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Magick and High Magick
Magick
A Book List of Pagan/Magickal Titles

I. Tarot:
A. The Tarot - Paul Foster Case (f)
B. The Qabalistic Tarot - Robert Wang (a,f)
C. The Book of Tokens - Paul Case (f)
D. The Book of Thoth - Crowley (a,f)

II. The Qabalah:
A. The Mystical Qabalah - Dion Fortune (f)
B. The Kabbalah Unveiled - MacGregor Mathers (f)
C. The Sepher Yetzirah - W. Wynn Westcott (f)
D. A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism - Gareth Knight (a,f)
E. The Ladder of Lights - William Grey (f?)

III. Magick in general:
A. The Tree of Life - Israel Regardie (a,f)
B. Magick in Theory and Practice - Aleister Crowley (a,f,b)
C. The Golden Dawn; The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic- Israel Regardie
(c)
D. Magick without Tears - Crowley (c)

IV. Meditation
A. The Training of the Mind - Alan Bennett (a)
B. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism - Chogyam Trungpa(d)
C. Book 4 - Crowley (a)
D. The Experience of Insight - Goldstein (d)

V. Crowley
A. The Holy Books of Thelema (a)
B. The Vision and the Voice (a)
C. The Eye in the Triangle - Israel Regardie (c)
D. The Equinox, esp The Temple of Solomon the King (a)
E. The Book of Lies (a)

VI. Paganism, historical
A. The Golden Bough - Frazer
B. The Mystery Religions - S. Angus (b)
C. Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism - F. Cumont (b)
D. The God of the Witches - Margaret Murray
E. The Golden Ass - Apuleius, transl. Robert Graves

VII. Paganism, modern
A. Drawing Down the Moon - Margot Adler
B. The Meaning of Witchcraft - Gerald Gardner (g)

VIII. Eastern Mysticism
A. Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines - Evans-Wentz
B. Shakti and Shakta - Arthur Avalon (a)
C. The Serpent Power - Arthur Avalon (a)
D. The Tibetan Book of the Dead - Evans-Wentz

IX. Egyptian religion (all b)
A. The Gods of the Egyptians -E.A. Budge
B. The Egyptian Book of the Dead - Budge
C. Egyptian Magic - Budge
D. The Leyden Papyrus - Budge

X. Miscellaneous
A. The Chaldean Oracles - Westcott (f,e)
B. The Life of Apollonius of Tyana - Philostratus
C. Prometheus Rising - Robert Anton Wilson (c)
D. Cosmic Trigger - Robert Anton Wilson (c)

SSSSoooouuuurrrrcccceeeessss
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(a) Samuel Weiser, Inc Box 612 York Beach, Maine 03910
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EEEExxxxcccceeeelllllllleeeennnntttt source for books of all sorts, all high quality. Especially good source for
books by Crowley & on ceremonial magick. Highly recommended.

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(b) Dover Publications 31 East 2nd St. Mineola, NY 11501
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Reprints many old books, most notably Budge's classic Egyptian series

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(c) Falcon Press 3660 N. 3rd St Phoenix, AZ 85012
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Small press specializing in Crowley, Israel Regardie, & the Golden Dawn. Also
carries Robert Anton Wilson's latest works, such as Prometheus Rising, The New
Inquisition, and the reprinted classic Cosmic Trigger.

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(d) Shambalah Publications 314 Dartmouth St. Boston, MA 02116
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Mainly Eastern religion & Buddhist, but also some western magick, and recently
lots of high-quality New Age works. Recently reprinted the classic series
Hermetica by Sir Walter Scott.
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(e) Heptangle Books Box 283 Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
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Small specialty printing house issuing one volume per year, beautifully typeset.
Issued the classic Enochian Invokation by Geoffrey James, which was still in print
in April.

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(f) The Best of Cards Catalog Division of US Games Systems 38 East 32nd St NY,
NY 10016
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Sells every Tarot pack in existence, & also has a surprisingly extensive booklist of
occult books. Good source for Eliphas Levi & tarot material & carries many of the
books issued by the above publisher. Catalog is $2. Delivery is the fastest I've ever
seen.

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(g) Magickal Childe 35 West 19th St. NY, NY 10011
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Excellent listing; carries Gardner's books & assorted paraphernalia such as
Abramelin oil. Carries many more books than listed in their catalog; reportedly if
you call them they can get aaaannnnyyyy occult book, if it's available anywhere. No, I don't
have their phone #.

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(h) Llewellyn Publications P.O. Box 64383-873 St. Paul, MN 55164-0383
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Not so good a source these days, but carries reprints of many of Israel Regardie's
classics. Their catalog resembles the National Enquirer; caveat emptor. Interesting
to read for entertainment purposes, occasionally one will find a good book there.

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(i) Circle P.O. Box 219 Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
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A pagan organization publishing a newsletter & sells some books, most notably
Circle Guide to Pagan & Wiccan Resources, for contacts.

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(j) Dharma Publishing 2425 Hillside Ave Berkeley CA 94704
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Sells books on Buddhism, posters of Tibetan Thanka paintings; much more
hardcore Buddhist than Shambalah.

These opinions are my own, & where I recall purchasing these books in the past.
They may no longer be available.

IV. Meditation
A. The Training of the Mind - Alan Bennett
About Magick

Do not scatter your energy by attempting to do more than one magickal working at a
time.

Remember that magick is the manipulation of energy, a thought is a form of energy
and a visualization is an even stronger form of energy. Your visualization can be a
method used to intensify further and direct your will. Your visualization can be the
method by which you control the magickal energy you have produced. You must
know what you want. You must see it. You must feel the high energy flow. You must
direct it.

One of the most important elements in the practice of any form of magick is the
universal law of cause and effect. This means that whatever you do (or don't do) you
cause something to happen.

The most important consideration is the universal law of retribution. This means that
no matter what you do, it comes back to you in like kind.

It is the nature of things that as you send something out it gains momentum, so that,
by the time it comes back to you, it is three times stronger. If you do something nice
for someone, someone will do something nicer for you.

"As you weave and
Spin your spell,
Three fold return
the tale will tell."
About Magick

You cast spells every time you wish for something, good or bad; most of the time
you're not even aware of it.

Since you don't have a technique, it takes a while for your wishes to come true.

Even worse: in a rage- you may wish for something you don't really want to happen!

Why not add some culture to your spell casting and more awareness of what it may
bring?

In the same time becoming more responsible and aware of your actions, desires and
thoughts and keep the atmosphere and your head clean from small unworthy
intentions.

Thus, magick work can also be a powerful self-healing technique, similar to a
psychotherapy.

All you see around, all the nature is made out of five elements: ether, air, fire, water
and earth.

This fact is taken from Vedic knowledge and every other culture has equivalents of
this fact.

The Pentagram symbol, that was used in witchcraft since times immemorial,
represent the unity of the five elements in nature and all living things.

Every magick work is based on manipulation of this five elements.

It doesn't really matter what element you use to complete your task, main thing is to
have a good connection, or understanding, of the element you work with.

The choice of the element depends on the nature of the spell and also on your
personality.

Let's say, if you have a lot's of planets in water and air signs in your natal chart, you
might naturally have a better connection with the elements of water and air, and it
will be easier for you to work with this elements.
So, it might be a good idea to do your full natal chart reading by professional
astrologer just to know what elements are predominant in your body and your
personality.

You can adjust everything in your life accordingly and create a balance. Another
support in your work you can gain from planets. Traditionally, the power of moon is
used love magick, sun - in white, or healing magick.

Perform the spell on the waxing (growing) moon when you want to gain, and on
waning moon when you want to get rid of something.

Full moon is the most powerful moment to gain, new moon- to cast away.

If you do a spell involving sun energies, sunrise, noon and sundown are the most
powerful times, where noon corresponds to a full moon.

General rules for any magick work:
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Take purifying shower or bath.
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Burn white sage to purify the place there you will do your work.
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Perform pentagram ritual if you working with elements.
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If you work with Gods & Goddesses, make an offer to the God or Goddess you
will invoke and ask for help- or just connect with them.
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Make a clear statement of your desire.
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Perform the ritual.

After you done with the ritual, save remains of your spell as amulets or bury in the
ground, cast in the living body of water like river or the ocean or let the wind take
care of it, but never discard as a trash.

Magick is intimate.
It's based on relationship to Gods, the personifications of powers and elements; and
here intimacy is the only way of communication.

That's why it is said that magick work connected with sexuality: sex, on any level, is
intimate.

Kama Sutra denotes that every woman should be familiar with sorcery among other
arts such as composing poems and cooking, women are the embodiment of sex and
magick.

And knowledge of Love magick is especially important, since sex is a feminine
domain.

A wise woman who holds the power of healing and a higher knowledge is a witch,
therefore, a true woman.

Love magick includes knowledge of: love spells, herbs, aphrodisiacs, art of divination,
amulets and gems, quality of colors and understanding of intimacy

For invocations: Different Gods cover different topics. Learn which Gods &
Goddesses hold which power sources.
Alchemy

AAAAllllcccchhhheeeemmmmyyyy: The science by aid of which the chemical philosophers of medieval times
attempted to transmute the baser metals into gold or silver. There is considerable
divergence of opinion as to the etymology of the word, but it would seem to be
derived from the Arabic al=the, and kimya=chemistry, which in turn derives from the
late Greek chemica=chemistry, from chumeia=a mingling, or cheein, 'to pour out' or
'mix', Aryan root ghu, to pour, whence the word 'gush'. Mr. A. Wallis Budge in his
"Egyptian Magic", however, states that it is possible that it may be derived from the
Egyptian word khemeia, that is to say 'the preparation of the black ore', or 'powder',
which was regarded as the active principle in the transmutation of metals. To this
name the Arabs affixed the article 'al', thus giving al-khemeia, or Alchemy.

HHHHiiiissssttttoooorrrryyyy ooooffff AAAAllllcccchhhheeeemmmmyyyy: From an early period the Egyptians possessed the reputation of
being skillful workers in metals and, according to Greek writers, they were
conversant with their transmutation, employing quicksilver in the process of
separating gold and silver from the native matrix. The resulting oxide was supposed to
possess marvelous powers, and it was thought that there resided within in the
individualities of the various metals, that in it their various substances were
incorporated. This black powder was mystically identified with the underworld form
of the god Osiris, and consequently was credited with magical properties. Thus there
grew up in Egypt the belief that magical powers existed in fluxes and alloys. Probably
such a belief existed throughout Europe in connection with the bronze-working
castes of its several races. Its was probably in the Byzantium of the fourth century,
however, that alchemical science received embryonic form. There is little doubt that
Egyptian tradition, filtering through Alexandrian Hellenic sources was the
foundation upon which the infant science was built, and this is borne out by the
circumstance that the art was attributed to Hermes Trismegistus and supposed to be
contained in its entirety in his works.

The Arabs, after their conquest of Egypt in the seventh century, carried on the
researches of the Alexandrian school, and through their instrumentality the art was
brought to Morocco and thus in the eighth century to Spain, where it flourished
exceedingly. Indeed, Spain from the ninth to the eleventh century became the
repository of alchemic science, and the colleges of Seville, Cordova and Granada were
the centers from which this science radiated throughout Europe.

The first practical alchemist may be said to have been the Arbian Geber, who
flourished 720-750. From his "Summa Perfectionis", we may be justified in assuming
that alchemical science was already matured in his day, and that he drew his