Top 10 Historical Grimoires [Esoteric Saturdays]

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In this video, I show you a few of the Grimoires that have had a great influence on other Grimoires throughout history. This is a list of essentials that you need to know about if you're starting out with Magic and are getting curious about where most of the sigils and incantations, and rituals have their origins, particularly for Solomonic magic.
I didn't mention St Cyprian, as I've not found his work has been particulalry influential outside of his iberic region, though I'd be happy to be shown the error of my thinking, however, I did omit Trithemius and his "Art of Drawing Spirits into Crystals" which was hugely influential on the whole of western magic (I'm looking forward to Scarlet Imprint's upcoming book on the subject).
(Please note that there are general overviews of most of the books mentioned heare on my channel)
(See the full list of books available from Black Letter Press at their website: www.blackletter-press.com/shop )
The Art of Drawing Spirits Into Crystals:
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3aJUHOl
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3bTZZHs
Sworn Book of Honorius:
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2wgREyg
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2yrwC0q
6th and 7th Books of Moses:
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2JCXOMj
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2wSIjx2
PGM (Greek Magical Payri):
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2RaH9nn
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3dRs3g9
Enochian Vision Magic:
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2R7UE75
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2xJfh2N
Picatrix:
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/3bU51nh
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2x2bhKO
Arbatel:
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/39D9icZ
Amazon.com: amzn.to/39GE4ll
4th Book of Occult Philosophy (Heptameron of Peter D'Abano)
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2V0aFgK
Amazon.com: amzn.to/3bPwmXx
Book of Abramelin:
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2XcJmlZ
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2Re80iu
Goetia of Dr Rudd (Lemegeton - The Lesser Key of Solomon)
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2xJfZgt
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2V46oZt
The Clavis or Key to the Magic of Solomon (Greater Key of Solomon)
Amazon.co.uk: amzn.to/2UGX6Un
Amazon.com: amzn.to/2X8Ftyl
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@epicaf140 3 года назад

I've recently developed an addiction to reading and collecting grimoires(thanks to this guy).

@chrisven899 3 года назад

Where do you find them though?

@Danthehorse 3 года назад

Me too matey, my usual spending discipline has evaporated..

@chatrick203 3 года назад

Same here!

@arianaz6723 3 года назад

welcome to the board ! :-)

@ultravioletpisces3666 3 года назад

@@chrisven899 if you want them bad enough, you will find them 😉

@Silversorcerer 3 года назад

I love Abramelin's Sacred Magic. I only completed Two Months of the six month ritual, but it certainly raised my awareness. A bit of luck recently. I experienced a Kundalini Heart Chakra Activation due to a karmic past life partner reunion. So, now I'm looking to refine power and Spirituality. I'm loving the "full circle" aspect of being lead right back to Abramelin.

@kylestrenches3874 3 года назад

There is a grimoire that is from 14th century Iceland called Galdrabók you should read it. It contained many Icelandic staves for necromancy all the way to luck. There was a book written on it called “the Galdrabók” by Stephen flowers.

@coreyhahn4009 3 года назад

Love your channel man, straight to the point, professional and not cringe lol. Appreciate your hard work bud!

@robgau2501 3 года назад

I cannot express to you how much I have been trying to find a video exactly like this. Nothing of quality seems to be available, so I was thrilled with this one.

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

:D I'm so glad this has been useful for you!

@emilyroseayres84 3 года назад

A wonderful collection of books. There's always something holding me back from starting my own grimoire and from embracing any form of ritual magic. I love how you spoke of the concept of one's "Holy Guadian Angel". Blessings to you good sir.

@amitabhakassap7339 2 года назад

Your book reviews are very helpful. Please carry on with the good work. 👍

@DavidSewellStopSmokingHypnosis 4 года назад

Thanks for another great video! Keep up the great work!

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

I'm very glad you like it! :)

@harleyquinn-oi5ny 3 года назад

Your videos are so informative ✨ Thankyou so much

@robertblackmore703 3 года назад

Thank you for stating the distinction between the last two. I’m a little embarrassed to admit I had some confusion regarding the difference between the Goetia/Lesser key and the Greater. These are fascinating and I will eventually own them but my reluctance to engage them practically has placed them lower on the must have scale than some of my own prized books on the occult, like Crowley’s Liber ABA. A few years back they did a new massive hardcover version of Book 4, I highly recommend it and would love to see a review!

@GothicWiccan61 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing this list, theyre in shopping carts atm along with many other 🤓😅🤓

@natureswrath7665 3 года назад

Thanks, as an overall novice I love videos like this.

@oldpondfrog788 2 года назад

I received my three Bibliotheque bleue gimoires from BLP last week and was very pleased. Not quite what I was expecting but aimed at a level of innocence and un-sophistication that suits me fine. Somewhat concerned to hear, yet confirmed in my suspicions: Luficer Rofocale rules over all of "Europe and all other disasters". Similarly reassured my own failures; rather than being results of some series of errors, deficiencies or bad judgement; are surely down to my being born on an unlucky day. Extremely useful 😁.

@rorilee9791 2 года назад

HOW do you know all this stuff? Holy crap. Glad I found your channel :)

@SolomonsWorks 4 года назад

Good list. Still need to get Agrippa's Occult Philosophy and glad I've waited this long for Black Letter Press to come along. Not a grimoire but Demonology of King James is also a classic piece to help understand the time in which many of these were said to be written along with Malleus Maleficarum.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

Ah! Good call! :)

@user-ov6jg4ug9d 4 года назад

Thank You for the illumination.

@user-ov6jg4ug9d 4 года назад

It's says it is at 4.7k views perfect sign I saw this video exactly when I needed to.

@fraters.4430 4 года назад

How gratified I am that I somehow stumbled across your wonderful RU-vid channel here! Very well considered and nicely presented. Do you maintain a blog, or contribute to online discussion of these topics elsewhere?

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

Hi @Frater S! Thank you for your kind words 😊 no, I'm a father of a disabled child and in full-time employment. These couple of videos a week plus curating the comments section really takes up the remainder of my 'spare' time, so this is it, I'm afraid! I post a picture on Instagram from time to time #foolishfishbooks .

@robgau2501 3 года назад

Same! 😇

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

Since launching memberships on my channel, I've created a Discord server where members discuss these topics with me directly and among themselves. Check out the JOIN button 😊👍

@leonardopessanha5128 3 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks there is? I didn't see it in the Join description. It is the responses in Q&A videos?

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

@@leonardopessanha5128 yes. This is new. If have to pause everyone's memberships for 24 hours to update. In sure I'll have to bite the bullet at some point and add that to the description...

@stephenbrookshypnosistraining 4 года назад

I was very pleased to see that I already owned seven of your ten most recommended books, so only three more to buy! Thank you so much for recommending their order of importance. I've been trying to do that for a very long time and getting more and more confused. Many thanks. I also very much appreciated seeing the actual books rather than watching someone just talking about them. Regarding Dee's complete works, would Peterson's Five Books of Mystery be the best substitute until I decide whether I really need the Kevin Klein set? Thanks.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

Hi Stephen! I'm so glad I could help! I'm afraid I've been wondering the same think about the five books for some time, but never getting round to actually forking out for it - while it's cheaper, and certainly more readable, it's still not pocket-money, though I implicitly trust Joseph Peterson to make the material come alive as he always does. Stephen Skinner also recently republished Casaubon's A True And Faithful Relation... which he renamed Dr John Dee's Spiritual Diaries which I believe would complement the Five Books with little or no overlap, and as I say, in a much more reader-friendly format.

@angelorosini4326 4 года назад

Thank you!

@c1rcl3s 4 года назад

Interesting to hear Petit Albert is being published. I had heard of it years ago, but at that time it was extremely rare to find.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

I think the cover design may still be under development www.blackletter-press.com/product-page/le-petit-albert

@thedarkestmagic3337 4 года назад

Ouroboros Press did a very nice version of Le Petit Albert and may still available in the limited hardback.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

@@thedarkestmagic3337 Yes! Good point! Shipping may be more affordable on that if you're in the US. Not so much for us in Europe.

@STARRUBY156 8 месяцев назад

The Dee book is called a "True and Faithful Relation"

@Ignis696 4 года назад

What a great quiz. My prophetic skills failed me (for the first time ever, doubtlessly!) as I misguessed a couple of times: Lemegeton (pretty close to The Goetia of Dr. Rudd of course), Hygromanteia (for its grandfather status) and The Book of Oberon (for its visual and LSD-like parts). I was so "certain" that you would rank The Three Books of Occult Philosophy somewhere in top 3 but... that would be uninteresting for a popcorn chewing audience as these 3 books would technically have to make up the entirety of top 3 itself 😉

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

3 books is definitely indispensable, I'm not sure why, but I don't think of it as a grimoire as much as a survey of magic at the time of writing. But on the other hand, Picatrix falls under that category, so I don't really have a leg to stand on. I live the Book of Oberon, it's gorgeous and fun, but like, say, An Excellent Booke, I'm not sure it belongs in a top 10 most indispensable as it is rather influenced by others rather than influencing others.

@dnunez773 3 года назад

The universe inside.. had awesome videos on magick all things esoteric and the occult.. snippets mystery school topics UFO etc . You tube took them down...cant find them anywhere mabe 1 or 2....This list is similar to a video they did a top 10 list ..I have several that Ive aquired over the years.. Excellent

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

I doubt YT took them down. Sometimes people approach the occult before they've had a chance to properly experience exoteric religion, and when they discover exoteric religion they freak out that they might go to hell because of their previous work. This just demonstrates a lack of understanding of both exoteric and esoteric practice which are in fact one and the same, and not, as most would love to imagine, warring opposites to be taken sides with.

@Tyler.i.81 3 года назад

The black pullet is my favourite.

@Elf_Mage 3 месяца назад

Same, but they don’t sell it on Amazon 😢

@ThatBarefootPaganGirl 4 года назад

I would of put the I Ching in this list as well. It's a very incredible piece of art.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

I agree that it's astounding artifact - difficult to place it among grimoires, it seems to be a spirit in itself... I might have to do a top 10 divination methods video where it would fit nicely in one of the top spots :D

@bunnygirlerika9489 3 года назад

I would recommend The Book of St. Cyprien.

@pathworker2010 Год назад

similar to my own reading/study list funnily enough.( a note of caution for the beginner, if reading any books by Crowley be advised that he is reputed to have set traps for the unwary student of magic).

@scottmassino3051 4 года назад

I read the GMP, but I don’t know how one would ever perform (or want to; pretty grim by ASPCA standards;) ) the workings today, as the “ingredient lists” are pretty region/time specific. As a historical study as a Solomonic precursor/influence, sure, but I’m not drowning any falcons anytime soon. Cheers!

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

For sure! Personally, I don't think anything from this list is particulalry necessary other than form a historical perspective. I am more than satisfied with the results from the Gallery of Magic's workings that require at most a piece of paper and some basic art skills, and most of the time not even that...

@robertcote4375 2 года назад

Are there any practitioners that have performed the spell to summon 3 women/men for treasure and a ring from the Grimorium Verum/ grand grimoire?

@undesirable2560 2 месяца назад

i got a problem with buying grimoires and reading them once or twice practicing some of the material and moving on with the next one instead of mastering it.

@adocentyn9028 3 года назад

Each one is a deep journey in itself.

@gwang3103 3 года назад

1. Maybe there should be a 'Top 10 Grimoires for Beginners'. 2. Has Penguin published any of these? :)

@ultravioletpisces3666 3 года назад

Grimoires are probably not the best place to start as a beginner. ;)

@nancyrode9781 3 года назад

📝 ok👌 lots o catching up to do

@monio.9444 3 года назад

Can you please recommend a good book/grimoire on sympathetic magic? I mean a more serious one from which I can learn something, cause the shops here are filled with "magic books" that have more of that sort of self-help/best seller/life coaching feel to them.

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

Sympathetic magic is the source of most magic, low and high, of all traditions, western and eastern. You may need to be a little more specific than that! 😄 If you're looking for something non-denominational, I can recommend Hands-on Chaos Magick by Andrieh Vitimus, or The Magical Knowledge Trilogy by Josephine McCarthy.

@AzazelBathory Год назад

Do these books have a Kabbalistic influence? If so, do you know of any that have nothing to do with Kabbalah?

@christophercannon5068 3 года назад

I have to ask. Why would a magician want to evoke a demon? What would he gain or could gain?

@BoyDiviner 4 года назад

Great recommendations. I recently invested in a traditional hardcover Book of Abramelin but it's the S L Mathers version and I wasn't aware it was "incomplete" T_T appreciate that you made that known to me. I should've done more research ): and I'm not even sure how deep I want to read/practice it now. I didn't know Scarlet Imprint is releasing a version of the "The Art of Drawing Spirits Into Crystals" -- so so curious now. I'm looking forward to Frater Acher's next book though. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge.

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

"Black Abbot, White Magic" is the name of the book, and Yes, Frater Acher will be authoring. I believe it's going to be more essays than a re-publishing of "...Drawing Spirits..." and TBH, possibly even more than anything else, I'm super excited about it being illustrated by Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal who illustrated Gabriel McCaughry's gorgeous (h)Aurorae. Very exciting...!

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

Also, Mathers' version is the version that Crowley used, to some degree of success, so it can't be that bad... Anyway, I think it's mainly the process that's interesting - long-term self-denial and meditation on perfect divinity for long stretches, and then a profound ritual introduction. It's always the same thing, the Pentecostal Church use a similar process before baptising an adult. You can check out Michael Ceccetelli's "Holy Guardian Angel" for essays by respected Magicians such as Aaron Leitch and Fr. Ashen Chassan et al. on the topic: (Amazon Associate links): UK: amzn.to/2R88FBJ US: amzn.to/2JFccni

@BoyDiviner 4 года назад

Foolish Fish yes omg I’m super excited for that book - Scarlet Imprint’s international shipping isn’t great but I’m still so so so so tempted to get it (and maybe splurge on a hardcover), and maybe take the chance to get a hard copy version of Holy Daimon since I read the ebook one already. Thanks for recommending that book - I’ve seen a review of it on your channel and it’s on my growing wishlist ☺️☺️

@bunnygirlerika9489 3 года назад

The Complete works of John Dee, if your talking about the two volume hard back edited by Kevin Klien then they made a cheaper paper back that isn't limited.

@jameswoodward7545 4 года назад

Hello. I bought the Demons of Magick on the back of your recent recommendation and it was instantly dismissed as something of a joke by a mentor, who recommended Dr Rudd (which I also own). Is your interest in these matters theoretical, practical or both?

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

Yes, I would imagine that most 'mentors' would dismiss it as a joke. An analogy in the world of IT is that people who learned to program in C or Assembly often think of JavaScript as a joke. Nevertheless, most programs are now written with JavaScript because it takes a 10th of the time, and there's very little learning involved (comparatively). Have you tried either method? I've had nothing but success with GoM material. Read the introduction, is only a few pages, and you'll see why so-called 'serious' practitioners might dismiss it. I have no regard for authenticity or historical accuracy. For me, if it works, it works 😜 And if it works with nearly none of the hassle, then that's the method for me!

@jameswoodward7545 4 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks I'd really like to follow this up off line if you are willing?

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

@@jameswoodward7545 Instagram #foolishfishbooks

@jameswoodward7545 4 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks downloading the App now. Much appreciated

@jsinmcc92 4 года назад

So I’m guessing you already have Vol. 2 of the Agrippa on celestial magic? And I can’t wait for review in the first book

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

I don't think Book 2 is out quite yet, though the cover design has been revealed, and of course I've ordered a copy. I started reading book 1 about an hour ago!

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

Talking about the Black Letter Press editions, of course, I've had the Llewellyn edition for some time, but it's just not particularly comfortable to read!

@jsinmcc92 4 года назад

Foolish Fish by first book I meant is the series of the agrippa but that’s a trip I ask about it at around the same time u start reading it lol

@christophercaron3042 3 года назад

do i spot a board game collection at 11:17 ?

@georgeedwardscott7159 3 года назад

Have you read anything by Thomas Sheridan?

@Vroomerz 3 года назад

1000th Like!

@TheMrGrey 4 года назад

I have the “The three magical books of Solomon” do I need “The Goetia of Dr Rudd” or are they the same thing?

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

...Dr Rudd is a very heavily expanded version of the Lesser Key of Solomon (aka the Lemegeton). You need it if you are super into that specific book (except the Ars Notoria not included) and want to practice safely but still traditionally. If you don't care about the "traditionally" part, stick with the Gallery of Magick's "Demons of Magick" by the theatrically named "Adam Blackthorn".

@TheMrGrey 4 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks Thank you for the reply! The book is on sale for a little north of $60. I was going to jump on it because most other places are listing it between $75 and $200. I'll definitely order it today.

@linzdanielle 5 месяцев назад

Have you done the Abramelin ritual? We just watched Dark Song based on your movie suggestions. Was it like that?

@FoolishFishBooks 5 месяцев назад

A Dark Song is cinema, please remember...! It is similar only in feel, not in visible effect! And the ritual itself is just prayer, very boring, and very un-cinema-worthy, and it's done alone (the whole point!)

@vbathory3757 4 года назад

May I ask Which book on John Dee did you order but missed out on?

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

The Complete Works. I guess a Paperback edition is now in the works, but it's the same price as what the hardcover set was. That really stings! XD

@povthehelper 3 года назад

I have been reading the black pullet from a long time now and decided to make the talismans and rings by myself but I have seen that people are selling the talismans and rings from the grimoire online.. So I ask that will the incantations from the grimoire work if we just buy these talismans rather than making our own???

@justinfinley4332 3 года назад

Definitely not an expert on the subject ,but simply buying them seems to me like defeating the purpose of having a tailsman or ring in the first place ....I think they are supposed to be personal

@margarets4610 3 года назад

Its best to make your own

@nightgreen8340 4 года назад

Nice review. But are not Clavis and Greater Key of Solomon two different books?

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

No. there are a few different manuscripts, but the Clavis (Latin for 'key') is the Greater Key. Lemegeton Clavis (mistaken Latin for 'Lesser Key’) is represented in this list by The Goetia of Dr Rudd.

@theemperor2017 4 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks good call. Also, reference to your #1 top tier pick. Would you say that you preferred same over the Lesser Keys of Solomon via Joseph Peterson or Aleister Crowley?? P.s. Keep up the magnificent work mate. Very rare & deep topics discussed which contrast esotericness 📚. My fav. Is esoteric Saturdays👻.

@gottliebkwametay8175 3 года назад

I'm a practitioner of enochian magic mainly using enochian world of Alister Crowley and Lon Milo Duquette but the author did not hesitate to name online works of Clay Holden Geoffrey James Stephen Skinner David rankings etc etc as actual practitioner question is how then do upgrade the act?

@SON___OF___EL1516 7 дней назад

hello Sir, please can have word with you about these books and other occultic stuffs?

@TexasSteader 3 года назад

Would using high white magic be considered Sorcery according to biblical doctrine? Does this endanger ones soul?

@shitocodone8940 3 года назад

I think there’s room to argue no because Christians pray which that would be a form of high white magick

@KhanCrete 3 года назад

what was the name of the arabic grimoire mentioned during the picatrix overview?

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm

@ditzychron 3 года назад

Would you still recommend the clavis and dr Rudd if you own the getter and lesser keys? Thanks

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

If you like these, you'll love those 😄🙏

@ditzychron 3 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks brilliant, thank you! I’m really enjoying your videos... thank you so much for sharing! 🙌🏼

@joshprice9143 3 года назад

If you're a beginner then id definitely go with Rudd's Lemegeton.. it has all the corresponding Angel's seals and provides a more thorough working for banishing...just my opinion

@RickyLeo1 3 года назад

have you tried one of the spells?

@wavee5879 3 года назад

If wanting to learn more European centric high magic like Enochian what books would you suggest....for new practitioners? I have tried numerous other magics as a child, back in the 70s, which almost caused my complete mental break down and death. This under taking is very serious and must be learnt with care. Also, what real life happenings do any you contribute to your magics?

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

Enochian Vision Magick is the perfect practical primer.

@wavee5879 3 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks Should Arbatel be first....finding one's guardian angel?

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

@@wavee5879 If you're new to this, Enochian isn't really a good place to start. The Arbatel is also not for beginners. Pick up some books like Success Magick by Damon Brand (which actually uses Enochian, but I'm a very beginner-friendly way) which leads to a HGA ritual to be released this year.

@mdm5287 3 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks do you now have a discord site or similar? Like to share a few pictures of a book I ordered, limited edition (80 copies?), about 30 years ago.

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

@@mdm5287 There is a Discord server for members (details in the description) 😊

@wilsonskyfaeldo3736 3 года назад

if you follow those spells in the book dose the magic really work?

@jdfe8302 3 года назад

Welcome to the rabbit hole alice

@kennethcullitan3815 2 года назад

11:17 has me wondering when you're going to do a crossover with Shut Up & Sit Down

@FoolishFishBooks 2 года назад

Hehe! Yeah, I'd love that! I even used to live in Brighton, so would definitely have been an option back then...

@101jackj Месяц назад

Hey FF, which Grimoire do you think I should start with? I already have the Goetia coming in the mail.

@FoolishFishBooks Месяц назад

I think the Heptameron (See Agrippa's 4th book of Occult Philosophy and Elucidation of Necromancy) is a fantastic, workable system, as well as the Ars Almadel and the Arbatel.

@101jackj Месяц назад

@@FoolishFishBooksThank you so much once again.

@101jackj Месяц назад

⁠@@FoolishFishBooksYou know, you’ve really tried to help me out here - and I really want to leave you alone - but I have two more questions and I promise that’s it. Between The Key of Solomon and The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy by (not) Agrippa, both translated by Skinner, which one do you think I should purchase first? Also, what are your general thoughts on St. Cyprian’s Grimoire? Did the techniques within it work for you?

@FoolishFishBooks Месяц назад

@@101jackj they're both as essential/not essential as each other. KoS is talismans and planetary magic, 4th book of pseudo Agrippa is spirits/entities. I wouldn't pick Skinner's 4th book if that s the one you go for, but rather Donald Tyson's. Skinner's KoS is good.

@dragorino1177 4 года назад

💙

@IBMikmaq 2 года назад

I have everyone of these books The enochian vision magick cost more then the complete works of john dee. I wish I seen this video before I bought enochian vision magick. However, it is the first edition.

@SON___OF___EL1516 7 дней назад

hello Sir, please can have word with you about these books and other occultic stuffs?

@pavlekovacevic1676 3 года назад

Do you have asta's five leaf grimoire? XD

@xeinacanlas6356 3 года назад

LOL

@flashfire157 3 года назад

What exactly are grimoirs?

@ghettocountry8678 4 года назад

sigils so remind me of crop circles and wondering if there are any connections within them that could lead back to where it started at or from or if there's an explanation with the crop circles that we just haven't GOTTEN yet that intertwine together.

@DEZIM1182 2 года назад

Surprised Initiation into Hermetics was not included

@martinbasalov6739 3 года назад

maybe iam wrong.....no iam not xD why is on THE GREEK MAGYCKAL PAPYRI the egyptian god of sun Ra?

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyri

@gillbeatsisback01 3 года назад

What is your take on psychedelics ,DMT especially, it seems to me to be the exact same thing as is achieved at highest levels of magickal practice.

@brandoncallaway8835 4 года назад

I have the paperback version of enochian magick

@brandoncallaway8835 4 года назад

I have the picatrix too

@Ignis696 4 года назад

What were your criteria for your choosing of grimoires? For comparison's sake, here is a list of Owen Davies' top 10 grimoires, not very different from your own (which is not bad as he for sure knows his shit): www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/08/history

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

It had to be original, a source of influence rather than just a re-hash of previous techniques (which ruled out The Magus), it had to be historically actually used (so no Necronomicon or any other work of fiction), and it had to be a manual of workable techniques rather than an essay discussing the techniques (so no Three Books of Agripa or Eliphas Levi). I don't know Owen Davies, should I?

@TC2642 4 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks I've just read his book Grimores: A History of Magic Books, well worth a read he is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshire, he is, I believe, a leading authority on Witchcraft and the occult.

@ajones747 2 года назад

I'm surprised Peterson's Lemegeton wasn't included and Dr Rudd's is included. Peterson's is the more comprehensive.

@erinbsullivan444 3 года назад

Great, I got the wrong Abramelin book by Mathers🤦🏼‍♀️ And I got the Mathers Key of Solomon too🤦🏼‍♀️

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

Haha! It's not 'wrong' 😄 an important piece of magical history!

@erinbsullivan444 3 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks I am trying to get the most bang for my buck. If you could only buy one magic book, what would it be?

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

@@erinbsullivan444 That's a tall order without knowing you personally... the perfect book for you isn't necessarily going to be the perfect book for anyone else... Lon Milo Duquette's Understanding the Thoth Tarot may seem like a strange choice, but it packs sooooo much information between its pages, I think it's a perfect primer that can keep you plenty busy for a few years even... let's say that it's a perfect base on which to build.

@erinbsullivan444 3 года назад

@@FoolishFishBooks Thank you. I thought you would have said the Clavis or Key of Magic of Solomon. I’m on the fence with that one because it’s sooo expensive. I don’t mind spending the money, but i want to make sure I’m getting everything I need for Solomonic Magick

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

@@erinbsullivan444 As I say, horses for courses. If you're really into your talismans and only historic sources will do... Why not! 😄

@jorgeleon6995 2 года назад

El Enchiridión Del Papa León III

@Murolas 3 года назад

image if they still work today

@AZTigerMMA 3 года назад

Are we going to talk about what they feature maybe some benefits

@FoolishFishBooks 3 года назад

I've reviewed most of these, I'd invite you to check out the videos on my channel 😊👍

@vihangahiggoda5101 6 дней назад

Unfortunately I'm in sri Lanka so I don't have enough money to buy them 😢😢😢😢

@lolasohercules 3 года назад

So grimoires really are real?

@Iconicnotcon 3 года назад

Yes usually if a magician or a witch of wizard or magus writes their own grimoire it’s better to put your own blood on the words written to power the words

@venustar9526 3 года назад

I came here after seeing adventures of sabrina

@masonrinalducci 4 года назад

I do enjoy your videos and find them very informative but I can’t stand the way in which you touch your books I know it might sound strange but how your hand floats around and caresses the book quite irks me I’m sorry but definitely going to buy the lesser and greater keys as well as Abramelin

@masonrinalducci 4 года назад

Nonetheless I do enjoy the videos but I just, I don’t know there’s something about the hand movements

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

😂😂😂

@FoolishFishBooks 4 года назад

😂 I'm so sorry that it bothers you so much! I really am 😁 it's funny the things that push the wrong buttons, isn't it? I hope it doesn't affect your life too badly 😊👍

@nanettewinston-armstrong9294 3 года назад

Hi Foolish Fish , I just discovered Your RU-vid , thank You for sharing . I tried finding a fb messenger email for You because I wanted to ask you a sensitive question . Hopefully its not too , being of the same subject . The question is , if you ever read any alice bailey books . I read some of them in the 80s , I bought them not knowing it was e... I had heard that these books were hitlers bedside table books a few years after I acquired them . And that the 4th initiation was to put the person in pain to become an Ascended master crap n heard that occurred to Jesus Christ on the cross , the 4th initiation . Supposedly not in Vain or Vanity , the martyrdom , for e... isnt Purpose or reason to do that to a Person , let alone Jesus Christ .. I got so upset , I burned that book , Serving Humanity n partly another of a.b. s books , Esoteric healing . That one partly , because thinking maybe there was some good intelligence for healing Humanity . My husband said I was going to burn the whole house down , when I did it . And I heard it was living books which I noticed , the words visually poping out weirdly when I first attempted to read Serving Humanity . I couldnt really read it easily because it was so extensively left brain worded . I was wondering if you had read any of them , if you noticed n heard any of that too 🤔 Also I have a book in storage , that's called the Victorian Grimoire , printed in brown ink , pretty bulky . I dont remember the author . I held on to , it wasnt dark at all , like the ones here it seems .

@ultravioletpisces3666 3 года назад

😁😁😁😁😁😁 Me watching foolish fish videos.

@TallAndThin123 3 года назад

a lot of this kabbalah , angel stuff and goetia magick stuff is all jewish, what about ancient egypt and other roots?

@upliftsouls 3 года назад

All magick derives from ancient Egypt.

@TallAndThin123 3 года назад

@@upliftsouls i see , can you link me some info?

@marcb7208 2 года назад

Foolishfish...what do you think of Stephen Skinner and his work? Just out of interest. Tell me to mind my own business and stop being so nosey...HAAA!!! Apologies for being so nosey. I have to admit that I am extremely nosey sometimes. Especially when it's regarding any subject that I find fascinating and I'm researching at the moment. Not that my research on the occult, Magick or anything to do with esoteric knowledge is ever something that I'll stop looking into and will ever get bored of researching those kinda subjects. Plus it's that much of an enormous amount of knowledge and I doubt I'll ever be able to look into everything that is out there. Even the best magicians probably haven't read everything that's covering these topics. I doubt even the "Great Beast" aka Mr. Crowley would of read everything he would of wanted to. Sometimes I just wish I could read much much faster than I currently do. I've done sigils for my reading to be a little bit faster and speed it up so I can read so soooooo much more books and that. I bet there's a few people who think that exact same thing, about reading things much faster. Just for the benefit of being able to get through a lot more books in our lifetime. Any tips on reading quicker and much faster then that'd be much appreciated. Nuff Love Anyways, Y'all. Peace Out ✌🏻☮

@FoolishFishBooks 2 года назад

Despite my issues with Dr. Skinner's opinionated style, I think the occult space would be considerably poorer without him.

@ambrosemorningstar2025 3 года назад

669 likes ironic.

@benquinney2 3 года назад

Chicken?

@gabiedubin 3 года назад

honestly I don't get this fascination with these books, I mean isn't it complete poppycock? so what if it's historical? what is their importance ? I'll be glad if someone could explain to me the fascination with these books.

@gabiedubin 3 года назад

@Amogus Cockbot yea but they don't hold any power because magic doesn't exist right?

@gabiedubin 3 года назад

@Amogus Cockbot I mean I guess the collecting of them for the sake of collecting them is okay but it doesn't seem that the dude in the video and a lot of the people in the comment treat them that way. it seems like they treat them like they are something more than just objects of art.