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Essentials / Where to begin:
Intro to Western Mystery Tradition – Lords of Light by W.E. Butler https://amzn.to/2MlXAgk
Intro to Esotericism – The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall http://amzn.to/2utQfxS
Intro to Qabalah – The Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune http://amzn.to/2uwhWdX
Intro to Hermetics – Kybalion – The Three Initiates http://amzn.to/2vEfdKM
Reference Books:
Cabalistic Encyclopedia David Godwin http://amzn.to/2poemvr
A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism by Gareth Knight http://amzn.to/2BWhRQL
The Complete Magician’s Tables by Stephen Skinner http://amzn.to/2iF2KCR
Three books on Occult Philosophy by Agrippa http://amzn.to/2vIOeCS
777 by Aleister Crowley http://amzn.to/2yAxf71
The Mystery Traditions: Secret Symbols and Sacred Art by Wasserman http://amzn.to/2B0cUZn
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic & Mysticism https://amzn.to/47Np4B2
The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam https://amzn.to/3GyBZL2
Alchemy:
The Hermetic Museum: Alchemy & Mysticism by Alexander Roob https://amzn.to/3HFGCHf
Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul by Titus Burckhardt https://amzn.to/4lb4CjZ
Alchemical Mandala: Adam McLean https://amzn.to/45oL1YX
Alchemy: The Secret Art by Stanislas Klossowski de Rola https://amzn.to/45q6K2z
The Golden Game: Alchemical Engravings of the Seventeenth Century by Stanislas Klossowski de Rola https://amzn.to/4kajoql
Mytho-Hermetic Dictionary by Dom Antoin-Josef Pernety https://www.bookarts.org/store/p9/Mytho-Hermetic_Dictionary.html
Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy by Robert Allen Bartlett https://amzn.to/4n8nthm
The Way of the Crucible by Robert Allen Bartlett https://www.bookarts.org/store/p374/Way_of_the_Crucible.html
The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structures of Alchemy by Mircea Eliade https://amzn.to/4jKnWDj
The Mystery of the Cathedrals by Fulcanelli https://amzn.to/44j7Ko0
The Chemical Wedding of Christian RosenKreutz https://amzn.to/4l5633d
Hermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy by Marlene Seven Bremner https://amzn.to/4lasdBm
Green Hermeticism by Peter Lamborn Wilson, Christopher Basmford and Kevin Townley https://amzn.to/4e46Ij1
https://www.bookarts.org/store/p230/Green_Hermeticism%3A_Alchemy_and_Ecology.html
Hermetica: The Dialogues of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus https://amzn.to/3Zw6bjY
On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy by Brian Cotnoir https://amzn.to/4l08TGA
Alchemy: Poetry of Matter by Brian Cotnoir https://www.bookarts.org/store/p17/Alchemy_The_Poetry_of_Matter.html
Splendor Solis: The World’s Most Famous Alchemical Manuscript by Stephen Skinner, Rafal T. Prinke, Georgiana Hedesan & Joscelyn Godwin https://amzn.to/4l2sbet
The Alchemists Handbook: Manual for Practical Laboratory Alchemy by Frater Albertus
Herbology:
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
Arboretum Mysticum (see sections on Qabalah, Magic, Reference)
Astrology:
Astrology for Initiates by Papus http://amzn.to/2HeBZiR
Astrology for the Soul http://amzn.to/2tXtmWX
Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning by Richard Hinkley Allen http://amzn.to/2r6SKI7
Crystals and Stones:
Everyday Crystal Rituals by Naha Armády https://amzn.to/2pTf8mf
Love is in the Earth by Melody http://amzn.to/2qL5mRn
Book of Stones by Robert Simmons http://amzn.to/2pMI1jf
Crystal Enlightenment by Katrina Raphaell http://amzn.to/2qH4Gh0
American Indian Secrets of Crystal Healing http://amzn.to/2p3unuF
101 Power Crystals by Judy Hall http://amzn.to/2qLfrOa
Stones of the New Consciousness by Robert Simmons http://amzn.to/2qGTyk0
Magic School/Developing Intuition:
How to Meet and Work with Spirit Guides – Ted Andrews http://amzn.to/2fzFszI
Animal Spirit Guides by Steven D. Farmer, PhD http://amzn.to/2hcrrIL
Angels and Ascended Masters by Doreen Virtue http://amzn.to/2g86RcN
Principles of Hermetic Philosophy – Dion Fortune http://amzn.to/2fzmk55
On past lives: Initiation by Elizabeth Haich http://amzn.to/2vNA2HR
Golden Dawn and Occult Orders:
The Golden Dawn by Israel Regardie http://amzn.to/2j5yhl8
Rebels and Priestesses: Women of the Golden Dawn by Mary Greer http://amzn.to/2BSNpqy
The True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order by Paul Foster Case http://amzn.to/2wjgTeF
Healing Arts:
Healing, the Divine Art by Manly P. Hall http://amzn.to/2BUOVbH
The True Art of Healing by Israel Regardie http://amzn.to/2kycPWb
Psychomagic: Alejandro Jodorowsky http://amzn.to/2jyIrah
Urban Shaman by Serge King http://amzn.to/2iDhkdZ
Personal Power through Awareness by Sanaya Roman http://amzn.to/2BV3CLN
Hermeticism:
Thrice Greatest Hermes by Mead http://amzn.to/2vQckuA
The Hermetic Museum by A.E. Waite http://amzn.to/2wjA0FJ
Hermetica Edited and Translated by Walter Scott https://amzn.to/2wkOwjY
Kybalion – The Three Initiates http://amzn.to/2vEfdKM
The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus by Florian Ebeling https://amzn.to/2K1ABBj
The Eternal Hermes from Greek God to Alchemical Magus by Antoine Faivre https://amzn.to/2KMjBjE
Hermetic Philosophy and Alchemy by Mary Anne Atwood https://amzn.to/2K0dsPJ
The Hermetic Link – From Secret Tradition to Modern Thought by Jacob Slavenburg https://amzn.to/2jIpaUa
Magic and Magical Practice:
The Magus: A complete system of Occult Philosopy https://amzn.to/2IsGH0q
The Magician: His Training and Work by Walter Ernest Butler http://amzn.to/2qJwamd
Qabalistic Concepts by William Gray http://amzn.to/2CfaxmS
The Magical use of Thought Forms by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki http://amzn.to/2kAkiEi
In Names and Images: Bringing the Golden Dawn to Life by Peregrin Wildoak http://amzn.to/2B1yexJ
Transcendental Magic by Eliphas Levi http://amzn.to/2pSNbwd
Middle Pillar by Israel Regardie http://amzn.to/2qOrQlu
Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon: http://amzn.to/2vEelG3
Nature’s Finer Forces: https://amzn.to/481pOSU
The Art and Meaning of Magic: https://amzn.to/418m93x
Qabalah/ Tree of Life:
Recommended Reading for HQI, II, III
Godwin’s Qabalistic Encyclopedia https://amzn.to/3T4aDnq
The Nag Hammadi Library https://amzn.to/497JZPX
The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts https://amzn.to/48peShr
Sefer Yetzirah https://amzn.to/49hxxNs
Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Agrippa https://amzn.to/3Sso8f7
Secret Teaching of All Ages by Manly P Hall https://amzn.to/4bxar78
Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune http://amzn.to/2uwhWdX
Kybalion by Three Initiates https://22teachings.com/product/kybalioncentenary/
777 by Aleister Crowley http://amzn.to/2yAxf71
Transcendental Magic by Levi https://amzn.to/3waSafz
Garden of Pomegranates by Israel Regardie http://amzn.to/2ss21sm
Paths of Wisdom, a guide to the Magical Cabala by John Michael Greer: https://amzn.to/2KWyqEb
Ladder of Lights: A Step by Step Guide to the Tree of Life and the Four Worlds by William Gray http://amzn.to/2jyeyqz
The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante’s Guide to What You Do and Do Not Need to Know to Become a Qabalist http://amzn.to/2t9qZ2O
Middle Pillar by Israel Regardie https://amzn.to/49odLjk
The Golden Dawn by Israel Regardie http://amzn.to/2j5yhl8
The Zohar: Volume 1 https://amzn.to/3NeR6x7
Culpepper’s Complete Herbal https://amzn.to/49mZPGc
Zen and the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel https://amzn.to/3UIEfaV
Other Good authors on the Western Mystery Tradition include: W.E. Butler, Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, Chic and Tabitha Cicero, Pat Zalewski, Gareth Knight.
Tarot:
The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages by Paul Foster Case http://amzn.to/2tTsV0D
The Way of the Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards by Alejandro Jodorowsky http://amzn.to/2nwdYhN
Robert Wang – Qabalistic Tarot http://amzn.to/2vuTA1i
Papus – Tarot of the Bohemians https://amzn.to/42z4UZz
Lon Milo Duquette – Understanding Crowley’s Thoth Tarot http://amzn.to/2uw7gMa
Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism
http://amzn.to/2qrAghQ
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot by Rachel Pollack http://amzn.to/2AG8vYQ
The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life http://amzn.to/2kCfEFF
Tarot for Your Self by Mary Greer http://amzn.to/2kAbUog
Eastern Studies:
Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation by Johari http://amzn.to/2kBGmyj
In My Own Way – an autobiography by Alan Watts http://amzn.to/2kz6B8t
Metaphysical Meditations by Yogananda http://amzn.to/2j6GuWg
Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda http://amzn.to/2juCuM1
Native American:
Black Elk Speaks http://amzn.to/2k9dVnG
Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power http://amzn.to/2kBUCa9