(Part 3) Best products from r/magick

I recommend The Invisibles. It’s a comic book by Grant Morrison, a practicing Magician. It’s an awesome story and has many examples of magickal concepts in fiction. Check it out, https://www.amazon.com/Invisibles-Book-One-Grant-Morrison/dp/1401267955/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=the+invisibles&qid=1563419162&s=gateway&sr=8-1

There's plenty of Christian magic(k)

• The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic for example is heavily influenced by Elizabethan Christianity (this book is great even if you simply keep it on a shelf, it's one of my favorite grimoires even though I've no use for anything in it).
  
  
• William Alexander Oribello has a few books that are bible-based spells.
  
  
• There's also plenty of texts like Ritual Magic for Conservative Christians

\> I have this book ( magick in theory and practice) that a friend gave me and I wanted to know if it is good to start with it.

Thelemite here, 93. It's fine. If you want something more accessible, read Lon Milo DuQuette: The Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of the Rituals of Thelema.

Psychodrama was invented by psychotherapist Jacob Moreno. This looks like a decent compendium if you are into origins:

The Essential Moreno: Writings on Psychodrama, Group Method, and Spontaneity

It was perfected by Friedrich (or Fritz) Perls who trained in Freudian psychoanalysis and was a theater director before he became a therapist. He gave many of the most popular seminars at Esalen for several years and LaVey (who I have not read) could have picked it up almost by osmosis in San Francisco in the late 1960's. At his peak Perls was something of a rock star therapist.

The most direct relation to magic was done by a couple of guys from UC Santa Cruz, Grinder and Bandler.

The Structure of Magic, Vol. 1: A Book About Language and Therapy

The early Neurolinguistic Programming books by Grinder and Bandler are excellent sources for psychodrama, hypnosis, psychotherapy, and magic. It is a pity what happened to them. It's all complete shit now.

Another quick question and I'm done for now: is it okay if I get gold leaf that isn't entirely real gold but a blend will it work? (I might be wrong but I've found some listing that says it is like 999/1000 real gold which I read as meaning 99% real gold, so I might be wrong).

Better way of putting it: will these be alright?

https://www.amazon.com/Hem-Dragons-Blood-Incense-Sticks/dp/B0016Z3BA4

https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Leaf-Sheets-1000-Real/dp/B00VALQQ60

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wealth-Magick-Secrets-Extreme-Prosperity/dp/1503050017/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522355329&sr=8-1&keywords=wealth+magick&dpID=51ap7lF7XoL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
It gets good reviews but I don't think reviews can always be trusted

I've done some looking around, and my local library has this book. What do you think of it?

Natural Magick

it looks pretty nice to me :O

I recommend you to grab a copy of Brain Magick which will give you a scientific approach to magic experiments. I highly recommend this book to any practionner whatever their approaches or Paths.

For practical theory, this is my go-to reference. The semiotic model of magic makes the most sense to my skeptical mind. It also provides clear routes for exploration and methods for improvement.

I like Earth Divination: Earth Magic: Practical Guide to Geomancy by John Michael Greer

Aidan Wachter's Six Ways seems like it will suit your needs especially well.

You can do whatever you want.

I also highly recommend to you and everyone else a book called The Toltec Art of Life and Death.

this is a good beginner book

I think there is a book you should read before this project so you don't beat down existing paths, it's called "The Loom of God".

I am very curious to see what you come out with. Mathematics works by theorem and proof, Magick works through belief in action, so there is a foundational incompatibility that I think you'll need to address. Also, I am not sure if the vast majority of the /r/occult demographic really understands the basis of mathematics, or how the modern incarnation of it has strayed so wildly from its philosophical origins (blame Burbaki).

I'm a statistician by trade so I am super curious.

Looks like there are a couple books with that title. Which one are you referring to, the one by Frater Albertus, or the one by John Randolph Price?

As I recall, the book Ascension Magick deals with this topic. It's been awhile since I've read it, and I never worked with it, but I figured it was worth noting.

I read a book called "The Magic of Shapeshifting" which details this. (Edit: The book only details natural shifters.)

I haven't had or seen physical form changed too much, but I have seen spontaneous generation of insects and smoke.