I thank all of you for your interest in my work, your kind reviews and comments over the years. I also thank those of you who stopped by my AuthorsDen site over 1 million times! And thanks to all of you who have purchased my books or checked them out from the library. The fact that you have read my books is perhaps the biggest thrill yet. New projects this year included a look at the architectural symbolism found on buildings around Kentucky--from Louisville to Lexington, Danville, Frankfort, Richmond and others. "Monsters in Stone: Kentucky's Gargoyles, Grotesques and Green Men" is available from Amazon.com in paperback or ebook formats. Fully illustrated as well.Please visit my Bookstore at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/gary_varner You can read my articles on Academia.edu here http://independent.academia.edu/GaryVarner Publication History: Essays in Contemporary Paganism 2000 [Out of Print} Water of life Water of Death: The Folklore and Mythology of Sacred Waters 2004 [Note: This book is out of print. A second edition is now available as Water from the Sacred Well: Further Explorations in the Folklore and Myth of Sacred Water availble in both print and Kindle editions] Menhirs, Dolmen and Circles of Stone: The Folklore and Magic of Sacred Stone 2004 The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature 2006 Strangely Wrought Creatures of Life & Death: Ancient Symbolism in European and American Architecture 2006 The Dark Wind: Witches and the Concept of Evil 2007 in print and Kindle editions Creatures in the Mist: Little People, Wild Men and Spirit Beings Around the World - A Study in Comparative Mythology 2007 Mysteries of Native American Myth and Religion 2007 The Gods of Man: Gods of Nature - God of War 2007 Maria Lionza: An Indigenous Goddess of Venezuela 2007 The Use & History of Amulets, Charms and Talismans 2008 in print and Kindle editions Gargoyles, Grotesques & Green Men: Ancient Symbolism in European and American Architecture 2008 in print and Kindle editions The Owens Valley Paiute - A Cultural History 2009 in print and Kindle editions Sacred Wells: A Study in the History, Meaning, and Mythology of Holy Wells & Waters - has been reissued in a 2nd edition August 2009 by Algora Publishing Ancient Footprints - Cultural Diffusion in Pre-Columbian America 2010 in print and Kindle editions Charles G. Leland - The Man & the Myth, 2nd edition 2010 in print and Kindle editions Magic, Witchcraft, Pagans & Christians: A Study in the Suppression of Belief and the Rise of Christianity 2010 in print and Kindle editions Ghosts, Spirits & the Afterworld in Native American Folklore and Religion 2010 in both prinet and Kindle editions Water from the Sacred Well (Kindle edition 2010, print edition 2011) The Sword and Dagger in Myth & Legend (2nd edition 2011 in both paper and Kindle) Hecate the Witches' Goddess first published in 2008 is availble in a new revised 2011 edition from Kindle and Amazon.com Hidden in Plain Site I - Sacramento and Hidden in Plain Site II - Pittsburgh are new 2012 offerings available in both Kindle editions and paperback Ethiopia - A Cultural History of An Ancient Land (2012) available both in Kindle and paperback editions The Folklore of Faeries, Elves & Little People - A Study of a Cultural Phenomenon (2012) now in Kindle and paperback editions Portals to Other Realms: Cup-Marked Stones and Prehistoric Rock Carvings (2012) Kindle and paperback Remembrances of the Dead - Graveyard Art & Symbolism (2013) now in a Kindle edition and paperback The Ancient Religion and Beliefs of Ethiopia (2014) Monsters in Stone: Kentucky's Gargoyles, Grotesques and Green Men (2015) Visit Folklore, History & The Study of MythVisit Folklore, History & The Study of Myth                                                                                                               

My books have been purchased by over 3100 university and public libraries around the world, including the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, the British Museum Research Library and the Eastern California Museum.

Varner's articles and books have been referenced or cited in dozens of publications (including 21 academic books) and websites, including:

1) “The Unveiling of the sacred in Eliade’s Men and Stones” by Ali Shehzad Zaidi, Humanities Department, State University of New York at Canton in neohelicon, Vol. 36, Number 1/June 2009 published by Akadėmiai Kiadó and Springer Science+Business Media
2) Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley by Georgiana C. Kotarski (Paperback - Jun 1, 2006) John F. Blair, Publisher
3) Robert Koch and the Study of Anthrax (Uncharted, Unexplored, and Unexplained) by Kathleen Tracy (Library Binding - Sep 2004) Mitchell Lane Publishers (September 2004)
4) Beings - Webster's Specialty Crossword Puzzles, Volume 2: The Enthusiast's Edition (Paperback) ICON Group International, Inc. (May 5, 2009)
5) Mystical Places and Marvelous Meals: A Travel Cookbook (Paperback) by Sara Nieves-Grafals (Author), Al Getz (Contributor) iUniverse, Inc. (December 13, 2005)
6) Treat or Trick? Halloween in a Globalising World by Hugh O'Donnell Cambridge Scholars Publishing (February 1, 2009)
7) “Nix”, New World Encyclopedia, http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nix
8) “Externsteine” in Atlas Obscura http://atlasobscura.com/places/externsteine
9) The Green Man Biography, Links, Resources http://www.egreenway.com/meditation/greenman.htm
10) Myths, Legends, and Sacred Stories http://www.nativetreesociety.org/myths/index_myths.htm
11) Robin Hood “Under the Greenwood Tree”: Peasants’ Revolt and the Making of a Medieval Legend by Danielle Sabatka HIST 495: Independent Research Dr. Martha Rampton 1 May 2008 http://www.pacificu.edu/as/history/students/sabatka.pdf
12) Venezuela's Maria Lionza ... 16th century native girl, born to an Indian chief http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=77241
13) Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend by Mark Jenkins (A National Geographic publication)
14) Trials of the Moon: Reopening the Case for Historical Witchcraft. A critique of Ronald Hutton's The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ben Whitmore (October 2010)
15) Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature by Osprey Orielle Lake
16) "The Green One" by Paul Cudenec, Published by Winter Oak Books (winteroak/org.uk/books/) July 2017