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I would like to amass a collection of books written by or about magicians/alchemists/sorcerers of antiquity, the Middle ages and even into the Renaissance..or general works of mysticism/esoterica from no particular region. Any suggestions for me?

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  1. cthulhucallsyou answered: Three Books of Western Occultism—> amazon.ca/Three-B…
  2. iseesigils answered: as a good overview/jumping off point- ‘the elixir and the stone’- baigent and leigh. owen davies ‘grimoires’ is pretty good too
  3. aarinsmith answered: we will have to go to mac lee odds
  4. winged-serpent said: The Secret History of the world by Jonathan Black is also really good.
  5. winged-serpent answered: Manly P. Hall is ultimate. Frances Yates has a lot of good books (including one about Giordano Bruno). The Kybalion.
  6. ich-bin-zu-allein answered: PSU’s Magic in History series has a number of excellent titles; also check out Ficino, Mirandola & Giordano Bruno.
  7. lvnaesabbatvm said: Ana got me a great book from the UofT library about witchcraft, magic and alchemy in the middle ages with tons of illustrations, it rules.
  8. dustoncrowns said: *JUST symbols. Huysmans La Bas is a novel but he discusses Medieval black magic, also interesting.
  9. dustoncrowns answered: titus brukhardt’s book on alchemy is a good one, being a traditionalist instead of just claiming them all to be symbols
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