[The Sorcerer’s Secrets: Strategies in Practical Magick]
[Summoning spirits]
[Evoking eternity]
[Words of power]
[The Complete Book of Demonolatry]
[Planetary Magick: Invoking and Directing the Powers of the Planets (The Magical Philosophy, 4)]
[MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE]
[Practical qabalah magic]
(For a starter read here is some: I wrote the names of these books in the order you should read them - starting at the top). One more note: Some of these books are from different tradition and I gave you those so you can learn from them and then decided what works best for you
My all time favourite is The Root of Chinese Qigong by Jwing Ming Yang. If you could only get one book this one has everything and is also a good reference work. It also has the Chinese characters in it for the terms for further research.
Shameless plug for my boi Corwin cause he’s changed the game for me:
Goetia Pathworking: Magickal Results from the 72 Demons
Corwin Hargrove
PROS:
Beginner friendly
Great introduction to pathworking practice
Can be used as a “72 Challenge” for pathworking the 72 Goetia
Not a lot of fluff, pretty much to the point
CONS:
(Kindle Edition) (Personal preference) Physical copies are much better IMO
Talks a lot about what you can get from each entity, but doesn’t talk about history of the entity
Doesn’t offer any protection suggestions before pathworking (seems to suggest that Pathworking is fool-proof). Don’t be a fool, protect your tool (brain), kids!
Our Astral Sense development collection has some homegrown tutorials for getting into trance etc.
Astral Dynamics by Robert Bruce is more for Astral travel but that also works the psychic muscles, as it were, and it’s a well explained and accessible book with a slant towards Western understandings.
I would highly recommend Remote Viewing as a psychic development tool as well. Controlled Remote Viewing by Lyn Buchannan (CRV) and Scientific Remove Viewing by DR Courtney Brown at Farsight (SRV) are the best. Lyn’s Book the Seventh Sense doesn’t actually tell you how to do it, but it’s motivating, as are the various interviews on yt with him that explain it very well.
Blind Sight is quite interesting and I’m working my way through this slowly: it’s about that art martial artists develop to see without using your eyes.
Could someone safely and effectively use the book “The Taoist Soul Body: Harnessing the Power of Kan and Li”, without first having worked through Mantak Chia’s other, more basic books?
I think in the book he does recommend having a teacher to ask question of, but doesn’t state the other books are prerequisites. I would say be mindful, listen to your body and apply common sense. You could also combine this with working with someone like Raphael, Marbas or Ebuhuel to ensure you get the guidance you need when a human teacher isn’t available.
And these videos of a seminar by Michael Raduga based on this book that is free on youtube is what I used to get over my humps, start travelling, get my questions answered and use the tips and tricks to extend and stay in lucidity longer.