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It's my opinion that when I first got 9nto collecting cassette tapes, I wanted to know who the influences and samples were, so I would read the cassette cover jackets and take the gamble on listening to utterly good or horrible influences.
Same with occult reading or reading in general. Recommended books. Suggested books. Required reading.
And each of their bibliographies.
Every magician needs to study, yes, and practice three times more.
Example:
wizardforums.com
And the books I'm working through:
Kabbalah, Magic and the Great Work of
Self-Transformation (Christopher)
The Tree of Life (Regardie)
The Mystical Qabalah (Fortune)
The Sacred Magic of Ancient Egypt (Clark)
The Sacred Tradition of Ancient Egypt (Clark)
The Golden Dawn (Regardie)
The Only Way to Learn Astrology (March, McEvers)
Techniques of High Magick (King and Skinner)
The Alchemists Handbook (Frater Albertus)
Israel Regardie and the Philosophers Stone (Lisiewski)
Nothing Special:Living Zen (Beck)
The Art and Practice of Geomancy (Greer)
The Golden Dawn (Regardie)
Too numerous to List
Modern Magick (Kraig)
The Ritual Magic Workbook (Ashcroft-Norwicki)
Real Magic (Benefits)
Magick (Crowley)
Foundations of Practical Magic (Regardie)
Ceremonial Magic (Regardie)
Understanding the Crowley Thoth Deck (DuQuette)
Tarot Reading:Fundamentals (Case)
The Bahir (Kaplan)
The Kabbalah Unveiled (Mathers)
A Garden of Pomegranates (Regardie and Cicero)
The Middle Pillar (Regardie and Cicero)
The Zohar (Sperling)
777 (Crowley)
Godwins Qabalistic Encyclopedia (Godwin)
The Ladder of Lights (Gray)
Wheels of Life (Anodea)
The Chakras (Leadbeater)
The Complete Magicians Tables (Skinner)
The Essential Golden Dawn (Cicero)
The Holy Bible (KJV)
The Magus (Barrett)
Enochian Magic for Beginners (Tyson)
Three Books of Occult Philosophy (Agrippa)
Le Kabbalah Practique (Amberlain)
72 Angels of Magick (Brand)
Anthropology of Magic, Religion and Witchcraft (Stein)
Encyclopedia of World Mythology (Brittanica)
This is not a complete list for me, this is what I'm working through for the Neophyte and Zelator grades. I don't comprehend and memorize well, so I tend to be a Practicing Armchair Magician.
This is not a complete list.
I recommend all new magicians read at least the suggested/recommended/required list by SkullTraill, practice those, then read the bibliographies of each. Twenty pages read each day is on average thirty books read a year. The elemental grades are on average six years. That is 180 books read. Minimum.
I don't count myself out from reading the recommended read list by the way. I am slowly working through it.
Adding Magical Trilogy (McCarthy) to my reading list this year.
Same with occult reading or reading in general. Recommended books. Suggested books. Required reading.
And each of their bibliographies.
Every magician needs to study, yes, and practice three times more.
Example:
[Official] - SkullTraill's Recommended Occult Reading and Reference
Now that our library is starting to get pretty fleshed out, I've decided to make a comprehensive list of what I consider to be essential occult reading in various categories. Please note: this thread is a work in progress, and will be for the forseeable future. I want it to only include books...
wizardforums.com
And the books I'm working through:
Kabbalah, Magic and the Great Work of
Self-Transformation (Christopher)
The Tree of Life (Regardie)
The Mystical Qabalah (Fortune)
The Sacred Magic of Ancient Egypt (Clark)
The Sacred Tradition of Ancient Egypt (Clark)
The Golden Dawn (Regardie)
The Only Way to Learn Astrology (March, McEvers)
Techniques of High Magick (King and Skinner)
The Alchemists Handbook (Frater Albertus)
Israel Regardie and the Philosophers Stone (Lisiewski)
Nothing Special:Living Zen (Beck)
The Art and Practice of Geomancy (Greer)
The Golden Dawn (Regardie)
Too numerous to List
Modern Magick (Kraig)
The Ritual Magic Workbook (Ashcroft-Norwicki)
Real Magic (Benefits)
Magick (Crowley)
Foundations of Practical Magic (Regardie)
Ceremonial Magic (Regardie)
Understanding the Crowley Thoth Deck (DuQuette)
Tarot Reading:Fundamentals (Case)
The Bahir (Kaplan)
The Kabbalah Unveiled (Mathers)
A Garden of Pomegranates (Regardie and Cicero)
The Middle Pillar (Regardie and Cicero)
The Zohar (Sperling)
777 (Crowley)
Godwins Qabalistic Encyclopedia (Godwin)
The Ladder of Lights (Gray)
Wheels of Life (Anodea)
The Chakras (Leadbeater)
The Complete Magicians Tables (Skinner)
The Essential Golden Dawn (Cicero)
The Holy Bible (KJV)
The Magus (Barrett)
Enochian Magic for Beginners (Tyson)
Three Books of Occult Philosophy (Agrippa)
Le Kabbalah Practique (Amberlain)
72 Angels of Magick (Brand)
Anthropology of Magic, Religion and Witchcraft (Stein)
Encyclopedia of World Mythology (Brittanica)
This is not a complete list for me, this is what I'm working through for the Neophyte and Zelator grades. I don't comprehend and memorize well, so I tend to be a Practicing Armchair Magician.
This is not a complete list.
I recommend all new magicians read at least the suggested/recommended/required list by SkullTraill, practice those, then read the bibliographies of each. Twenty pages read each day is on average thirty books read a year. The elemental grades are on average six years. That is 180 books read. Minimum.
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I don't count myself out from reading the recommended read list by the way. I am slowly working through it.
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Adding Magical Trilogy (McCarthy) to my reading list this year.
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