(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best celtic religion books

Read, read, and read some more, until you figure out what you want from witchcraft and what type of witch you are (should you choose to identify with one path). Some recent books that have helped me:

• Weave the Liminal
  
• Tending Brigid's Flame
  
• The Green Witch
  
  I lean toward Green and Kitchen Witchcraft, with a healthy dose of Druidism. Happy to pass on more recommendations if any of that interests you.
  
  Mark the sabbats and festival dates on your calendar, read up on their histories and prepare your celebrations. Do you want to follow any deities, Gods, and/or Goddesses? Do you want to include Tarot, crystals, or herbalism in your practice and studies?
  
  There is so much information out there, it can be completely overwhelming. But I would make a list, keep adding to it, and see where your needs, wants, and ideas take you.

There are two JOCHT's, but the last volume of this anual publication is if 2012. It is a pretty academic work.
Similar journals are "Mímir", "Northern Traditions" of Primordial Traditions/Numen Books (less academic) and in German the "Heidnisches Jahrbuch" (six volumes, the last one from 2012.
Less heathen, but still upto a certain degree is "Tyr Journal" (with Collin Cleary who wrote some books worth reading.

The Irish Celtic Magical Tradition by Steve Blamires.
Celtic Rituals by Alex Kondratiev

Neither is technically Wiccan but both are well researched and well worth a read.

I also recommend Travels Through Middle Earth: The Path of a Saxon Pagan by Alaric Albertsson. I reviewed it for this sub a few months ago, you can read that here.

I'll also back up Swain Wodening. I recently finished his Hammer of the Gods and found it a great read.

There's definitely been books on practicing as a solitary druid, outside of one of those organizations, so I don't see why not. As long as you're not falsely representing yourself as a member of one of those organizations, and as long as you are studying druidry and feel like that path calls to you, I don't see how anyone could reasonably take offense at you calling yourself a druid.

I recently finished reading The Book of Hedge Druidry by Joanna van der Hoeven. Based on your description, you may also enjoy it.

The Sphere of Protection is described thoroughly in John Michael Greer's The Druid Magic Handbook. The Kindle version should be easy enough to keep private. It's also available on Scribd if you subscribe to it.

It can be used on its own, but is also a companion book to JMG's The Druidry Handbook, which is suitable to someone practicing alone but is also the AODA's primary text.

There are plenty of other druid organizations and druidry authors, with different styles, but I would suggest the books mentioned above because I think highly of JMG as an author, and because, of the other two most prominent druid organizations, ADF is very much about engaging Druidry as a polytheistic pagan religion and might not suit you, and OBOD mails you course materials that are 1) kind of expensive for a college student, and 2) difficult to keep private since you're getting physical materials mailed to you.

Found this book on amazon. Not sure if that is what you are looking for.

The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford has a book on Druids that was really informative and digestible for me! Find that here.

This book is very informative and eminently readable: "Celtic Wicca" by Jane Raeburn. http://www.amazon.com/Celtic-Wicca-Ancient-Wisdom-Century/dp/0806522291

https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Night-Rediscovering-Celtic-Goddess/dp/1578632846

This:

http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Celtic-Wisdom-Book-spirituality/dp/1598695401

Then try meditating for just five minutes at any given time, maybe in the morning and in the evening or when it is oppurtune for you to do so. Maybe you should if you live where it is possible go to a public ritual and see how it goes. I can only encourage you to read and to do research, maybe trough the Inet . Find something that fits you, your life and will to commit. Here are a few book recommendations for you:https://www.amazon.com/Pagan-Portals-Discover-Unlock-Natural/dp/1785350765/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1501097009&sr=8-15&keywords=pagan+portals

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Magick-Twelve-Lessons-Magickal-ebook/dp/B004I8UYEW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1501097079&sr=8-3&keywords=ceremonial+magick

https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Ritual-Magic-Fundamental-Apprentice/dp/1578633184/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1501097153&sr=8-4&keywords=fundamentals+of+magick

https://www.amazon.com/Wicca-Beginners-Fundamentals-Philosophy-Practice-ebook/dp/B001JEPR5E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1501097153&sr=8-2&keywords=fundamentals+of+magick

Sorry if they are a bit basic but it is a good start. I have excluded Chaos magic and satanism as i dont have much knowledge in these fields and dont want to give you wrong infos.