PhilHine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Mastering Magick: A Course in Spellcasting for the Psychic Witch
Mat AurynPhilHine“Queerying Occulture is thought-provoking, articulate, and delightfully transgressive in a manner that no one other than Mr. Hine could manage, and it belongs on all queer bookshelves." Mat Auryn, bestselling author of Psychic Witch and Mastering Magick
Paperback, 2022
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India: What can it teach us?: A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge
F. Max MüllerPhilHineDitto the linguistic theories of William Jones and Max Muller, and a good deal else. People started looking for the 'origins' of religious ideas (Egypt, India, etc). 8.
Paperback, 2018
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The Matter of Wonder: Abhinavagupta's Panentheism and the New Materialism
Loriliai BiernackiPhilHineLoriliai Biernacki's "The Matter of Wonder: Abhinavagupta's Panentheism and the New Materialism" is high on my "to get, borrow, or beg for a prezzie" list. https://t.co/bKBmDOU52e https://t.co/FTDPaj9vIm
Hardcover, 2023
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A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith During the First World War
Owen DaviesPhilHine@wizardautist It comes in spurts. So we've got DF in the interwar period. Check out Owen Davies' "A Supernatural War" for a great read on magical beliefs & WW1. Post WW2 pretty grim as well, as far as politicising goes.
Paperback, 2021
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The Ritual Magic Workbook: A Practical Course of Self-Initiation
Dolores Ashcroft-NowickiPhilHineFollowing this exchange, here's a brief trot through Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki's (hereafter DAN) "The Ritual Magic Workbook" (Sam Weiser 1998). 1. https://t.co/t7fYoDpNYn
Paperback, 1998
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Magic: An Occult Primer: 50 Year Anniversary Edition
David ConwayPhilHine@MarshallWSL Books that got me started Magic: An Occult Primer by David Conway and Dare to Make Magic by David Edwards. Carroll's Liber Null and Starhawk's Dreaming the Dark.
Hardcover, 2022
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex HaleyPhilHine@spaceweather9 Obv. the publication of Alex Haley's "Roots" had a huge impact there, particularly in the US. 46 weeks on the NYT best-seller list, etc. Got loads of people into genealogy in a way that hadn't been that popular before.
Paperback, 2016
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Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographic Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology ... of Hindostan
Thomas MauricePhilHineA more extensive (and creative) argument can be found in Thomas Maurice's 'Indian Antiquities' (1812): https://t.co/65Sj9WTCnN
Hardcover, 2022
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Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance for Ritual Theory
Axel MichaelsPhilHine@JoelBordeaux @amyhale93 @spaceweather9 @Orgone1 @ArtemisNYC Axel Michaels has a long discussion on saṃkalpas and performative utterances in his "Homo Ritualis" so I will have a read of that.
Paperback, 2015
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion--Abridged Edition
James FrazerPhilHineSpencer's ideas are a big hit with James Frazer, who sits down in a big comfy armchair and writes The Golden Bough. Hugely influential work and takes symbolic thinking to ludicrous extremes. 17. See rant below https://t.co/Qopuz1zxFn
Paperback, 1998
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