Books that have transformed your life

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Original post: Kinjo

Going back up to 10 years ago, here's more:

1. Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
2. You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen
3. Og Mandino's University of Success By Og Mandino
4. The Psychology of Success By Brian Tracy
5. Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard
6. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
7. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
8. Anthony Robbins PowerTalk! Series - ALL of them.
9. Maximum Achievement By Brian Tracy
10. Worldwide Laws of Life: 200 Eternal Spiritual Principles by John Marks Templeton
11. Getting Everything You Can Out of All You'Ve Got: 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition by Jay Abraham
12. Notes from a Friend : A Quick and Simple Guide to Taking Control of Your Life by Anthony Robbins
13. Kaizen by Masaaki Imai
14. For People-And for Profit: A Business Philosophy for the 21st Century by Kazuo Inamori
15. The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
16. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
17. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
18. The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
19. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
20. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham

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Original post: Zealous Seeker

1. The Holy Bible, by God. :-D

2. Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell.
3. Morals and Dogma, by Albert Pike.
4. the 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
5. the True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order, by Paul F. Case
6. the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, by Lee Jun Fan (Bruce Lee)
7. the Book of Five Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi
8. Karate-Do, my way of Life, by Gichin Funakoshi
9. the BOTA correspondence works of Paul F. Case
10. the Magnum Opus, by Albert Pike
11. Meditation and Kabbalah, by Aryeh Kaplan
12. the Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis
13. Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman
14. Masonic Initiation, by W.L. Wilmhurst
15. the Work of the Kabbalist, by Z'Ev Ben Shimon Halevi
16. Infinite Insights into Kenpo, by Edmund K. Parker (Series: 1-5)
17. Covenant of the Heart, Meditations of a Christian Hermeticist on the Mysteries of Tradition, by Tomberg
18. Mystical Qabala, by Dion Fortune
19. A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism, by Gareth Knight (VERY GOOOOOD)
20. the Golden Dawn, by Israel Regardie
21. the Book of Thoth, by Aleister Crowley
22. Modern Magick, by D.M. Kraig
23. the Hermit and Book of Tokens, both by P.F. Case
24. the Qabalistic Tarot, by Wang
25. the Road Less Traveled, by Scott Peck
26. 7 Habbits of Highly Effective People, by Steven Covey

There's more...
But I don't have time. :arrow:

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Original post: PsychoNox

1) ALL books by Franz Bardon
2) Most of the books Weiser publishes (They are known to have rather respectable books printed)
3) 48 laws of power is a MUST
4)The Game of Life and How to play it by Florence Shin
5) The Da Vinci Code
6) The Magician Companion
7) Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Lilith Darkness and Light by D.A Heeley
9) Audiobook the way of the Wizard by Deepak Chopkra

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Original post: Soror LVX

Flatland (by A. Square) Abbott

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Original post: Venus666

Prometheus Rising, Robert Anton Wilson

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Original post: AngryGeekGirl

The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You To Read, Edited by Tim C Leedom
Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians, by Timothy Freke & Peter Grandy.

Those two books helped me re-examine modern christianity and understand why I always knew it didn't fit me.

JDG

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Original post: ShekinahMoon

Nocturnal Witchcraft by Konstantinos is proving to be very helpful and a wonderful read. A breath of fresh air in the tons of Witchcraft books on the market these days.

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Original post: unseen_force

Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
The Yin of Tai Chi by John Lash

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Original post: bayan

All the Asterix and Obelix books.
Not only did they teach me to develope a good habit of reading , but I remember I used to Giggle My silly little head off as a kid. The funny part was it was years later that I found out the meaning behind the names Getafix *maan thats funny* and Vitalstatistix.
All the Dark forces books
And of course The Riftwar saga.
This was before a friend introduced me to Metaphysics
I cant say any of the books in this area affected me the most , I read a lot , absorbed what I could , and the greatest "book" I cant ignore now is OF.

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Original post: magickingdl

[QUOTE=Qryztufre]First and foremost, The Bible. Until I read that I was a devout Christian [/Quote]

:lol: I went back to re-read this thread, and this has to be one the funniest comments I've seen. I will save it in my scrap book.

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Original post: Kazahel

A Course in Miracles is a good book.

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Original post: Ceriel Nosforit

- Chi Kung, by Wong Kiew Kit
- Astral Dynamics, by Robert Bruce
- Principia Discordia
- The various works of Laurency
- Shrödinger's Cat, by RAW.

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Original post: rikuth

The Bible(King James Edition) ... I still read it for a "basis of comparison"

Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche : Idon't have the words to explain this choice

Liber ABA; Book Four(all 4 parts) - Aleister Crowley : My "intro to magick" book.

The Book of the Law(Also included in the above) - A. C. : Inspiration beyond compare.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe : I just like the way his writing never stops effecting me.

So many more that I can't seem to saywhy...

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Original post: Nuhad418

Great to see this thread alive again. For me the most transformative book has been:

A Thousand Plateaus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari
Translated and with a foreword by Brian Massumi

A Thousand Plateaus continues the work Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari began in Anti-Oedipus and has now become established as one of the classic studies of the development of critical theory in the late twentieth century. It occupies an important place at the center of the debate reassessing the works of Freud and Marx, advancing an approach that is neither Freudian nor Marxist but which learns from both to find an entirely new and radical path. It presents an attempt to pioneer a variety of social and psychological analyses free of the philosophical encumbrances criticized by postmodern writers. A Thousand Plateaus is an essential text for feminists, literary theorists, social scientists, philosophers, and others interested in the problems of contemporary Western culture.

"Full of brilliant insights, this series of brief, seemingly random essays on hot topics- war and death, territoriality and the anthropology of groups, model theory, and psychosis-provides much material for thought. An excellent introduction and extraordinary translation of this most difficult book." â??Sander L. Gilman, University of Chicago

Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was professor of philosophy at the University of Paris, Vincennes-St. Denis. With Félix Guattari, he coauthored Anti-Oedipus (1983)and Kafka (1986). Among his other works are Cinema 1 (1986), Cinema 2 (1989), Essays Critical and Clinical (1997), The Fold (1992), Foucault (198, Francis Bacon (2003), Kant's Critical Philosophy (1985), and Proust and Signs (2000).

640 pages | 1987



I have only managed to get through the first 40 pages or so and already it has managed to dismantle or transform me a great deal.

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Original post: Mmothra

AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide & Player's Handbook: Gygax, et.al.

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Original post: Winnipeg1919

Here is my list of books that transformed me:

Clausewitz - On War
Dante - Divine Comedy
Erasmus - Praise of Folly
Gantz (tr) - The Mabinogion
Gardner - Witchcraft Today
Guevara - Guerilla Warfare
Heinlein - Starship Troopers
Hofstadter - Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Regardie - The Tree of Life
Wilson - Illuminatus!


I am also temped to add: WO8890 and CFP131-1 - Platoon and Section In The Field.

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Original post: Mmothra

[QUOTE=Nuhad418]Great to see this thread alive again. For me the most transformative book has been:

A Thousand Plateaus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari
Translated and with a foreword by Brian Massumi









A Thousand Plateaus continues the work Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari began in Anti-Oedipus and has now become established as one of the classic studies of the development of critical theory in the late twentieth century. It occupies an important place at the center of the debate reassessing the works of Freud and Marx, advancing an approach that is neither Freudian nor Marxist but which learns from both to find an entirely new and radical path. It presents an attempt to pioneer a variety of social and psychological analyses free of the philosophical encumbrances criticized by postmodern writers. A Thousand Plateaus is an essential text for feminists, literary theorists, social scientists, philosophers, and others interested in the problems of contemporary Western culture.

"Full of brilliant insights, this series of brief, seemingly random essays on hot topics- war and death, territoriality and the anthropology of groups, model theory, and psychosis-provides much material for thought. An excellent introduction and extraordinary translation of this most difficult book." â??Sander L. Gilman, University of Chicago

Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was professor of philosophy at the University of Paris, Vincennes-St. Denis. With Félix Guattari, he coauthored Anti-Oedipus (1983)and Kafka (1986). Among his other works are Cinema 1 (1986), Cinema 2 (1989), Essays Critical and Clinical (1997), The Fold (1992), Foucault (198, Francis Bacon (2003), Kant's Critical Philosophy (1985), and Proust and Signs (2000).

640 pages | 1987



I have only managed to get through the first 40 pages or so and already it has managed to dismantle or transform me a great deal.[/QUOTE]
Have you read Anti-Oedipus? If not, do. Also, Guattari's book Molecular Revolution is excellent.

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Original post: ObsidianLightflame

1) The Bible. (Yes, it did.)

2) Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard.

I know neither of these are probably taken seriously by 90% of the folks here, at least from what I've seen, but I've figured over time that people tend to reject the most important things, and concern themselves with the least important things.

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Original post: davidperry2112

Psyco-cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
The Menory Book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas
Wisdom of the Mystic Masters by Joseph Weed
Science of Breath by Yogi Ramacharaka
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
How I Raised Myself From Failure To Sucess in Selling by Frank Bettger

And how many more have contributed...

Oh Yea! My favorite, ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand

I do find, as with The Memory Book you must do the excersises to get the benefit.

WE LEARN BY DOING, NOT BY JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

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Original post: magickingdl

Another great book ...

The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles by Dr. Bruce H. Lipton ... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0975991477/

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Original post: ~ Serenity ~

hhhmmm...lots of mine would be not specifically magical but had a magical effect..so, here goes..starting with the earliest.

Black Beauty (childhood)...hhhmmm, animals have feelings...hhhmmmm...:!:
growing up with a veterinarian father, animals were seen as income in my childhood..this book started my deep empathy with non humans that has characterized my life ever since

Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer

Lady Chatterley's Lover (I was 18, but it moves me to this day in its eloquent evocation of passion and nature)
Love and Will, by Rollo May
The Bird of Paradise and the Politics of Experience by RD Laing

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera - an enduring archetypal
presence in my life - plus, Kundera's a genius

The Spiral Dance
no better guide through a Dianic phase, and much of value for everyone imo

The Ritual Magic Workbook by Dolores Ashcroft Nowicki - one of my first CM books...I still remember buying it and doing all the exercises...

The Cosmic Doctrine, and
The Sea Priestess/Moon Magic
The Training and Work of an Initiate, all by Dion Fortune... immeasurably life altering, all of these

Grace and Grit, by Ken Wilber - indescribable, harrowing, and a gateway to his academic works as well

Pack of Two: the Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs, by the late and wondrously gifted Caroline Knapp

The Possible Human by Jean Houston

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, and Holy the Firm, by the incomparable Annie Dillard

Behaving as if the God in all Life Mattered, by Michaelle Small Wright
as someone who hears snakes singing, its nice to be challenged

The Great Work, by Thomas Berry, the most humbling and profound of them all


all of Bert Hellinger's work, but especially, Love's Hidden Symmetry and Acknowledging What Is


and
Staying Connected, by Rudolph Steiner...
it may well have saved my life.

feranaja

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Original post: Sauriel

These are some of the main books that led to profound changes in me, though whether they would have a similiar effect on others is very doubtful.
1.Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, by Sigmund Freud
The book that introduced me to one of the primary factors in human behavior.
2.When Rabbit Howls by The Troops for Truddi Chase
The book that started my love for psychology and started my understanding of personality programming.
3.Earth, Air, Fire & Water by Scott Cunningham
My first introduction into magick
4. The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey
It caused me to realize that Wicca was not the final authority on magick and led me to look into other areas.
5. Bhagavad-Gita Translated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
One of the corner stones of my approach to reality
6.Prime Chaos by Phil Hine
Recently broke me out of a mind trap that I've been stuck in for a few years.
While there are others, these are the main ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Regards

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Original post: Alkhemia

1. The Iliad by Homer. Simply an amazing book that prompted me to pursue my academic "career."

2. Modern Magick by Kraig. The very first CM book I ever bought (got it when it first came out - I was 12) and it was instrumental in starting me along the path of CM.

3. The Golden Dawn by Regardie. This will always have a special place in my heart, no matter what type of magick I am currently delving into.

4. All of Bardon's books.

5. Foucault's Pendulum by Eco.

6. The Mutus Liber.


Alkhemia

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Original post: TheFates

http://www.sacred-magick.com/pdf/Files/Foundational%20Writings%20of%20the%20World/Dhammapada%20(Buddhism).pdf Best book ever.[yes I am on the left hand path]

http://www.sacred-magick.com/pdf/Files/Foundational%20Writings%20of%20the%20World/Holybible.pdf When I read it for a couple of hours my mind goes balistic.In the good way.
http://infoka.kereta-api.com/PDF/Book_4_Part_III_-_Magick_in_Theory_and_Practice.pdf
Best book on magic I could hope for.
http://www.sacred-magick.com/pdf/Files/zoo/RAWilson-Prometheus.pdf
You know what I mean.
http://www.sacred-magick.com/pdf/Files/Foundational%20Writings%20of%20the%20World/The%20Quran.pdf Don't ask.

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Original post: ObsidianLightflame

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

I have to read that book! It's here in the library right now!