what are some books where I can learn about occult rituals and stuff across the world? maybe mainly in western countries? I want to learn more about magic and shit because sometimes I see media reference some wacky rituals
>>24972092Read Guénon and Evola.
>>24972092Heed Christopher Lee's advice
Picrel is a good resource.
>>24972138As well as this.
>>24972092The older i get the more i realize that the so called cultist or demon worshipper that are constantly haunt people with their symbols and existence back then are nothing but a bunch of psychopathic-drug addicted-schizoid uncs that are larping and being performative in what they do. They kidnap, killed, and mutilate people maybe, but not a single one of them could actually cast magic, possess someone, taking control of someone or anything like people used to say about them. The magic part are fictional.
>>24972103>>24972300I would never practice the occult however it's interesting what people make up and want to draw ideas for creating stories from these schizo ideas
>>24972300I just think it's metal \m/
>>24972300>t. occultist trying to make himself sound harmless
>>24972092It gets a little less exciting once you learn about it. I have developed a certain aversion to the Judaic and Egyptian and even Greek influences present in what they call 'modern magic'. It's very kitschy and it feels divorced from the human element, not because it's unchristian and muh demonic, but because it's not speaking to any truth the way magic is supposed to. It's not magical, so to speak.
>>24972317Just study field theory and math. Sigil shit is mostly larp
>>24972092The basis for a lot of occult books is Agrippa's The Occult Philosophy, but the book is massive.I'd recommend you to go for something that has to do with folk magic first, like picrel.
