Bibliography
Sex Work: The Voices of Experience
Almodovar, Norma Jean, Cop to Call Girl: Why I Left the LAPD to Make an Honest Living as a Beverly Hills Prostitute. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
Barrows, Sydney Biddle, with William Novak, Mayflower Madam. New York: Ballantine Books, 1986.
Bell, Laurie (ed.), Good Girls/Bad Girls: Feminists and Sex Trade Workers Face to Face. Seattle: The Seal Press, 1987.
Delacoste, Frederique and Priscilla Alexander (eds.), Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry. San Francisco: CleisPress, 1987. London: Virago Press, 1988. Translations: German: Sex Arbeit. Heyne Verlag, 1989. Includes Priscilla Alexander, "Prostitution: A Difficult Issue for Feminists," and"Prostitutes are being Scapegoated for Heterosexual AIDS."
French, Dolores and Linda Lee, Working: My Life as a Prostitute. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988. Atlanta's most famous whore and founder of HIRE (Hooking Is Real Employment) shares her passion for the Life.
Jaget, Claude (ed.), Prostitutes, Our Life. London: Falling WallPress, 1980. Translated by Anne Furse, Suzie Fleming, and Ruth Hall.
Kimball, Nell, Nell Kimball: Her Life as an American Madam. Edited by Stephen Longstreet. New York: The Macmillan Company,1970. Pithy, acerbic and practical from a woman who knew how to run a house...and run it well.
La Croix, Catherine, "Don't Hate Me Because I'm a Whore: After All, Some of My Best Friends Are Feminists," Dinur, Esty (guest ed.), Feminist Voices, Volume VIII, No. 7. Discusses the tendency of many right-wing feminists to attempt exclusion of female sex workers from the women's movement by pathologizing and patronizing them and their choices.
Leigh, Carol (ed.), "In Defense of Prostitution: Prostitutes debate their 'choice' of profession," Gauntlet, Vol. I, No. 7. A special issue devoted to sex work in the United States. Includes articles about AIDS, police corruption, working conditions, and covers both prostitution and pornography. The contributors include sex workers, sociologists, sex radicals, and others. Madeleine: An Autobiography. New York: Persea Books, 1986. Introduction to the 1919 Edition by Judge Ben B. Lindsey; new introduction by Marcia Carlisle.
McClintock, Anne (guest ed.), Social Text, Winter 1993, Number 37. A special issue devoted to sex work issues. Includes articles covering such issues as stigma, feminism, and power relations, written by sex workers, clients, sociologists, psychologists.
Morgan Thomas, Ruth, "HIV and the Sex Industry," Judy Bury, Val Morrison & Sheena McLachlan (eds.), Working with Women & AIDS: Medical, Social & Counselling Issues. London: Tavistock/Routledge, 1992.
Perkins, Roberta, Working Girls: Prostitutes, their Life and Social Control. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1991.
____, Bennett G, Being a Prostitute: Prostitute women and prostitute men. Boston: Allen & Unwin, Inc., 1985.
Pheterson, G (ed.), A Vindication of the Rights of Whores. Seattle: Seal Press, 1989. Translations: Nosotros, Las Putas. Madrid: Talasa Ediciones, 1992. Includes the proceedings of the Second World Whores Congress held in Brussels, Belgium, in 1986.
Real, Griselidis, La Passe Imaginaire. Levallois-Perret, France: Manya, 1992.
Roberts, Nickie, Whores in History: Prostitution in Western Society. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. This book, the first of its kind, is written by a former sex worker; as such, it offers a unique perspective on the historical record, quite different in tone from other books on the subject.
Rosen, Ruth and Sue Davidson, The Mamie Papers. Old Westbury, NY: The Feminist Press, 1977.
Sex Work: The Voices of Observation
Assiter, A. and Carol, A., editors, Bad Girls & Dirty Pictures: The Challenge To Reclaim Feminism. London & Boulder: Pluto Press, 1993.
Barnhart, Jacqueline Baker, The Fair but Frail: Prostitution in San Francisco 1849-1900. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1986.
Bassermann, Lujo, The Oldest Profession: A History of Prostitution. Translated from the German by James Cleugh. New York: Dorset Press, 1965, 1967.
Bell, Shannon, Reading, Writing & Rewriting the Prostitute Body. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994.
Bristow, Edward J., Prostitution and Prejudice: The Jewish Fight against White Slavery 1870-1939. New York: Schocken Books, 1983.
Bullough, Vern and Bonnie Bullough, Women and Prostitution: A Social History. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1987.
Butler, Anne M., Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery: Prostitutes in the American West 1865-90. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1985.
Carlton, Charles, Royal Mistresses. London: Routledge, 1990.
Carmen, Moody, Working Women: The Subterranean World of Street Prostitution. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
Carol, Avedon, Nudes, Prudes and Attitudes. Cheltenham: New Clarion Press, 1994.
Cohen, B, Deviant Street Networks: Prostitution in New York City. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1980.
Connelly, Mark Thomas, The Response to Prostitution in the Progressive Era. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1980.
Davis, N. J., Prostitution, An International Handbook on Trends, Problems, and Policies. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Davis, Sylvia (with Marcia Shaffer), "Prostitution in Canada: The Invisible Menace or the Menace of Invisibility?" 1994. Excellent paper on decriminalization. Available on the World Wide Web at http://www.walnet.org/swav/law/sdavis.html.
D'Emilio, John D., and Estelle B. Freedman, Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
Finnegan, Frances, Poverty and Prostitution: A study of Victorian prostitutes in York. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Gilfoyle, Timothy J., City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992.
Goldman, Marion S., Gold Diggers and Silver Miners: Prostitution and Social Life on the Comstock Lode. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1981.
Hill, Marilyn Wood, Their Sisters' Keepers: Prostitution in New York City, 1830-1870. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
Hobson, Barbara Meil, Uneasy Virtue: The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition. New York: Basic Books, 1987.
Jenness, Valerie, Making It Work: The Prostitutes' Rights Movement in Perspective. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1993.
Kasindorf, Jeanie, The Nye County Brothel Wars. New York: Linden Press, 1985. Fascinating history of the famous Chicken Ranch in southern Nevada.
Lerner, Gerda, The Creation of Patriarchy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. See the chapter, "Veiling the Woman."
McElroy, Wendy. XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. See chapter 9, "A COYOTE Meeting and the Appendix " A COYOTE Survey."
McWilliams, Peter. Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society. Los Angeles: Prelude Press, 1993.
Miller, E. M., Street Woman. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986. Otis, Leah Lydia, Prostitution and Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1985.
Neave, M., "The Failure of Prostitution Law Reform," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 21, (1988).
Otis, Leah Lydia, Prostitution and Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1985.
Pearl, Julie, "The Highest Paying Customers: America's Cities and the Costs of Prostitution Control," The Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4, April 1987, p. 769-800.
Perry, Mary Elizabeth, Crime and Society in Early Modern Seville. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1980. See the chapter, "Lost Women."
Pomeroy, Sarah B., Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity. New York: Schocken Books, 1975.
Qualls-Corbett, Nancy. The Sacred Prostitute, Eternal Aspect of the Divine. Toronto: Inner City Books, 1988. A Jungian perspective on sacred prostitution. More scholarly than passionate perhaps but still well done.
Quigley, J., "The Dilemma of Prostitution Law Reform: Lessons From the Soviet Russian Experiment," American Criminal Law Review, 29 (1992).
Richards, Jeffrey, Sex, Dissidence and Damnation: Minority Groups in the Middle Ages. London: Routledge, 1990. See especially Chapter 6: "Prostitutes."
Rosen, Ruth, The Lost Sisterhood: Prostitution in America 1900- 1918. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982.
Rossiaud, Jacques, Medieval Prostitution. Translated by Lydia G. Cochrane. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1984, 1988.
Scibelli, P., "Empowering Prostitutes: A Proposal for International Legal Reform," Harvard Women's Law Journal, 10 (1987).
Stubbs, Kenneth Ray (ed.). Women of the Light: The New Sacred Prostitute. Larkspur, California: Secret Garden, 1994. A superb selection of writings by female sex workers of various kinds (call girl, sexual surrogate, masseuse, etc.) with an appreciation for the Goddess and her role in sacred sex work. Includes a contribution by Carol Queen.
Taylor, Allegra, Prostitution: What's Love Got to Do with It? London: Optima, Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1991.
Tisdale, Sallie, Talk Dirty to Me: An Intimate Philosophy of Sex. New York: Doubleday, 1994. An excellent treatise of America's simultaneous obsession with and pretended abhorrence of Bad Girl sexuality.
Vogliotti, Gabriel R., The Girls of Nevada. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1975. Includes a history of prostitution in Nevada (not a guidebook).
Walkowitz, Judith R., City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Sex Work: Developing Countries
Africa
Hall, Laurel Meredith, "'Night Life' in Kenya," in Gail Pheterson (ed), A Vindication of the Rights of Whores. Seattle: Seal Press, 1989.
Moodie, T. Dunbar (with Vivienne Ndatshe and British Sibuyi), "Migrancy and Male Sexuality on the South African Gold Mines," in Martin Bauml Duberman, Martha Vicinius, and George Chauncey, Jr. (eds), Hidden from History: Reclaiming the gay and lesbian past. New York: New American Library, 1989.
Neequaye, Alfred, "Prostitution in Accra," in Martin Plant (ed), AIDS, Drugs, and Prostitution. London: Tavistock Publications, 1987.
Nelson, Nici, "'Selling her Kiosk': Kikuyu notions of sexuality and sex for sale in Mathare Valley, Kenya,:" in Pat Caplan (ed), The Cultural Construction of Sexuality. London: Tavistock Publications, 1987.
Oostenk, Annemiek, "A Visit to Burkina Faso," in Gail Pheterson (ed), A Vindication of the Rights of Whores. Seattle: Seal Press, 1989.
Pickering, Helen, et al., "Prostitutes and their Clients: A Gambian survey," Soc. Sci. Med., Vol. 34 No. 1, pp. 75-88, 1992.
Tabet, Paola, "I'm the Meat, I'm the Knife: Sexual Service, Migration, and Repression in Some African Societies," in Gail Pheterson (ed), A Vindication of the Rights of Whores. Seattle: Seal Press, 1989.
White, Luise, The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1990.
_____, "Prostitution, Identity, and Class Consciousness during World War II," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 11,2 (1986), pp. 255-73.
Wilson, David, et al., "A Pilot Study for an HIV Prevention Programme among Commercial Sex Workers in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe," Soc. Sci. Med., Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 609-618, 1990.
Asia
Asia Watch and The Women's Rights Project, A Modern Form of Slavery: Trafficking of Burmese Women and Girls into Brothels in Thailand. New York: Human Rights Watch, 1993.
Desquitado, Marivic R., Behind the Shadows: Towards a better understanding of prostituted women. Davao City: Talikala, Inc., 1992. Published by a community organizing project in Davao City, the Philippines. The project was formed by a group that included social workers and prostitutes.
Enloe, Cynthia, Bananas, Beaches & Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. London: Pandora Press, 1989. See the chapters, "On the Beach: Sexism and Tourism," and "Base Women."
____, Does Khaki Become You? The Militarisation of Women's Lives. Boston: South End Press, 1983. See the chapters, "The Military Needs Camp Followers" and "The Militarisation of Prostitution."
Gronewold, Sue, Beautiful Merchandise: Prostitution in China 1860-1936. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1985.
Haeri, Shahla, Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage in Shi'i Iran. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1989.
Kapur, Promilla, The Indian Call Girls. New Delhi: Orient Paperbacks, 1979. This book comes with an insert that says, "This book has now been exonerated from obscenity charge by Delhi High Court."
Nanda, Serena, Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1990.
Odzer, Cleo, Patpong sisters: An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World. New York: Blue Moon Books/Arcade Publishing, 1994.
Phongpaichit, Pasuk, From Peasant Girls to Bangkok Masseuses. Geneva: International Labour Office, 1982.
Raghuramaiah, K. Lakshmi, Night Birds: Indian Prostitutes from Devadasis to Call Girls. Delhi: Chankya Publications, 1991.
Sturdevant, Saundra Pollack, & Stoltzfus, Brenda, Let the Good Times Roll: Prostitution and the U.S. Military in Asia. New York: The New Press, 1992.
Thorbek, Suzanne, Voices from the City: Women of Bangkok. London: Zed Books, 1987.
Truong, Thanh-Dam, Sex, Money and Morality: Prostitution and tourism in South-east Asia. London: Zed Books, 1990.
____, Virtue, Order, Health and Money: Towards a comprehensive perspective on female prostitution in Asia. Bangkok: United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 1986.
Sex Work: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (HIV) and Working Conditions
Alexander, Priscilla, Making Sex Work Safer: A guide to HIV/AIDS Prevention Interventions. Geneva: World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS (in press).
____, "Prostitutes are being Scapegoated for AIDS," in Delacoste, Frederique and Priscilla Alexander (eds.), Sex Work: Writings by women in the sex industry. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1987. London: Virago Press, 1988. Translations: German: Sex Arbeit. Heyne Verlag, 1989.
____, "Sex Workers Fight Against AIDS: An International Perspective," in Beth E. Schneider and Nancy Stoller (eds.), Women Resisting AIDS: Strategies of Empowerment. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994.
Brandt, Allan M., No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States since 1880. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985 (Paperback, 1987).
____, "A Historical Perspective," in Harlon L. Dalton and Scott Burris (eds.), AIDS and the Law: A Guide for the Public. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987.
____, "AIDS: From Social History to Social Policy," in Elizabeth Fee and Daniel M. Fox (eds.), AIDS: The Burdens of History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.
Cohen, Judith B., Priscilla Alexander, and Constance Wofsy, "Prostitutes and AIDS: Public Policy Issues," AIDS & Public Policy Journal, 3:2, 1988, pp. 16-22.
Cohen, Judith B. and Priscilla Alexander, "Female Prostitutes: Scapegoats in the AIDS Epidemic," in Ann O'Leary and Loretta Sweet Jemmott (eds.), Women and AIDS: Primary Prevention. New York: Plenum Press (in press).
Davenport-Hines, Richard, Sex, Death and Punishment: Attitudes to sex and sexuality in Britain since the Renaissance. London: Fontana Press/HarperCollins, 1990.
Gibson, Mary, Prostitution and the State in Italy, 1860-1915. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1986.
Harsin, Jill, Policing Prostitution in Nineteenth Century Paris. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985.
Hyam, Ronald, Empire and Sexuality: The British Experience. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Mahood, Linda, The Magdalenes: Prostitution in the Nineteenth Century. London: Routledge, 1990. Scotland, contemporaneous with the Contagious Diseases Acts in England.
Mort, Frank, Dangerous Sexualities: Medico-Moral Politics in England since 1830. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.
Plant, Martin (ed.), AIDS, Drugs, and Prostitution. London: Tavistock/Routledge, 1990. A series of papers on the epidemiology of HIV infection among prostitutes and the impact of AIDS prevention and community organizing interventions in Europe, the United States, Australia, and Africa.
Rosenberg, Michael J., "Prostitutes and AIDS: A Health Department Priority?" American Journal of Public Health, April 1988, 78:4, pp. 418-423.
Quetel, Claude, History of Syphilis. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Translated by Judith Braddock and Brian Pike, originally Le Mal de Naples: histoire de la syphilis, Paris: Editions Seghers, 1986.
Walkowitz, Judith R., Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
Sexuality in General
Anything That Moves, Issue #5 1993 (magazine by and for bisexuals)
Bad Attitude, Vol. VII Issue V (magazine by and for lesbians)
Bakos, Susan Crain. Sexual Pleasures: What Women Really Want, What Women Really Need. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Barbach, Lonnie, Ph.D. Erotic Interludes: Tales Told By Women. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1986.
Boudoir Noir, Fall 1995 - Winter 1996/1996 (magazine by and for SM players)
Comfort, Alex M.B., D.Sc. The New Joy of Sex. New York: Crown Publishers, 1991.
Fisher, Helen E. Anatomy of Love: The Natural History of Monogamy, Adultery, and Divorce. New York: WW Norton and Company, 1992.
Lezzie Smut, Sept. 1993 (magazine by and for lesbians)
Logomotive #3 (magazine by and for bisexuals)
Myles, Eileen and Liz Kotz, eds. The New Fuck You: Adventures in Lesbian Reading. New York: Semiotext(e), 1995.
On Our Backs, Sept/Oct 1990, March/April 1992, May/June 1992, July/Aug 1992, Sept/Oct 1992, March/April 1993 (magazine by and for lesbians)
St. Claire, Olivia. 203 Ways To Drive a Man Wild In Bed. New York: Harmony Books, 1993.
Swift, Rachel. How To Have An Orgasm...As Often As you Want. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1993.
Spiritual/Women's Studies
Adler, Margot. Drawing Down the Moon. Boston: Beacon Press, 1979. If you ever wondered what place paganism has in America today, here's the definitive work. A newly updated reprint is also currently available.
Anand, Margot. The Art of Sexual Magic. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1995. A detailed, readable treatise on cultivating sexual energy from a Tantric perspective. Beautifully done.
Andrews, Lynn V. Star Woman: We Are Made From The Stars and To the Stars We Must Return. New York, Warner Books, 1986. True story of a woman's odyssey toward enlightenment. Contains a wealth of practical shamanistic lore.
Beck, Renee and Metrick, Sydney Barbara. The Art of Ritual. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1990.
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Goddesses in Everywoman. New York: Harper and Row, 1984. A psychological examination of the Greek goddess archetypes as they apply and operate in every womyn today if allowed.
Bord, Janet & Colin. Earth Rites: Fertility Practices in Pre-Industrial Britain. London: Granada Publishing Ltd., 1982.
Bourne, Lois. Witch Amongst Us: The Autobiography of a Witch. London: Robert Hale Limited, 1979. An excellent autobiographical introduction to the Craft and psychic phenomenon, charmingly and wisely told.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer. The Mists of Avalon. New York: Balantine Books, 1982. An inspring and enchanted retelling of the Arthurian legend from the woman's perspective with a beautifully revealing look at the Goddess priestesshood.
Brennan, Barbara Ann. Light Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing. New York: Bantam Books, 1993.
Buckland, Raymond. Witchcraft from the Inside. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1971. More male-dominant than I'd like, perhaps, but still a superb reference work.
Buckland, Raymond. The Tree: the Complete Book of Saxon Witchcraft. New York: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1974.
Budapest, Z. The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries. Los Angeles: Susan B. Anthony Coven #1, 1989 (new edition contains both original volumes). Our favorite Hungarian witch reveals all...well, almost.
_________. The Goddess In the Bedroom: A Passionate Woman's Guide to Celebrating Sexuality Every Night of the Week. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995.
_________. Grandmother Moon. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Burland, C.A. Echoes of Magic: a Study of Seasonal Festivals through the Ages. Totowa, NJ: Rowland & Littlefield, 1972.
Cabot, Laurie and Rowan, Tom. Love Magic: The Way To Love Through Rituals, Spells, and the Magical Life. New York: Delta, 1992.
____________________. Power of the Witch: The Earth, The Moon, and the Magical Path To Enlightenment. New York: Delta, 1989.
Chandu, Jack F. The Pendulum Book. Essex: C.W. Daniel Company, Ltd., 1990.
Circle. Pagan Spirit Journal. Mt. Horeb, WI: Circle Publications, 1982-83.
_____. Circle Guide to Pagan Resources. Mt. Horeb: Circle Publications, 1983.
_____. Circle Network News. Mt. Horeb: Circle Publications, 1978-present.
Crowther, Patricia & Arnold. The Witches Speak. New York: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1976.
Cunningham, Nancy Brady, I Am a Woman By Rite. York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1995.
Cunningham, Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1985.
______________. Living Wicca: A Further Guide For the Solitary Practitioner. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1993.
______________. The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1994.
______________. Wicca: A Guide For the Solitary Practitioner. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1988.
Davidson, H.R. Ellis. Myths and Symbols of Pagan Europe. New York: Syracuse Univ. Press, 1988.
Davis, Patricia. Aromatherapy: An A-Z. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1988.
Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1972 (Bollingen Series LXXVI). All of Eliade's works in comparative religion are invaluable.
Farrar, Janet and Stewart. Eight Sabbats for Witches. Custer, Washington: Phoenix Publishing, 1981. A detailed, scholarly description of annual Wiccan ritual celebrations from the Gardnerian tradition.
Farrar, Janet & Stewart. Eight Sabbats for Witches and Rites for Birth, Marriage and Death. London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1983. This is a slightly different English version of the Eight Sabbats listed above.
___________________. Spells and How They Work. Custer, WA: Phoenix Publishing, 1990.
____________________. The Witches' Way: Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft. Custer, Washington: Phoenix Publishing, 1984. The Farrars are both concise, readable and eminently well-versed in modern Wicca.
________. The Witches' God. Phoenix, Custer, Washington, 1989. Companion to The Witches' Goddess. this book presents an analysis of the various god archetypes. Describes rituals for invoking each aspect and includes a comprehensive survey of gods from cultures around the world. I find that some of the rituals seem a little forced, but otherwise it contains good source material. Highly recommended.
____________________. The Witches' Goddess. Custer, Washington: Phoenix Publishing, 1987. Describes rituals for invoking each aspect and includes a comprehensive survey of goddesses from cultures around the world. Highly recommended.
Gackenback, Jayne & Bosveld, Jane. CONTROL YOUR DREAMS (How Lucid Dreaming can help you explore the frontiers of human consciousness). New York: Harper & Row, 1989. 1st edition. Exercises & techniques from the most recent scientific lucid-dream research.
Gadon, Elinor W. The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol For Our Time. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1989.
Gimbutas, Marija. The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, Myths and Cult Images. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1982 [1974]
Graves, Tom. Needles of Stone Revisited. Glastonbury: Gothic Image Publications, 1986.
Halifax, Joan. Shamanic Voices: a Survey of Visionary Narratives. New York: Dutton, 1979.
Hall, Nor. The Moon and The Virgin: Reflections on the Archetypal Feminine. New York: Harper and Row, 1980.
Hutton, Ronald, The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy. Oxford: Blackwell, 1991.
Huxley, Francis. The Way of the Sacred. London, Bloomsbury Books, 1989. Examples of sacred rituals, belief & taboos world-wide: their origins & meanings. Objects & images used in search of & to symbolize the sacred throughout history.
James, Simon. The World of the Celts. London: Thames & Hudson, 1993.
Jong, Erica. Witches. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981. A poetic journey into the historical and modern archetypes of the Witch. Lots of wonderful illustrations and poems. Goes a long way toward reclaiming the archetype of the Witch. Some interesting source material.
Kelly, Aidan A. Crafting the Art of Magic. Saint Paul: Llewellyn, 1991. A rigorous historical analysis of Gardnerian witchcraft, clearly distinguishing its foundational myths from actual history. Using established scholarly methods, Kelly uncovers the history of the Craft as a new religion, created from whole cloth by Gardner in this century. Highly recommended.
LaPuma, Karen and Runkis, Walt. Awakening Female Power: The Way of the Goddess Warrior. Fairfax: SoulSource Publishing, 1991.
Lawless, Julia. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1995.
Leland, Charles G. Aradia, Gospel of the Witches. Phoenix, Custer, Washington, 1990. Originally published in 1890. A folklorist collects tales from surviving Tuscan Witches. The basic version of the Charge came from this book. Also one of the most common Outer Court names for the Goddess. I'd have to say, though, that these Nineteenth Century Italian Witches were a pretty vindictive bunch. I'd hate to be on their bad side.
Lethbridge, T.E. Witches. Seacaucus, New York: Citadel Press, 1962.
________. Witchcraft for Tomorrow. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978.
________. Rebirth of Witchcraft. London: Hale, 1989.
Lidell, Lucinda. The Book of Massage: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide To Eastern & Western Techniques. New York: Fireside, 1984.
Mann, AT & Lyle, Jane. Sacred Sexuality. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1995.
Matthews, Caitlin & John. The Western Way. Vol 1: The Native Tradition, Vol 2: The Hermetic Tradition. London: Arkana, 1985 and 1986.
McCoy, Edain. Celtic Myth & Magick: Harnessing the Power of the Gods and Goddesses. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
Medici, Marina. Love Magic. New York: Labyrinth, 1994.
Melton, J. Gordon. Magical Religion in the United States. Evanston, Illinois: The Institute for the Study of American Religion, 1979.
Monaghan, Patricia. The Book of Goddesses and Heroines. New York: Dutton, 1981.
Morrison, Sarah Lyddon. The Modern Witch's Book of Home Remedies. New York: Citadel Press, 1991.
Mountainwater, Shekhinah. Ariadne's Thread: A Workbook of Goddess Magic. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1991.
Neumann, Erich. The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1972 [1952]
Qualls-Corbett, Nancy. The Sacred Prostitute, Eternal Aspect of the Divine. Toronto: Inner City Books, 1988. A Jungian perspective on sacred prostitution. More scholarly than passionate perhaps but still well done.
Ravenwolf, Silver. To Ride a Silver Broomstick, St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1993. The new eclectic introduction to the Craft. Personally, I think the title and the cover are a bit cutesy but the book is an excellent introduction. Highly recommended for beginners.
___________. To Stir a Magick Cauldron: A Witch's Guide To Casting and Conjuring, St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.
Reilly, Patricia Lynn. A God Who Looks Like Me: Discovering a Woman-Affirming Spirituality. New York: Ballantine Books, 1995. A sensitive transitional work for those moving from patriarchal religions such as Christianity to the Goddess of old.
Ryall, Rhiannon. West Country Wicca. Phoenix, Custer, Washington: 1989. An account by a woman who claims to have participated in a "family tradition" indigenous to the Devon/Somerset border in England prior to the publication of Gerald Gardner's books, and hence documents a "genuine" indigenous tradition. Some interesting source material.
Silbury, Lira. The Sacred Marriage: Honoring the God and Goddess Within Each Other. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1994.
Skelton, Robin. The Practice of Witchcraft Today: An Introduction to Beliefs and Rituals. New York: Citadel Press, 1990.
Smyth, Frank. Modern Witchcraft. England, Castle Books, 1973.
Starhawk. Dreaming the Dark. Boston: Beacon Press, 1982. Theory and practice of the Craft and of running a coven. Ties Goddess spirituality and the Craft together with radical feminist politics. Personally, this book had a transformative effect on my life and development within the Craft. Some may not agree with her politics, although I certainly do, but can appreciate her fervor.
________. The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1989. Thought by many to be the quintessential introduction to the Old Ways, Starhawk's first, and possibly most influential, work is an informative and readable introduction to the Craft and the Faery tradition. Designed as a work book for the beginning witch, this 10th anniversary edition (originally published by Harper & Row in 1979) contains additional material and retrospection. A must-have from Starhawk's own Book of Shadows, no witch's library should be without it.
________. Truth or Dare. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987. Starhawk continues her thesis on the Craft as a liberating force for spiritual and political change. Again, some may not agree with her politics.
Stein, Diane. Casting the Circle: A Woman's Book of Ritual. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1990.
Stone. Merlin. When God Was a Woman. New York: Harvest Books, 1976.
Stubbs, Kenneth Ray (ed.). Women of the Light: The New Sacred Prostitute. Larkspur, California: Secret Garden, 1994. A superb selection of writings by female sex workers of various kinds (call girl, sexual surrogate, masseuse, etc.) with an appreciation for the Goddess and her role in sacred sex work.
Valiente, Doreen. An ABC of Witchcraft. Custer, Washington: Phoenix Publishing, 1973. Doreen's detailed dictionary to modern and ancient witchcraft is an essential reference work for any witch in any tradition.
Sex Worker Organizations
United States
North American Task Force on Prostitution (NTFP)
2785 Broadway 4L
New York, NY 10025-2834 USA
Phone/Fax: 1-212-866-8854
E-mail: prisjalex@aol.com
Attn: Priscilla Alexander
COYOTE/San Francisco
2269 Chestnut Street #452
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone : 1-415-435-7950
E-mail: margosj@aol.com
Attn: Margo St. James/Carol Stewart
COYOTE/Los Angeles
1626 N. Wilcox Avenue #580
Hollywood, CA 90028
Phone: 1-818-892-1859
E-mail: 76370.3345@compuserve.com
Attn: Norma Jean Almodovar, Executive Director
COYOTE/Seattle
16625 Redmond Way Box M237
Redmond, Washington 98052 USA
Phone-Fax-FaxBack: 1-206-869-9245
E-mail: coyote@coyotesea.org
Attn: Catherine La Croix, Executive Director
Hooking is Real Employment (HIRE)
847 Monroe Drive
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: 1-404-876-1212
E-mail: frenchdom@aol.com
Attn: Dolores French, Executive Director
Sex Workers Action Coalition (SWAC)
PO Box 210256
San Francsico, CA 94121
Phone: 1-415-435-7931
E-mail: penet@creative.net
Attn: Carol Leigh, Director
P.O.N.Y.(Prostitutes of New York)
271 Madison Avenue #908
New York, New York 10016
(212) 713-5678
Attn: Susan Daisy
International Affiliates
Europe
Network of Sexwork Projects
54 Bryantwood Road
London N77BE UK
Phone/ fax: 44-71-609-0112
Attn: Cheryl Overs
De Rode Draad (The Red Thread)
Kloveniersburgwal, 47
Amsterdam, Nederlands
Phone: 011-31-20-624-3366
Fax: 011-31-20-620-0383
PAYOKE
Zirksttraat 27 2000
Antwerpen, Belgium
FAX: 011-32-3-14 14 31
HWG
Karlsruher Str. 5
60329 Frankfurt Germany
Phone: 069/ 25 27 42
Fax: 069/ 25 03 31
Attn: Christine Drossler
HYDRA
Rigaer Strasse 3
10247 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 030/707-47 23
Attn: Monika Hofman
Kassandra
Kopernikusplatz 12
90459 Nurnberg
Germany
Phone: 0911/44 28 89
Straps & Grips
c/o Aids Hilfe
Herwarthstr. 2
48143 Munster
Germany
Phone: 0251/4 30 31
Cinderella
Postfach 10 18 14
40009 Dusseldorf
Germany
Phone: 0211/899 65 90
Phoenix e. V
Postfach 47 62
Bergmannstr. 3
30159 Hannover
Germany
Phone: 0511/1 46 46
Nitribitt
Stader Str. 1
28205 Bremen
Germany
Phone: 0421/ 44 86 62
Hurenselbst-hilfe Saabrucken
Forsterstr. 39
66125 Saabrucken
Germany
Phone: 0681/ 38 85-286
Hurizonte e. V
Archiv und Dokumentationszentrum fur Prostitution
Postfach 30 35 53
10727 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 030/218 55 16
Madonna
Gusstahlstr. 34
44793 Bochum
Germany
Phone: 0234/68 57 50
Fax: 0234/68 57 50
Nutten & Nuttchen
Fredericiastr. 14
14059 Berlin Germany
Phone: 030/ 302 22 53
Attn: Barbara Merzinger
Caf'e Sperre
Schillerstr. 69
34117 Kassel Germany
Phone: 0561/ 770 775
Bathseba
Steinwegpassage 42 A
38100 Braunschweig
Germany
Phone: 0531/ 4 44 71
Callboy's Organizations (Germany)
Querstrich Auguststr. 84
10117 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 090/ 208 74 19
Strichweise Heiter
c/o Basisprojekt
Hamburg St. Georg-Kirchhof 26
2009 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: 040/24 96 94
Fax: 040/280 26 73
Comitato per i Diritti Civili delle Prostitute
Casella Postal 67
33170 Pordenone
Italy
Phone: 011-0434/ 640563
Fax: 0434 640563
Attn: Pia Covre
Scot-PEP
21A Torphican Street
Edinburgh EH3 8HX
Scotland
Phone: 011-44-31-229-8269
FAX: 44-31-228-2563
Attn: Ruth Morgan Thomas
Aspasie
10 r. Charles Cusin
Geneva
Switzerland
Phone: 011-41-22-732-6828
Attn: Mireille Rodeville
Centre de Documentation International sur la Prostitution
24, rue Neuchatel
1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Phone: 41-22-732-8276
Attn: Griselidis Real
Xenia
Mauerain 1
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Phone: 011-41-31-24 34 42
Americas
Maggie's
Sex Workers Alliance of Toronto (SWAT)
P.O. Box 1143, Station F
Toronto, ON M4Y 2T8
Phone: 1-416-360-8461
E-mail: maggie@intacc.web.net
Sex Workers' Alliance of Vancouver
Post Office Box 3075
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 3X6
Canada
Phone: (604)488-0710
E-mail: swav@walnet.org
Worldwide Web: http://www.walnet.org/swav/
MUSA A.C.
Col. Alamos C.P. Mexico,
DF 03400, Mexico
Phone/Fax: + 52 (56) 80-4901
Attn: Claudia Colimoro
Prostitution & Civil Rights
ISER Ladeira da Gloria
98 Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22211
Brazil
Phone: 011-552-1-265-5747
Fax: 011-552-1-205-4796
Attn: Chris Peterson, M.D.
Programma Pegacao
NOSS Rua Visconde de Piraja 127/201
Ipanema Rio de Janeiro/ RJ
CEP 22410-001
Brazil
Phone: + 552-1-227-5944
Fax: 011-552-1-205-5087
Attn: Paulo Longo
Associacao de Prostitutas do Estato de Rio de Janeiro
R Miguel de Frias 718, Estacao
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil
Phone: 011-552-1-273-7991
Fax: 011-552-1-286-2657
Attn: Euridice Francisco
Australasia
SWEETLY
c/o Art Scape Yoshida - Honmachi -4
Sakyo-ku Kyoto
606 Japan
EMPOWER
National Office
57/60 Tivanont Road
Nonthburi 11000
Thailand
Phone: 011-66-2-526-8311
Attn: Chantipwa (Noi) Apisuk
Scarlet Alliance
P.O. Box 811
Fyshwick 2609
ACT
Australia
Phone: + (06) 239-1213
Fax: + (06) 239-1196
ACT (WISE)
Workers in Sex Employment
P.O. Box 811
Fyshwick 2609 ACT
Australia
Phone: + (06) 239-2905
Fax: + (06) 280-5393
S.W.O.P.
Sex Workers Outreach Project
PO Box 1354
Strawberry Hills
Australia
Phone: 61 2 319 4866
Fax: 02 9310 4262
SQWISI
Self Help for Queensland Workers in the Sex Industry
P.O. Box 689
West End Q4101
Queensland
Australia
Phone/ fax: + (07) 844 4565
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective
P.O. Box 11-412
Manners Street
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone: + (04) 382-8791 Fax: + (04) 801-5690
Attn: Catherine Healy
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective
P.O. Box 13-561
Christchurch
New Zealand
Phone: + (03) 365- 2595
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective
P.O. Box 6407
Dunedin
New Zealand
Phone: + (03) 477-698
Allied Organizations
United States
Waikiki Health Center
277 Ohua Ave.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815-3695
Attn: Pam Vessel
Europe
Mr A. de Graaf Stichting
Instituut voor Prostitutie Vraagstukken
4, Westermarkt
1016 DK Amsterdam Netherlands
Attn: Jan Visser
Phone: 31-20-624-7149
or 31-20-620- 2593
Fax: 31-20-624-6529
Outsiders (for disabled people)
P. O. Box 4ZB London, England W1A 4ZB
Phone: 071 739 3195 Dr. Tuppy Owens
Australasia
Action for REACH OUT
P.O. Box 98108
T.S.T. Post Office
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone: 110-9318 call 392
Fax: 852-2782-0583
