, C. Tales of Power. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Castaneda, C. The Second Ring of Power. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.
Castaneda, C. The Eagle’s Gift. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981.
David-Neal, A. Magic and Mystery in Tibet. London: Abacus, 1977.
De Mille, R. Castaneda‘s Journey: the power and the allegory. Santa Barbara, California: Capra Press.
Dobkin de Rios, M. Visionary Vine. San Francisco: Chandler, 1972.
Edsman, C. M. (ed.) Studies in Shamanism Stockholm Almquist and Wiksell, 1967.
Eliade, M. Shamanism archaic techniques of ecstasy. London: Rout ledge and Kegan Paul, 1964.
Eliade, M. The Foige and the Crucible. New York: Harper and Row, 1971.
Furst, P. (ed.) Flesh of the Gods: the ritual use of hallucinogens. New York: Praegar, 1972.
Graves, R. The White Goddess. London: Faber and Faber, 1952.
Grof, S. Realms of the Human Unconscious. New York: Viking 1975.
Halifax, J. Shamanic Voices. New York: Dutton, 1978.
Halifax, J. Shaman: the wounded healer. London: Thames and Hudson, 1982.
Hand, W. C. (ed.) American Folk Medicine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976.
Hardy, A. The Living Stream London: Collins, 1965.
Hardy, A., Harvie, R. and Koestler, A. The Challenge of Chance. London: Hutchinson, 1973.
Hamer, M. J. (ed.) I lallucinogcns and Shamanism New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.
Hamer, M. The Way of the Shaman. New York: BantamBooks, 1982.
Hesse, H. Steppenwolf. New York: Bantam, 1969.
Hesse, H. Demian. London: Panther Books, 1969.
Huxley, A. Doors of Perception. London: Chatto, 1968.
Huxley, F. The Invisibles. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1966.
Huxley, F. The Way of the Sacred. London: Aldus Books, 1974.
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La Barre, W. The Peyote Cult (revised edition). New York: Schocken, 1969.
La Barre, W. The Ghost Dance: the origins of a religion. New York: Dell Books, 1972.
Laing R The Politics of Experience. New York: Pantheon, 1967.
Laing R D. The Voice of Experience. London: Allen Lane, 1982.
Larsen, S. The Shaman’s Doorway. New York: Harper and Row, 1976.
Lessing D. Briefing for a Descent into Hell. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971.
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Lilly, J. C. The Center of the Cyclone. New York: Julian Press, 1973.
Lommel, A. Shamanism New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
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Masters, R E. L. and Houston, J. Mind Games. New York: Viking 1972.
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Naranjo, C. The One Quest. New York: VikingPress, 1972.
Noel, D. Seeing Castaneda New York: Putnam’s Sons, 1976.
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Sargent, W. The Mind Possessed. London: Heinemann, 1973.
Sharon, D. Wizard of the Four Winds. New York: The Free Press, 1978.
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Bibliography Supplement
Since I wrote The Way ofWyrd, research on Anglo-Saxon England has continued and been reported in various publications. Some more recent books which may be of interest to readers of this book include:
Bates, B. The Real Middle-Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages. London: Pan/Palgrave, 2003.
This is a non-fiction account of the spiritual life of the Anglo-Saxons.
Carver, M. Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of Kings? London: British Museum Press, 2000.