 | The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Reader's Edition) by Manly P. Hall
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.99 MUST GET. One of the most important books on the occult and an excellent book to start out with. This book teaches a little about every philosophy. If you are to read just one book on the occult, I'd probably recommend this or one of the next two. I'd start off with these three.
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 | Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts (Llewellyn's High Magick) by Donald Michael Kraig
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $4.99 MUST GET. An excellent book to start out with. This will keep you busy for a while.
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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: $5.97 SHOULD GET. Although this author is not as well known, and when an author isn't as well known, the accuracy of his books is questioned, this book is pretty good. It is an excellent book to start out with. Like taking an Occult 101 class. This isn't as important as other books.
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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: $12.94 MUST GET. One of the most important books on the occult written.
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 | Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon
Buy new: $35.95 / Used from: $27.07 MUST GET. It is hard to say what books are "MUST GET"s and which are "VERY IMPORTANT"s. I'll give this a MUST GET.
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 | Three Books of Occult Philosophy (Llewellyn's Sourcebook) by Henry Cornelius Agrippa
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $20.00 MUST GET. This very important book is the basis that so many other books were based on. This should be in every Occultists library. It is the type of book, for some occultists, that sits on their shelves and collects a lot of dust. Many occultists I talked to have not completed it-it can be difficult for some
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 | Holy Bible, Giant Print Presentation Edition: King James Version by Bible
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $12.01 A definite MUST GET. This is by far the most important book on the ocult ever written. With more than 6,000,000,000 copies in print, it has influenced more governments, laws, artworks, people, and occultists than any other book in human history.Even if you hate Christianity, I recommend every occultist reads this at least once with a supplementary book like Zondervan's.
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 | Magick: Book 4, Liber Aba (Magick Bk. 4) (Bk.4) by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $50.40 / Used from: $45.00 MUST GET. Every occultist should read at least one of Crowley's books (even if they don't like him), and if someone was to read just one-I'd recommend this. Aleister Crowley gets a lot of criticism from a lot of occultists because he was a drug addict and a criminal.This book has a good reproduction of Crowley's "Book of the Law" so I won't include that on the list.
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 | The Key of Solomon the King
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.00 MUST GET. This is very important. Mathers is an important author, and reliable. You can't go wrong with him.
Note: this is the Greater Key of Solomon. You also need the Lesser Key of Solomon.
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 | Lesser Key of Solomon by L. W. de Laurence
Buy new: $17.56 / Used from: $16.99 MUST HAVE. De Laurence and Mathers are both good versions.There are many versions of this
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 | 777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $5.68 MUST HAVE. Even if you're not that into Crowley, as myself, you'll admit this is perhaps the best book on Qabalah written. Qabalah is very important. I recommend at least two boks on it:this and the next
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 | Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $5.47 MUST HAVE. A very good book on the Qabalah. Perhaps the best
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 | Summoning Spirits: The Art of Magical Evocation (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series) by Konstantinos
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.73 VERY IMPORTANT. Some people don't like Konstantinos. You should read for yourself and then decide. Be careful with Demonology. I know occultists who have played with it and regret it.
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 | Ceremonial Magic & The Power of Evocation: A System of Personal Power by Joseph C. Lisiewski
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $15.72 VERY IMPORTANT
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 | The Magus: A Complete System of Occult Philosophy by Francis Barrett
Buy used from: $12.21 VERY IMPORTANT, yet, a lot of people forget about this book. It is underrated
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 | Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft (Llewellyn's Practical Magick) by Raymond Buckland
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.75 If you're into Wicca, this is a MUST HAVE. One of the most popular books on Wicca written. If you're not into Wicca, don't bother with this or the next three books.
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 | Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Includes Author's Book of Shadows) by Scott Cunningham
Buy new: $9.13 / Used from: $3.57 MUST HAVE for Wiccans.
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 | A Witches' Bible: The Complete Witches Handbook by Janet Farrar
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $13.46 VERY IMPORTANT-if you're into Wicca
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 | Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series) by Scott Cunningham
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $3.03 VERY IMPORTANT for Wiccans.
This list isn't complete. I'll add more to it.
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 | Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $11.50 VERY IMPORTANT
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 | Gems from the Equinox by Aleister Crowley
Buy used from: $42.95 SHOULD GET unless you love Crowley (not like me). If you love Crowley, then this is a MUST HAVE. If not, then get something else. This and Magick: Liber Aba Book 4 contain Crowley's most important writings.
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 | Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Von Nettesheim
Buy new: $27.53 / Used from: $23.00 SHOULD GET. The validity of the author of this book is questioned by some.
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 | The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.75 SHOULD GET. This grimoire is a very important piece of history
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 | Compendium Maleficarum: The Montague Summers Edition by Francesco Maria Guazzo
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $3.90 SHOULD GET. Another piece of history
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 | Demonology by King James I.
Buy new: $11.62 / Used from: $6.18 SHOULD GET
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 | A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits by Carol K. Mack
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $4.74 SHOULD GET
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 | The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series, No. 17) by Joseph Campbell
Buy used from: $2.50 VERY IMPORTANT book on mythology
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 | The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor Lavey
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.80 SHOULD GET....Actually don't even bother. This book is just plain silly. Don't waste your time or money on it unless you want to scare your Christian friends.
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 | The Satanic Rituals: Companion to The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.47 Don't bother with this either. It is silly. If you don't believe me then see for yourself.
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