Agreed.
But that’s simply because it’s a vast topic you’re looking at.
It’s like physics or Mathematics.
best grimoires for beginners - and i intentionally do NOT name any here,
are those which give you the base skills.
The Three godlike powers are:
Omipotence,
Omnipresence,
and Omniscience.
So,
to learn Omnipotence you’ll need a good grimoire which explains you how to evoke and invoke successfully.
later you can add Sigil creation, Servitor Creation and Alchemy to that stash.
But start out with Evokation!
For the Omnipresence,
you’ll need Grimoires on Soul Travel or Astral Travel.
Anything that teaches you to leave your body and go back into it at will.
Later on, you can add Grimoires on Energy Work, The Meridian grid and Chakras,
aswell as Elemental Magick.
But for the beginning, focus on getting a good Astral Travel Grimoire,
Lastly,
we have Omniscience.
And - as the word says, it means to Know everything at once,
which will be overwhelming at times.
I’m not really sure if a Grimoire can help you much there,
since the kind of “knowlege” you find in those usually isn’t omni-knowledge,
or eternal knowledge that much.
But if you think you need one on the subject,
you’d want to find a good Grimoire about the Akkashic Records,
which is the Collective Memory of that which is in existance.
Otherwise,
you’d want to talk to Lucifuge Rofocale, or Seth / Anubis, Or one of the other God-Scribes,
since those can give you access to reading the “unmanifested books”.
But to Start out,
you’ll be fine with getting yourself a copy of the Book of Abra Melin the Mage.
His Magick Squares,
hold more Omni Knowledge than you’d find in any other reasonable readable English text,
as far as i know.
- Regarding Tools, we have Guides on here on how to perform almost any kind of Magick without really needing much Tools.
But Generally there are pretty simple tools used,
like a knife for the Ritual Dagger,
and a Broomstick for a Conjuration wand,
when you just need something to fill in that function.
Note,
that the power comes from the Mage,
not some crystals.
Yes,
crystals can be useful in Magick,
and they do have specific properties which can influence the quality of your magick.
But,
for most of the Human history,
it wasn’t common place to just randomly have access to Crystals.
They were usually restricted to Nobleman, Traders and Royalty.
So,
don’t concern yourself about those to much.
Altars…
i don’t have an Altar.
I make one when i need one,
and i remove it when i don’t.
After all,
a Altar is simply a blessed table.
and - doing a blessing is really easy.
You say: “By which ever power that is needed here, make this table clean, and purify it from all unnecessary and unwanted energy. So mote it be.” and you visualize it become cleaner (if it’s really badly clean soap and water help a lot with the Visualization, tbh.) and once it’s clean and blessed,
you’re ready to go.
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