Reading List and Study Guide

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Required Reading

• Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)

  Memorization of The Book of the Law is highly recommended.

• Liber Pennae Praenumbra

  The book of the foreshadowing of the Aeon of Ma'at.

• The Scrolls of Mahendranath
  
  

  Shri Gurudev Mahendranath (affectionately known as Dadaji) was sent to India by Sir Aleister Crowley to transform the teachings of the East for the Aspirants of the West. He fulfilled his quest, and the AOTOA.'. is, in turn, folding this wisdom back into the Western Magickal Tradition.

• And Then There Were None

  The Secret Weapon of the AOTOA.'.

Recommended Nonfiction

We have tried to list the most recent editions of these books.
Some of them may be difficult to acquire or out of print.
You may find many of them at Ibis Books.

Dzogchen

• Cycle of Day and Night. Namkhai Norbu. Station Hill, 1987.
• How to Meditate. Kathleen McDonald. Wisdom, 1984.

Magick

• A Grimoire of Chaos Magick. Julian Wilde.
• Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. Mathers. Dover, 1975.
• Global Ritualism. Denny Sargeant. Llewellyn, 1994.
• The Magical Revival. Kenneth Grant. Skoob, 1991.
• Magick. Aleister Crowley. Weiser, 1974.
• The Magick of Thelema. Lon Duquette. Weiser, 1994.
• Maat Magick: A Guide to Self-Initiation. Nema. Weiser, 1995.
• Magick Without Tears. Aleister Crowley. New Falcon, 1991.
• SSOTBME: an essay on Magic. Johnstone. Nigel Grey-Turner, 1979.

Mathematics

• The Hieroglyphic Monad. John Dee. Weiser, 2001.
• Laws of Form. G. Spencer-Brown. Cognizer, 1994.
• Surreal Numbers. Donald Knuth. Addison-Wesley, 1974.

Qabalah

• The Mystical Qabalah. Dion Fortune. Weiser, 2000.
• The New Living Qabalah. Will Parfitt. Harper Collins, 1995.
• Secret of Secrets. Michael-Albion Macdonald. Heptangle, 1986.

Tantra

• Kundalini. Robert Svoboda. Brotherhood of Life, 1993.
• Siva Sutras. Jaideva Singh. Motilal Banarsidass, 1979.
• Yantra. Madhu Khanna. Thames and Hudson, 1997.
• The Yoga of Power. Julius Evola. Inner Traditions, 1993.

Taoism

• The I Ching or Book of Changes. Brian Walker. St. Martins, 1993.
• The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu. Brian Walker. St. Martins, 1995.

Thelema

• The Confessions of Aleister Crowley. Aleister Crowley. Arkana, 1989.
• The Law is for All. Aleister Crowley. New Falcon, 1996.
• Thelema. Aleister Crowley. Suhal, 1993.

Reference

• The I Ching. Wilhelm/Baynes. Bollingen, 1972.

Fiction

• Aristoi. Walter Williams. TOR, 1992
• Imajica. Clive Barker. Harper Collins, 1991.
• Jitterbug Perfume. Tom Robins. Bantam, 1990.
• Shaman of Tibet. Winged Wolf. Higher Consciousness, 1994.
• Stranger in a Strange Land. Robert Heinlein. Ace, 1991.

Love is the law, love under will.

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