Ra-Hoor-Khuit Network's
Magickal Library
BOOK LIST for E.G.C. Priests and Priestesses
September 1998 e.v.
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I. Reading List
A. Commentary on Liber XV:
1. Crowley, Aleister; Book 15: Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Canon
Missae, in Magick: Book IV, Parts I-IV, Second, Revised Edition;
edited, annotated and introduced by Hymenaeus Beta, Samuel Weiser,
York Beach, Maine 1997
2. Crowley, Aleister; "Liber XV; O.T.O. Ecclesiae Gnosticae
Catholicae Canon Missae, the Gnostic Mass; Edited from the Ancient
Documents in Assyrian and Greek by the Master Therion" Edited and
harmonized by Mordecai Shapiro, in Ecclesia Gnostica, Vol. I, No. 3,
E.G.C., Emeryville, California 1981, reprinted in The Equinox, Vol.
III, No. 10, Ordo Templi Orientis, 93 Publishing, NY 1986
3. Soror Meral; "Additional Stage Directions and Commentary to Liber
XV" in In the Continuum, Vol. II No. 4, College of Thelema,
Oroville, California 1979
4. Tau Apiryon and Helena; Mystery of Mystery: A Primer of Thelemic
Ecclesiastical Gnosticism (Red Flame No. 2), Oakland, California,
July/November 1995
B. Books on Comparative Symbolism in Eucharistic Ritual:
1. Frater Achad; The Chalice of Ecstasy, being a Magical and
Qabalistic Interpretation of the Drama of Parzival, Yogi Publication
Society, Chicago 1923
2. Hoeller, Stephan A.; The Mystery and Magic of the Eucharist, The
Gnostic Press, Hollywood, CA 1973/1990
3. Inman, Thomas; Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism
Exposed and Explained, Peter Bokler, NY 1869/1874
4. Jung, C.G.; "Transformation Symbolism in the Mass" in Psyche &
Symbol, V.L. de Laszlo, ed., Doubleday, New York 1958
C. Books on Gnosticism:
1. Couliano, Ioan P.; The Tree of Gnosis, Harper San Francisco 1990
2. Mead, G.R.S.; The Complete Echoes from the Gnosis [1906-1908],
Chthonios Books, Hastings 1987
3. Mead, G.R.S.; Fragments of a Faith Forgotten [1900], University
Books, NY
4. Rudolph, Kurt; Gnosis, Harper & Rowe, San Francisco 1977
D. Books on Sacerdotal Science:
1. James, E.O.; The Nature and Function of Priesthood, Barns &
Noble, New York 1955
2. James, E.O.; Sacrifice and Sacrament, Thames & Hudson, London
1962
3. Ledbeater, C.W.; Science of the Sacraments [1920], Vasanta Press,
Theosophical Society, Adyar, Madras 1980
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II. Reference Sources
A. Books on Eucharistic Ritual:
1. Brightman, F.E.; Liturgies Eastern and Western, Oxford at the
Clarendon Press, Oxford 1896
2. Davies, J.G. & Raymond George, Eds.;"A Select Liturgical
Lexicon", Ecumenical Studies in Worship, No 14. Lutterworth Press,
London 1963
3. Donoghue, Thomas A, S.J.; The Rubrics of the Low Mass, Woodstock
College Press, Woodstock, Maryland 1939
4. Drower, E.S.; Water into Wine, John Murray, London 1956
5. O'Connell; Msgr. Laurence J., and Walter J. Schmitz; The Book of
Ceremonies, The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee 1956
6. Thompson, Bard; Liturgies of the Western Church, The World
Publishing Company, NY 1961
B. Books on Comparative Symbolism:
1. Blavatsky, H. P.; Isis Unveiled, Vol. II: Theology [1891],
Theosophical University Press, Pasadena 1976
2. Harrison, Jane Ellen; Themis; a Study of the Social Origins of
Greek Religion [1912/1927], University Books, NY 1962
3. Hislop, Rev. Alexander; The Two Babylons, Loizeaux Brothers,
Neptune, NJ 1916/1959
4. Ragon, J-M., La Messe et Ses Mystères, comparés aux mystères
anciens, troisième édition, E. Dentu, Paris 1882; réimpression par
Les Éditions du Prieuré, 1992
C. Books on the History of E.G.C. and its Antecedents:
1. Bricaud, Jean; Catéchisme Gnostique. A l'usage des fidèles de
l'Église Catholique Gnostique, Lyon, 1907 [translated and reprinted
as "The Esoteric Christian Doctrine" by the Universal Gnostic
Church, Worthington, Barbados]
2. Geyraud, Pierre; Sectes & Rites, petites églises, religions
nouvelles, sociétés secrètes de Paris, Éditions Émile-Paul Frères
1954
3. Le Forestier, René; L'Occultisme en France aux XIXème et XXème
siècles: L'Église Gnostique, Ouvrage inédit publié par Antoine
Faivre, Archè, Milano 1990
4. Möller, Helmut and Ellic Howe; Merlin Peregrinus, vom Untergrund
des Abendlandes, Koenigshausen & Neumann, Wuertzburg 1986
D. Books on Gnosticism:
1. Doresse, Jean; The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics, transl.
by Philip Mairet, Viking Press, New York 1958-1960
2. Filoramo, Giovanni, A History of Gnosticism, translated by
Anthony Alcock, Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge, Mass. 1990
3. Legge, Francis; Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity, from 330
B.C. to 330 A.D. [1915], University Books, NY 1964
4. Mead, G.R.S.; Pistis Sophia, John M. Watkins, London 1921
5. Robinson, James M. (Ed.); The Nag Hammadi Library, Harper & Rowe,
San Francisco, 1978
6. Wakefield, Walter L. and Austin P. Evans; Heresies of the High
Middle Ages, Columbia University Press, New York 1969/1991
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