Everything Under the Moon

SpiritTalker wrote:You mentioned you've studied on & off for many years. So can we assume you're past Cunningham's Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner which is intro-level?
Buckland's Big Blue Complete Book of Witchcraft workbook https://www.amazon.com/Bucklands-Comple ... +Blue+Book
Thorn Mooney has a newly released book Traditional Wicca, a Seekers Guide. https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Wicc ... orn+mooney
The Ancient Art of Fairy Wicca, DJ Conway https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Art-Faer ... .j.+Conway
Kitchen Witchery https://www.amazon.com/Book-Kitchen-Wit ... chen+Wicca
Beginners Guide to Runes https://www.amazon.com/Runes-Beginners- ... agic&psc=1
Pendulum Magic DJ Conway https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Pend ... ulum+magic
Your Backyard Herb Garden https://www.amazon.com/Your-Backyard-He ... erb+garden

I'm sure you can peruse books at Amazon as well as I can, unless both hands are in casts, which doesn't seem to be the case . I've either read or browsed those I've listed - &just got Thorn Mooney's book in the mail last Fri so haven't read it yet. It's in my stack. If you like to read you'll know about the To Be Read book stack that never gets any shorter no matter how many titles you read. Sometimes if you slouch off it even grows .

Now the above suggestions are just books but you'd chosen the delightful phrase "study materials" and that suggests hands-on & getting out in Nature, engaging the physical & intuitive senses to experience the Earth. Wicca is a nature-religion so it makes sense that you have to meet Nature face to face once in awhile. Make some time to find the elements in Nature & observe each one first hand - Sun can be Fire so you don't need to BBQ & blister fingertips.just saying. Seek the experience. Books are guides but Magical practice needs to be felt. To intuitively function it engages the senses.

The seasons we celebrate at each Sabbat mean more when we've paid attention & sampled what makes each season unique. Kitchen crafting & gardening to get our hands dirty can teach a lot about seasonal changes. There are many tiny critters in even a small patch of garden that each play a part. Katydids look exactly like leaves! Suddenly you become aware that the bush is watching you! They can't possibly harm you. They're fascinating. The book covers garden tools.

The most useful study material we can have is a crappy cheap notebook we aren't afraid to scribble in & blot, & drip coffee on for note taking. Get a few & fill them with stuff that tells you what you want to know. Enjoy yourself thoroughly.

Siona wrote:If you lean toward Wiccan practice at all, you might find the book "Wicca: A Year and A Day: 366 Days of Spiritual Practice in the Craft of the Wise" by Timothy Roderick, to be a helpful guide. It actually gives 366 day by day lessons for beginners, that will teach you the basics of energy work, forming rituals, spells, and so on. The downside to the book is it does have you shopping for quite a bit of materials, but you could use that to learn how to substitute with what's around you.

Other than that, I would suggest actually including some practical practice and workings in your year and a day, and not just study/reading. A traditional year and a day isn't just study, but you will also learn how to feel energy, ground and center, shield, learn to cast a circle (or whatever ritual structure one's chosen tradition uses), purify, to bless, and so on. If you've not done much of that, now's a good time to start incorporating it into your day to day life. Especially grounding and centering.