 | Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $13.54 This MAY be the best place to start for preparing the mind for magickal workings. This may not be needed for everyone to begin. Even if you have acquired some talent in the art of magick, this is still very much worth a look.
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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: $4.90 You could do worse than to start here. This is based on (mostly) the Golden Dawn system of ritual magick. Still you should research while you read, rather than doing something for the sake of doing it.
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 | Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon
Buy new: $35.95 / Used from: $26.55 A fantastic place to start, Book I of Franz Bardon's series. This and all of Franz Bardon's other works can truly take you to the highest potentials. [Be patient with this book]
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 | The Practice of Magical Evocation by Franz Bardon
Buy new: $44.95 / Used from: $39.99 Part II of Franz Bardon's published series, if 'Initiation into Hermetics' clicked with you, then why stop there?
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 | The Key to the True Kabbalah by Franz Bardon
Buy new: $33.95 / Used from: $36.99 Part III of Franz Bardon's magick series. Not as potent and clear as his earlier works, but if you've progressed this far you should be able to deduce any errors yourself.
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 | Portable Darkness: An Aleister Crowley Reader
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $10.09 I can't recommend a better place to start reading Aleister Crowley. The format gives the best introduction to all of the masters wide range of topics. It can very much help you understand and decode his other works.
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 | Magick Without Tears by Aleister Crowley
Buy used from: $49.95 Apparently out of print, but if one is to read Crowley's works, this is another MUST-have. Remember if you are unable to purchase this book you can find this work online in a free format.
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 | Thoth: Tarot Deck by Aleister Crowley
Buy used from: $125.00 THE tarot deck. Although many would recommend you start with a more 'simple' deck, I see no reason to beat around the bush. Simply meditating on these cards can bring insight, its that good! This deck is heavily based upon the Qabalah's teaching, and is a great aid to those delving into this system.
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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 This is Aleister Crowley's masterpiece, if you are able to understand this (which will take some prior knowledge on a few subjects), it will be of supreme help on your journey. This however is not the place to start.
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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 If you intend on studying Crowley's work this is a must have. It is often referenced, and contains the best aticles and writings from the Equinox series. The full set (Vol. I-X) are [as of this writing] long out of print and expensive.
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 | The Complete Magician's Tables by Stephen Skinner
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $32.73 Better than 777, if you had to choose just one, this is the clear winner. Hardcover too!
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 | 777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley by Aleister Crowley
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.49 Once again another Crowley gem. Important for use with Qabalah among other things. Learn and make use of your own magickal language.
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 | The Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic by Israel Regardie
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.90 This book is not needed, but a decent guide for understanding magick in both theory and practice.
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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 A fine modern text on the alchemical path of magick. Do not laugh or consider this 'lost' art any less rewarding or useful than other systems.
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 | Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates
Buy used from: $11.22 Hermetic teachings at its finest and most concise. A small book of wisdom, containing axioms and laws, which no practitioner can truly ignore.
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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 Not essential, but a great reference point. It indexes, with a short summary the most relevant and widely used traditions known.
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 | The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosiccucian Symbolical Philosophy- Reduced Size Hardbound in Color by Manly Palmer Hall
Buy new: $50.36 / Used from: $39.79 This book is invaluable in understand the symbols and teachings of ancient philosophies and religions. This hardcover edition is affordable and infinitely better than the 'Reader's Edition'. The illustrations are beautiful and abundant. Which is one of the primary reasons to own this edition over others.
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 | The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $2.99 Anthropology at its roots, essential in understand mythologies and the symbolism of the past.
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