Reference & Encyclopedias

 This section contains the books I reach for when I need to look something up, verify information, or ground my work in broader context.

These are not always books I read straight through.
They are working references—the kind you keep within arm’s reach while planning rituals, teaching, researching, or fact-checking something you’ve heard repeated a little too confidently online.

In a world of fast takes and aesthetic witchcraft, reference books matter.

Books in this section tend to answer questions like:

• Where did this idea come from?
   
• What does this symbol / term / practice actually mean?
   
• Is this historically grounded, culturally specific, or modern invention?
   
• What’s the broader context I might be missing?
   

These are the books I rely on when:

• preparing educational content
   
• supporting my own study
   
• double-checking correspondences or terminology
   
• slowing down misinformation before it spreads
   

They are tools for clarity, not authority.