The object of most of the foregoing practices will not at first be clear to you; but at least (who will deny it?) they have trained you in determination, accuracy, introspection, and many other qualities which are valuable to all men in their ordinary avocations, so that in no case will your time have been wasted. That you may gain some insight into the nature of the Great Work which lies beyond these elementary trifles, however, we should mention that an intelligent person may gather more than a hint of its nature from the following books, which are to be taken as serious and learned contributions to the study of Nature, though not necessarily to be implicitly relied upon. The Yi King (S.B.E. Series, Oxford University Press.) The Tao Teh King (S.B.E. Series.) Tannhauser, by A. Crowley. The Upanishads. The Bhagavad-Gita. The Voice of the Silence. Raja Yoga, by Swami Vivekananda. The Shiva Sanhita. The Aphorisms of Patanjali. The Sword of Song. The Book of the Dead. Rituel et Dogme de la Haute Magie. The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. The Goetia. The Hathayoga Pradipika. The Spiritual Guide of Molinos. Erdmann's History of Philosophy. The Star in the West (Captain Fuller). The Dhammapada (S.B.E. Series, Oxford University Press). The Questions of King Milinda (S.B.E. Series). 777 vel Prolegomena, etc.. Varieties of Religious Experience (James). Kabbala Denudata. Konx Om Pax.
