What I'm reading...

[Storm]

Right now I'm reading The Book of Fallen Angels by Michael Howard.

It's a sort of "prequel/sequel" to The Pillars of Tubal-Cain by Nigel Jackson and Michael Howard and expands on some of the same material, most notably the occult philosophies surrounding the fallen angels, or Nephilim. Not quite as good as Pillars... but certainly still worth a read.

[Michele]

I am reading  "Spititual Merchants: Religion, Magic and Commerce," by Carolyn Morrow Long. The first two thirds of the book  have a lot of history of  Hoodoo and how it evolved from work done with herbs and roots personally gathered by practitioners into work done with manufactured items - the things we see in Botanicas and even New Age shops now. I am finding it fascinating. For example, I am so used to using candles colored for the work I want to do, but a hundred years ago there were no colored candles. There are a lot of photos of old advertisements and items such as oils from earlier in the century. You can tell if an oil for luck was pre or post 1940 by the presence or absence of a swastica on the label, which was considered a lucky symbol until the Nazi's started using it. Usually I read non-fiction in small doses, but this book is as good as a novel and I find myself reading it any time I get a free minute. Sadly I am almost done with it.
Michele

[Rising Moon]

Well, I've just got thru "Masks of Misrule", by Nigel Ashcroft. A very impressive book, with that kind of "Old Craft" taste, both in the language and in the way many issues are tackled.
It certainly did make me see a deeper, darker side of the Horned God than I had been getting in most Wiccan texts currently around.
Still digesting the whole thing at present. Some of the rituals sound very tempting, but since I sense they're awesomely powerful as well, gonna make sure I'm ready, lest I get myself "fried" half-a-way down the road.
No "Wicca 101" stuff, for sure, but then none of the books you guys sell and/or recommend are!
Looking forward to read some more by this author: the Nephilim subject has always been fascinating for me .

[Blade]

I usually have at least a couple of books going simultaneously, now is no exception.

On the fiction side, I'm reading through "The Yellow Admiral", book 18 in the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. It continues inthe best tradition of the series - a fantastic taste of the period with deeply developed characters.

Non-fictionally, I'm reading "Angel Tech: A Modern Shamans Guide to Reality Selection" by Antero Alli. So far, it's reading very much like an updated and more applied version of R.A.W.'s "Prometheus Rising" (a classic if ever there was one), though I've got to admit so far Alli isn't nearly the engaging nor accessable author Wilson was.

Just finished "50 Years in the Feri Tradition" a couple of weeks ago . . . probably should post about it on the L.J. community :-)

[Squawk and Howl]

i always read multiple titles at a time, so i always have something to suit the mood that i am in...

currently reading:

the gravedigger (novel)
for the love of the dark one (poetry for Krishna)
several books on runes (have a new study group and i am the least knowledgeable on the subject, yowza!)
nineveh and its remains (stuff on yezidi people, among others)

[Carnivalia]

'Mules and Men' by Zora Neal Hurston. A good history of Hoodoo, and a pleasant read.

[eastern_tenderfoot]

Evolutionary Witchcraft, Protection & Reversal Magick: A Witch's Defense Manual (Beyond 101),  and Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World are the three I'm juggling at the moment.
I have Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft on it's way from the UK.

[Morgan Felidae]

Shameless plug *grin*

Walking the Twilight Path: A Gothic Book of the Dead, by Michelle Belanger.  Just came out last week (although technically not released in stores yet, just on Amazon).  Inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Walking the Twilight Path is for those who want to overcome their fear of death and dying by working with the transformative energies.  Just as the Death card in the Tarot means change, following the Twilight Path is about embracing and accepting opportunities for change and growth.  Walking the Twilight Path contains meditations, exercises, journals, and rituals, leading up to a sort of shamanic death & rebirth rite to serve as a self-dedication into the Twilight Path.  The book also includes some focus on spirit work and hauntings.