MORALS and DOGMA of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry19 reviews
Albert Pike

NuVision Publications, 2007

There's a mystery here

+ Morals and Dogma
+ The Enduring Philosophies Endure Through Great Systems and Great Men
+ The Mysteries explored step-by-step & degree-by-degree
  
  











  



  
Mystical Qabalah33 reviews
Dion Fortune

Weiser Books, 2000

Flawed edition of great book.

+ Simply The Best Book I've Read So Far Concerning The Qabalah
+ THE Essential Study Guide for Western Qabalah
+ The glowing reviews say it all
+ Excellent, Excellent and more Excellent
  
  











  



  
Lectures on Ancient Philosophy3 reviews
Manly P. Hall

Tarcher, 2005

On a Clear Day...

+ A test for citizenship in the Divine Commonwealth
+ LECTURES ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

As is often the case with Manly Hall, this book is deceptively clear. Much of what he says sounds obvious and easy to understand -- until you put the book down and try to understand the authors he's written about. Then you will find that he has brought a wonderful clarity to the essential truths ...
  
  











  



  
Finnegans Wake (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)197 reviews
James Joyce

Penguin Classics, 1999

Mean Girls

Haven't read FINNEGANS WAKE in many years, probably not since grad school, but here it is again, everybody talking about it for some reason--it's resumed its place in the zeitgeist, the way Frank O'Hara's "Meditations in an Emergency," featured on the season opener of MAD MEN, is now rising up ...
  
  











  



  
Magick: Liber Aba : Book 4 (Magick Bk. 4)28 reviews
Aleister Crowley, Mary Desti, ...

Weiser Books, 1998

THE be all-end all Thelemic resource

+ Magick
+ Indispensible for Thelemic magicians

I've owned this book for several years now, and I STILL learn from it everytime I pick it up. This is NOT the right book for someone new to Aleister Crowley's writings - if you're just starting to look into Thelema and Crowley's approach to Ceremonial Magick, buy Lon Milo Duquette's "The Magick of ...
  
  











  



  
Catch Thirty-Three6 reviews
Meshuggah

Marquee Inc. Japan, 2005

Where to next?

+ Challenging, unique and extraordinary music!
+ The Soundtrack To Your Psychosis
+ Cerebral, polyrhythmic metal from another dimension
+ Transcendental music
  
  











  



  
A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake: Unlocking James Joyce's Masterwork10 reviews
Joseph Campbell, Henry Morton Robinson

New World Library, 2005

night keys to the skeleton of a wake

+ It's All In the Index
+ If you are looking for insight
+ Truly a skeletal key
  
  











  



  
DisinfoTV on DVD2 reviews
Disinfo TV on DVD

Disinformation, 2006

Dancing Outlaw meets Jackass (with nudity)

I stumbled across this DVD while i was trying to spend a gift certificate in a local big-box electronics store, and i couldn't be happier that some freak on the payroll decided to order it. If one of the guys from the Onion, a couple of writers from The Daily Show, the director of "Dancing ...
  
  











  



  
Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy: "The Universe Next Door", "The Trick Top Hat", & "The Homing Pigeons"39 reviews
Robert A. Wilson

Dell, 1988

Operation MF continues...

+ James Joyce + Quantum Physics + Homer = A Joyous Read
+ Review By Graham J. Farmer

After reading The Illuminatus! Trilogy, I stared at my copy of Schroedinger's Cat and wondered how the hell Bob could top the 800-page work of lunacy he had created with Robert Shea. Of course, I shouldn't have doubted Bob; anyone who has read his books knows how he can construct the most ...
  
  











  



  
A Garden of Pomegranates: Skrying on the Tree of Life15 reviews
Israel Regardie

Llewellyn Publications, 1995

The living Golden Dawn in Regardie's work

+ Very complicated read
+ Level headed mysticism
+ 'Pomegranates' is a charmer . . .
  
  











  



  
Battlefield Earth459 reviews
L. Ron Hubbard

Galaxy Press, 2001

Could not put it down

+ One of My Favorite Books
+ Seriously a great book, definitely a bad movie
+ Excelent Book
  
  











  



  
The Book of Pleasure
Austin Osman Spare

I-H-O Books, 2005
  
  











  



  
The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan250 reviews
Robert Anton Wilson

Dell, 1983

Essential reading

+ Complete mind f***
+ Had I only read it back in '83 I would have been blown away!

especially for anyone who is into modern occultism or self programming, etc. RAW bring humor and insight to this work of amazing scope.
  
  











  



  
The Book of Automatic Drawing2 reviews
Austin Osman Spare

I-H-O Books, 2005

beautifully printed, many drawings by Spare

+ beautiful hand

Spare writes in an incredibly concise (but not always clear) way, about his philosophy that spontaneous drawing is a means to bypass the conscious mind and to unearth wisdom that is contained deep in the subconscious. AOS was creating automatic drawings beginning around 1900, which is 24 years ...
  
  











  



  
Masks of the Illuminati18 reviews
Robert A. Wilson

Dell, 1990

A Masterpiece and A Good Place To Become A Robert Anton Wilson Fan

+ An engrossing occult mystery
+ 2 Hunchbacks, Followed by 7 Soldiers, Followed by 20 Hunchbacks!

This is one of the most informative and thrilling books I've ever read in my life. It's a wonderful place to start for anyone who's heard of Wilson and wants to hear learn more. This novel is also exceptional for those who want to find out about Aleister Crowley from an informed opinion, someone ...
  
  











  



  
Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch ...19 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Library of America, 2007

A Great Introduction to the World of Philip K. Dick

+ Great Volume of Sci-Fi
+ Revernt treatment of science fiction classics
+ A "religious preoccupation"
+ Welcome to the dark, thrilling, paranoid world of PKD
  
  











  



  
The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosiccucian ...72 reviews
Manly Palmer Hall

Philosophical Research Society, 1998

The greatest.

+ Interesting but long
+ beautiful but dated
+ A Indispensible Volume for Anyone
+ Most interesing history book you will ever read
  
  











  



  
Stranger in a Strange Land, New Edition7 reviews
Christopher Hurt Robert A. Heinlein

Blackstone Audiobooks, 2006

I Guess You Had To Be There

+ If all my friends were as clever and likeable as these characters I wouldn't need to read so much. LOL
+ Classic science fiction and a great production
+ stranger in a strange land
  
  











  



  
The Lost Keys of Freemasonry (Also Includes: Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians / Masonic Orders of ...1 review
Manly P. Hall

Tarcher, 2006

This Book Reveals Ancient Mysteries

Have you ever noticed the strange symbols on the back of the US dollar bill? Have you wondered about the origins of those symbols and how our Founding Fathers ever came up with them? You are looking at symbols related to the ancient Fraternity of Freemasonry. Many of the Founders of our ...
  
  











  



  
Valis95 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Vintage, 1991

An important work

+ NOT a book about madness, sadistic games, deception, pain
+ PKD's finest book in my opinion

This novel is to me one of those things that you want people to understand, you want people to see in it the same things you do. It hurts me that this thing that I love so might be considered insignificant to someone else. Such is the nature of our experiance. VALIS will expose you to many ...