The Magician’s Book List
Magicians have been trying to teach us magick in plain sight for *years*.
Famous authors like William Shakespeare and Carl Jung were not just experts in their field… they were magicians! (Multidimensional, much?)
That means we can get hints about magick through reading.
As a child, I started learning all about magick from my favorite books ever… I owe a lot of who I have become to my childhood as a voracious adventure, mystery, and fantasy novel reader.
Books, in tandem with my parents encouraging me to believe in the ‘impossible’ by creating elaborate plots & relationships that I maintained over the course of years with, for example, the Tooth Fairy, set the stage for my adulthood as a real-life-magician.
This list is perhaps ‘unique’ because I have chosen books that encourage and foster our sense of believing in magick, along with a couple of ‘heavy hitters’ which explain more about the rules of magick and principles behind it. No one book is better than the other.
Understanding theory is worth nothing without application! (Most of the world doesn’t understand this…)
Anyway, without further ado, 5 books to push to the top of your magickal reading list.
1) The Harry Potter series: by J.K. Rowling. I feel like this one is an automatic *add to cart* without any need for explanation. Is there anything more magickal than the Harry Potter series? It gives readers the opportunity to learn about a wide variety of magickal tools: wands, the Philosopher’s Stone, magickal creatures like unicorns, mermaids and dragons… and it’s so easy to digest! Read this to your children to instil a sense of ‘believing in magick’.
2) The Kybalion: written by ‘Three Initiates’, this short and deep book explores the basic rules of Hermetics, like rhythm, vibration, the law of cause and effect, and gender. It speaks to energies on the planet and integrating this wisdom helps all of us witches & wizards become the masters of our craft. I have this beautiful hardcover version, which totally changes the vibe and offers a sneak peak into the sacred geometries…
3) Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self: by Carl Jung. As a fellow psychologist, I can say that something woke up inside of me the I first flipped through this book. If you are psychologically-inclined, too, please read this book! We know that mastering the physical world comes first from knowing who we are, and in this book, Jung explores the 'Self’ from all angles. He discusses the ego, Christ consciousness, selfhood and symbols of the self. It is *so* good.
4) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass: This classic by Lewis Carroll shows us the power of a perspective shift. I also love the movies directed by Tim Burton (as a bonus!). The costumes are incredible.
5) A Midsummer Night’s Dream: by William Shakespeare. This is my favorite Shakespeare play, and I owe it all to the fairies. The movie version is great, and it’ll take you back to high school English class. Any play directors out there? Cast me as Puck, kay?
