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."
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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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