You are responsible for your own evolution. You have within you the spark of creativity and reason -- that which is called the soul. It is both the seat of your power, and the energy of your existence. If you choose to grow your power -- by study, meditation and relentless expansion of your consciousness-- then you will evolve, and your evolution will bring you to ever-greater levels of understanding, which may be appreciated as higher levels of life. If you choose not to evolve, if you give-up evolution for the comfort of false absolutes, if you substitute dogma for reason, then you have made the choice to die.



These are the books which have inspired me on my path, provoked thought and aided me in shaping my insight and understanding. You may not agree with them all (neither do I) but by evaluation and reflection we learn."


The Dark Goddess: Dark and Archane Magick


Black Arts by Richard Cavendish

Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess,
Finding Our Way Through the Dark: The Astrology of the Dark Goddess Mysteries
both by Demetra George

Black Moon Lilith by M. Kelley Hunter

Sisters of the Dark Moon: 13 Rituals of the Dark Goddess by Gail Wood

The Dark Goddess: Dancing With the Shadow by Marcia Starck, Gynne Stern

The Dark Goddess by Marvin H. Albert

Dark Moon Mysteries: Wisdom, Power, and Magic of the Shadow World by Timothy Roderick

Dreaming in the Dark : Magic, Sex, and Politics by Starhawk

Good Witch, Bad Witch : Sweet Spells and Dark Charms by Gillian Kemp

The Bible of the Adversary by Michael W. Ford

Luciferian Witchcraft by Michael W. Ford

Liber Hvhi by Michael W. Ford

Book of the Witch Moon by Michael W. Ford

Luciferian Goetia by Michael W. Ford

The Devil's Apocrypha by John A. Devito

Adamu - Luciferian Tantra and Sex Magick by Michael W. Ford

The Inner Temple of Witchcraft Meditation by Christopher Penczak

The Veil's Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic by Willow Polson, M. Macha Nightmare

Out of the Shadows: An Exploration of Dark Paganism and Magick by John J. Coughlin

Book of Black Magick by A.E. Waite

Seven Faces of Darkness by Don Webb

The Satanic Epic by Neil Forsyth

To Reign in Hell by Steven Brust

The Satanic Bible
The Satanic Rituals
The Satanic Witch
Satan Speaks!
by Anton Szandor LaVey

Necronomicon
Necronomicon Spellbook

Grimorium Verum by Joseph H. Peterson

Pacts with the Devil: A Chronicle of Sex, Blasphemy, and Liberation by S. Jason Black, Christopher S. Hyatt

Grimoaire Bestiae by Edward O'Toole

Sophia Bestiae: The Wisdom of the Beast by Edward O'Toole

The "Antichrist" Training Manual by Raymond Holder

Psychic Vampire Codex: A Mannual of Magick by Michelle Belanger

Vampires in their own Words by Michelle Belanger

Goth Magick: An Enchanted Grimoire by Brenda Knight

Embracing Darkness: Understanding Dark Subcultures by Covis Nocturnum

What is Goth? by Voltaire

Gothic Chic:A Connoisseur's Guide to Dark Culture by Gavin Baddeley

Magick on the Edge: Adventures in Experimental Magick by Taylor Ellwood



Mystical, Historical and Philosophical Origins


Pagan Christianity: The Origins of Our Modern Church Practices by Frank Viola

The Secret History of Lucifer : And the Meaning of the True Da Vinci Code by Lynn Picknett

The Great Cosmic Mother : Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth by Monica Sjoo

Celtic Women's Spirituality: Accessing the Cauldron of Life, Advanced Witchcraft: Go Deeper, Reach Further, Fly Higher all by Edain McCoy

The Once and Future Goddess by Elinor Gaddon

The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess by Starhawk

The Pagan Book of Living and Dying by Starhawk, M. Macha NightMare

The God Who Comes: Dionysian Mysteries Revisited by Rosemarie Taylor-Perry

The History of Hell by Alice K. Turner

The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook: Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World by Marvin W. Meyer

The Goddess Path by Patricia Monaghan

The Goddess Companion by Patricia Monaghan

Wild Grils: The Path of the Young Goddess by Patricia Monaghan

The Book of Goddesses by Roni Jay

A Witch Like Me by Sinora Knight

A Witches' Bible: The Complete Witches Handbook by Janet Farrar & Stewart Farrar

Twilight Goddess: Spiritual Feminism and Feminine Spirituality
by Thomas Cleary & Sartaz Aziz

The Heart of the Goddess by Hallie Iglehart Austen

The Living Goddess
The Language of the Goddess
both by Marija Gimbutas

Inanna by Diane Wolkstein

Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart : Poems of the Sumerian High Temple by Betty De Shong Meador

Interpeting Lilith by Delphine Jay

Liber Lilith: A Gnostic Grimoire by Donald Tyson

Moonlit Path by Fred Gustafson

The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine by Nancy Qualls-Corbett

The Hebrew Goddess by Raphael Patai

Lilith: The Edge of Forever by Filomena Maria Pereira

Lilith - the First Eve by Siegmund Hurwitz

Lilith's Fire: Reclaiming Our Sacred Lifeforce by Cosi Fabian, Deborah Grenn-Scott

Eve and Lilith by Nitza Abarbanel

Deepening Witchcraft: Advancing Skills and Knowledge by Grey Cat, Grey Cat, Lady Sintana

Spiritual Mentoring: A Pagan Guide by Judy Harrow

The Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle by Deborah Lipp

The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objectsby Barbara G. Walker

Animal-Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small by Ted Andrews

Advanced Wicca: Exploring Deeper Levels of Spiritual Skills and Masterful Magick by Patricia Telesco

Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life by Pauline Campanelli

Daughters of the Earth: The Lives and Legends of American Indian Women
by Carolyn Niethammer

Cheyenne Memories by John Stands In Timber, Margot Liberty

Hermaphrodeities
Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook
Urban Primitive : Paganism in the Concrete Jungle
by Raven Brangwyn Kaldera

Natural Beauties by Eolake Stobblehouse

Kali: The Feminine Force
Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy
by Ajit Mookerjee

Power Through Witchcraft by Louise Huebner

Inner Alchemy: Energy Work and the Magic of the Body by Taylor Ellwood

The Paradigmal Pirate: Liber Lll and Liber Ventum by Joshua Wetzell


Sex Magic


Modern Sex Magick by Donald Kraig

Sexual Alchemy by Donald Tyson

Flowers from Hell by Nikolas Schreck

Carnal Alchemy by Stephan Flowers & Crystal Dawn

The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus: How to Go Down on a Woman and Give Her Exquisite Pleasure by Violet Blue

Sexy Witch by LaSara Firefox

Ecstatic Ritual by Brandy Williams


Political/Social/Economic Issues


Letter to a Christian Nation
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris

The God Delusion
A Devil's Chaplain : Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins

god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens

Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery
Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising
by Starhawk

After Capitalism by David Schweickart

Redistribution Or Recognition by Nancy Fraser , Joel Golb

Globalization and Anti-Globalization by David Held, Anthony McGrew

Taming Globalization : Frontiers of Governance by David Held (Editor), Mathias Koenig-Archibugi (Editor)

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins

Anarchism : A Beginner's Guide by Ruth Kinna

God and the State by Michael Bakunin

Freakonomics by Stephen D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom

Fiasco: the American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas Ricks

The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group by Dan Briody

American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
by Kevin Phillips

Greatest Story Ever Sold by Frank Rich

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond

Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya

The Church of Satan: A History of the World's Most Notorious Religion by Blanche Barton

Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First Century Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein (Editor)

The Age of Sacred Terror by Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon


Art


Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey

The Mission of Art by Alex Grey



Feminist Thought


Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction by Rosemarie Tong

The First Sex by Elizabeth Gould Davis

The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir

The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability by Laura Kipnis

Radical Gestures : Feminism and Performance Art in North America by Jayne Wark

The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution by Shulamith Firestone

Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
by Lisa Jervis (Editor), Andi Zeisler (Editor)

Mysteries of the Middle Ages: the Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe by Thomas Cahill

Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Bordo

Herstory: A Woman's View of American History by June Sochen

Queer Theory, Gender Theory by Riki Wilchins


Dark Sexuality (aka "BDSM")


Good Guide to BDSM : Bondage, Domination, Submission, and Sadomasochism for Beginners by Kay Good

Dark Moon Rising: Pagan Bdsm & the Ordeal Path by Raven Kaldera

It's Not about the Whip: Love, Sex, and Spirituality in the Bdsm Scene by Sadie Sensuous

The Master's Manual, The Compleat Slave both by Jack Rinella

Dark Fantasy: BDSM Dreams by Charles, His Bek

bound to Love: A Collection of Romatntic BDSM Erotic Stories by Maria Isabel Pita

Bondage for Sex, Volume 1 by Chanta Rose

The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women by Tristan Taorimo

100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa P.

Suicide Girls by Missy Suicide

Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom and Other Writings by the Marquis De Sade

The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings by the Marquis De Sade


Amazons and Wild Women


Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War by Robert B. Edgerton

Amazons of Black Sparta : The Women Warriors of Dahomey by Stanley B. Alpern

The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors from Antiquity to the Modern Era
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Tomoe Gozen (Fiction) by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Gladiatrix: The True Story of History's Unknown Woman Warriorby Amy Zoll

Women Warriors: A History by David E. Jones

On the Trail of the Women Warriors : The Amazons in Myth and History
by Lyn Webster Wilde

Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser

Warrior Women: An Archaeologist's Search for History's Hidden Heroines by Mona Behan & Jeannine Davis-Kimball


Afro-Carribbean Spirituality


MacUmba by Serge Bramly

Umbanda by Diana Degroat Brown

Yoruba Medicine by Anthony D. Buckley

Macumba: The Teachings of Marie-Jose, Mother of the Gods by Serge Bramly, Marie-Jose

Sacred Leaves of Candombl� : African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil by Robert A. Voeks

Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande by Edward Evan & Sir Evans-Pritchard


The Way of Yoga


Living With Kundalini by Gopi Krishna The Kundalini Yoga Experience : Bringing Body, Mind, and Spirit Together by Dharam S. Khalsa, Darryl O'Keeffe

The Eight Human Talents: Restore the Balance and Serenity Within You with Kundalini Yoga by Gurmukh, Cathryn Michon

The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1932 by C. G. Jung

Transitions to a Heart Centered World: Through the Kundalini Yoga and Meditations of Yogi Bhajan by Gururattan Kaur, Ph.D. Khalsa

The Devi of Speech: The Goddess in Kundalini Yoga by Swami Radhananda, Swami Sivananda Radha

Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation by Harish Johari


Tae Kwon-do


Taekwondo: the State of the Art by Sung Chul Master Whang, Jun Chul Master Whang, Brandon Saltz, Dae Sung Master Lee

Taekwondo Spirit and Practice : Beyond Self-Defense by Richard Chun

Chung Do Kwan: The Power of Tae Kwon Do by Annellen Simpkins

Tae Kwon-Do: The Black Belt Syllabus by Tagb

Starting in Taekwondo: Training for Competition and Self-Defense by Joe Fox

Complete Tae Kwon Do Hyung by Hee Cho

Dynamic Taekwondo by Kyong Myong Lee


Ninjutsu


Essence of Ninjutsu by Masaaki Hatsumi

The Grandmaster's Book of Ninja Training by Masaaki Hatsumi

Secrets from the Ninja Grandmaster: Revised and Updated Edition by Stephen K. Hayes, Masaaki Hatsumi

Tiger Scroll of the Koga Ninja by Jay Sensei

The Spiritual Practices of the Ninja: Mastering the Four Gates to Freedom by Ross Heaven




The fool sees only with her eyes. Question everything and reject comforting illusions, for they lead you to weakness. The strong Will looks within and shapes reality to its perception rather than being shaped by the illusions and lies of others. Oppose mediocrity and stand for the victory of the individual above the herd -- your victory! Your life!




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