might get that helmut newton sumo

Im copping this amazing big book of David Lynch his art exhibition, its called Someones In My House

Not Taschen but it’s the main thing i’m getting rn, besides some Lon-Milo Duquette books that y’all wouldn’t care about

Literally. Amazing thread

The joke is all their esoteric hardcovers are about 25 euros tops so it’s cheap as hell for the quality you actually get

Yall welcome

Do you practice? If i may ask

The title of the series sounds mad interesting. Definitely going to see if I can find audiobooks online or from my library app

Do you practice these things?

Only tarot and meditation as of now

I like to read about magic, the esoteric in general or any concepts relating to the (sub)consciousness, while also having an interest in different forms of religion

I’m agnostic and not tied to anything

It’s more art than text tbh so an audio book, if there even is one, isn’t gonna do much

Would you say it has helped you in life? Like do more positive things happen to you? Or is it more in a self help of sort? I’m curious.

Tapping into my spiritual side over the last few years has been life changing. I finally have been able to accept myself and stay more true to the real me, and in the process got rid of almost all my friends. It sounds bad, but it's actually a good thing in my experience, because i realized most of them were on such different frequencies than me and i wouldn't be able to count on most of them if necessary. Also feels blessed to be on this path together with my girlfriend and 100% sure (i know you can never be sure but i really am) to be my future wife. We've been together for close to 6 years now and she fully supports me and actually shares some of the same interests as i do in this subject so that's dope

Okay sorry i always type way too much so quickly

Just strictly speaking Tarot, it has helped me so much as well. I indeed started using it as a self help tool. I get stuck in my head a lot and worry too much, so the early tarot sessions always had a specific goal which is to really sit with my ideas and ponder my next moves and it became a habit ever since

I've had some truly magical experience with tarot readings though, which couldn't be solely coincedence, and it kind of has changed my view a bit. I wouldn't be able to explain it, but i do believe there's more to them than just being cards that can be useful for meditation/self help. Not saying that the cards inherently are something supernatural, def not. But in combination with meditation i really feel like there's something that's guiding and influencing the outcome of the cards. Whatever it may be

Speaking of which, i had the most beautiful tarot reading earlier this week with my girl, and it was so powerful that we both started crying tears of happiness. We did the reading for a specific personal reason and you just can't make up how accurate the cards can turn out and how specific they can be

Again, sorry that i made you read a whole ass book

No problem, good and interesting to hear these things help you. S***s all really interesting stuff to me, but things Id never consider doing myself so it’s good to hear some people talk about it. Do you plan on going much deeper into this estoric stuff or you happy with the things you do now, this all seems pretty innocent, but I’d reckon those witchcraft things could be pretty scary tbh.

I couldn't tell you. This stuff really is interesting, and it's def to fal too deep into the rabbit hole. I'm not planning anything though, i like to read everything with an open mind but there's no real end goal to it. For the Tarot stuff there's actual stuff i really do study and put a lot of time in to understand (for my deck there's a lot of Qaballistic influences, it's based on that system so you do have to learn & master it to use that specific Tarot to it's full potential)

Scary in what sense? if anything, reading about all these things made me understand them more accurately which made them less spooky

I’m not really a believer or non believer in ghosts and demons or things like that and I know that’s not what Tarots about. But with other deeper things in this realm like summoning spirits or those ouija bords I’d be scared to summon some evil demon, eventhough ion really believe in them.

Btw does anyone know a good place to get pdf’s of Taschen books? I checked TPB, but there’s not much on there.

They're worth getting in hardcover fam, the Kubrick book is only 15 euros here, and the books from this thread only 20-25

I’ll get the big Kubrick one when I have a place to put it, but it’s more that I kind of want to see most of them and I don’t got that kind of place/money.

You'd be suprised how little mention there is of ouija bords when you read up on anything relating to demonology, spirits, angels whatever you wanna call them. It's more prevelant in Hollywood than anything else

And i wouldn't just try to summon no demon, don't worry i don't have any reason to

I do have a book that claimed it has made some sort of ''database'' for lack of better words of the Goetic demons and how to cast the right circles & sigils to supposedly summon them but it's purely out of interest

If i'm gonna incorporate some of the actual practical stuff, it will def not be something heavy like that

I have been reading these kind of texts for a couple of years now and i have never done anything magick related, not even something most people learn early like The Lesser Banishing Ritual Of The Pentagram (see it as a sort of basic protection ritual)

Like i said, just Tarot & meditation for balance and guidance and the rest of it is just book diving for now

lmao I must've been watching too many movies