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Expanding consciousness - 13 definitive books
The Illuminatus!: TrilogyThe Illuminatus!: Trilogy by Robert Shea
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The book that started it all for a lot of people
Cosmic Trigger: Final Secret of the Illuminati: Vol. 1: v. 1Cosmic Trigger: Final Secret of the Illuminati: Vol. 1: v. 1 by Robert Anton Wilson
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Rip roaring autobiographical account of RAW's experiences with the worlds of magick, altered states of consciousness, Timothy Leary, space migration, heightened awareness through experimentation
Prometheus RisingPrometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
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Integrates Leary's 8 neurological circuits, Gurdjieff's self-observations exercises, Korzybski's general semantics, Crowley's magical theorems, yoga, Christian Science, relativity & quantum mechanics
Angel Tech: A Modern Shaman's Guide to Reality SelectionAngel Tech: A Modern Shaman's Guide to Reality Selection by Antero Alli
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rip-roaring rollercoaster through the very essence of what makes us human, taking us high on the edge of our devilishly crafted structures and showing us a glimpse of what lies beyond
Undoing Yourself with Energized Meditation: The Split Brain Conspiracy: With Energized Meditation and Other DevicesUndoing Yourself with Energized Meditation: The Split Brain Conspiracy: With Energized Meditation and Other Devices by Christopher S. Hyatt
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Christopher Hyatt invades your ego and grows like a parasite. After a while, you fell your ego being eaten away, and realize it is not the author doing the eating, but yourself
The Psychedelic Experience: Manual Based on the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" (Citadel Underground): Manual Based on the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" (Citadel Underground)The Psychedelic Experience: Manual Based on the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" (Citadel Underground): Manual Based on the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" (Citadel Underground) by Timothy Leary
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Leary combines the age old scripts of the tibetan book with his own seens of psycadelia to a mindblowing effect. he has a real sense of understanding and sets the facts straight
Programming the Human Bio-ComputerProgramming the Human Bio-Computer by John C. Lilly
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Lilly's attempt to write an owner's operating manual on how to use the brain and central nervous system
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (Arkana)The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (Arkana) by Carlos Castaneda
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Castaneda narrates in first person the events leading to and ensuing after his meeting a Yaqui shaman named don Juan Matus
Monsters and Magical Sticks: Or, There's No Such Thing as Hypnosis: There's No Such Thing as Hypnosis?Monsters and Magical Sticks: Or, There's No Such Thing as Hypnosis: There's No Such Thing as Hypnosis? by Steven Heller
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Demystifies hypnosis and opens your mind to what can be possible even in conversational terms
Way of the ShamanWay of the Shaman by Michael J. Harner
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Neoshamanic classic that describes Harners experiences among the tribal shmans and practical exercises to becoming one
Magick Without TearsMagick Without Tears by Aleister Crowley
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Originally titled Aleister Explains Everything, offer insights into both magick and Thelema—Crowley's religious and ethical system—with a clarity and wit often absent in his earlier writings
Liber Null and PsychonautLiber Null and Psychonaut by Peter Carroll
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A startlingly honest stripping down of chaos magick, magickal techniques, removing the glamour to see the raw psychology which lies underneath.
The Book of Secrets: 112 Keys to the Mystery WithinThe Book of Secrets: 112 Keys to the Mystery Within by Osho
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His bestselling book that chronicles 112 ways to tantric superconsciousness. Based on vijnanabhairava tantra – often called the definitive treatise on tantra – written over 5000 years ago