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Since you're embarking on a survey of religions, I recommend this:

First, read the first 5 books of the Old Testament in Bible - aka the Pentateuch - and if you can get a Jewish commentary on it, do so. They are their books, after all.

Then, read the first 5 books of the New Testament - the Gospels and Acts.

If you're still cooking at that point, then swing back and read Isiah (with Christian footnotes and commentary because this is where Jesus' coming is prophesied), then read Romans, because it's a good summation of Christian theology.

If you're still going after that, then read the rest of the OT and the NT.

Get a good translation - this is key. I prefer the Oxford Annotated NRSV. It'll have everything you need, except for the Jewish commentary on the OT. Consult a Rabbi about what would be best there.

In other recommendations, I suggest Introduction to Zen Buddhism by Daisetz T. Suzuki for Zen Buddhism. To me, it was the most clear attempt to describe it in a book.

I found this book to be really helpful. It's centered around Zen Buddhism so you won't get a well-rounded understanding, but I enjoyed the read very much.

So, you're not interested in studying zen but studying what zen is about and where it's coming from.

Try this one.

The Life Of Milarepa

An Introduction To Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki

The Way Of Zen by Alan Watts

Be Here Now by Ram Dass

These are just some of the better ones ive read so far, all really great starting off points into Buddhism. Zen in particular. Good luck!

I recommend reading Carl Jung and either DT Suzuki or S. Suzuki.

Most of what you’ll find elsewhere are just bullshit artist Gurus looking manipulate their power over you for self-aggrandizing purposes.

It’s been my experience that “occult” should be understood more from a psychological/numinous point of view rather than a supernatural. That is, personal experience that you are the source of, rather than someone else, person, thing or diety, which most lays claim as being the source of what your experience may be. Thus disempowering/stunting your path for development.

The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691006768/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_naI0Cb30YZNGJ

Psychology and Religion: West and East (The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 11) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691097720/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_9hI0CbHSVC6E5

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802130550/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_AiI0CbSSEKFGX

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice https://www.amazon.com/dp/1590308492/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_6iI0CbMYD0STX