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[Anonymous No.11958808]

I'm not talking about reptilians and David Icke. More about religion, gnosticism or even tarot or zodiac.
Do you guys have some recommendations about spiritualism or occultism?
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[Anonymous No.11959126]

Just started Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke's The Western Esoteric Traditions, seems like a good starting point. Afterwards I'm going to read GRS Mead's Orpheus and some Guenon. All these are easy to find in pdf on Google or archive.

[Anonymous No.11959133]

What have you already read?

[Anonymous No.11959306]

>>11959133
Nothing. What about starting with the zodiac or tarot?

[Anonymous No.11959369]

>>11959306
I can help with western mysticism, I highly advise reading the Gnostic texts, like the Nag Hammadi scriptures, the Bible + Gnostic gospels, and Jung. In addition, you should read Plato and Aristotle’s metaphysics. Hermetic texts are worth reading (Kyablion is decent, there are better books that accurately detail the Hermetic beliefs that I can’t recall).
A lot of contemporary occultism is bunk and trendy stuff focused on silly video game stuff like “magick”, the older, tried and tested stuff is what’s worth reading and practicing. Christ is the true path, but contemporary Christianity is quite far from what he taught. He taught people to become perfect and like God, which is the aim of Gnosticism (and Buddhism), so don’t be afraid of Christianity as you read occultism

[Anonymous No.11959415]

my selection from the recommendations from the last big lit occult thread.
all found on libgen or b-ok

[Anonymous No.11959650]

>>11959369
Do you consider yourself christian?
If yes, exactly what kind of?

[Anonymous No.11959664]

for tarot read Tomberg and Jodorowsky. Completely different takes on the tarot but both interesting

for astrology read Arthur Young

[Anonymous No.11960390]

>>11959650
Yeah I consider myself Christian, being someone who follows Christ’s teachings. I go to Church primarily to meet other people who share similar values. I prefer the Orthodoxy over other denominations, but I don’t identify with it. If I had to categorize myself, I’d call myself a semi-Gnostic Christian.
Aside from anecdotal experiences, what draws me to Christianity over, say, Buddhism, despite the shared truths, is the historical proof for Jesus.
Something else to bear in mind is that the word “Christ” originally referred to a level of consciousness

[Anonymous No.11960557]

I'm trying to get at something under the surface of daily life too, but I'm just starting. Maybe you will share some of my interests. Here's where I am.
>cultural familiarity with the Bible in general
>cultural familiarity with the basics of Buddhism (large Vietnamese community where I grew up, as well as a large amount of nisei Japanese)
>read a bunch of metaphysics for college (in the philosophical sense, not the used bookstore "UFO/metaphysics" sense)
>New Testament
>"Confessions" by St. Augustine
>"The Cloud of Unknowing" and "The Book of Privy Counseling" (these are commonly published together and are by the same anonymous late medieval English author)
>Pure Land Sutras (Longer and Shorter Sukhavativyuha Sutras and the Amitayurdhyana Sutra)
>"Kyogyoshinsho" by Shinran
>"Symbolism of the Cross" by Rene Guenon
These next ones aren't really philosophy/religion but I found them to be relevant.
>"Wonderful Fool" by Shusaku Endo
>"Snow Country" by Yasunari Kawabata
>"The Lives of Roman Christian Women" edited by Carolinne White
Good luck with your reading, OP!
>>11960390
There is proof of the existence of Siddhartha Gautama, though. Some Buddhas (like Amida/Amitabha) are not historical figures, but Gautama certainly was.

[Anonymous No.11960584]

i gotchu senpai

[Anonymous No.11961974]

Read Jung's Red Book (pick up the cheaper readers edition) if you want an acid trip mixed with that creepy insane schizophrenia rambling vibe, while still being insightful and educational. Especially if you're slightly familiar with Jung's concepts. Sadly, the version with printed art can run nearly $300, but you can see some of the art online.

[Anonymous No.11962056]

>>11961974
Jung did the acid?

[Anonymous No.11962317]

I think I'm gonna start with the Kybalion, any more recs?

[Anonymous No.11962646]

>>11959306
Manley Hall, I suppose. Otherwise something like Seligmann's History of Magic, Evola, etc.

[Anonymous No.11962726]

>>11958808
Check out Meditations on the Tarot

[Anonymous No.11962846]

>>11959664
>>11962726
is this the newest unreadable work that's going to get the meme treatment?
Tomberg is interesting, but hardly a beginner's book, and it's not even really about Tarot either as such.

[Anonymous No.11963186]

>>11960557
Read evola

[Anonymous No.11963735]

>>11962317
Kybalion is a new age regurgitation of hermeticism. Avoid.

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