1. Faith and Practice of your own Yearly Meeting
If that feels like too much, I highly recommend Faith and Practice of North Pacific Yearly Meeting, which is short, sweet, and very readable!
Download a .pdf of North Pacific Yearly Meeting's Faith and Practice on-line here: http://www.npym.org/fnp/index.html
Order a paper copy of North Pacific Yearly Meeting's Faith and Practice here: http://www.quakerbooks.org/ (If they do not have it in stock, please call them to request it.)
2. Any reputable book about Goddess spirituality, Witchcraft, or Paganism. See below, or feel free to contact me, if you need title suggestions.*
1. Bill Taber's Pendle Hill Pamphlet (#306) "Four Doors to Meeting for Worship"
"Foor Doors to Meeting for Worship" may be available in your own Meeting's library, if you attend Meeting; through the Pendle Hill Bookstore (http://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=5928&category_id=21), or through Quakerbooks of FGC (http://www.quakerbooks.org/four_doors_to_meeting_for_worship.php).
2. Stasa Morgan-Appel's "'Four Doors to Meeting for Worship' from a Quaker Witch's Perspective"
"'Four Doors to Meeting for Worship' from a Quaker Witch's Perspective" is available on-line as a blog post here (http://aquakerwitch.blogspot.com/2009/03/adult-religious-education-presentation.html) and as a downloadable .pdf here.
I almost always recommend that participants in my workshops at FGC Gathering do some advance reading in preparation. At the start of the week, at least one person always asks me, "Did you really mean that?" or "Did we really have to do the pre-reading?"
I recognize that our lives are busy and that many of us are caught up in a rush when getting ready for Gathering.
I do promise you, though, that your workshop experience will be enhanced by doing some preparation in advance.
At the minimum, please read Bill Taber's "Four Doors to Meeting for Worship" (or the summary listed below) AND Stasa Morgan-Appel's "'Four Doors to Meeting for Worship' from a Quaker Witch's Perspective."
You are still welcome to participate in the workshop if you haven't done any pre-reading at all. :)
1. FGC's New Meetings Toolbox summary of "Four Doors to Meeting for Worship"
2. Stasa Morgan-Appel's "'Four Doors to Meeting for Worship' from a Quaker Witch's Perspective"
"'Four Doors to Meeting for Worship' from a Quaker Witch's Perspective" is available on-line as a blog post here (http://aquakerwitch.blogspot.com/2009/03/adult-religious-education-presentation.html) and as a downloadable .pdf here.
I highly recommend this one as a very good starting place:
di Zerega, Gus. Pagans and Christians: The Personal Spiritual Experience. Llewellyn, 2001. ISBN 9781567182286.
Check your local library.
Buy from your local independent bookstore: http://www.indiebound.org/indie-store-finder
Order from QuakerBooks of FGC: http://www.quakerbooks.org/
Order from alibris (new and used): http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?browse=0&keyword=1567182283&mtype=B&hs.x=0&hs.y=0
Order from Powell's Books (new and used): http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=1567182283
Order from the publisher (new): http://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9781567182286
This book remains a classic introduction:
Starhawk. The Spiral Dance: The Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess. Harper, 1979, 1989, 1999. (Any edition.)
Check your local library.
Buy from your local independent bookstore:
Order from QuakerBooks of FGC: http://www.quakerbooks.org/
Order from alibris (new and used):
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Additional books:
NightMare, M. Macha, Starhawk, and the Reclaiming Collective. The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Resources and Rituals for Honoring Death in the Circle of Life. Harper, 1997.
Check your local library.
Buy from your local independent bookstore: http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062515162
Order from QuakerBooks of FGC: http://www.quakerbooks.org/
Order from alibris (new and used): http://www.alibris.com/The-Pagan-Book-of-Living-and-Dying-T-K-Starhawk/book/17242975?matches=20&cm_sp=works*listing*title
Order from Powell's Books (new and used): http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780062515162-1
Order from the publisher (new and e-book): http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Pagan-Book-Living-Dying/?isbn=9780062125217
Baker, Diane, Anne Hill, and Starhawk. Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions. Bantam Books / Random House, 1998, 2000. ISBN 0553378058.
Check your local library.
Buy from your local independent bookstore: http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780553378054
Order from QuakerBooks of FGC: http://www.quakerbooks.org/
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Order from the publisher (new): http://www.randomhouse.com/book/171863/circle-round-by-starhawk
NightMare, M. Macha. Pagan Pride: Honoring The Craft Of Earth And Goddess. Citadel, 2004. ISBN 0806525487.
Check your local library.
Buy from your local independent bookstore: http://www.indiebound.org/indie-store-finder
Order from QuakerBooks of FGC: http://www.quakerbooks.org/
Order from alibris (new and used): http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?browse=0&keyword=0806525487&mtype=B&hs.x=0&hs.y=0
Order from Powell's Books (new and used): http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0806525487
Starhawk. Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics. Beacon Press, 1992, 1988, 1997.
Check your local library.
Buy from your local independent bookstore: http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780807010372
Order from QuakerBooks of FGC: http://www.quakerbooks.org/
Order from alibris (new and used):
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More coming!