/lit/ - Literature

>Essential Texts (Roughly chronological)
-Corpus Hermeticum (Copenhaver) [Hermetism]
-Enneads (Gerson) [Neoplatonism]
-Zohar (Pritzker) [Kabbalah]
-Theologia Platonica de immortalitate animae / Platonic Theology (Allen) [Renaissance Neoplatonism]
-Oratio de hominis dignitate / Oration on the Dignity of Man (Gaponigri?) [Cabala]
-De Occulta Philosophia / Three Books of Occult Philosophy (Tyson?) [Occult / Magic]
-The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus (Waite) [Naturphilosophie / Alchemy]
-Aurora (Sparrow?) [Boehmeian Theosophy]
-The Rosicrucian Manifestos (???) [Rosicrucianism]
-De Caelo et Eius Mirabilibus et de inferno, ex Auditis et Visis. / Heaven and Hell (Dole?) [Illuminism]
-Mémoire sur la découverte du magnetisme animal (Meyers?) [Mesmerism]

Are you sure there needs to be a constant presence of this general on the board? How about only starting a thread if you have something particular in mind to discuss, and something interesting to say about it?
The threads are always filled with shitposts and nearly always die early, take a hint.

>>14220101
Esoteric threads are good

started a thread before because I didn't search the catalog but:
can you recommend me books about Christian and Muslim mystiscism? books similar to those than teach Kabbalah? They can be medieval or modern age or even contemporary (if they are good)

>>14221268
Meditations on the Tarot is the best book of Christian mysticism with Kabbalistic influences.

Is Giuliano Kremmerz legit? This book came out recently, and was wondering if anyone has read it.

>>14221743
>thaumaturgist
into the trash it goes

>>14220067
>Corpus Hermeticum but not the Corpus Pythagoricum
Sage

>>14221743
HOLY SHIT GIULIANO KREMMERZ HAS BEEN TRANSLATED?! FUCKING READ IT!!!!!!!!

bumperino pupperino

>>14221927
he has no writings you pseud

>>14221933
Not sure if you're genuinely enthusiastic or just being ironic. What's the big deal about Kremmerz anyway, besides being a former member of the UR Group?

>>14221961
>as if Hermes Trismegistus had
His disciples have, you brainlet.

>>14221990
Not ironic, Giuliano Kremmerz is a big name and it's a shame that the eternal anglo has noticed him after a century. He's basically the Aleister Crowley of the Mediterranean world, just infinitely less retarded than Crowley. What book is that btw? I see it's pretty short. The magum opus of Kremmerz is called "The science of the Magi" and has 1500 pages. It was published in three volumes by Edizioni Mediterranee.

>>14222214
Do you know where I can find more info on him?

>>14222964
There's a website dedicated to him, but it's in Italian. The English wikipedia page is decent though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_Kremmerz

>>14221743
Haven't read it yet but I flipped through and I can tell it's good. Yes, read it.

>>14221268
Pseudo-Dionysius

>>14220067
Old list was better

>>14221268

>>14220064
http://esotericawakening.com/what-is-reality-the-holofractal-universe

Hey guys. Brainlet here.
Any other channels like this ?
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArcesseEum/videos

read some Rene Guenon

http://www.sophiaperennis.com/

>>14225839
https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@bodhi_mantra

>>14225839
he has recommended channels
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArcesseEum/channels?disable_polymer=1

>>14225839
The Nemeton
kabTV
any of the podcasts atrell was on
aubrey forest modern alchemist
mark passio ? (80% of what he says is BS, still 20% good stuff, better than most other channels)
anonymous traveler - intelectual exercise (though he just moved to another website behinnd a paywall...)

>tfw too low IQ to understand the Nag Hammadi Scriptures
English it not my first language, but I always believed myself to be very prolific in them. Even so, I dropped Nag Hammadi because I couldn't understand shit.

Initially I am interested most in the Dictionnaire Infernal because of the lots of unknown demons, their hierarchy and (as childish as it may be) the illustrations. The wikipedia article said that the Dictionnaire Infernals illustrations are also present in the Lesser Key of Solomon, which in itself also really interests me because it seems to be a "genuine" grimoire, an anonymous collection of 5 books about demonology and suck.
Long story short: Is the Dictionnaire Infernal included in The Lesser Key of Solomon or is it just the illustrations being repurposed? Also there seem to be several versions of both works, which would you recommend and which not?

Is the HGA real?

>>14220064
Is that pic from Boehme?

>>14228741
its based off his work but not by him (i dont think boehme drew) - its by Dionysius Andreas Freher

>>14225839
podcast
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7iwZTqQ_bAT4XUoLG-CJZA/videos

>>14220064
.

bump

we need a mega library with organized folders.

>>14227947
Yes. You've got one. He/she has a name.
Pay attention to your dreams. They are the main channel of communication your HGA will use.

>>14233061
Does everyone have one?

>>14226605
Diccionaire is more for display. Garish illustrations and no instructions on demonolatry. The goetia is a set of practical instructions on demon worship -- usually much too involved for most dilettantes and requiring extra scholarship to fill in gaps. I think the only thing in common is some of the sigils and demon names. If you are curious about the origins of these practices, I suggest Skinner's Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian and Solomonic Magic and Kent's Geosophia. Geosophia is part of a lovely Encyclopedia Goetica collection that also includes Testament of Saint Cyprian and Grimorium Verum. Lesser Ley is good but overrated in the tradition. As with most things, nicer editions are more expensive.

>>14233068
Indeed. It's quite like the daimon really -- coincidentally there is a good scarletimprint book holy daimon on just this subject. Supposedly the book holy guardian angel by Nephilim Press is also good.

>>14226594
Nag hammadi texts are tough. Lots of archaicisms and untranslated technical terms. Not to mention, there are issues of how the texts fit together -- if at all. Have you tried any secondary literature on gnosticism? At the very least, I suggest reading gospel of thomas as it is one of the more simple and inspired (as opposed to say, hypostases of the archons [two untranslated technical terms -- see what I mean!])

>>14225839
Rune Soup and Glitch Bottle are nice podcasts...

>>14220067
I suggest the Godwin if the ? implies lack of knowledge of translation for the rosicrucian

>>14232958
There's one on /x/ of questionable quality

Lookin to get a good edition (with ghe drawings) of Osman Spare's Book of pleasure. Is Jerusalem Press edition good ?

Also opinions on this book ?

>>14235052
Filter the bs yourself.
But for real their library is legit good

>>14235068
Great book. Best of early Spare. I have a copy of ethos from back when it was cheap which is okay but weirdly shaped. Jerusalem press looks nice but pricey. You can find all his writings online. Check out Zos Speaks! too even if you don't like Grant...

>>14235096
Hard enough filtering bs here...

Does anyone have any reccs on mystic poetry / prayer which has that ascetic hermit feel? Something like Rumi or the Desert Fathers but more obscure...

>>14236462
The Enclosed Garden of Truth by Sanai is phenomenal and relates to what you're looking for. (it's just hosted as a pdf on a bahai site but isn't bahai itself)

http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/hadiqat.pdf

So does anyone have any opinions about the books they're recommending? How closely do you align with the idea of this alternate realm of secret knowledge?

>>14236493
I am a kabbalistic zen sufi daoist hermetic catholic yogi tantrika

ITT: schizo retards

>>14237010
This. "Mysticism and the occult" is the most autistic interest out there.

>>14237481
Why?

>>14238895
Because it's for people who want magic and cringy shit like that to be real, and idiots who feel like there is "more to life" fall for it. All of it is written by charlatans, but desperate people (usually young, middle class guys who have fallen into nihilism and are looking for a way out OR pink haired tumbrinas) turn to it to cope. 0/10. Astrology and tarot reading tier. Fuck you.

>>14237010
HYLIC
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>>14239431
Does anyone have a solution to "The Hylic question"?

>>14235116
Not much a fan of trying it on digital. Having it in pdf on my phone makes me easily distracted, although it's my problem.
Thanks for the answer though.

>>14236441
/x/ is similar to /b/ in the sense that while it's mostly a sea of piss, you'd find real gems over there from time to time.

Has anyond here seen the Modem threads on /x/? These threads legit left me with things to ponder on for some time.

i want to study naming