 | The Magick of Thelema: A Handbook of the Rituals of Aleister Crowley by Lon Milo Duquette
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $6.97 A short compendium of the principal Thelemic rituals; there are philosophic pitfalls throughout, but it helps to have all the ritual in one concise book.
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 | Magick: Book 4, Liber Aba (Magick Bk. 4) (Bk.4) by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $50.40 / Used from: $39.90 Of value to Thelemites and other occultists as well. Crowley's detailed description of the philosophy of Magick is illuminating to everyone.
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 | 777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $5.66 Very helpful from the standpoint of constructing your own rituals. Also an invaluable reference work for Qabalistic and Gematric symbolism.
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 | Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $3.51 Probably the modern classic of the esoteric Qabalah. This is an excellent introduction to the basics of the sephiroth. The "elements" are not Wiccan: *this* is where they came from.
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 | The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites & Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order (Llewellyn's Golden Dawn Series) by Israel Regardie
Buy new: $25.05 / Used from: $14.98 Most of what comes out of Llewellyn is filth; this is a prime example of when they get it right. Israel Regardie's monumental expose of the Golden Dawn. This is great for occult basics.
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 | Aion by Dead Can Dance
Buy used from: $2.85 For spiritual meditation, the Sufis had it right--no music (though dervishes use it). For "lighter" work, however, this is splendid. It could also be used *before* ritual and/or meditation is begun.
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 | The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $3.99 A very old grimoire, from whence comes much modern occult philosophy.
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 | The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (Clavicula Salomonis Regis) by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.47 Another very basic grimoire. Take a look at the others in the series, as well.
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 | The Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic by Israel Regardie
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.95 Dr. Regardie's book is a classic, though his language is "gushy", sentimental, and a little overblown--all dangers. Get beyond that (and those pointless footnotes by the editors!) and there's value.
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 | The Way of the Sufi (Compass) by Idries Shah
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $1.93 I'm only roughly halfway through his "The Sufis", but so far I've found this book a better introduction to Sufi thought, probably because of his translations of actual Sufi writings...
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 | Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $9.95 Very much in the Sufi vein itself, though describing Hermetic (is there a difference?) material.
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 | Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing by Stephen A Hoeller
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $2.92 "Christian mysticism", of a heretical sort. A good introduction, but Hoeller's description of Qabalah and Theosophy as "Gnosticism" is plain bad scholarship--gnostic, maybe, but not Gnosticism.
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 | The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor Lavey
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.86 LaVey's book is in my opinion "mush"--to put it mildly. Little more than modern hedonism with a nonsensical magical theory, but it's the "pop music" of occultism.
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 | The Necronomicon by Simon
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.94 All I've got to say is: Rob Zombie should make this a movie.
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 | High Magic's Aid: Wonderful Tale of Medieval Witchcraft by Gerald Brosseau Gardner
Buy used from: $55.00 The book which began Wicca. Curiously, the "Old Religion" looks a lot like Masonry and Thelema here; proof Gardner fabricated it--but it's still valuable.
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 | The American Ephemeris for the 21st Century: 2000 to 2050 at Midnight by Neil F. Michelsen
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $10.00 Never used it though I'm about to buy it; just figured I'd stick it in there...
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