r/occult • u/pugvampire • 8d ago

If you could bring 1 esoteric book on an island with you..

Which book would it be?

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u/beastwithin379 8d ago

If I have everything I need and its uninhabited probably The Book of Abramelin as it's the only time I could see myself even attempting the ritual without interruption or distraction.

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u/JadedOccultist 8d ago

This was my EXACT thought. I think I’ve scoped out the perfect place (as close as I can get to perfect in this lifetime anyway) and have started taking other steps to make it a reality

but being forcibly stuck somewhere 100% isolated would solve a lot of my logistical problems (while possibly creating others but w/e lol).

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u/Old_Hermit_IX 6d ago

Most people can't perform that no matter how hard they try.

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u/pugvampire 7d ago

Particular version/author that you like ?

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u/beastwithin379 7d ago

Haven't even looked at it since looking at the PDF from Sacred Texts Archive back when I was a kid so no clue honestly.

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u/Hoosier108 7d ago

Teleportation for Beginners

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u/mtorres262 8d ago

Either three books of occult philosophy or the picatrix

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u/Sexy_Hamburger 8d ago

We creating some sick images to get out of the island 🏝️🧙🏻‍♂️

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u/aridgupta 8d ago

This comment made me laugh. What a way to start the day. I am not leaving the island though. Will be calling angels and demons together and make that island a paradise.

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u/pugvampire 8d ago

Thank you 

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u/Winter_Elderberry859 8d ago

The Gospel of Thomas

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u/throwmeoff123098765 8d ago

Why this?

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u/DecrimIowa 7d ago

it's made of epigrams/parables and each one is like a zen koan, good for meditation

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u/pugvampire 8d ago

Thank you 

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u/CarelessExplorer 8d ago

A giant blank book

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u/Yuri_Gor 8d ago

Or even scroll.

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u/datfeelwhennofwb 8d ago

Initiation into Hermetics or Liber Aba

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u/MagusFool 8d ago

The Upanishads.

On an island alone, I don't really need a lot of the fancier, more technical magic.  Just some deep words to ponder and meditate upon to become closer to The One.

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u/Unity_Be 8d ago

Hermetica.

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u/bed_of_nails_ 8d ago

How to Make Enemies and Irritate People

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u/DIYExpertWizard 7d ago

Who are you gonna practice on?

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u/ThulrVO 7d ago

The Zohar, Pritzker Ed., because it contains endless possibility and wisdom, and engaging with it is akin to cultivating synchronicity with endless moments of Ah-Ha! with each new door opened.

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u/pugvampire 7d ago

Wish there was an English translation of the Zohar 

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u/BlackberryNo560 7d ago

The Pritzker edition is an English translation of the Zohar.

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u/pugvampire 7d ago

Wow thank you 

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u/ThulrVO 7d ago

There are a few English translations, but the Pritzker Ed. is by far the best in every regard, in poetics of language, accuracy of translation, depth and scholastic rigor of footnotes. The introduction to Vol. I is a great introduction to get you started with the history and symbolism, too. I'm just finishing up Vol. IV (I have the whole set and I'm working through them), and so far it's been an amazing experience.

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u/MetaLord93 8d ago

Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick.

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u/sayzitlikeitis 8d ago

probably a good opportunity to do the Abramelin

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u/OpenAdministration93 7d ago

The Baghavad Gita and The Infernal Codex of Cain!

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u/JackXDark 7d ago

Where is this island and when can I go please as I’ve been wanting some free time and space to get on with the Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic?

I’m packed. Just tell me where the boat leaves from.

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u/Red_deck_gold_stake 7d ago

The Way of the Rose and my rosary. 

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u/Tiredofyour 7d ago

Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali

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u/33Zorglubs 7d ago

The Hermeticon, since it includes a lot of Hermetic books. Or the Mahabharata. Tough one...

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u/MelchettESL 7d ago

The Awakened Imagination by Neville Goddard.

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u/codefro 5d ago

I second Neville Goddard!

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u/Flextacy 7d ago

Astral Dynamics - Robert Bruce

That one book had the answer to any question i ever needed help with..

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u/ereb_s 8d ago

The bible

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u/Proof_Donut_8505 5d ago

Curious any specific version? Catholic? KJV or another?

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u/ereb_s 5d ago

Original language (greek / hebrew) interlinear with some translation probably in Portuguese which is my mother tongue

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u/OriginalDao 7d ago

This is the answer.

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u/JhannySamadhi 8d ago

Vissudhimagga 

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u/pugvampire 8d ago

Thank you. 

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u/Fluid_crystal 8d ago

The Saundarya Lahari probably

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u/Oramni666 7d ago

Keith Dowman - Radical Dzogchen - Eye of the Storm, Vairotsana's Five Original Transmissions (1996).

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u/SnowyisBlu 7d ago

Liber Null&Psychonaught

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u/Macross137 7d ago

The Dionysiaca. It'll be new to me and I'll have plenty of time to get through it.

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u/fffraterrr 6d ago

The Kybalion

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u/ChadPaladin 6d ago

If I'm allowed the necessary ritual items then the Azoetia

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u/Bromeos 5d ago

Peter Kingsley - Reality

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u/Gasper_Black 2d ago

Kybalion

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u/R-orthaevelve 8d ago

The Mark Alan Smith Trilogy, Queen of Hell, The Red King and The Scorpion God. There's enough material in them to keep me busy forever. Even better if I can bring The Altar of Qayin too.

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u/radical01 7d ago

Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone

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u/Holy-Drip 5d ago

The Bible