Reddit mentions of Gateways Through Stone and Circle

Do's:

• Get into ceremonial technique, if you haven't already.
  
  
• Consider working with something "easier" first; /u/raisondecalcul recommended Seven Spheres, and I'd recommend Ashan Chassan's Gateways Through Stone and Circle as well. Even if you don't work with them, at least consider reading them, as the do provide some insight into this sort of working.
  
  
• Give some serious thought as to why you want to do this. Write it down, revisit and revise, and argue with yourself while prepping. Know what it is you're trying to find or do.
  
  Do not's:
  
  
• Don't undertake a Goetic operation on a whim. Prepare for it according to the text.
  
  
• Don't take any of the text for granted; don't skip straight to the "fun stuff." Read the whole damned thing, do the prep work, use the recommended materials. It's an initiatory text.
  
  
• Don't break the rules until you've done several operations according to the rules with success.
  
  
• Don't worry about being a satanist. If you wish to find out what is needed, read the book. For starters, it is intended to leverage one's relationship with divinity. Jewish mythology and mysticism figure heavily into this, and you probably won't find yourself talking to the Christian notion of Satan in order to establish a relationship with whatever is evoked.

Skinner and Rankine do some great translations of traditional grimoires.
The Goetia of Dr Rudd might be right up your alley if Goetia is your interest. It is a great translation of multiple manuscripts that often get lumped together under the title of "goetia."

I also recommend Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian Magic. While it isn't actually a grimoire it is an eye opening work that breaks down how to understand older grimoires (specifically the Greek Magical Papyri).

I have heard great things about Jake Straton-Kent's work but only just barely cracked one of his open so can't actually confidently recommend it yet.

And if you want a book that has both Grimoire and in-depth working of that grimoire with advice and experiences of the author I 'm happy to recommend Gateways Through Stone and Circle, Ceremonial Magic & The Power of Evocation, and [The Key to Solomon's Key] (https://www.amazon.com/Key-Solomons-This-Symbol-Masonry/dp/1888729287/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483818437&sr=1-1&keywords=key+to+solomons+key), all of which are not the best translations but great working guides (and come with softer price tags to boot)

Theurgia. Planetary angels for self improvement. Once the self is improving, start working on external reality. Intuition will show you the really important causes.

https://www.amazon.com/Gateways-Through-Stone-Circle-Chassan/dp/0983063931


This book is a good place to start.