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The real world stuff. What are the best authors/books for this? beginner level if possible.

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>> No.22526232

>>22526221
Read the /omg/ copypasta. Ask there.

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>>22526232
that in /x/ by the way not /lit/. alternatively read picrel.

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>>22526221
Start here. I wouldn't recommend actually practicing, but you could read Eliphas Levi
Abra-Melin is demanding as heck. Perhaps Agrippa or Paracelsus?

>> No.22526291

>>22526282
>I wouldn't recommend actually practicing
when anon realizes how much the practice actually demands he will get cold feet.

>> No.22526383

>>22526240
>>22526282
thanks anons, i'll check them out. Also what about the kybalion? I've heard it's a good book to understand the principles of "reality".
>>22526291
>when anon realizes how much the practice actually demands he will get cold feet
i believe you are exaggerating, at least from what i know it demands daily practice for sure but not more than an hour or so, like any other hobby

>> No.22526413

>>22526383
>like any other hobby
ngmi

>> No.22526416

>>22526383
I've heard negative things about the Kybalion from others, but I haven't read it it so am reluctant to judge it. I also heard despite claiming to be old Hermetic lore it's actually very modernist occult stuff (albeit derived from that tradition)

>> No.22526419

>>22526221
start with the greeks

>> No.22526471

>>22526221
there's a wealth of academic writing about magic and lay piety in the middle ages

>> No.22526496

>>22526221
>hes still holding mithril

>> No.22526499

>>22526221
Fake magic is badass. Real “magic” is spiritual babbling and religious cuckery.

>> No.22526507

>>22526383
Read the corpus hermeticum.

>> No.22528332

Secret Teachings of All Ages

>> No.22528781

>>22526232
>/omg/
Lmao

>> No.22530322

>>22526221
ah 2020-2021 /biz/, what i would give to experience you again..

>> No.22530347

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuchulain_of_Muirthemne
There are a handful of pragmatic examples of ''witchcraft'' that most likely actually occurred.

>> No.22530652

>>22526221
The hermetic order of the golden dawn

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>>22526221
If you want to be successful here's an actual curriculum bro:
1. Chapter 1 of A Magical Education by John Michael Greer
2. Liber Kaos by Peter J Carroll
3. ???
4. Proft

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>>22526221
Ramsey Dukes's Ssotbme is a great introduction to magical thinking and practice that doesn't presuppose knowledge of any particular tradition. He's trained as a mathematician, so his definitions and arguments are typically very clear.

>> No.22533415

>>22533406
Second

>> No.22533717

>>22533406
This was a good read.