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To: alt.magick From: an437050@anon.penet.fi (M.M.M.) Subject: Re: Getting started....? Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 04:36:34 UTC One: Magick in Theory and Practice by Uncle Al Crowley, pages XI - XXV and pages 107 - 122 of Dover's paperback edition. I might even suggest that you and your friends xerox these pages rather than buy the entire book at this time in your studies. (But I would never suggest you violate copyrights, particularly in a post that Bill Heidrick reads.) Two: The one volume paperback edition of Frazier's Golden Bough, edited by Gaster. This gives you a real description of beliefs in many different cultures. Frazier and Gaster were real anthropologists who actually studied other cultures before writing about them, unlike so many of today's psychics, high witch-queens, and purveyors of snake oil and magical "get rich quick without effort or willpower" authors. That covers a mini-introduction to magick and a good introduction to serious anthropological/cultural research on magical beliefs. Three: All the Dungeons and Dragons you can possibly play. Crowley is quote profound unquote. Frazier is quote serious unquote. D & D is fun, mentally relaxing, and a break from the serious reading. More importantly, a good game of D & D teaches you more about things like creative visualization then all of the Newage fluffer-bunny books put together. It is also cheaper and does not insult your intelligence by demanding that you have "faith," "respect," or "a feel" for something before it can "work." Four: a subscription to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine. Assuming you don't get carried away buying D & D add-on material, you can buy all of this for well under fifty bucks. ==> M.M.M. --****ATTENTION****--****ATTENTION****--****ATTENTION****--***ATTENTION*** Your e-mail reply to this message WILL be *automatically* ANONYMIZED. Please, report inappropriate use to abuse@anon.penet.fi For information (incl. non-anon reply) write to help@anon.penet.fi If you have any problems, address them to admin@anon.penet.fi
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