
11-20-2009, 04:55 PM
Have you added any of the "classic" reads? I mean books pre-dating Crowley's work. (If you haven't read Aleister Crowley, Gerald B. Gardner or Anton Levey, definitely put them on your list.) I would also recommend adding things by Eliphas Levi- History of Magic: Including a Clear, and Precise Exposition of its Procedure, Rites and Mysteries, Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual , and Mysteries of Magic: A Digest of the Writings of Eliphas Levi . Also Israel Regardie- though he is slightly more contemporary.
But, really, I was talking of older books.
The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage by S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers
Three Books Of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
The Exhaltation of Inanna by En-hedu-ana (Or anything else by her is lovely if you want to study Sumerian Religion/Poetry)
The Arbatel of Magick Translated by Robert Turner
Ars Notoria Translated by Robert Turner
The Hieroglyphic Monad by John Dee
From Alchemy to Chemistry by John Read (not occult so much, but really interesting)
If you like Modern stuff- I am a big fan of Phil Hine (Hail Eris!).
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