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>> No. 1575 Anonymous
28th May 2011
Saturday 1:14 pm
1575 Occultism
Can anyone point me in the direction of books / websites that give a good overview of 20th century / 'modern' occultism?
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>> No. 1576 Anonymous
30th May 2011
Monday 9:21 pm
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>>1575

Look into Crowley
>> No. 1577 Anonymous
31st May 2011
Tuesday 1:12 am
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>>1576
That's massively unhelpful. I want an overview of major occult movements from the Golden Dawn onwards, not the name of the single most famous occultist of the period (and therefore someone I've almost certainly already heard of).
>> No. 1578 Anonymous
31st May 2011
Tuesday 1:30 am
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http://rotten.com/library/occult/

sort of related
>> No. 1579 Anonymous
31st May 2011
Tuesday 1:39 am
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>>1578
Not what I'm after, but looks interesting nonetheless, so cheers.
>> No. 1583 Anonymous
31st May 2011
Tuesday 9:01 pm
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OP check out Dave Evan's book 'The History of British Magic after Crowley'.
>> No. 1584 Anonymous
31st May 2011
Tuesday 9:22 pm
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>>1583
That sounds ideal: many thanks. Would you recommend his other book ('Aleister Crowley and the 20th Century Synthesis of Magick') as well? And are there any similar books that leap to mind for the pre-1947 stuff?
>> No. 1585 Anonymous
31st May 2011
Tuesday 9:39 pm
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>>1584
You're welcome. I've not read any of Dave Evan's other books so I can't comment on them. For pre 1947 British occultism try Mary Greer's 'Women of the Golden Dawn'.
>> No. 1589 Anonymous
1st June 2011
Wednesday 2:36 pm
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>> No. 1593 Anonymous
6th June 2011
Monday 10:17 am
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>>1575

You may find the Grey Lodge Occult Review helpful. sadly it closed this May but there is much of the old material on the old wayback machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/20090609110840/http://www.greylodge.org/occultreview/idxs/gloridx.html

Look through the past issues. It was regarded very highly and gives a broad overview of traditions and materials relevant to your question.

For a more up-to-date journal try http://technoccult.net/

Phil Hine has a good links page:
http://www.philhine.org.uk/resources/links.html

Here's a reasonable essay on late 19th early 20thC occultism - which actually mentions (if misnames) the A:.A:.
>> No. 1594 Anonymous
6th June 2011
Monday 10:17 am
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That essay:
https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/323/1/Thesis.pdf
>> No. 1595 Anonymous
7th June 2011
Tuesday 4:43 pm
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>>1594
Those also look incredibly useful, and you have yet more of my profound thanks.
>> No. 1596 Anonymous
8th June 2011
Wednesday 2:48 pm
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Another question, if I may:
For all that 'Look into Crowley' was unhelpful, he's obviously a hugely significant figure. Which of the many biographies would you recommend? Again, I'm looking for balance and insight rather than sensationalism.
>> No. 1597 Anonymous
8th June 2011
Wednesday 6:26 pm
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>>1596

I posted the second lot of links (93 (ho ho) and 94).

For Serious Reading I'd recommed Symonds as his biography is balanced. I haven't yet read Kaczynski but he might be the closest to the 'Official OTO historian' if you like that sort of thing.

You really ought to read the Beast himself, though. Get his 'Autohagiography' The Confessions of Aleister Crowley. It is a hoot.
>> No. 1606 Anonymous
8th June 2011
Wednesday 7:25 pm
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>>1597
Which Symonds biography in particular? From a quick look online, it seems he wrote at least four: The Great Beast, (1952), The Magic of Aleister Crowley (1958), The King of the Shadow Realm (1989) and The Beast 666 (1997). And no, I can't say as I'm a huge fan of the official OTO view, as I'm still seething at how wildly misleading the blurb on the back of the current edition 'Diary Of A Drug Fiend' is...

I did ask about 'Confessions' at my local bookshop a few months ago, and they seemed a) bewildered, and b) to think it was out of print, but I shall go and bother them about it again tomorrow, as the Evans book >>1583 recommended has apparently arrived.

Yet again once more, thanks for your help.
>> No. 1609 Anonymous
8th June 2011
Wednesday 9:16 pm
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>>1606

I meant 'The Great Beast'. The 1997 edition is basically the same book but with revisions.

You might try Israel Regardie's biography (he was Crowley's secretary), or Gerald Suster's The Legacy of the Beast.

Regardie is rather dry - Suster's writing (rather like Suster himself) anything but.
>> No. 1630 Anonymous
17th June 2011
Friday 10:10 pm
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>>1609
Just wanted to thank you again for the Symonds recommendation; I'm currently about halfway though The Great Beast and it's a delight to read.
>> No. 1636 Anonymous
21st June 2011
Tuesday 4:35 pm
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>>1630

You are welcome. Do read Uncle Al's 'Confessions', too. If you liked Symonds, you will love the old bugger himself.
>> No. 1637 Anonymous
21st June 2011
Tuesday 7:13 pm
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I will do, though since it seems to be out of print at the moment, and second hand copies are ludicrously expensive, it'll have to wait until I can find somewhere to print out the e-book at a reasonable price, as reading umpty-hundred pages on screen gives me brain ache. Just started on The Eye In The Triangle at the moment, and Perdurabo is sitting on my shelf waiting for me after that. I think my local bookshop(s) would like to thank both you and >>1583 as well...
>> No. 1651 Anonymous
29th June 2011
Wednesday 5:32 pm
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Any suggestions where to start with the Qabbalah/Kabbalah/Wossname? There seem to be endless books out there, and I have no idea how to sort the wheat from the chaff.
>> No. 1653 Anonymous
29th June 2011
Wednesday 7:27 pm
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>>1651

inner.org ?
>> No. 1654 Anonymous
29th June 2011
Wednesday 8:13 pm
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Start at the beginning, lad:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_Yetzirah

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sefer_Yetzirah

http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94

http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm
>> No. 1655 Anonymous
29th June 2011
Wednesday 8:31 pm
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>>1654
Um... at risk of revaling my intellectual laziness, I was hoping for a couple of book recommendations that give an overview rather than a place to begin actual study... I should doubtless have been clearer in >>1651. Apologies. The links look fascinating, and have been bookmarked, but seem (admittedly on a very brief look) more in-depth than I have the brainpower to process at present. I should probably have just asked whether Mathers, Fortune, or insert-name-here were any good really, shouldn't I?
>> No. 1656 Anonymous
29th June 2011
Wednesday 8:42 pm
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>>1655

Now you're honor bound to read them all thoroughly and give use a detailed report.
>> No. 1657 Anonymous
29th June 2011
Wednesday 8:48 pm
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>>1656
Sha'n't. I shall, however, point out that http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sefer_Yetzirah and http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm have differences, despite claiming to be the same translation.
>> No. 1658 Anonymous
29th June 2011
Wednesday 9:20 pm
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>>1657

God works in mysterious ways.
>> No. 1659 Anonymous
30th June 2011
Thursday 9:31 am
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>>1657
>I shall, however, point out that http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sefer_Yetzirah and http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm have differences
>>1655
>I was hoping for a couple of book recommendations that give an overview rather than a place to begin actual study
Too late. You've already started.
>> No. 2020 Anonymous
9th March 2012
Friday 12:27 pm
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http://www.hadeanpress.com/

>We produce occult books, journals and pamphlets in standard and handbound editions

It's lovely

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