What Are You Reading?

[Stef]

Hannah, have you read Isabel Allende? I read a few of her books years ago, you might like her.

I'm always reading numerous books at the same time. Lately, I've been reading:

• Priest by Sierra Simone, a passable erotic novel about a young Catholic priest in the Midwest who breaks his vow of celibacy all over his church for a woman who comes to his confessional
• Slowly rereading Plato's Republic, which I recently rescued from a college book stash at my parents' house
• Enrico gifted me Liber Kaos (thanks, Enrico!) which I have yet to read, but which is sitting on my nightstand patiently waiting
• I've read through most of Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Other Stories except for the last ten pages which for some reason I can't bring myself to finish
• The Book of Hermetica, a publication that includes the Corpus Hermeticum, Emerald Tablet, and Kybalion that I've been picking through since last year

[Hannah]

Yes, I love her! I have only read Eva Luna though, when I was in a magical realism streak. I really like Haruki Murakami. Maybe I will read more of her work! What was your favorite book?

Omg I was about to read Priest too!

I like having a fiction and nonfiction book going at the same time too.

[Stef]

I remember reading her book about Zorro because I was obsessed with Zorro as a kid, but I know she has other magical realism books.

Priest is fun! It's a bit too "this woman is so perfect and amazing omg" for me, but it's a fun read so far.

[Hannah]

@Stef awesome, thank you! I appreciate that you were into Zorro, that is a fun character to be interested as a kid!

[augur]

I have been reading ITC, Magick in Theory and Practice, Law is for All, and the original Magick without Tears manuscript. The last non-research book I read was The Archetype of Initiation by Robert L. Moore.

[atomanegg]

Hi friends! I'm new here. I have a real life book club that meets in Southern Oregon twice a month. That is how I found the Thelema site, and look at ye! You're book-clubbing too!

We've been reading Eliphas Levi's work, currently on Dogma and Rituel of High Magic.

Also, has anyone heard of Leonora Carrington? Blown away by her surrealist novel "the Hearing Trumpet". One of the finest, strangest short books I've ever read. The protagonist is a 92 year old woman. Good fun...

[Hannah]

Hello! That sounds like a blast!

Babalon Salon (our women's group) did an event on Leonora Carrington's artwork but I haven't read any of her writings. I will definitely check it out!

[Andie]

@atomanegg Welcome! ...and I'll have to check out that book--sounds fun!

[jjones]

@atomanegg I have been dying to read the Hearing Trumpet.

I have a book called the Tarot of Leonora Carrington that includes pictures and writings of the tarot deck she created. Although it's not a narrative story, I highly recommend it to any fan of Ms. Carrington.

[Andie]

Staring at my latest purchase, "Sarah the Priestess" by Savina J. Teubal but haven't actually opened it yet. It seems like it's going to be amazing!