Your favorite, rare, or reccomended books.

[SolarFlea]

Greetings!
I am just curious. We seem to have every type of occultist there is in this forum and I would really like to know what your favorite, rare, or recommend books are in your collection, or even books you lust after. It may be I will hear about books I have never heard of, for instance it was not too long ago I heard about Andrew D. Chumbley for the first time. I am waiting with bated breath for your responses!

Regards, SolarFlea

[devil]

[Stukov]

I had a dream last night of a book the people in my dream thought I wrote (I could have been "dreamwalking" and seeing someone else POV though) called something with the word Dome in it. The cover was white and green. Over a year ago I had a dream where (and Im pretty sure I actually was traveling in this dream) where I was looking for assistance for something and found a dude from like the 13th or 14th century who had since been dead and working in/around the realm of hell so he could do his work undisturbed and I was looking at his books on his book case/library thingy and it was called like Mallus Malificarum, and no not the actual MM (I know what it is), just the closest thing I could find in english to repeat it too. Was a pretty baddass book with some pretty cool stuff in it.

However, far as any "occult" type book (which I have very few of) that I've ever used is A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels by Gustav Davidson. It is a good compendium of knowledge on the subject. Because for me I don't really like anything that relates to "magic" or what not (I prefer to do everything self-taught), just historical texts.

[SolarFlea]

Stukov,

I have The same book by G. Davidson, I bought it back in 1996. If you like angel mythology 'The Book of Enoch" by R.H. Charles is extremely interesting, where "scripture" is a dry well, it expounds on the Nephilim ("fallen" angels, Watchers) mentioned in Genesis 6:4, "Fallen Angels" by E.C. Prophet has a lot of the same information with perspective added. I bought 'The Book of Enoch" in England , and have never seen it in the U.S.A., you can order it from Amazon.UK. Even though Enoch's book's are considered pseudepigraphon (some label Hebrew Apocrypha), they are directly quoted in the New Testament of the Canon Jude 1:14-15 (if such things matter to you). I have also read many books in my dreams (not the whole book) , and I believe you are the first person I have "met" besides myself that has. Thank you so much for sharing.

Here is a wonderful resource for those curious about such things http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons-essays-bo ... epigrapha/

Kind regards, SolarFlea

[Stukov]

I already have the Book of Enoch. And yes, there is quite a bit of evidence that Jesus read/taught out of it (especially in the gnostic texts) (and no I'm not christain). I used to think that the books in my dreams were real books written and it was premonitionary to have them in my dreams before i searched for them online and found them. Since the one last night I am thinking they are literally just books in the "astral" or whatever.

[SolarFlea]

Thank you Stukov,
Your insight has me thinking anew. I wanted to list some of my favorites are the SEPHER YETZIRAH by A. Kaplan,and The SEPHER Ha BAHIR by A.Kaplan as well. Then there is Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic by Thomas Karlsson. Of course any work by A.O.Spare, Kenneth grant, Phil Hine,and Petter J. Carrol. Not to be disrespectful to our illuminates, we must lift up Robert Anton Wilson, and Allan Moore.

Kind regards, SolarFlea

[Nahemah]

My battered and dog eared old paperback of The Rubiyaat.[The Fitzgerald translation]

Legend by David Rohl.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legend-Genesis- ... 009979991X

[Madavascus]

A hardcover print edition of Iamblichus' De mysteriis, and De vita pythagorica... [smile]

[Asmus]

*Bolded = Epic as hell.

Occult/philosophy:

1) 4th way - Ouspensky (G.I. Gurdjeff)
2) The Goetia [lesser key of solomon] (of course!)
3) Republic - Plato
4) Utopia - Sir Thomas Moore
5) Will to Power - Friedrich Nietzsche
6) Lot's of things by Crowley, but esp. "The Book of Great Wisdom or Folley"

Sciences:

1) Pretty much anything by Hawking, but most notably, Brief History of Time. Stay away from "on the shoulders of giants", unless you can handle long essays and formulas.
2) Quantum World - Ford

Old/classic (NOT ARRANGED BY IMPORTANCE!):

1) Politics - Aristotle
2) Fahrenheit 451
3) Art of War - Sun Tzu
4) Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
5) The prince - Machiavelli
6) The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
7) Faust - Goethe (an amazing read, if you get the annotated version and it's translated accurately)
Anything by shakespeare.
9) Candide - Voltaire (Another amazing read, if translated correctly!)
10) Common sense & nearly everything by Thomas Payne
11) Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas (He also did the three muskateers, but I didn't think it was half as good as this masterpiece)
12) Robinson Crusoe - Dufoe
13) 1984/Animal Farm - Orwell
14) Don Quixote - Miguelle De Cervantes (Hope i spelled his name correctly)
15) Picture of Dorian Gray & The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde (More amazing reads!)

[Edit] SHIT! Forgot Asimov! His works are great, just google him. DO NOT watch "I-ROBOT" as a substitute to reading his short stories on robotics. They are not similar at all, and any Asimov fan will spit in your face and rape you. Seriously.

[SolarFlea]

Asmus,

That is an Epic list. I have all those books,(some on Kindle only). Sadly I have read only a third of them. I appreciate you for sahring.

Kind regards, SolarFlea

[Asmus]

Thanks for that solar. I'm a big "book buff" (some nice alliteration there). I think it's appropriate that the site automatically allocates a cool face to shakespeare. You say you have them all, yes? It's a relief to see someone else who enjoys literature as much as I do, if not more! Kudos; it's not exactly a short list. xD Sadly, most people today wouldn't dare touch half those books. You're a living example of epicsauce, sir.

[Asmus]

Hey, this isn't a book, but it is a "rare" and obscure work, and definitely one of my favorite cinematic experiences. I didn't feel like starting a whole new topic for it, since it's not exactly something that needs to be discussed, but anyone who likes Gurdjeff, is interested in psychology/philosophy, or appreciates good cinema will DEFINITELY like "Meetings with Remarkable Men". You can watch the entire thing on youtube; for free!
Another good "work" is "The Seventh Seal". It's dutch, so subtitles/dubbing is recommended. If anyone needs the subs, I have them, but only for the remastered movie.