most of the books on the subject are dry

or the Old Path of female wisdom

Ray Buckland gives you what you've been waiting for: Advanced Candle Magick

in which a girl faces down her dead father to retrieve his sword

This friendly guidebook also includes a Book of Witchery with magickal correspondences and a handy journal section for keeping track of your progress

Icelandic Magic: Aims, Tools and Techniques of the Icelandic Sorcerers divination cards most of the books onIn this unprecedented work, the author Christopher A. Smith has meticulously studied no less than 6 original Icelandic manuscripts dating from 1500 to 1860 to extract a picture of the aims, tools and techniques of Icelandic sorcerers. Set against the context of the harsh economic, social and environmental conditions of this North Atlantic island, the book gives a detailed account of the types of spells that were used and the motivations behind them.