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>>8610377
Interested in this as well.

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The Lemegeton,: The lesser key of Solomon The King is basically the standard introductory text for aspiring Goetic magicians; those who practice the art of conjuring, commanding and abjuring the 72 spirits bound by Solomon under mystical compact.

It is available with a foreword by Aleister Crowley if that's your thing; and contains references for other texts too.

Goetic magic is probably best not taken literally; I study it as a cultural and artistic curiosity, but I do recognise it as a "legitimate" mystical tradition such as it is.

Hell, one night I was carrying my Lemegeton back from an argument with a friend at their house and incanting the an invocation to Astaroth to pass the long quiet walk; some feral kids tried to jump me and I somehow successfully fought a 40-minute running battle against them.

It was all right queer, though my rational brain passes it off as coincidence; maybe something about ritual actions like incantation and prayer have a calming effect that allow a person to compose themself.

>>8610377
Read Psychology and Alchemy by Jung like right now

>>8610373
Sure. It's also interesting to compare him with how later Greeks view their past. In Republic Plato goes on about the superior society of the earlier Spartans but Herodotus tells you how shit they were.

I remember one anecdote after Herodotus visited them, they shunned the collection of gold and silver in favor of iron (Plato says this will make society strong because they are not covetous) which made the Spartans the easiest Greeks to bribe with gold and silver.

>>8610619
neat. yeah i want to go through the greeks, just in a cursory way before i reread dante and a couple other italian poets. thanks for the response, i figured someone would yell at me about the presocratics and shit. how is thucydides by the way? i doubt i'd read both, but i hear herodotus is a bit more interesting. which do you prefer?

>>8610373
>significant themes in Homer's works

I am not entirely sure, Herodotus' Histories is a great book but I wouldn't necessarily say that it deals specifically with a lot of topics that we dealt with in the Iliad.
I mean you can read the Iliad and the Histories on its own just fine, I wouldn't say it is a prerequisite. Nonetheless, the Histories is an amazing book, one which I will probably reread in the future.
Greeks are just based as fuck I love their books.

the spookiest bitch to ever live

>>8610303
I feel like it's the opposite

>>8610297
I think that there would be a classical situation where the difference between ideologies is small, but it makes it all more noticeable. You know how you get really irrationally angry at people who are very close to you, personality-wise? The same thing. Ayn, despite being very individualistic, is not as individualistic as max - to her what matters in the end is society which allows proper individuals, where to Stirner it's backwards. Each would probably drift from the halfway point and become more radical in their beliefs.

>>8610295
who is ya tryin to bait up in heah? aint nobody got da time fo dat.

>>8610295
Bad bait
>>8610299
Who else /cringe/ here?

>>8610295
pleb
So /lit/, what's some other spanish speaking writer that writes similar stuff as Bolaño?

ricegum == asscum

>>8610296
Hmm

>>8610286
The Socratic Dialogues.

funny

why is bolaño so disgusting

>>8610262
This is the worst thread on /lit/ right now.

>>8610248
>Let people compare me to Joyce by all means, but my English is patball to Joyce's champion game.

>>8610263
>le fart man
Come on, can he even get to the heels of the greatest?

>>8610269
He can obviously reach their arses.

>>8610243
3/10

>>8610246
Sorry you hair brained meme shitting lunatic, but I'm actually being serious.

>>8610249
>you can't just read it cover to cover and enjoy it on it's own merit
You are empirically wrong.

>>8610026
You're just going to end up shitposting on econjobrumors aren't you.

>>8610035
I love economics but fuck pursuing a career in it. I don't want to work an unfulfilling government job crunching numbers.

The only good econ careers are academia or top-tier consulting.

>>8610026

*snickering Marxistly* try Jacobin

I wish. The church has been degenerated and perverted, there is no reason to join one anymore. This seems to be the thread to ask, where should I start with Buddhist /lit/ and is shinto worth reading into?

That I am the only person who exists except I'm not really a person and I'm in some shit matrix. And I'm not Elon Meme

I assume the existence of a higher power but ascribe no traits, values or attributes to it. Call that what you will.

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>MFW the ending.

Its an incredible book. Don't pleb out and stop when you get to a """""boring""""" section. Its objectively the greatest novel of all time.

>>8609994

Любюлy этa книгa. Moя любимaя Дocтoeвcкaя книг. Пo-мoeмy paзгoвop мeждy Ивaн и дьявoлoм -caмый лyчший мoмeнт в любoй книгe

Yes, one of the greatest novels of all time. However, if you can, read the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation -- FAR FAR superior than the older one, as it restores the humor (yes!) and social criticism that was flattened in earlier translations.

Did it Last year. I analysed the lyrics to All Star by Smash Mouth and got band 6

>>8610019
Under rated post

>>8610019
I'm analysis lyrics to A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall tomorrow desu

>>8609945

Goethe's Faust.

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>>8609945
Biblioklept?

>>8609846
The Bible

The Art of the Deal

>>8609846
Your diary

>>8609838
at least he's not black

>listening to a nigger's opinion on topological models

He's clearly just distracting you while his homeboys steal your bike

Most STEM guys feel qualified to talk about history, philosophy, culture, politics, economics etc as well.