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Heptameron, or Magical Elements
A ritual magick primer, circa 1655.

Magick in theory and practice
Aleister Crowley's masterwork on Ritual Theory.

 

Natural Magick
All Twenty books of John Baptista Porta's "Natural Magick," nicely organized and illustrated.

Grimorium Verum
The true clavicles of Solomon- an original translation, presented side by side with the original. Illustrated.

The art of drawing spirits into crystals
Original work by Johannes Trimethius, with original illustrations, from the excellent Esoteric Archives.

The Key of the Mysteries
The theology of numbers; by Eliphas levi (Alphonse Constant), introduced by Aleister Crowley. Illustrated.

The Sixth Book of Moses
The seven seals of Moses, first appearance in 1849.

The Seventh Book of Moses
The magick of Moses- kabala, elemental magick, seals, and tables of the elements.

The Book of Thoth
Crowley's intense and thorough interpretation of the tarot.

The Ancient book of formulas
Complete, but very small, plain text.

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Walter Scott's Letters on Demonology and witchcraft.

Libellus Magicus
Libellus Magicus, a nineteenth-century manuscript of conjurations. From the collection of the Cleveland Public Library. Very well presented, with scans of the original manuscript.

Faust- The Black Raven
The Grimoire of the most infamous magician of all time- Dr. Johannes Faust.

Book of the Sacred magic of Abramelin the Mage
Translated by S. L. McGregor Mathers.

Thelema and the Dark Doctrines
Expounds upon details of Crowley's works and the doctrines of the OTO.

Magick in theory and practice
Aleister Crowley's masterpiece of magical theory. Not explicitly Satanic, but forms the basis of much Satanic magical philosophy.

The Genius of Zos
An introduction to the works of Austin Osman Spare.

Classics of Magick
Collected by Benjamin Rowe, includes the Goetia, the Greater Key of Solomon, Abramelin, many more, in PDF format.

Esoteric archives An excellent resource- literally dozens of works by John Dee, Giordano Bruno, Trimethius, and more, as well as a large collection of Grimoires.

 

Esoteric Kabbalah
Links to dozens of hand selected resources for Western Kabbala (qabala).

Historical Hermetic Documents
A handful of articles by Dion Fortune, Julius L. Lachner and others.

The Austin Osman Spare archive
The Book of Satyrs, Spare's mystical art, and more.

the Golden Dawn Flying rolls and knowledge lectures
The core teachings of the hermetic order of the Golden Dawn.

Three Books of Occult Philosophy
From the twilit grotto, a complete transcription of Agrippa's important magical treatises.

The Kybalion
Written anonymously by "Three initiates", this work defined modern Hermeticism.

Western Mystery tradition
A collection of works with an emphasis on Tarot, by Paul Foster Case and other notable individuals, plus oddities like "metaphysical weight loss."

The Tarot, McGregor Mathers
McGregor Mathers' basic instructions on divination. Differs from later Golden Dawn symbolism

The Sefer Yetsirah
The Sefer (Sephir) Yetsirah, or Book of formation, one of the most important Qabalistic works of all time. English translation and commentary.

The Qabalistic and Thelemic Works of Frater Achad
Many useful works by Frater Achad, the student of Crowley who discovered the "Key" to the Book of the Law.

The Pictorial key to the tarot
A.E. Waite's esoteric interpretation of the Tarot. Waite can be rightly considered the father of the modern Tarot deck.

H. P. Blavatsky
The works of Madame Blavatsky online, including the Secret Doctrine, and the Veil of Isis.

The Libri of Aleister Crowley
The magical works of Aleister Crowley, in complete versions. Includes The Book of the Law, the Book of Lies, and many more.

Enochian Magick papers
Benjamin Rowe's collection of papers on Beginning and advanced Enochian, as well as magical records.

Carlo Suares
Selections from Cipher of Genesis and many other works.

Books, articles, diaries of Aleister Crowley
Rare Crowley manuscripts, including letters and diaries.

From Jennifer Emick,
Your Guide to Alternative Religions.
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