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thesorceresstemple 7 months
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witchcastors 7 months
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Witchy Library!
PSA to any of my occult darlings! Here's an e-library archive I found while cleaning out my likes
Subjects range from hermeticism and alchemy, to yoga, mythology, hypnosis, witchcraft, enochian magick and more.聽Go nuts 馃敭
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antionettepilled 8 months
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occult books and references!
collections: (pdfs on google docs)
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1rQeBdU91DN74tYBRY9-qb5jp8b0fayzDFN5drULV3pk/mobilebasic
above is the holy grail for beginners! so many great resources.
satanic bible:
beginner chaos magick
mirror magick
preotection and reversal magick
72 angels
ars vercanus advanced witchcraft
art of evocation
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thedustycat 9 months
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1976 reprint of the 1857 "Remarks Upon Alchemy and the Alchemists"
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999lcf 25 days
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creature-wizard 4 months
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For whoever needs to hear it, The Kybalion isn't some ancient Hermetic text or anything; it's an early 20th century text written by somebody (probably William Walker Atkinson) who basically believes in the history of the world as proclaimed by Helena Blavatsky. It's got a bunch of that proto-New Age conspirituality and metaphysics in it. So like, read it if you will, but be aware of who and when it actually comes from, and take it with a grain of salt.
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maeviuslynn 7 months
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What type of occult books I would NOT recommend to beginners:
1) The wrong books for beginners are painfully tedious, dry texts that are far removed from someone鈥檚 interests. I am talking about that bland, sandpaper stuff that feels like a strain to read. They may have been pressured into starting with those particular books because they are occult "classics," but they really aren鈥檛 what they want to do. They feel obligated to read them before moving onto what they really want to be studying. This kind of curriculum works for some people, but for others it is a recipe for burn out. Honestly I have had more success working backwards. Start with what you want to know/do and fill in the gaps as you go along. It's way more interesting and gives you a framework to quickly apply what you learn. This framework helps you learn more in the long run.
2) Another wrong type of book for beginners is something way above their current knowledge level to the point they can't retain anything. Without any context, most of the dense stuff sounds like gibberish. You鈥檇 have better luck going outside and hanging out with a flock of pigeons to learn the language of birds to know the divine. This kind of impenetrably dense reading can leave them feeling defeated and also lead to burn out. There is of course value in challenging yourself. However, telling a newbie who knows literally nothing to pick up reading in the middle of the Typhonian Trilogies to learn about Thelema is not helpful. Yes some people learn that way, but that鈥檚 not normal.
3) Lastly, another wrong type of book for beginners is something that is poorly researched and contains factually incorrect information. I am talking about a lot of things beyond just AI books, but also AI produced books fall into this category too. Publishers who aren鈥檛 specifically magick/witchcraft/occult publishers trying to dabble in publishing occult books often fall into this trap. The ones that make this mistake, assume that their author can fact check themselves. They have no one in house who knows anything about the topic. This is how you get straight up wrong things published and it鈥檚 garbage. Newbies have no idea how to sift through the garbage of these books and may accidentally end up ingesting unhelpful/dangerous/bigoted/incorrect information. Not all occult books from non-occult publishers are bad, but when they are terrible, they are the worst.
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booksandwitchery 5 months
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My library is growing at an alarming rate, and I cannot control myself. It doesn鈥檛 help that cover designs are getting so good
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figcatlists 1 month
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Occult and esoteric fiction reading list
A selection of literary works inspired or influenced by various currents of Western esoteric tradition and occultism, spanning from late antiquity to the present day. Includes historical novels about mages and alchemists, initiatory Rosicrucian romances, hermetic allegorical dream visions, gothic tales of elemental spirits, occult detective stories, satirical conspiracy thrillers, and more!
This chart was based on my longer list of 125 works of occult, esoteric, and initiatory fiction and poetry.
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mrsmothmom 9 months
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me writing notes in occult texts i hate
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thewhitespace 5 months
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"The Occult Underground" by james Webb, 1974
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thesorceresstemple 6 months
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1 : Thomas Walkington鈥檚聽The Opticke Glasse of Humors 2 : Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts, 1500-1825 3 : Georg von Welling. Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum. 1735. 4 : Magic circle from The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot, 1584, Wellcome Collection, London. 5 : The Hours of the Virgin Mary (London, c. 1410): Stowe MS 16, f. 9r. British Library
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frenchwitchdiary 2 years
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nyxshadowhawk 10 months
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Okay I can鈥檛 really explain what this book is about without spoiling it, but it involves a vast labyrinth and statues and scientific analysis and academia and ceremonial magic and mystical experiences and madness, and it鈥檚 a commentary on all these things, as well as an ontological mystery. I think it could be called a dark academia novel, though it鈥檚 a very atypical one. It鈥檚 by the author of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Please read it!
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arcane-offerings 5 months
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David Rankine.聽The Grimoire Encyclopedia: A Convocation of Spirits, Texts, Materials, and Practices.聽West Yorkshire: Hadean Press, 2023. Hardcover edition. Two volume set. 756 pp + 676 pp. Limited to 700 copies.
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999lcf 22 days
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