/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.7368076]

Requesting some recommendations for core mysticism writings, esoteric if possible.

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous No.7368142]

Found this ( http://www.pdfarchive.info/pdf/S/Sc/Scholem_Gershom_Gerhard_-_On_the_kabbalah_and_its_symbolism.pdf ) if anyone is interested in some light Gravity's Raimbow prerequisite reading.

[Anonymous No.7368144]

Literally all Continental Philosophy

[Anonymous No.7368170]

Jung, Crowley, Mckenna, Bataille, Klossowski

[Anonymous No.7368177]

Panikkar

[Anonymous No.7368180]

>>7368076
Shams al-Ma'arif

[Anonymous No.7368259]

>>7368076

>mysticism
>esoteric

What do you actually mean by this?

[Anonymous No.7368270]

>>7368259

Mostly anything listed in here ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_esotericism#Popular_culture ). I'm interested in reading the core text of any esoteric practise there is, or if there isn't a dominant scripture, then a recommended starting point.

[Anonymous No.7368274]

>>7368270

Edit: the popular culture thing is irrelevant and I'm not sure why my Wikipedia hyperlink changed to that.

[Anonymous No.7368293]

>>7368076
The Hermetic Tradition - Julius Evola
Initiation Into Hermetics - Branz Bardon
Alchemy - Marie-Louise von Franz
I Ching - Richard Wilhelm translation


Bonus
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Upanishads - ?
The Treasures of Darkness - Thorkild Jacobsen
Might is Right - Ragnar Redbeard

[Anonymous No.7368306]

Thanks to everyone who's posted so far.

>>7368293

This [ http://www.cakravartin.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Julius-Evola-Hermetic-Tradition.pdf ] looks pretty great.

[Anonymous No.7368309]

Also I think I remember not too long ago somebody posted a chart detailing esoteric readings. I'll see if I can find it in the archives but if not - hopefully someone lurking can repost it. I think it had a lot to do with the occult as well.

[Anonymous No.7368321]

The Works of Plato (Either read the 'main' texts, or all of them)

The Holy Bible (Either read the 'main' books, or all of them)

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (read the Bible first)

The Enneads - Plotinus (Definitely read Plato first)

Corpus Hermeticum, and Asclepius - Hermes Trismegistus (Bible and Plato would help)

The Dhammapada

The Tao Te Ching (try reading two translations; it's not long)

[Anonymous No.7368322]

>>7368309
Found this in my /lit/ folder

[Anonymous No.7368325]

>>7368321

Thanks. Incredibly ignorant question for all of you - why is Plato linked to esotericism?

>>7368322

Appreciated, that looks like what I was looking for. I found pic related in the archive in case it's of any interest to anyone else.

[Anonymous No.7368327]

>>7368325
>why is Plato linked to esotericism
Possibly related to this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Forms

Thanks for sharing the graphic!

[Anonymous No.7368334]

>>7368325
He's has a lot of mystical elements, and can be read as a mystic. His works can be very metaphorical and allegorical, and they act as a foundation block for later mystic thought.

'Phaedo' and 'Timaeus' are two more 'out-there' dialogues if you want to read about them.

I mainly listed him and the Bible as they definetely help with later mystic thought--you'll need Plato for Neo-Platonism, which is definitely quite mystic.

[Anonymous No.7368338]

>>7368334
He has* definitely*

Oh and check out this site as well: http://www.sacred-texts.com ; It has an abundance of esotwric texts.

[Anonymous No.7368343]

>>7368076
>>7368144
>>7368321
>>7368325
>>7368327
>>7368334
>>7368338
Start with the Greeks

[Anonymous No.7368346]

>>7368343
I basically told him to do that mate

[Anonymous No.7368377]

>>7368338

Interesting. Guess I really will have to start with the Greeks.

Good shout on that website you linked, therea's so much in there relevant to my interests,

[Anonymous No.7368380]

>>7368377
There's plenty of mystic greek stuff aswell, google Pythagoreanism, Orphism, and Mystery Cults.