![]() | Kabbalah, Magic & the Great Work of Self Transformation: A Complete Course by Lyam Thomas Christopher
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $11.32 This is the book to get you through the Golden Dawn grades in a way that isn't fluffy and cuts right to the point. There is just the right amount of innovations in these rituals. I cannot recommend this enough. Thats right, go ahead and burn your copy of "Modern Magick." Here comes the post-modern Golden Dawn.
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![]() | Holy Bible: NRSV, Burgundy Imitation Leather, With the Apocrypha, Gift & Award
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $14.33 Knowing the bible is crucial for a would be Kabbalist, Grimoirist, Enochian Magician, or Rosicrucian. I'd recommend the NSRV or NIV.
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![]() | The Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic by Israel Regardie
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.88 Great introduction to the why and what of magic.
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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: $14.25 THE reference book on the Golden Dawn. Read the knowledge lectures, the initiations, and take notes on the papers. Especially Book 9 (the enochian system), and the exposes on the Pentagram and Hexagram ritual.
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![]() | Three Books of Occult Philosophy (Llewellyn's Sourcebook) by Henry Cornelius Agrippa
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $22.00 A classic text on Magic in general. It should be noted that like all texts of the Renaissance, it should be read in the context in which it was written.
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![]() | Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $2.41 Great book on Hermetic Qabalah. Goes into great detail on each Sephiroth.
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![]() | A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism by Gareth Knight
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $19.56 A good companion to the Fortune book.
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![]() | Qabalistic Concepts: Living the Tree by William G. Gray
Buy new: $22.00 / Used from: $4.36 An interesting take on the Qabalah, though I don't always agree with it.
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![]() | Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation
Buy new: $19.11 / Used from: $9.97 Great commentary on the Sefer Yetzirah.
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![]() | Techniques of High Magic: A Handbook of Divination, Alchemy, and the Evocation of Spirits by Francis King
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $4.95 Another good introduction to the world of ceremonial magic. I found their sections on Geomancy and Talismans particularly helpful.
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![]() | The Magician's Companion: A Practical and Encyclopedic Guide to Magical and Religious Symbolism (Llewellyn's High Magick Series) by Bill Whitcomb
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $8.00 I almost find this more useful than 777 with its incorporation of FAR more symbolism.
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![]() | John Dee's Five Books of Mystery: Original Sourcebook of Enochian Magic
Buy new: $42.90 / Used from: $33.95 One of the Sourceworks of Enochian. Discusses the Heptarchia, which is a crucial aspect that the Golden Dawn left out.
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![]() | The Lesser Key of Solomon
Buy new: $32.25 / Used from: $27.83 The complete Key of Solomon. Better to own than the incomplete Mathers/Crowley version.
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![]() | The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination by Robert Place
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $3.04 Great book on the Waite-Smith deck
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![]() | Astrology for Beginners: An Easy Guide to Understanding & Interpreting Your Chart (Llewellyn's Modern Astrology Library Series) by William W. Hewitt
Buy used from: $0.01 Simple book on astrology.
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![]() | Parkers' Encyclopedia of Astrology: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Astrology by Derek Parker
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $1.06 I'm not sure if this is the actual "Parker's Astrology" that you will be linked to, but that book is an invaluable and encyclopedic reference.
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![]() | The Path of Alchemy: Energetic Healing & the World of Natural Magic (Pathways to Enlightenment) by Mark Stavish
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $10.32 Good practical guide on laboratory alchemy.
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![]() | Gems from the Equinox: Instructions by Aleister Crowley for His Own Magical Order by Aleister Crowley
Buy used from: $54.00 Interesting works here... contains some interesting articles on Thelema and Enochian Magic.
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![]() | The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians, Being the Equinox Volume III No. V by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $0.84 The thoth tarot in crowley's own words.
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![]() | Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot by Lon Milo Duquette
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $15.00 This sheds alot of light onto the book of thoth and the thoth (crowley) deck.
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![]() | Magick: Book 4, Liber Aba (Magick Bk. 4) (Bk.4) by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $50.40 / Used from: $47.24 Crowley's magnum opus.
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![]() | Enochian Magic for Beginners: The Original System of Angel Magic (For Beginners (Llewellyn's)) by Donald Tyson
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $6.95 Be VERY wary about the authors interpretations of the use of Enochian and the Apocalypse. However, the book is good for practical enochian magic advice.
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![]() | Enochian World of Aleister Crowley: Enochian Sex Magick by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.95 Enochiana from a Crowleyan perspective. Not to mention DuQuette (who is awesome) writes alot of the commentary.
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![]() | Enochian Vision Magick: An Introduction and Practical Guide to the Magick of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley by Lon Milo DuQuette
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.74 Another book by DuQuette on Enochiana. This tends to go to the source material from John Dee and Kelley, and has less emphasis on the GD and Crowley material.
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![]() | ENOCHIAN INITIATION: A Thelemite's Magical Journey into the Ultimate Transcendence by Frater W.I.T.
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $15.54 A very interesting account of one's experience with the planetary seniors and kings. Much better than his second book, which tends to just rehash material you can get from sources I've already listed.
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![]() | Hermetic Magic: The Postmodern Papyrus of Abaris by Stephen Edred Flowers
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $11.76 A great primer on the roots of hermeticism. Very interesting read.
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![]() | Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.97 Rune magic is a very simple yet very elegant system of divination.
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![]() | The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Automatic Drawings, Anathema of Zos, The Book of Pleasure, and The Focus of Life by Austin Osman Spare
Buy new: $11.10 / Used from: $9.97 The original writer on modern sigil magic.
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![]() | Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic by Peter J. Carroll
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $7.75 While I am primarily of the GD vein, I view Chaos Magic Theory (CMT) to be important, as our reality tunnel needs to be challenged. Magic should release us from the bonds of our influences and beliefs, not serve to tighten them!
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![]() | Liber Kaos by Peter J. Carroll
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $5.00 An interesting work by Peter Carroll which delves deeper into CMT. I personally like this one better than Liber Null and Psychonaut. I also believe that CMT should be introduced later in one's magical practice, mostly due to misinterpretations from beginners who look at it as an excuse for laziness and lack of integrity.
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![]() | Postmodern Magic: The Art of Magic in the Information Age by Patrick Dunn
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.00 I enjoy this one as well. Patrick Dunn demonstrates how the information model can be applied to magic, and more importantly, how to LIVE it. Influences are drawn from CMT, Classical Hermetics, and Post-Modern Technogeek goodness.
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![]() | Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.47 Some brilliant occult fiction by Umberto Eco. Each "section" of the book is a sephiroth, and the narrative somewhat follows it. Probably hard to understand for those without a background in Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism and Occult history, but its a thoroughly brilliant book. I can't recommend it enough.
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![]() | The Invisibles Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.89 Grant Morrison's "The Invisibles" are a great magic inspired comic series. Not your ordinary "Superhero" fluff, this comic tackles gnostic themes, chaos magic theory, as well as references to classical occultism and enochiana. It also was a major inspiration for the movie "The Matrix."
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