Suggested Readings List

Many people, intrigued with this system and its philosophies, have inevitably asked for further reading materials and where they can learn more about the intrinsics of direct magic philosophy, energy model philosophies, caste philosophy, and even of ritualism and its origins. To respond to this, the following list of resources has been compiled to help the occult student learn a little more about the origins of their work.

One of the outstanding things of direct magic, though, is that it does not need to rely solely on iron age correspondances and the knowledge from those authors in less advanced societies than our own. New knowledge and current knowledge is taken into consideration with equal emphasis as older texts. We do not ascribe to the "Test of Time" myth and attribute more importance to antequated dogmas than we would a new philosophy or a pearl of wisdom that has slipped into a mostly silly text. Because of this, the following listing contains everything from classic texts of occultism with planetary correspondances to modern physics and philosophy texts. Taking new and old knowledge into equal consideration to produce a complete knowledge of magic and occultism in the mind of the true philosoph, never disavowing something because of its age (only for a lack of logic or reason), here are some texts which may be of interest to one wishing further reading:

Note: I do plan on later including why each book has been given a place here, but for now simply listing them all will be a challenge within itself. More will be added as time and resources become available.

Talismans & Amulets of the World
Felicitas H. Nelson
Sterling Publishing
ISBN:0-8069-2873-5
Diary of a Mague
Paulo Coelho
Harper San Fransico
ISBN:0-06-250175-5
The Secret Lore of Magic
Idries Shah
Citadel Press (Out Of Business)
ISBN:0-8065-0004-2
Today's Moral Issues (4th Ed)
Daniel Bonevac
McGraw-Hill Higher Education
ISBN:0-7674-2020-9
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks
Simon and Schuster
ISBN:0684853949
Divine Horsemen
Maya Deren
MacPherson and Company
ISBN:0914232630
Pacts with the Devil
S. Black & Christopher Hyatt
New Falcon Publishing
ISBN:1561840580
The Golden Bough
Sir James George Frazer
Phillips, S. G. Incorporated
ISBN:0875990363
A Dictionary of Angels
Gustav Davidson
Touchstone Books
ISBN:002907052X
The History of Hell
Alice K. Turner
Harcourt Brace & Co.
ISBN:0-15-140934
The Book of Talismans, Amulets & Zodiacal Gems
William Pavitt
Wilshire Book Company
ISBN:0-85030-042-8
Liber Null and Psychonaut
Peter J. Carroll
Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN:0-87728-639-6
The Art and Thought of Heraclitus
Charles H. Kahn
Cambridge University Press
ISBN:052128645X
De Occulta Philosophia: Book I: Natural Magic
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
AMS Press
ISBN:0404184014
The Presocratic Philosophers
G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven, M. Schofield
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521274559
Chemical Thermodynamics: Basic Theory and Methods
Irving M. Klotz, Robert M. Rosenberg
Wiley-Interscience
ISBN:0471331074
A Practical Guide To Qabalistic Symbolism
Gareth Knight
Samuel Weiser Publishing
ISBN:0-87728-397-4
Petit Traité De Manipulation à l'Usage Des Honnetes Gens
Robert-Vincent Joule, Jean-Léon Beauvois
Presses Universitaires de Grenoble
ISBN:2-7061-1044-9
An Encyclopedia of Occultism
Lewis Spence
Citadel Press Book by Carol Publishing Group
ISBN:0-8065-1401-9
Astral Dynamics
Robert Bruce
Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN:1-57174-143-7
Magician's Companion
Bill Whitcomb
Llewellyn Publications
ISBN:0-87542-868-1
Magic in the Middle Ages
Richard Kieckhefer
Cambridge University Press
ISBN:0-521-31202-7
Holographic Universe
Michael Talbot
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:0-06-092258-3
Lucifer The Devil in the Middle Ages
Jeffrey Burton Russell
Cornell University Press
ISBN:0-8014-1530-9
Satan the Early Christian Tradition
Jeffrey Burton Russell
Cornell University Press
ISBN:0-8014-9413-3
The Black Arts
Richard Cavendish
Perigee Books/Penguin Books
ISBN:0-399-50035-9
The Magician's Reflection
Bill Whitcomb
Llewellyn Publications
ISBN:1567188141
The Secret Teachings of All Ages
Manly P Hall
The Philosophical Research Society Inc.
ISBN:0-89314-830-X
Conversations with God (an uncommon dialogue)
Neale Donald Walsch
Penguin/Putnam Books
ISBN:0-399-14278-9
Chuang-Tzu for Spiritual Transformation: An Analysis of the Inner Chapters
Robert E. Allinson
New York State University
ISBN:0-88706-967-3
Shaman In A 9 To 5 World
Patricia Telesco
The Crossing Press
ISBN:0-89594-982-2
Palm Reading for Beginners
Richard Webster
Llewellyn Publications
ISBN:1-56718-791-9
Mysteria Magica The Magical Philosophy
Melita Denning, Osborne Phillips
Llewellyn Publications
ISBN:0-87542-196-2
A Practical Guide To Qabalistic Symbolism
Gareth Knight
Samuel Weiser
ISBN:0-87728-397-4
Magic Bibliographies and Resources
John-Gabriel Bodard
Note: An internet page of excellent sources
for necromancy and other various arts.

http://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~lkpbodrd/magbib/fulltext.html
Zos Speaks
Kenneth and Steffi Grant
Fulgur Ltd.
ISBN:0-9531019-0-6
Elegant Universe
Brian Greene
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
ISBN:0-37570-8111



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