Lately, I've been compiling online pdfs of various classic sources on occultism, and this is what I've found so far. All of these books have been very influential in the field of occultism. If you are interested in pursuing the study of occultism, I recommend looking at them, but it is not beginner material. Some of them are philosophical treatises, some of them are practical manuals of extremely complex ceremonial magic, some of them are religious documents... Please be aware that much of it is difficult and dense, and that not all of it concerns witchcraft specifically. I haven't read all of these; the point is just to have all these sources in one place.
General resource: https://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
Wicca:
Raymond Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft: https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/religion.occult.new_age/Magick/Complete%20Book%20Of%20Witchcraft.pdf
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham: https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/religion.occult.new_age/Magick/Wicca,%20a%20Guide%20for%20the%20Solitary%20Practitioner.pdf
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs: https://memberfiles.freewebs.com/81/39/52093981/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Magical%20Herbs%20-%20Scott%20Cunningham.pdf
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem, and Metal Magic: https://zalbarath666.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/cunningham-scott-encyclopedia-of-crystal-gem-and-metal-magic.pdfThe Gardnerian Book of Shadows: https://celticearthspirit.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Gardnerian-Book-Of-Shadows.pdf
Magical/occult theory:
The Books of Occult Philosophy by Cornelius Agrippa: https://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/pnm/index.htmThe Doctrine and Ritual of Transcendental Magic by Eliphas Levi: https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Transcendental-Magic-Its-Doctrine-and-Ritual2-1-MB.pdf , https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Transcendental-Magic-Its-Doctrine-and-Ritual1-1.8-MB.pdfThe Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall: https://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/index.htmThe Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley: https://www.occultebooks.com/ebooks/bookoflaw.pdf
Renaissance ceremonial magic:
The Lesser Key of Solomon: https://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/index.htmArs Goetia: https://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/lesserkey/lesserkey1.pdfArs Theurgia Goetia: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/lesserkey/lesserkey2.pdfArs Paulina: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/lesserkey/lesserkey3.pdfArs Almadel: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/lesserkey/lesserkey4.pdfArs Nova: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/lesserkey/lesserkey5.pdfArs Notoria: https://www.ancient-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ars_notoria.pdfThe Greater Key of Solomon: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/greaterkey/greaterkey1.pdf,
http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/greaterkey/greaterkey2.pdf, http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/greaterkey/greaterkey_pentacles.pdf
The Magus by Frances Barrett: https://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/magus/index.htmThe Black Pullet: http://www.cunning.org.uk/The%20Black%20Pullet.pdfThe Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage by S.L. MacGregor Mathers: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/abramelin/abramelin1.pdf , http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/abramelin/abramelin2.pdf , http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/abramelin/abramelin3.pdf
(Also here: https://sacred-texts.com/grim/abr/index.htm )
Hermeticism and Alchemy:
The Kybalion: http://www.yogebooks.com/english/atkinson/1908kybalion.pdfThe Corpus Hermeticum: http://www.metaphysicspirit.com/books/The%20Corpus%20Hermetica.pdfInitiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon: http://www.themasonictrowel.com/ebooks/hermetic/Franz_Bardon_-_Initiation_Into_Hermetics.pdfThe Hermetic Tradition by Julius Evola: http://www.cakravartin.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Julius-Evola-Hermetic-Tradition.pdf
Hellenistic (Greek) primary sources:
The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, translated by Hans Dieter Betz: https://fewarethemystaidotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/hans_dieter_betz__greek_magical_papyri_in_translabookos-org.pdfThe Chaldean Oracles: https://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/coz/index.htm (with commentary by G.R.S Mead): http://platonic-philosophy.org/files/Mead%20-%20On%20the%20Chaldean%20Oracles.pdfThe Homeric Hymns: https://www.theoi.com/Text/HomericHymns1.html and Orphic Hymns: https://www.theoi.com/Text/OrphicHymns1.html
Herbalism:
The Long Lost Friend by John George Hoffman: https://www.sacred-texts.com/ame/pow/index.htmCunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs: https://memberfiles.freewebs.com/81/39/52093981/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Magical%20Herbs%20-%20Scott%20Cunningham.pdf
Enochian magic:
The Liber Logaeth by Edward Kelley: http://www.archidox.org/The%20First%20Leaf-1A.pdf
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