Israel Regardie - recommendations?

[Eremita]

Hi all.

I've seen Israel Regardie described as "the coherent Aleister Crowley", and told he's a good teacher on ceremonial magic and Qabalah. Does anyone here know his works well enough to recommend one or two in particular to the Regardie newbie? They aren't altogether inexpensive to ship to poor old wilderness Australia, and I'm disinclined to buy anyone's complete catalogue without testing the waters first.

A Garden of Pomegranates and The Tree of Life both look good, but I'm wondering whether it's worthwhile splashing out a little and buying the Golden Dawn tome.

Any Regardie fans who might help a brother out?


Cheers, thanks very much.
Eremita

[NariusV]

I used to have a copy of the Golden Dawn, and I would recommend getting it as a reference, lots of stuff in there.

[Mysticwizard452]

My own humble recommendation:

Yes, get Isreal Regardie's Golden Dawn. As you advance in knowledge and skill its worth will increase many fold over time.

For a Comprehensive framework of self taught occultism I would recommend Modern Magic by Donald Michael Kraig and Self Initiation Into the Golden Dawn Tradition by Chic Cicero (Cicero was taught by Isreal Regardie).

[Eremita]

Thanks very much for the responses.

[Marduk]

Hey,
Not sure where abouts in Australia you reside, but if in Melbourne you can purchase these books in person (and many more of similar quality) at the Haunted Bookshop, in the city.

Other than that; there's a certain online UK bookstore that has free worldwide shipping, and they have the books you listed.

[Frumens]

They aren't altogether inexpensive to ship to poor old wilderness Australia, and I'm disinclined to buy anyone's complete catalogue without testing the waters first.

The Golden Dawn has made a number of Israel Regardie's books freely available to the public as pdf files, including The Middle Pillar, The Tree of Life, and A Garden of Pomegranates. The works of many other authors are also available. Books as old as these aren't under copyright protection anymore.

http://www.golden-dawn.com/eu/displayco ... collection

[Desecrated]

What You Should Know About the Golden Dawn
and
Ceremonial Magic

[Aunt Clair]

As authors of posts above have stated and listen to his audio files on Youtube Vibrating the LBRP;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zKVEcPJ368

[MAZOHIR]

I know this is a late post, but, if you want almost ALL of Regardies' written material, go to SCRIBD.com, and you should find what you need for FREE.

[Rin]

I found Tree of Life fairly informative when I was first reading into the occult, although it left me with the impression that Regardie didn't have a whole lot of hands on experience, and from memory it didn't contain a lot that can't be found in Barrett/Levi/Agrippa (although it's maybe a bit more comprehensible for the modern reader). The only other book of his I bothered with was The Middle Pillar - the ritual itself is very powerful, but his advice about not practicing it until you've been working with the LBRP for a few months (at least) is important.