Currently reading The Vision of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell and the book I finished before it was Knellers Happy Campers by Edgar Kenet which is a short story that was adapted into a movie in like 06 called Wristcutters about a guy who kills himself and goes to an afterlife for all the people who committed suicide. I learned it was based on the short story so I found it for cheap and read it
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Currently reading The Upanishads translated by Eknath Easwaran. Book I finished before was Introduction to Magic: Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus by Julius Evola and the UR Group.
Is introduction to magic about being a magician or something alchemical?
It's about "magic" in a spiritual sense. Magic in the book seems to be something very similar to the objective a Buddhist seeks in life or anyone into Spiritualism. A magus under their definition is probably something quite similar to a monk. The book was interesting overall and had some very thought provoking stuff in it but it was also mixed with a lot of junk. I probably wouldn't recommend anyone read it unless they're quite interested in the subject of magic. The book did motivate me to want to read more about Eastern Religions because I got the impression there would have been some overlap with some of the spiritualism and magic stuff in the book and Eastern Religions. That's why I decided to start reading The Upanishads and then I'll read the Bhagavad Gita.
Very interesting. I’m very much into the supernatural/paranormal topic. I do believe there is more to reality than what we perceive. I am a Christian but I don’t think we should dismiss things of that nature