/lit/ - Literature

>tra·di·tion·al·ism
>/trəˈdiSHənlˌizəm,trəˈdiSHnəˌlizəm/
>noun
>the upholding or maintenance of tradition, especially so as to resist change.
>HISTORICAL
>the theory that all moral and religious truth comes from divine revelation passed on by tradition, human reason being incapable of attaining it.

De Philosophia Occulta
Liber Picatrix
De Hierarchia Coelesti
Dictionnaire Infernal
Encyclopedia Goetica
Liber ABA
Zos Speaks!
The Focus of Life

The occult is a pathway to many abilities some might consider unnatural... Tell me about the fortrean and forbidden books you've read, /lit/.

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On the advanced level, try these essays:

https://www.parrhesiajournal.org/parrhesia09/parrhesia09_laruelle.pdf

http://razorsmile.org/archive/deleuzeandsorcery.pdf

http://cadenaaurea.com/2016/10/non-dual-alchemical-traditions-a-conversation-with-dr-aaron-cheak/

I am not too old but I have had a long life. Storied too perhaps. I have been in love, out of love, insane with love, insane in general, insomniacal, manic, depressive, schizo, autistic, ADD, on drugs, in jails, in hospitals, drunk, high, tripping, rolling, blacked out, arrested, tased, cathetered, ego deathed, actual deathed, revived, been a NEET, been a barista, been a monastic, been a student, been a father, read Plato, Aristotle, Presocratics, Socratic Dialogues, Socratic Schools, Neoplatonists, Romans, Indians, Chinese, Medievals, Modern, Continental, Analytic, English, American, German, Italian, French, whatever, and not just philosophy, but literature and poetry too.

My life is perhaps the best it has been in ten years, but I feel at a loss. Who am i? What have I accomplished? What should I read next?

I was an occultist but became Catholic after reading Meditations on the Tarot.

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Aaron Cheak - Circumambulating the Alchemical Mysterium (Alchemical Traditions, Numen Press)
http://www.aaroncheak.com/circumambulating

For similar modern recommendations, check out this chart: >>11262834

does anyone else enjoy christian mysticism?

sure, the bible is great but so are the saints...

let us discuss the spiritual path of christianity, the metanoiac transformation that sets us free

kempis' imitation of christ is a meditation on egolessness equal to any buddhist scripture, carried by ramkrishna

francis de sales' introduction to the devout life is an incredible practical manual on how to begin a spiritual quest

john climacus' ladder of divine ascent is a full course of mystical theurgy

pseudo-dionysius' celestial hierarchy explains the archetypal intelligences like no other

john of the cross' dark night of the soul is comforting to those who find themselves in existential despair on the path

sor juana ines de la cruz has an incredible dream full of myth and symbolism

the interior castle by teresa is another favorite of mine

marguerite porete and meister eckhart approach christian nondualism

cloud of unknowing for apophatic theology

bonaventure's journey of the mind into god anyone? incredible theology

swedenborg, bohme, solovyov, bulgakov, florensky, tomberg...

the marriage of christian rosencreutz is good too for us postmodern heretics

Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic
Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greco-Roman World
Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity
Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian Magic
Techniques of Solomonic Magic
Eros and Magic in the Renaissance
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethean Age
Art of Memory
Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition

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I also intend to get into Ficino at some point.