Queer Pagan Reading List 2022

New titles this year by Enfys Book of the Major Arqueerna blog, Casey Giovinco, Fire Lyte of the Inciting a Riot podcast, Aaron Oberon, Fio Gede Parma and Jane Meredith, Lee Morgan, Devdutt Pattanaik, Roberto Strongman, Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley, plus translations into other languages of Mat Auryn’s book Psychic Witch.

Check out the 2015 list, the 2018 list, the 2020 list, and the 2021 list.

Yvonne Aburrow

All Acts of Love & Pleasure: inclusive Wicca – Yvonne Aburrow (2014)
[INCLUSIVE, LGBT+, QUEER, KINK, WICCA]
Dark Mirror: the Inner Work of Witchcraft – Yvonne Aburrow, revised and expanded second edition (2020) published by the Doreen Valiente Foundation
[INCLUSIVE, LGBT+, QUEER, WICCA, WITCHCRAFT]
The Night Journey: Witchcraft as Transformation – Yvonne Aburrow, revised and expanded second edition (2020) published by the Doreen Valiente Foundation
[INCLUSIVE, LGBT+, QUEER, WICCA, WITCHCRAFT]

Mat Auryn

Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick & Manifestation, Mat Auryn (2020)
[INCLUSIVE, WITCHCRAFT, WICCA, MAGIC]
NEW 🇵🇱 Moc czarownicy: Uwolnij i wzmocnij swój magiczny potencjal – Polish translation of Psychic Witch
NEW 🇫🇷 Psychic Witch: Développez vos capacités médiumniques et magiques pour devenir un.e puissant.e sorcier.ère – French translation of Psychic Witch
NEW 🇩🇪 – Mentale Magie: Meditationen und Rituale für Körper und Geist – German translation of Psychic Witch
NEW 🇷🇺 МЕНТАЛЬНАЯ МАГИЯ – Russian translation of Psychic Witch
NEW 🇵🇹🇧🇷 BRUXA PSÍQUICA – Portuguese translation of Psychic Witch
NEW 🧧 魔法顯化 – Traditional Chinese translation of Psychic Witch
NEW 🇮🇹 LA STREGA PSICHICA – Italian translation of Psychic Witch
NEW 🇪🇸 Brujería Psíquica — Spanish translation of Psychic Witch (available for preorder)
Forthcoming 🇫🇮 Finnish translation of Psychic Witch
Forthcoming 🇯🇵 Japanese translation of Psychic Witch
For more, visit Mat’s publications page

Jenny Blain

Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism. – Jenny Blain (2002).
[INCLUSIVE, LGBT+, QUEER, HEATHEN]

Enfys J Book

NEW Queer Qabala: Nonbinary, Genderfluid, Omnisexual Mysticism & Magick – Enfys J Book (2021)
[INCLUSIVE, LGBT+, QUEER, OCCULT, QABALA, HERMETIC]

Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) was an English Pagan socialist poet, socialist philosopher, anthologist, and early gay activist. A leading figure in late 19th- and early 20th-century Britain, he was instrumental in the foundation of the Fabian Society and the Labour Party.

Lee Harrington & Tai Fenix Kulystin

Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries
– Lee Harrington (Editor), Tai Fenix Kulystin (Editor)
[INCLUSIVE, QUEER, MAGIC, PAGAN]

Lee Harrington

Spirit of Desire: Personal Explorations of Sacred Kink
[KINK, SPIRITUALITY]
Sacred Kink
[KINK, SPIRITUALITY]

Al Head

Queer Deity, Sacred Slut – Al Head
[QUEER, LESBIAN, POLYAMORY, GENDERQUEER, PAGAN]

Phil Hine

NEW Hine’s Varieties: Chaos and Beyond – a selection of Phil Hine’s esoteric essays over the last forty years. Divided thematically into sections: Chaos Magic, Tantra, Sexualities, Practice, Paganisms, Histories, and Fiction.

Christian de la Huerta

Coming Out Spiritually: The Next Step – Christian de la Huerta
[INCLUSIVE, LGBT+, SPIRITUALITY]

Amber K and Azrael Arynn K

RitualCraft: Creating Rites for Transformation and Celebration – Amber K, Azrael Arynn K
[INCLUSIVE, LGBT+, QUEER, WICCA]

Raven Kaldera

Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM & the Ordeal Path – Raven Kaldera (2006)
[QUEER, KINK, PAGAN]
Double Edge: The Intersection of Transgender and BDSM – Raven Kaldera (2010)
[TRANS, QUEER, KINK, PAGAN]
Hermaphrodeities – Raven Kaldera (2008)
[TRANS, QUEER, PAGAN]
Pagan Polyamory: Becoming a Tribe of Hearts – Raven Kaldera (2005)
[QUEER, POLYAMORY, PAGAN]

Christine Hoff Kraemer

Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective: Divided for Love’s Sake – Christine Hoff Kraemer
[INCLUSIVE, QUEER, PAGAN]

Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

Goldworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862-1932) was an English historian, a political activist, a gay Pagan, and a friend of Edward Carpenter and E M Forster. He led most of his life at Cambridge, where he did a dissertation on Neoplatonism before becoming a fellow.

The Greek View of Life

P Sufenas Virius Lupus

All-Soul, All-Body, All-Love, All-Power: A TransMythology – P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
[TRANS, QUEER, POLYTHEIST, PAGAN]
A Serpent Path Primer – P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
[QUEER, POLYTHEIST, PAGAN]
NEW The Syncretisms of Antinous – P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
[QUEER, POLYTHEIST, PAGAN, ANTINOUS]
NEW Devotio Antinoo: The Doctor’s Notes, Volume One – P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
[QUEER, POLYTHEIST, PAGAN, ANTINOUS]

Fire Lyte

NEW The Dabbler’s Guide to Witchcraft: Seeking an Intentional Magical Path – by Fire Lyte, published by Simon and Schuster

Misha Magdalene

Outside the Charmed Circle: exploring gender and sexuality in magical practice, by Misha Magdalene
[INCLUSIVE, QUEER, MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, PAGAN]

Thista Minai

Casting a Queer Circle: Non-Binary Witchcraft – Thista Minai (2017). Hubbardston, MA: Asphodel Press. [Review of Casting a Queer Circle]
[INCLUSIVE, NONBINARY, QUEER, MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT, PAGAN]
Suffering for Spirit: Empowerment Through Ordeal – Thista Minai
[KINK, PAGAN, POLYTHEIST]
Dancing in Moonlight: Understanding Artemis Through Celebration –Thista Minai
[PAGAN, POLYTHEIST]
Unbound: A Devotional Anthology for Artemis – edited by Thista Minai
[PAGAN, POLYTHEIST]

Lee Morgan

NEW A Deed Without a Name (2013) non-fiction, exploration of traditional witchcraft
NEW Wooing the Echo (2013), novel
NEW The Bones Would Do (2015), novel
NEW Standing and Not Falling (2019), novel
NEW Sounds of Infinity (2019), novel

Mortellus

NEW Do I Have to Wear Black?: Rituals, Customs & Funerary Etiquette for Modern Pagans

Pat Mosley

Arcane Perfection – Pat Mosley (editor) – a collection of essays, poetry, art, rage, love, rituals, spells, and musings by, for, and about Queer, Trans, and Intersex Witches.
[TRANS, QUEER, INTERSEX, MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT]