What Are You Reading?

[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!

[ReverendJones]

@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!

[christianbryant]

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I recently picked up an old book that seems to have great application to current technological currents. It is "The Human Use of Human Beings" by Norbert Wiener, written in 1950. I'm not very familiar with him, though his name has been mentioned in transhumanism discussions. He was a mathematician who apparently was at the heart of the early cybernetics movement.

I learned of it watching a talk with technologist Jaron Lanier who mentioned the book as an early warning of the domination of certain technological advancements over the quality of human life. I was expecting a dry read, but his outlook and language is surprisingly modern and reminds me of why I was drawn to early science fiction writers like Ray Bradbury, Phillip K. Dick and Robert Heinlein. There is a spark of Crowley-like sardonic humor in there, as well.

Only half-way through, but thus far it is quite the read and well worth it.

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