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folks frequently ask me on here what books + resources i use for magick and spiritual stuff. the answer is very complicated (i've been writing a book about it) and the list is very long, but in this thread you'll find a few i like:
**Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magick by Phil Hine**
If you're looking to get into magick, this is where I would start. It's a perfect crash course in sigil-making, projecting your will, and how to make a freaking tulpa.
If you're looking to get into magick, this is where I would start. It's a perfect crash course in sigil-making, projecting your will, and how to make a freaking tulpa.
**Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman by Danielle Dulsky**
At first I wrote it off as instawitch shit, but its SO good. Very eloquently written. Its less about practical magick + moreso about the importance of myth + story (2 things deeply important to my practice)
At first I wrote it off as instawitch shit, but its SO good. Very eloquently written. Its less about practical magick + moreso about the importance of myth + story (2 things deeply important to my practice)
**To Ride a Silver Broomstick by Silver RavenWolf**
This is a good crash course in modern paganism/wicaa. For me, it's one of those...take what you want an leave the rest type of books, but it's great for developing a magical routine and little things like how to make an altar.
This is a good crash course in modern paganism/wicaa. For me, it's one of those...take what you want an leave the rest type of books, but it's great for developing a magical routine and little things like how to make an altar.
**Moon Magic by Diane Ahlquist**
It's VERY hard to find books about moon cycles + astrology. So many of them are fear based + perpetuate colonialist ideas about power and nature. This book is 1000% not that. It still is the foundation of all my moon rituals. Great for beginners.
It's VERY hard to find books about moon cycles + astrology. So many of them are fear based + perpetuate colonialist ideas about power and nature. This book is 1000% not that. It still is the foundation of all my moon rituals. Great for beginners.
**Your Body and the Stars by Rebecca Gordon and Stephanie Marango**
If you like yoga or pilates + wanna learn about astrology in a positive, self-care rooted way, golly...is this book for you. I LOVE this book (and this is coming from an astrologer who hates astrology books).
If you like yoga or pilates + wanna learn about astrology in a positive, self-care rooted way, golly...is this book for you. I LOVE this book (and this is coming from an astrologer who hates astrology books).
**The Secret Doctrine and Isis Unveiled - both by Helena Blavatsky**
These are dense. I'd be lying if I said I read them in their entirety. But Blavatsky's ideas along with a few other books on this list really helped me find a mythological footing to ground my belief in.
These are dense. I'd be lying if I said I read them in their entirety. But Blavatsky's ideas along with a few other books on this list really helped me find a mythological footing to ground my belief in.
**The Gospel of Mary Magdalene**
I know...but god...there's so much good shit in the lost books of the bible. This book specifically has helpful takes on the nature of souls and queers Christ/scripture in a really fantastic way.
I know...but god...there's so much good shit in the lost books of the bible. This book specifically has helpful takes on the nature of souls and queers Christ/scripture in a really fantastic way.
**The Book of Enoch**
A lost book of the bible thats more like a graphic novel. It clears up a lot of what's going on in the torah + validates the myths found in other early writings from non-Abrahamic cultures. I'm fairly certain there's more truth in Enoch than most holy books
A lost book of the bible thats more like a graphic novel. It clears up a lot of what's going on in the torah + validates the myths found in other early writings from non-Abrahamic cultures. I'm fairly certain there's more truth in Enoch than most holy books
**Thunder, A Perfect Mind**
A gnostic poem. Just read it. Tweeting about something so immaculate and rich is pointless.
A gnostic poem. Just read it. Tweeting about something so immaculate and rich is pointless.
**Wild Unknown Tarot**
Most tarot books suck + have shitty ideas about gender. The deck I use every day is called Wild Unknown by Kim Krans + comes with a FANTASTIC book. Its the only intro book I can recommend. The truth found in the cards is something u must seek for yourself.
Most tarot books suck + have shitty ideas about gender. The deck I use every day is called Wild Unknown by Kim Krans + comes with a FANTASTIC book. Its the only intro book I can recommend. The truth found in the cards is something u must seek for yourself.
**The Kybalion**
If you are interested in Hermetic magick (what the masons used), Kabbalah, and thinking about the universe in trippy ways...this book...gosh. SO good. It's hard to read. Have a notepad handy. Take your time with it. It's one of my favorite things ever written
If you are interested in Hermetic magick (what the masons used), Kabbalah, and thinking about the universe in trippy ways...this book...gosh. SO good. It's hard to read. Have a notepad handy. Take your time with it. It's one of my favorite things ever written
