Books like 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings Including Gematria and Sepher Sephiroth

This is a true classic, a definitive reference volume, the correspondence tables are comprehensive and it's also fascinating - Crowley could make even a dry reference book an interesting read. Three stars off, however, for the blood libel against the Jews of Eastern Europe in the original text. Really, Uncle Al? You actually believed that? (Israel Regardie did excise it from the edition I own (Weiser hardcover ISBN 0 87728 222 6), saying "It is a nasty, malicious piece of writing, and does not do justice to the system with which he is dealing.") The man was brilliant. But he could also be a racist bigot, and apparently even he didn't see the stupidity in making anti-Jewish remarks (or anti-Black, as he sometimes did) while promoting a religion grounded in Jewish mysticism and northern African deities. DO read Crowley. He had a lot of important ideas, and there's much to be learned from him. That Regardie continued to promote his work in spite of the bigoted comments speaks for the quality of the writing. Just don't make an infallible god king of him - or anyone.