Why I Left Jehovah’s
Witnesses … Ted Dencher
How to Witness to Jehovah’s
Witnesses … William J. Schnell
Index of Watch Tower Errors
… David A. Reed, Ed.
The Truth Book … Joy Castro
Holy Blood, Holy Grail …
Michael Baigent, et. al.
The Book of Ceremonial Magic … Arthur Edward Waite
Pied Piper of Atheism … Pete
Vere & Sandra Miesel
Astrology and Other Occult
Games … Margaret and Eve Ronan
The Complete Book of Magic
and Witchcraft … Kathryn Paulsen
The Tarot Revealed … Eden Gray
Chariots of the Gods? …
Erich Von Daniken
Teachings of Gurdjieff … C.
S. Knot
The Gnostic Scriptures …
Bentley Layton
The Lost Books of the Bible
and The Forgotten Books of Eden … Rutherford Hayes Platt, Brett Alden
The Book of the Sacred Magic
of Abramelin the Mage … S. L. Macgregor Mathers (tr.)
A Treatise on Angel Magic …
Adam McLean (ed.)
As James Blish's black magician Theron Ware points out, there is really no such thing as White Magic; it is only one of the more subtle temptations of power, trying to work your will instead of His. And I have to admit the truth of what seems to be one of the sillier assertions of religion: that for people who enjoy Fantasy the desire to work magic in real life can be a real temptation. I am not saying it is an inevitable road, only that people without a modicum of discernment might find it a gateway drug. I can testify to the truth of this, because I came dismayingly close to the edge, without (God is merciful) crossing the line. Whether the teachings of Gurdjieff or Von Daniken really belong in this category is a moot point, but they do seem rather cultish.
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