5.5 Bibliography

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Bibliography

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The bibliography is one alphabetical list of the sources cited or substantially consulted in the paper. It follows the appendixes, if any, and continues the page numbering of the paper. Do not abbreviate titles of books, journals, or series in the bibliography.

The following bibliography is a sample of resources for the discerning esoteric researcher.

  • Alvarado, Luis. Psychology, Astrology & Western Magic: Image and Myth in Self-discovery. Llewellyn Publications, 1991.
  • Anonymous. Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism. Angelico Press, 2020.
  • Asanga. The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment: A Complete Translation of the Bodhisattvabhumi. Shambhala Publications, 2016.
  • Asprem, Egil, and Kennet Granholm. Contemporary Esotericism. Routledge, 2013.
  • Assagioli, Roberto. Psychosynthesis: A Collection of Basic Writings. Synthesis Center Incorporated, 2000.
  • ———. Transpersonal Development: The Dimension Beyond Psychosynthesis. Smiling Wisdom, 2007.
  • Balk, Antti P. The Law of Thelema: Aleister Crowley’s Philosophy of True Will. Thelema Publications, 2018.
  • Banton, Michael. Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion. Routledge, 2010.
  • Baron-Cohen, Simon. The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty. Basic Books, 2011.
  • Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. Vintage, 2010.
  • Bloom, Paul. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion. Ecco, 2018.
  • Bogdan, Henrik. “Envisioning the Birth of a New Aeon: Dispensationalism and Millenarianism in the Thelemic Tradition.” In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, edited by Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr, 89–110. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
  • Bogdan, Henrik, and Gordan Djurdjevic. Occultism in a Global Perspective. Routledge, 2015.
  • Bogdan, Henrik, and Martin P. Starr. Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism. Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
  • Buckareff, Andrei A., and Yujin Nagasawa. Alternative Concepts of God: Essays on the Metaphysics of the Divine. Oxford University Press, 2016.
  • Butler, Eliza Marian. Ritual Magic. Penn State Press, 1980.
  • ———. The Myth of the Magus. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
  • Campbell, Colin D. A Concordance to the Holy Books of Thelema, 2008.
  • ———. Thelema: An Introduction to the Life, Work & Philosophy of Aleister Crowley, Llewellyn Worldwide, 2018.
  • Campbell, Joseph. Creative Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume 4. Penguin Books, 1976.
  • Cornelius, Marlene, and R. Leo Gillis. Liber AL, an Examination: Liber AL vel Legis, the Book of the Law. An Examination of Liber XXI & Liber CCXX. Conjoined Creation, 2013.
  • Crowley, Aleister. The Book of Lies, Which Is Also Falsely Called Breaks. London: Wieland and Co., 1913. Scanned at Internet Archive.
  • ———. 777 Revised: Vel, Prolegomena Symbolica Ad Systemam Sceptico-mysticae Viae Explicandae, Fundamentum Hieroglyphicum Sanctissimorum Scientiae Summae. Neptune, 1955.
  • ———. Book of Lies. Weiser Books, 1986.
  • ———. Commentaries on the Holy Books and Other Papers. The Equinox Vol. 4, No. 1. Weiser Books, 1998.
  • ———. Eight Lectures on Yoga. Ordo Templi Orientis, 1939.
  • ———. Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light. Yoga Publications Society, 1973.
  • ———. Liber Aleph vel CXI: The Book of Wisdom or Folly. The Equinox, Vol. 3, No. 6. Weiser, 1991.
  • ———. “Liber Tzaddi vel Hamvs Hermeticvs, Sub Figurâ XC.” In The Equinox: The Official Organ of the A∴A∴, the Review of Scientific Illuminism, Vol. 1, No. 6. Wieland & Co, 1911.
  • ———. Little Essays Toward Truth. New Falcon Publications, 1996.
  • ———. Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley: Tunisia 1923. Weiser Books, 1996.
  • ———. Magick Without Tears. New Falcon Publications, 1994.
  • ———. The Commentaries of AL: Being the Equinox, Volume 5, No. 1. Edited by Marcelo Motta. Samuel Weiser, Inc, 1975.
  • ———. The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography. Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant. Arkana, 1989.
  • ———. The Equinox of the Gods: The Official Organ of the A∴A∴, the Review of Scientific Illuminism, Vol. 3, No. 3. New Falcon Publications, 1991.
  • ———. The Equinox: The Official Organ of the A∴A∴, the Review of Scientific Illuminism, Vol. 1, No. 1. Samuel Weiser, 1993.
  • ———. The Equinox: The Official Organ of the A∴A∴, the Review of Scientific Illuminism, Vol. 1, No. 6. Samuel Weiser, 1993.
  • ———. The Heart of the Master & Other Papers. New Falcon Publications, 1997.
  • ———. The Holy Books of Thelema: The Equinox, Vol. 3, No. 9. Red Wheel, 1983.
  • ———. The Law Is for All: An Extended Commentary on The Book of the Law. Edited by Israel Regardie. New Falcon Publications, 1983.
  • ———. The Law Is for All: The Authorized Popular Commentary to Liber AL vel Legis sub figura CCXX, the Book of the Law. Edited by Louis Wilkinson and Hymenaeus Beta. New Falcon Publications, 1996.
  • ———. The Moonchild. Weiser Books, 1970.
  • ———. The Revival of Magick and Other Essays. New Falcon Publications, 1998.
  • ———. The Works of Aleister Crowley, Vol. 1. Yoga Publication Society, 1974.
  • ———. The Works of Aleister Crowley, Vol. 2. Yoga Publication Society, 1974.
  • ———. The Works of Aleister Crowley, Vol. 3. Yoga Publication Society, 1974.
  • Crowley, Aleister, and Frank Bennett. The Progradior Correspondence: Letters of Aleister Crowley, Frank Bennett, C. S. Jones and Others. Teitan Press, 2009.
  • Crowley, Aleister, and Hymenaeus Beta. The Equinox: The Review of Scientific Illuminism : The Official Organ of the O.T.O.: The Equinox, Vol. 3, No. 10. Weiser Books, 1990.
  • Crowley, Aleister, and Rose Edith Crowley. The Book of the Law: Liber Al Vel Legis. Weiser Books, 2004.
  • Crowley, Aleister, and David Curwen. Brother Curwen, Brother Crowley. A Correspondence. Teitan Press, 2010.
  • Crowley, Aleister, Mary Desti, and Leila Waddell. Magick: Liber ABA. Edited by Hymenaeus Beta. Weiser Books, 1997.
  • Crowley, Aleister, and Frieda Harris. The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians, Being the Equinox, Vol. 3, No. 5. Weiser Books, 2017.
  • Crowley, Aleister, Victor B Neuburg, and Mary Desti. The Vision & the Voice With Commentary and Other Papers: The Collected Diaries of Aleister Crowley, 1909-1914 E.V.: The Equinox, Vol. 4, No. 2. Weiser Books, 1999.
  • De Nys, Martin J. Hegel and Theology. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009.
  • Del Campo, Gerald. A Heretic’s Guide to Thelema. Megalithic Books, 2008.
  • Dunn, Patrick. The Orphic Hymns: A New Translation for the Occult Practitioner. Llewellyn Publications, 2018.
  • Durkheim, Émile. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life: A Study in Religious Sociology. Free Pr., 1947.
  • Durrant, Russil, and Zoe Poppelwell. Religion, Crime and Punishment: An Evolutionary Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
  • Eco, Umberto. Interpretation and Overinterpretation. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
  • Engle, Artemus B., and Sthiramati. The Inner Science of Buddhist Practice: Vasubhandu’s Summary of the Five Heaps with Commentary by Sthiramati. National Geographic Books, 2009.
  • Engler, Steven, and Michael Stausberg, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2021.
  • Eshelman, James A. Mystical and Magical System of the A∴A∴: The Spiritual System of Aleister Crowley & George Cecil Jones Step-by-Step. College of Thelema, 2000.
  • Frazer, James George. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Complete): A Study in Magic and Religion. Macmillan, 1911.
  • Godlove, Terry F. Kant and the Meaning of Religion. Columbia University Press, 2014.
  • Gold, Eva, and Stephen Zahm. Buddhist Psychology and Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Psychotherapy for the 21st Century. Metta Press, 2018.
  • Grimes, Ronald L. Deeply Into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage. Univ of California Press, 2002.
  • Gunther, J. Daniel. Initiation in the Aeon of the Child: The Inward Journey. Nicolas-Hays, Inc., 2014.
  • ———. The Angel & the Abyss: The Inward Journey, Books II & III. Nicolas-Hays, Inc., 2014.
  • Hayek, F. A. The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
  • Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Together With a Work on the Proofs of the Existence of God. Edited by Speirs. Translated by J. Burdon Sanderson and E. B. Speirs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company Ltd., 1895.
  • Hornung, Erik. The Secret Lore of Egypt: Its Impact on the West. Cornell University Press, 2001.
  • ʻArabi, Muhyiddin Ibn. The Four Pillars of Spiritual Transformation. Anqa Publishing, 2008.
  • Idel, Moshe. Primeval Evil in Kabbalah: Totality, Perfection, Perfectibility. Ktav Pub & Distributors, 2020.
  • James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience; a Study in Human Nature, Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902. Longmans, Green, and Co, 1922.
  • Jung, Carl G. The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition. W. W. Norton & Company, 2012.
  • Kaczynski, Richard. Mind Over Magick: The Psychology of Ritual Magick. Park Street Press, 2025.
  • ———. Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley. North Atlantic Books, 2010.
  • King, Steve. Living in the Sunlight: Making a Forgotten Meditation an Atomic Habit. In Perpetuity Publishing, 2022.
  • Koestler, Arthur. The Ghost in the Machine. Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990.
  • Kornfield, Jack. The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology. Bantam, 2008.
  • Levi, Eliphas. The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic: A New Translation. Penguin, 2017.
  • ———. Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual. Translated by Arthur Edward Waite. Rev Ed. Weiser Books, 1968.
  • Lifton, Robert Jay. Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of Brainwashing in China. Norton, 1961.
  • Lowery, Brian. Selfless: The Social Creation of “You.” eBook. HarperCollins, 2023.
  • Mann, William E. God, Modality, and Morality. Oxford University Press, 2015.
  • McCullough, Lissa. The Religious Philosophy of Simone Weil: An Introduction. I.B. Tauris, 2014.
  • McKelway, Alexander J. The Systematic Theology of Paul Tillich: A Review and Analysis. Delta, 1966.
  • McKim, Donald K. The Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms, Second Edition: Revised and Expanded. Presbyterian Publishing Corp, 2014.
  • Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. Revised. State University of New York Press, 1993.
  • Nordby, Jacob. Blessed Are the Weird: A Manifesto for Creatives. Manifesto Publishing House, 2016.
  • Opus, Rufus. Seven Spheres. Nephilim Press, 2016.
  • Osborne, Grant R. The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. IVP Academic, 2006.
  • Parsons, John Whiteside. Freedom Is a Two-Edged Sword and Other Essays: Oriflamme 1. Edited by Hymenaeus Beta and Cameron Parsons, 2001.
  • Pasi, Marco. Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics. Routledge, 2014.
  • Readdy, Keith. One Truth and One Spirit: Aleister Crowley’s Spiritual Legacy. Ibis Press, 2018.
  • Ruiz, Don Miguel, and Janet Mills. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. Hay House, Inc, 1997.
  • Ruiz, Don Miguel, Don Jose Ruiz, and Janet Mills. The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery. National Geographic Books, 2011.
  • Sagan, Carl. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. Random House, 1994.
  • Seckler, Phyllis. The Kabbalah, Magick, and Thelema. Selected Writings Volume II. Edited by David Shoemaker. Teitan Press, 2012.
  • Shoemaker, David. Living Thelema: A Practical Guide to Attainment in Aleister Crowley’s System of Magick. Red Wheel/Weiser, 2022.
  • ———. The Way of the Will: Thelema in Action. Red Wheel/Weiser, 2024.
  • Sivananda, Sri Swami. Essence of Yoga. Divine Life Society, 1998.
  • Srinivasan, Balaji. The Network State: How To Start a New Country. 2022.
  • Steiner, Rudolf. An Outline of Occult Science. Independently published. 2018.
  • Stewart, R. J. Merlin: The Prophetic Vision and the Mystic Life. R.J. Stewart Books, 2009.
  • Storm, Jason Ananda Josephson. The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences. University of Chicago Press, 2017.
  • Stratton-Kent, Jake. The Serpent Tongue: Liber 187. Hadean Press Limited, 2011.
  • Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. Random House, 2012.
  • ———. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life. Random House, 2018.
  • ———. The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms. Random House, 2010.
  • ———. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Penguin UK, 2008.
  • Tarnas, Richard. The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View. Ballatine Books, 1993.
  • Teilhard De Chardin, Pierre. Hymn of the Universe. Harper & Row, 1961.
  • ———. The Divine Milieu. Harper Collins, 2001.
  • ———. The Phenomenon of Man. Harper Perennial, 1976.
  • Theissen, Gerd. A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion. SCM Press, 2010.
  • Thompson, Cath. All This and a Book. Hadean Press Limited, 2018.
  • ———. English Qaballa: The Mystery of the Letters. Hadean Press Limited, 2024.
  • ———. House 418: The Circle Squared. Hadean Press Limited, 2021.
  • ———. The Magickal Language of the Book of the Law: An English Qaballa Primer. Hadean Press Limited, 2016.
  • ———. The Numbers & The Words: English Qaballa and the Book of the Law. Hadean Press Limited, 2022.
  • Tracy, David. Blessed Rage for Order: The New Pluralism in Theology. University of Chicago Press, 1996.
  • Trajkovic, Dušan. “Comments on Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli.” Online commentary. Accessed May 17, 2026. https://frater273.com/2021/01/04/comments-on-liber-liberi-vel-lapidis-lazuli/.
  • Tremlett, Paul-François. Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change: Sovereignties and Disruptions. Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
  • Tylor, Edward Burnett. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom. J. Murray, 1871.
  • Visconti, Marco. Aleister Crowley’s Mysticism: A Practical Guide. Watkins Media Limited (US, CA), 2025.
  • ———. The Aleister Crowley Manual: Thelemic Magick for Modern Times. Watkins Media Limited, 2023.
  • ———. “Few and Secret,” Magick Without Tears with Marco Visconti, April 11, 2026, https://marcovisconti.substack.com/p/few-and-secret.
  • Visser, Margaret. The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners. Grove Press, 1991.
  • White, Manon Hedenborg. “Proximal Authority: The Changing Role of Leah Hirsig in Aleister Crowley’s Thelema, 1919–1930.” Aries 21, no. 1 (2021): 69–93.
  • White, Manon Hedenborg, and Henrik Bogdan. The Magical Diaries of Leah Hirsig, 1923-1925: Aleister Crowley, Magick, and the New Occult Woman. Oxford University Press, 2025.
  • Wilber, Ken. A Brief History of Everything (20th Anniversary Edition). Shambhala Publications, 2017.
  • ———. A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality. National Geographic Books, 2001.
  • ———. Finding Radical Wholeness: The Integral Path to Unity, Growth, and Delight. Shambhala Publications, 2024.
  • ———. Integral Meditation: Mindfulness as a Way to Grow Up, Wake Up, and Show Up in Your Life. Shambhala Publications, 2016.
  • ———. Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy. Shambhala Publications, 2000.
  • ———. Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World. Shambhala Publications, 2007.
  • ———. Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution. 2nd ed. Shambhala Publications, 2001.
  • ———. The Religion of Tomorrow: A Vision for the Future of the Great Traditions-More Inclusive, More Comprehensive, More Complete. Shambhala Publications, 2017.
  • Williams, Kevin C. The Wisdom of the Sand: Philosophy and Frank Herbert’s Dune. Hampton Press, 2013.
  • Wirzba, Norman. Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  • ———. The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land. Catapult, 2004.
  • Yazdi, Mehdi Ha’iri. The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy: Knowledge by Presence. SUNY Press, 1992.