Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

The A.*. A.', does not offer examination in this course, but recommends these books as the foundation of a library. SEC I ION 2. Other books, principally fiction, of a généra Hy suggestive and helpful kind: Zanoni, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. Valuable for its facts and suggestions about Mysticism. A Strange Story, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. Valuable for its facts and suggestions about Magick. The Blossom and the Fruit, by Mabel Collins. Valuable for its account of the Path. Petronius Arbiter. Valuable for those who hâve wit to under- stand it. The Golden Ass, by Apuleius. Valuable for those who hâve wit to understand it. Le Comte de Gahalis. Valuable for its hints of those things which it mocks. The Râpe of the Lock, by Alexander Pope. Valuable for its account of elementals. Undine, by de la Motte Fouqué. Valuable as an account of elementals. Black Magie, by Marjorie Bowen. An intensely interesting story of sorcery. La Peau de Chagrin, by Honoré de Balzac. A magnificent magical allegory. Number Nineteen, by Edgar Jepson. An excellent taie of modem magic. Dracula, by Bram Stoker. Valuable for its account of legends concerning vampires. Scientific Romances, by H. Hinton. Valuable as an introduc¬ tion to the study of the Fourth Dimension. Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Valuable to those who understand the Qabalah. 212