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Originally Posted by UVRAY
>> Something with historical and practitional refrences. <<
Reading The Occult by Colin Wilson is probably a good place to start. A very comprehensive tome of almost 800 pages documenting the history of the occult and its practitioners.
Wilson is an internationally renowned author on the subject and has writen a number of acclaimed books. This is probably the one to start with.
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UVRAY is a bright bulb in this dim cave.
I will also recommend Colin Wilson's book, The Nature of the Beast, about the life of Aleister Crowley.
But most importantly, read Colin Wilson's book The Outsider which was written before Wilson became an author obsessed with The Occult:
Through the works and lives of various artists - including Kafka, Camus, Eliot, Hemingway, Hesse, (T.E.) Lawrence (of Arabia), Van Gogh, Nijinsky, Shaw, Blake, Nietzsche, and Dostoyevski - Wilson explores the psyche of the Outsider, his effect on society, and society's effect on him. Wilsom illuminates the struggle of those who seek only the transformation of Self but also the transformation of society as a whole. The book is essential for everyone who shares Wilson's conviction that "a new religion is needed."