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occult (adj.) 1530s, "secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of occulere "cover over, conceal," from assimilated form of ob "over" (see ob-) + a verb related to celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal, save." Meaning "not apprehended by the mind, beyond the range of understanding" is from 1540s. The association with the supernatural sciences (magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.) dates from 1630s.
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Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
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Three Books of Occult Philosophy
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The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order
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Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
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Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
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The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
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The Middle Pillar: The Balance Between Mind and Magic
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Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
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EXSTATICA Self-Help Essentials: Unleash the Transformative Sparkles of the Renaissance Mantegna Tarot
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The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
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The Book of Thoth
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The Iliad
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The Book of the Law
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The Odyssey
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Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft
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Liber Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
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The Nag Hammadi Library
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Power of the Witch: The Earth, the Moon, and the Magical Path to Enlightenment
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Demons of the Flesh: The Complete Guide to Left Hand Path Sex Magic
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The Pagan Book of Days: A Guide to the Festivals, Traditions, and Sacred Days of the Year
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Man and His Symbols: Approaching the Unconscious
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The Secret Teachings of All Ages
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Magick: Liber ABA: Book 4
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Aradia: Gospel of the Witches
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The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Need to Know to Become a Qabalist
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The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King: Lemegeton - Clavicula Salomonis Regis, Book 1
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The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews
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Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You & Your World
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
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Halfway Between Worlds: Bloodline of the Pure
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The Poetic Edda
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Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
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The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth
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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
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Practical Candleburning Rituals: Spells and Rituals for Every Purpose
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Liber Aelph: Words of Guidance from the Silver Elves to our Magical Children
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The Pagan Man: Priests, Warriors, Hunters, and Drummers
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Animal Magick: The Art of Recognizing and Working with Familiars
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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
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Celtic Magic
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Bulfinch's Mythology
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Through the Mists of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teaching of the Ancient Elven
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The Shining Ones: The Elfin Spirits That Guide You According to Your Birth Date and the Evolutionary Lessons They Offer
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Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures
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The Masks of God, Volume 4: Creative Mythology
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Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot: An Authoritative Examination of the World's Most Fascinating and Magical Tarot Cards
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ABC of Astrology
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The Pictorial Key to the Tarot
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Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius
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Greek Religion
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The Art of Dreaming
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The History of Magic
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To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft
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Mythology
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A Witches' Bible: The Complete Witches' Handbook
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777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley
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Maiden, Mother, Crone: The Myth & Reality of the Triple Goddess
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Magical Aromatherapy: The Power of Scent
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The Gnostic Bible
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Elf Magic Mail: Book 1, The Original Letters of The Elf Queen's Daughters with Commentary by The Silver Elves
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To Stir a Magick Cauldron: A Witch's Guide to Casting and Conjuring
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The Book of Enoch the Prophet
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Dr Cagliostro's Cabinet of Curiosities - Investigations of the Unknown vol. III
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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
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Sabbats: A Witch's Approach to Living the Old Ways
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Modern Sex Magick: Secrets of Erotic Spirituality
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The Hiram Key
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Opening to Channel: How to Connect with Your Guide
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The Satanic Bible
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The Book of Kells
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The Occult
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Advanced Celtic Shamanism
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Stoned Free: How to Get High Without Drugs
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The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca
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Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick & Manifestation (Mat Auryn's Psychic Witch, 1)
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Free Rides
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The Magic of Findhorn
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Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
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Legal Highs: A Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Herbs and Chemicals with Psychoactive Properties
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A Complete Guide to the Tarot
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Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts
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The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin, The Mage — As Delivered By Abraham The Jew Unto His Son Lamech — As A Grimoire of The 15th Century
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Introduction to Magic: Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus
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The Mystical Qabalah
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The Complete Picatrix: The Occult Classic of Astrological Magic Liber Atratus Edition
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Book of the Dead
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The Magical Household: Spells & Rituals for the Home
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Visual Magick: A Manual of Freestyle Shamanism
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1: Biblical and Pagan Societies
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The Elven Way: The Magical Path of the Shining Ones
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The Chaos Monkey
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The Book of Highs: 255 Ways to Alter Your Consciousness without Drugs
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Magick Without Tears
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The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves
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The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography
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Grimoires: A History of Magic Books
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The Voice of Faerie: Making Any Tarot Deck Into an Elven Oracle
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Mastering Magick: A Course in Spellcasting for the Psychic Witch (Mat Auryn's Psychic Witch, 2)
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D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
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I am shocked at what some people consider Occult...
Some good selections I've been looking for:)
This list needs some serious cleaning up.
Got some cool recommendations, but apparently Occult = Making Money...
Nono wrote: "I am shocked at what some people consider Occult..."When I think of occult, I think about a sort of magic...
Sadly some people have zero clue as to what constitutes useful occult material to study and recommend things that are weird.
Matt wrote: "Got some cool recommendations, but apparently Occult = Making Money..."Hard to trust a spiritual authority living in their parent's basement.
Crowley was a leech on his disciples - he used and abused them yet guys like you give him a pass. Today a spiritual teacher tries to pull what Crowley did, all hell would break loose. Besides which, most folk practitioners aren't interested in "Psychological MagicK" which is what modern ceremonial magicK has degraded to. Folk magic teaches one to build a solid foundation including finances so that the practitioner does not have to worry where their next meal is coming from because not everyone has the opportunity, financial wherewithal nor mental capability to get higher education. Ceremonial MagicKians tend to peer down their noses at folk magicians aka Thaumaturgists and that's rather sh*tty if you ask me. It's just another way guys like you can be a snob and bully others "Oh it's all about $$$" well FYI the prices of everything is going UP and salaries are staying stagnant.
BookLovingLady wrote: "Nono wrote: "I am shocked at what some people consider Occult..."When I think of occult, I think about a sort of magic..."
Oh, no no. That's okay.
My problem is the misplacement of Spirituality and Esoteric books which like one here in this list would better fit in Lists for Aromatherapy or Religion for example.
I also did find Fiction and rather non-occult Biographies in this List.
Wholeheartedly agreed. Thus why I said some of these choices are weird. I too think of "magic" or rather sorcery aka thaumaturgy when it comes to the occult. Many of these choices could be put into the New Age list.The New Age is too watered down with sentiment and feelings instead of useful teachings for my taste. It focuses on everything must be "good, righteous, pure, & unsullied" and to my way of thinking, that's imbalanced. Because life itself is not fair, it is more often than not cruel, harsh and chaotic. IMO, one should use the right spell, ritual or ceremony to counteract the issue, not just some "feel good" notion.
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