Esoteric and Occult Paperbacks for the Magic Practitioner [Esoteric Saturdays]

Here is a nice list of paperback books that are not only affordable, but also, in my opinion, indispensible for the magick practioner whether they are just getting started or already well advanced in their practice.
From compilations of introductory exercises to deep dives into the origins of the tradition, these books are the essential few that you can probably buy with your eyes closed.
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*Books featured this week: *
(the following links are Amazon associate links)
*Soul Journeys*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3w0gXij
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3Bv0LXx
*Psychic Witch*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2Y58aPS
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2ZMXMgh
*Six Ways*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3w6OOGv
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3ExrAw6
*Weaving Fate*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2Y8FnUk
Amazon.com: amzn.to/32JOi2g
*Eastern Body Western Mind*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3EtPyIB
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3BrBcql
*Low Magick*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3mvDvnW
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3CqGGD4
*Taking Up the Runes*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3GBhdtb
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3kbvnrx
*Verdant Gnosis*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3mtKsWX
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3GEckPQ
*Meditation for the Love of it*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3vZpZfC
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3kbvZNR
*Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3GB9CLi
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3pSo7Eg
*Enochian Vision Magick*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3nMeKn9
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3EwsdX2
*Tantra Illuminated*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3jR6xwL
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3CubnHu
*A Garden of Pomegranates*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3Gzjxkr
Amazon.com: a garden of pomegranates
*Pronaos*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3bqjGsc
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3wdcdX3
*Planetary Magick*
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3CwWPH5
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2ZGNsX2
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[@disideratum]

Would be great to get a"Kindle" tour as well.. at least a full video of recommendations. The Damon Brand/GoM books are much more useful on Kindle. Thanks 👍

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Yes! Good idea! 😊🙏

[@ashcatalina8149]

Oooh id love to see this too! Wait, so the GOM are more useful on kindle? I was so worried about having to buy physical copies as well so I could have both otherwise they won’t work! At least, that’s my worry, despite the book saying otherwise

[@BenThomas13]

Ah GoM! I remember the feeling I had when I first found them. Good times!

[@BenThomas13]

@@ashcatalina8149 it just means they read good on a kindle, some books like the GoM ones don’t always transfer too well. Symbols missing etc. the GoM books are usually always complete so you take literally take them around with you all day lol

[@ashcatalina8149]

@@BenThomas13 gotcha! 😊

[@rvfiasco]

I swear I drool uncontrollably when you show off books. One day I shall have a formidable library once again. So mote it be!!

[@franciscoadrianzen2908]

Ok, there go my savings again... 🤩

[@FoolishFishBooks]

😅💸

[@autuman71]

I know that's right 🤣🤣

[@abbasalchemist]

Your shelves are unbelievably organized. My collection of books is like a den of madness!

[@justinbirkholz]

That's what I think every time I see his bookshelves.

[@charlesrae3793]

A fascinating collection of books; some authors I had never heard of before. I would only add Jason Miller's book on sorcery and Damien Echol's book on high magic as both very useful.

[@jamilavibar9698]

I love the recommendations you’ve made. I’m a beginner. Thank you!

[@mvrko8064]

Low Magick made me love books again 😁👍🏼👍🏼

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Fantastic book! 😊🙏

[@rezashahmizad9585]

First of all, I am so grateful for what u do and for actually introducing me to Magik. I hope that there was a way that I could fing a teacher. Just putting it out in the world😉

[@Rednilsunwood]

I just wanted to say thank you for what you do here on your channel. It’s so wonderful to have these videos to look forward to.

[@God_D_Nika]

Lon Milo Duquette as always! Great person, great books. P.s. good choice of books 💚

[@JoZiggy]

Too funny, as I'm listening to you I 'pop open' Booktopia!!! Two books are in my cart already. Many thanks for doing your review, it's my substitute book shop browse :). I miss getting lost between the shelves, thumbing through books; My little rituals when book shopping work something like this;.... straight to the back to check the bibliography - assess the cover art, smell the 'newness' and feel the texture of the paper. Listening to my inner voice. All senses are engaged. I admire your bookshelves with my breath held.!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Ah, nice! I'm so glad you feel the same way! I miss book shops so much... UK trip this Christmas (all going well), so I'll probably a little fix then 😊👍

[@JasonWeaver-yi4wt]

I've found the most helpful and, essential and important information is mostly only available in paperback.

[@soundsgood9417]

I love Lon Milo Duquette!

[@jsinmcc92]

I love six ways and low magick some of the first magick books I’ve ever bought

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Terrific stuff! So glad you agree! 😄🙏

[@adamluetto8137]

Not only do I have most of those books on my shelf, but I acquired them on your recommendation! Thank you for another great vid and congrats on the publication of your first translated work with Black Letter Press! It looks awesome in both content and appearance. I will be ordering my copy very soon.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

THank you Adam! Expecting that to be released around February.

[@thekeeperofreal4144]

I'll be ordering mine very soon also. FF are there any plans to do more Rene Guenon books? I'm very interested in his works and looking forward to your translation

[@FoolishFishBooks]

@@thekeeperofreal4144 hehe! Thank you! No plans quite yet, but who knows? 😄🙏

[@PraiseTheLord-JesusChrist]

Just ordered my paperback choice- Pandemonium by Jake Stratton- Kent.

[@PraiseTheLord-JesusChrist]

Was waiting for this video. Thank you 👍

[@fierceandpretty1365]

I have 5 books from this pile and totally agree that atleast all of them are great so I can easily assume that the rest would be too.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Glad you approve, @Fierce and Pretty! :)

[@MmMm-br6bl]

Love ure library it is so special it long realize by enlighten men that we are a library ourself and we only have to aline ourself properly to access it it is just a pity that some of us as men do not realize how to bring about the transformation needed/ with these beings they have encounter with power to change our world for the better

[@davidnagy1046]

i finished Pronaos a few days ago and it added to what i've learned from both Aidan Wachter and Jason Miller about general offerings! also, coming to this book from David Chaim Smith's usual style it was a seamless transition lol

[@captainmeow5335]

Another great vid, introducing me to at least another 7 books I'd like! As a complete novice.

[@marsspady]

You never disappoint. Most of the books you showcase I always end up buying !

[@marsspady]

@jahigir jess yes! Foolish fish gives the best books if he recommends them. If you ever want to get into magick, psychic witch is the best book that he recommended it teaches the basics of everything you need to know. Once you learned the basics of magick you could move forward to spells and rituals. Research is the best when it comes to magick

[@marsspady]

@jahigir jess yup. Been at it for 2 years now

[@armanijones]

Ok, adding some books to my 🛒

[@suncat5160]

This was a great help! Thanks 🙏

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hey @Sun Cat! I hope you found a few good ones here. I think I may have found a handful more, but that'll be for another video 😉

[@deadbydawn745]

I just discovered your channel when I was searching for a beginner's guide to magic(k) as my interest in the topic recently rekindled after not touching it for almost 20 years. I'm sure that I will continue discovering the great content on your channel. The book I just re-immersed myself in is one of my favorites, "Pacts with the Devil" by S. Jason Black and Christopher S. Hyatt. Are you familiar with the work or one or the other book by these authors?

[@deadbydawn745]

I take that as a no. But thanks for the heart anyway. - And thanks for the book recommendations. I just ordered Low Magick and will purchase Psychic Witch as well. I downloaded a sample of the latter one for my kindle, and it seems to be perfect for my particular situation.

[@robmiller3204]

Eastern body western mind is the first book on my journey in 2015 , fantastic beginning book 📕

[@MissLizzy882]

how in the world do you manage to read these and keep them looking so pristine? Mine look like they've been absolutely trashed!

[@pakiaoo7]

Me too, just one read is enough for it to look bad

[@robmiller3204]

Appreciate your vids sir , thank you

[@matthewx7486]

Very good booklist. Thanks for that. Perhaps Lilian Silburn's "Kundalini. The Energy of the Depths" may be a good addition, but also a very challenging one.

[@johnclark7514]

Thank you brother x

[@BenThomas13]

I love hearing your recommendations but I’m also a bit of a book horder like you and I tend to already have them haha this list I have ONE. Guess I’m going to Watkins! Lol

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Your future holds... er... Both great riches and great poverty... Interesting 😂💸

[@BenThomas13]

@@FoolishFishBooks lmao what can I say? Go big or go home right? Lol life is never simple with me unfortunately haha

[@juriaan13]

*throws credit card at the screen* TAKE MY MONEY

[@juiceytee]

Thanks man these r perfect 👍

[@ashcatalina8149]

Ohmygosh I just got the eastern body western mind book!

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Great material! 😊👌

[@nurnu349]

Thanks😮🎉

[@MrCt40]

Hey foolish fish - You re a fountain of knowledge Thank you - could you please suggest a decent book which offers grounded self protection ( and not too ‘witchy’ )? ❤

[@blessingsfromthecrone3261]

Could you please share with me what makes Lon Milo DuQuette's book, "Enochian Vision Magick" different from Aleister Crowley's book, "The Practice of Enochian Magick?" I find it rather suspicious that Mr. DuQuette would write an introduction for a newer printing of Crowley's Book, and then proceed to write another book which sounds almost identical.

[@georgesulea]

Thank You Sir...I just wish my wallet was as big as my bookshelves:) I have some of these on my list now:)

[@andreeadobre3190]

Lon Milo DuQuette is such a treasure

[@dogstar5572]

I picked up a paperback version of ‘the lesser key of Solomon’ in WH Smith’s in 1996. Strange, not exactly a holiday read. Idres shah. Something like that.

[@johnstag2030]

Fun Fact: Anodea Judith is actor Martin Mull's sister.

[@TalesOfBalkanMagic]

I don't have the financial means to afford the fantastic hardbacks, as I prioritise my family, live in Eastern Europe and work in a state institution (basically we get paid in honour). So I appreciate this paperback review. I'm quite surprised that the Psychic witch is here, I might give it a chance.

[@Velvet-Of-Erion]

Psychic witch is incredible, why be surprised?

[@TalesOfBalkanMagic]

@@Velvet-Of-Erion I did purchase the Psychic witch after that and I thoroughly enjoyed the book, to be honest. It is well structured, precise, helpful and easy to read. I was sceptical initially, because a great part of the US witchcraft books I've read are somewhat too New Age for my preference. Which is indeed normal, because of the general difference in life and thus, understandably, in spellcraft. In the past years, there has been some change, towards more traditional, folk based practices, which is more to my liking. So, to recap, I was sceptical, because my personal practice is folk bound, rather than modern. ☺️

[@Velvet-Of-Erion]

@@TalesOfBalkanMagic I just checked the table of contents first and when I saw brainwaves and consciousness states i was sold immediately

[@martiangentian]

I’d love a piece on John Dee’s Monad if you have the inclination 🤗

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Yes! It's on its way from Miskatonic Books as we speak :) Not too long now, howpefully!

[@millercron]

Apologies if this has been reviewed by your good self… Living Magic by Frater UD yes a controversial figure in the community but the book is filled with gems.

[@andrewanderson1988]

I just picked this up yesterday. Why is he controversial?

[@PaliSuttas]

You should add Robin Skelton to that pile.

[@magickspirituality1291]

Foolish Fish, which magick books with lots of pictures and diagrams do you like? Or could you make such a video? :)

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Mysticism and Alchemy by Alexander Roob (see my review!)

[@magickspirituality1291]

@@FoolishFishBooks awesome, tnx!

[@robotking166]

Have you tried the black pullet rituals?

[@obsidianstang6296]

As I look at your library, I imagine you having taken on a clumsy apprentice. "Hi. Mr. Fish. I brought your coffee..." (Slips on area rug) "Oh shit! Oh, no...!" (Loud crashing and banging sounds as he reaches for a handful of books to break his fall, ripping the cover off of one) "Oh, my God! There's coffee everywhere! All the books...they're dripping with milk and sugar...the pages are going to get stuck together!" Your worst nightmare? Lol.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Haha! Yeah, please don't visualise that! 😅

[@whirlwindofmemories]

So there is one soft cover book you might want to read foolish fish. Especially as you collect esoteric books on tantra and that’s Sexual Alchemy: Magical Intercourse with Spirits Book by Donald Tyson. It’s very fascinating as it goes into trying to unlock Siddhis through tantric work with spirits.

[@ashishroy1544]

Hello, could you please recommend a good book for Tarot for beginners

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot. Whether you're interested in Aleister Crowley or not, and whether you're interested in the Thoth deck or not.

[@PraiseTheLord-JesusChrist]

I wish you could film less of your hands and more of book covers, so I could take a proper screenshot. But, hey thanks anyway- your channel is great. And this video video particularly 👍

[@vava7325]

What are your thoughts on Damon Brand's books?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Huge fan. I think what he does (get beginner magick practitionners off the couch) is probably one of the most valuable things a practitionner can do for the community. I have tried his work out myself, and it's trustworthy. Trying to understand why he does certain things in certain ways, and trying to work out why the sigils are the way they are is one of the things that led me so deep into these kinds of studies! So yes, very important work, though unfortunately poorly imitated by many who give the Kindle grimoire genre a bad name...

[@SolomonsWorks]

Good selection. I’m going to get Low Magick and Planetary Magick once my reading list dies down a bit. I’ll pass on Buddhism and I had my fill of anything Christian.

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Hm... Buddhist Tantra is very different from Buddhism.

[@martinwilliams9866]

In what way are the Tarot & Enochian magick informed by Tantra?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

See my video "what is magick"

[@FoolishFishBooks]

Also "Tantra and Western Magick"

[@TallAndThin123]

do you have any books from glorian/gnostic teachings/samael aun weor?

[@FoolishFishBooks]

I'm afraid to say that I have exactly no respect at all for him :/ I actually think of him as the worst kind of charlatan... I'm going to guess you feel otherwise?

[@TallAndThin123]

why , he was a rosicrucian from mexico

[@FoolishFishBooks]

@@TallAndThin123 Yep, labels and nationality really have nothing to do with it. The trouble is the cult-of-personality structure he built, usurping the name of the important 1st century movement (Gnosticism) to point to his own ideas. Now when someone looks up Gnosticism, instead of finding that incredibly important tradition, they find his "I am the only perfect being, follow me" nonsense.

[@chetthebee1322]

Ho ho hoooo....it's magic... you know...never believe it's not so...

[@scottmassino3051]

You might as well give your hardcovers herpes NOW, Denis, if you’re planning on letting them consort on the same shel with that sort of sordid, limp-bound riff-raff. Good day, sir! ;)