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REQUIRED READING LIST:
Liber IV,
Liber ABA (Part II)
Straightforward and informative introduction of the tools
employed in Ritual Magick. {Read}
Liber IV,
Liber ABA (Part III)
Also called Magick in Theory and Practice, being a
comprehensive work of Qabalah, formula, and ritual. {Read and
study – specifically the introduction and chapters 0–21}
Liber VII,
Liber Liberi Vel Lapis Lazuli, Adumbratio Kabbalæ Ægypiorum
The seven chapters are referred to the seven planets in the
following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna and
Venus. The reading of this Holy Book inspires conscious
awakening. {Read, study and perfectly memorize one chapter}
Liber CCXX, Liber AL Vel Legis, The
Book of the Law
Coming to an understanding of the Law of Thelema in the
previous grade, the Neophyte builds the four–fold method of
Will, this aligning itself to the Powers of the Sphinx. {Read and study}.
Liber CD,
Liber Tau Vel Kabbalæ Trium Literarum
Qabalistic Holy Book dividing the Hebrew Alphabet into seven
triads, each forming a trinity of sympathetic ideas. {Read and
study}
Liber DCCCXI,
Energized Enthusiasm
Of particular help in attaining control of the Body of
Light, intuition and Hathayoga. {Study}.
The Goetia
The Neophyte studies the various preparations detailed for
the operations of Ceremonial Magick. {Study only the methods.
Practical operations are recommended to the Philosophus}.
Additionally,
two novels by Aleister Crowley are strongly recommended: Diary
of a Drug Fiend and Moonchild.
It is important
for the Neophyte, after the accomplishment of Liber Pyramidos,
to delve into areas of study beyond the scope of any reading
list. Subjects that inspire earnest interest, even if they
appear not to have any immediate magical application, should be
pursued. This is a lesson well taught at the end of the novel Dairy
of a Drug Fiend.
The Neophyte, when the studies of the grade
are properly applied, will radically change perception and begin
breathing the life of initiation, incorporating Magick into
every event of every day; and this, as a natural result of the
work. Inspiring insight into this ‘perception transformed
into the moment–by–moment life of initiation’ can be
seen in the characters portrayed in the novel Moonchild.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:
Book
Three | Book Four
| Training of the
Mind | The Seer
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