What other books, or what kind of magic, do you recommend for me to expand my knowledge?

[jacobogrinberg777]

As the title says, I've learned Goetia, the Kabbalah of Dion Fortune, the Sacred Names of Jacobus, the Psalms and their applications, and that's where I'm at, haha. And I've seen a topic that fascinates me but I don't know how to start or what to read: the subject of the Olympic Spirits. I feel fascinated by this topic and the little I've read. But if you have more recommendations and research for me to integrate, I would love to read it. Thank you very much for reading.

 

[Morell]

As the title says, I've learned Goetia, the Kabbalah of Dion Fortune, the Sacred Names of Jacobus, the Psalms and their applications, and that's where I'm at, haha. And I've seen a topic that fascinates me but I don't know how to start or what to read: the subject of the Olympic Spirits. I feel fascinated by this topic and the little I've read. But if you have more recommendations and research for me to integrate, I would love to read it. Thank you very much for reading.

Difficult question to answer... besides you answered it yourself: you want to learn about Olympic gods and Greece. So go for it. Greek magic is not short on literature. I don't do Greece, so I cannot recommend, but short search and I can see that there are books in library that seem to be good on this topic...

Book – PDF - Derek Collins - Magic In The Ancient Greek World

Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece. Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic in the...

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Book – PDF - Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink (eds.) - Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic & Religion Ancient Greek Magic and Religion

This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "magical" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical...

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Book – PDF - Jessica L. Lamont - In Blood and Ashes: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece

From binding spells and incantations to curse-writing rituals, magic pervaded the ancient Greek world. In Blood and Ashes provides the first historical study of the development and dissemination of ritualized curse practice from 750-250 BCE, documenting the cultural pressures that drove the use...

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[cormundum]

As the title says, I've learned Goetia, the Kabbalah of Dion Fortune, the Sacred Names of Jacobus, the Psalms and their applications, and that's where I'm at, haha. And I've seen a topic that fascinates me but I don't know how to start or what to read: the subject of the Olympic Spirits. I feel fascinated by this topic and the little I've read. But if you have more recommendations and research for me to integrate, I would love to read it. Thank you very much for reading.

Read the grimoire they originate from: the Arbatel. It's a very short, deceptively (yet actually) simple grimoire.

 

[emptymylove]

Yes, you may have a look on the book of Frater Acher about The Olympic Spirits, Parcelsus Practice of the Inner Stars too

 

[dzb10035]

Others have already recommended great resources on the Olympic spirits and I would not personally have anything more to add to that. A lot of what you have read so far seems to be focused more on a lot of Judeo-Christian oriented magick with Kabbalah and grimoires. I suppose the big question is what your goal is? If it is to learn and expand knowledge, then you have an entire ocean of books to read. However, if you want practice and expansion of knowledge, then maybe a structured approach might help out.

Personally, I would get acquainted with some foundational texts on what magic(k) is precisely. Texts that are agnostic to tradition or religion are the best for this and will equip you much better with what you read later. These types of texts might even make you understand the books you already read in another light. Some well known and recommended examples would be:

1. Magick in Theory and Practice - Aleister Crowley
2. Initiation into Hermetics - Franz Bardon
3. Liber Null and Psychonaut - Peter J. Caroll
4. The Kyballiion - Three Initiates
5. Modern Magick - Donald Michael Kraig

Everything on this list except Liber Null are leaning towards the western tradition of magick which includes Kabbalah, astrology, alchemy, hermeticism, etc. They are about as general as it gets within this western context and will help you a lot with understanding the other books you have read. Liber Null is a bit of a special case, since it is a foundational text for Chaos Magick. It is something I have only flipped through a bit, but I do know that it tries to extract the essentials from every major Eastern / Western magical system and teach them to you. This is helpful since these essentials can be applied to any other system in some shape or form. There are other similar books of course for foundational purposes, but these are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

After this, it really depends on what you want to read. You seem to have some interest in Kabbalah, so maybe something like "The Book of Self Creation" by Swart would be a good book for you as well. It contains a lot of foundational knowledge on authentic Jewish Kabbalah and practices that I find very unique in what is available for modern Kabbalistic literature.