discuss and post about books you are reading, have read lately, books you like in general, books you plan to read, as long as they are /x/-related, be it fiction or non-fiction.former thread: >>41226993
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>>41294317Post spooky books
I'm in the process of checking this whole list off, currently on Robert Monroe's Journeys Out of the BodyNot much to say, i just wanted to post the list for fellow seekers
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>>41235371There's also "Advanced memory palaces" by Joe Reddington and the art of memory forum has a free mnemonics pdf.By the way, your memory palace doesn't have to be a real physical location, i've been experimenting with an imaginary one and it works fine. "The art on memoryzation" by M.A.Kohain also describes the advantages of fully imaginary memory palaces, as well as other things such as encoding.
>>41299830>"The art of memorization"Mispelled and "i" as a "y"
>>41294317Is there any book that comes close to this?
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>>41300945>eliadebased
Does anyone know a good site to get a pdf of books or something? The Internet Archive is good, but it does not have every book related to /x/.
>>41302243anna's archivehasn't failed me yet
Does anyone know if the kyballion is worth reading or just a meme
Has anyone here read Thinking and Destiny? I've been intending to read through it with my gf but we're both too fucking stupid. Seems very interesting though.
>>41297386>spookyLen Kasten trilogy about how the world corporations, govts and breakaway nazis are running secret space programs with lizards and greys that traumatize thjeir populations
>>41305171>Core concept: The central thesis is that destiny is self-determined through thought.>Formation of destiny: The book details how a thought is created, how it is exteriorized into physical actions and events, and how this sequence creates an individual's destiny.>Scope: The book addresses "the makeup of the human, where man comes from, what becomes of him" and discusses the after-death states.>Source of knowledge: Percival states the book is based on "real thinking," which he claims is a system derived from his own profound experiences with consciousness as the ultimate reality, not from speculation or dogma.>Purpose: It serves as a guide to understanding life's mysteries and the purpose of one's existence, offering a way to consciously shape one's future.>Author: Harold W. Percival (1868–1953) was a philosopher and writer who dedicated 30 years to writing the book, drawing inspiration from sources like the Bhagavad Gita.
>>41309339What is it about?Also what is your opinion on >>41303474
>>41306797Did you just give me an AI summary? I appreciate that, though I'm not quite THAT retarded. Just curious if many people here have read it. Saw it suggested here a few months back with a couple people talking about it. Thought maybe some more talk about it might convince me to actually sit down and read it instead of scrolling through threads about how gematria numbers can tangentially be stretched to make assumptions about how anime is actually the real world or some dumb fuck shit
The Kybalion by AtkinsonChasing Phantoms by ContiMagical Use of Thought Forms by BrennanRoadside Picnic by Strugatsky brosSamuel Beckett's Trilogy
https://archive.org/details/JacquesValleeChrisAubeckWondersInTheSkyUnexplainedAerialObjectsFromAntiquityToModernTimes
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>>413134112/2These six books made a positive impact on my life. Reading Bob's books is almost like reading an adventure novel. Many of his stories are extremely interesting.
>>41294317https://www.oocities.org/mandaeans/birth5b.htmlhttps://vridar.org/2011/11/17/john-the-baptist-became-or-came-from-a-god/
>>41313411>>41313416Monroe and Campbell are Scottish names.
>>41300963NPC book
Any texts that relate to abstraction or the possibility of perspectives and angles unknown to human perception
Should be required reading before choosing to research the occult, conspiracy theories, etc.
>>41313427So you're implying they may be masons anon?
bump, these are the good threads
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Does /x/ not read books?
>>41316010>astrologypost tits
>>41302243gutenberg and zlib are good. I used to use the imperial library of trantor on the dark web but last time I tried to go there it didn't work. Those are all good for more well known books. If you are looking for something obscure which I rarely do then I would try asking /lit/
>>41294317>The Creature From Jeckyll Island A group of evil wizards gather in secret to create an invisible monster capable of destroying countries. This book was later made into the famous Nintendo video game, Duck Hunt.>Blood PassoverA group of evil wizards (different ones) gather to create an invisible beast (a different one) capable of destroying countries (in ways different from the other book mentioned). The author of this story was attacked psychically by a group of vampires who cast spells to make the book disappear from retail outlets.>A Street Cat Named Bob A group of evil wizards (well disguised) gather in secret to destroy the life, livelihood, and reputation of a marginally successful domesticated housecat. His name was Robert.
>>41316036that guy isn't even human, man. just some automaton who repeats whatever he hears. a midwitt. a npc. an idiot. don't engage him. just downvote and move on.
>>41306712ngl, that one helped me with a lot my problems.
few good ones here but a lotta you guys read some dumb shit
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>>41325299looks kino, thanks mate
>>41306465>Len Kasten trilogyreally based
VALIS by Philip k dick perfectly words ideas and conceptsthat I, for most of my adult life had some notion of but never had the ability to describe. His descriptions of his theophanies vibed with me on a deep level. Maybe it has something to do with me having similar background as PKD (I have schizoaffective disorder for instance)I highly recommend this book to all of /x/, if I can get any other people to read this book, I will be happy
>>41326055This is a good one, a lot of pkd has exposed to some pretty out there ideas but VALIS as his way of saying "this is what I actually believe presented as a novel" was nuts. I haven't read the other two in the trilogy but intend to at some point. >>41313752Everything by RAW really. Not got round to cosmic trigger yet, been working my way through his novels, recently read the first historical Illuminati book after putting it off for a while. Definitely one of my favourites in the realm of psychedelic lit. For me currently reading the occult by Colin Wilson. It's pretty good, but there's a lot of times where he presents very shaky second or third hand evidence and just suggests that it's irrefutable. As an overview of various ideas it's solid, but he definitely buys into some garbage chicanery with a bit too much gusto. As a reference or jumping point it's great though, he cites a lot of stuff and I'm building a list of other books to check out after.
>>41313416Looks wild.
>>41303474definitely worth reading it has some essential truths that will help you knock down fucked up beliefs we grow up with.i recommend this i usually fall asleep to it and it helps a lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyXwq8Ocyuw
>>41303474New age slop, avoid at all costs!
>Meditations on the Tarot>Stalking the Wild Pendulum>The Cult of the Black Cube>Principia Discordia>PKD"s Exegesis>The Tibetan Book of the Dead>Exo-Psychology>The Red Book / Man and his Symbols>Both of Fulcanelli's booksWhat else should I read?>>41326055Both VALIS and Moonchild are 100% worth reading.
>>41326055I read VALIS after reading this>>41313752Wilson talks quite a bit about Dick's motivation in writing the novel and what he was experiencing at the time.>>41326154I actually prefer Historical Illuminatus over the original trilogy. The second volume, Widow's Son, is probably some of Wilson's best work. Definitely check out Cosmic Trigger Volume 1. He takes an objective, academic approach to conspiracy and theories and the occult - particularly Crowley. After Regardie's Eye in the Triangle it's probably the best deep dive into Crowley without getting caught up in the "spooky" bullshit so often associated with him.
>>41327247>Both VALIS and Moonchild are 100% worth reading.Pic related as well. Sure, Crowley writes himself in as a character and jerks himself off, but as far as magickal practices go it outlines his work in precise detail. Don't read it though if you are or used to a cokehead. It'll make you wanna use
>>41303474It can't be the only esoteric text you read but I would argue that it is worth reading, specifically worth reading multiple times; it's written in such a way that the actual content is not the book itself but the impression it makes in your brain, which will be different each time you read it based on what knowledge you've accumulated since the last time you read it
>>41327237Anyone has a link? Can't find it anywhere
>>41327708I think I prefer historical too, although all of his writing is entertaining if sometimes baffling. I'll put it higher on the list. >>41327727Also added this to the list.
>>41313450https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Love,_Last_Rites>"Solid Geometry" takes a narrator who shuns his wife, Maisie (who seems desperate to elicit some affection from him) in favour of reading his great-grandfather's eventful diary. Ryan sees the diary as a 'symbol of patriarchal heritage," and it is fitting that it should provide the means for the protagonist to dispose of his wife once and for all. He reads a section in which his great-grandfather sees a scientist contort his body in a way that makes him disappear inside himself, and applies this to his wife. The murder is disturbingly clean, just as is the case with many of McEwan's atrocities, "As I drew her arms and legs through, Maisie appeared to turn in on herself like a sock.... all that remained was the echo of her question above the deep-blue sheets."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Geometry_(film)>Phil (McGregor) is a successful advertising executive and Maisie (Millar) is his young and hedonistic wife, but their lives are thrown into turmoil when Phil inherits his great-great grandfather's secret diaries. He becomes obsessed with research into solid geometry contained in the diaries and is fascinated by the theory of "a plane without a surface." His pursuit of this mythical geometric concept tears his marriage apart.
>>41327237Link, anyone?
