Current Reading List
Here are the books I am currently reading and my thoughts.
"Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment" by Daniel Kahneman. It's very dry. It's a math book. Sigh. But brings up important points about how seemingly trivial matters can have significant impact on important judgements people make, such as sentencing for criminals.
"Arthurian Myths and Legends" Edited by JK Jackson. It is not a modernized version of the myths but them in their more or less original form. So....written very old fashion-y biblical style. If you have trouble following that I wouldn't recommend this book. But otherwise it is pretty entertaining so far. Lots of smote-ing going on. Hahahah.
"Witchcraft" from the Library of Esoterica collection, by Jessica Hundley. I am adoring this book so far. The artwork in it is gorgeous and it gives a detailed history of witchcraft and its impact on the world and on women as well as details different elements of the practice.
"Encyclopedia of Spirits: the Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses" by Judika Iles. I love this book because it has such thoroughly researched accounts of the countless different spirits out there that can be difficult to find otherwise. It is a great reference book for spiritual practice and I love that includes ways to venerate each of the deities or things to look out for.
"On Sex and Gender" by Doriane Coleman. I am trying to educate myself more about issues of gender and this one I picked up because she is a sports and law expert. This is my attempt to read the side opposing trans individuals participating in sports according to their identified gender to see what the argument is because I just have no real knowledge about this topic. So far I am not greatly impressed by her argument but I can understand certain elements of it such as the consequences of what she calls a "sex blind" society.
Books I have been reading on racism have all detailed how racial blindness only perpetuates racist ideals by failing to address historical and systemic racism so I can understand why failing to have legally defined sexes may negatively impact women in the same manner, which is her major concern. However I think she is biased against transgender individuals despite what she says about supporting equality. After reading this book I am looking for books that argue the opposite side. I am also currently looking for books about transgenderism and gender in general to try and understand it better.
"Equal Rites" in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. This is just a fun read for me. My husband and I love Discworld, we read the first 2 books together (I've read others as well) and now we are on the third. They are hilarious and very well written books and I highly recommend them to any fans of fantasy.
The fiction book I just finished was called "The Starless Sea" by Eren Morgenstern. Her books are of the mysterious and magical aesthetic and I adore them. This one was fantastic and had me enthralled from beginning to end. She does such a good job of creating a sense of wonder.
"Dracul" by Dacre Stoker and JD Barker. Spooky fiction vampire book that is supposed to be I think a prequel to Dracula. It's engaging, I like it.
"The Kybalion" by....idk the Three Initiates? Interesting read about one esoteric school's thoughts on the nature of reality. I have picked up "The Hermetica" which is in the same vein as well but haven't started it yet.
"Jung's Map of the Soul" An Introduction by Murray Stein. I love this book because it summarizes many of Jung's works into an easy to understand and more readable format.
"Smithsonian History of the World Map by Map"-i am not too sure about this one because the information it includes or doesn't seems somewhat arbitrary as does it's organizational structure sometimes.
"Sister Maiden Monster" by Lucy Snyder. Really cool and creepy horror book that looks at what if a pandemic like covid turned people into monsters and the scientific reasons why they would. Like the pandemic in the book creates "zombies" that need a certain protein found in brains to survive or they become aggressive and out of control basically.
"The Hollow Kind" by Andy Davidson. Great horror novel. Reminds me of Stephen King but not as perverted. LOL. It creates a great sense of mystery that propels you to keep reading.
"The Salt Grows Heavy" by Cassandra Khaw. Short horror novel. I have NO idea what's going on in it currently, it is very bizarre, but it is very creepy and dark.
"Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magic and Manifestation" by Mat Auryn. In my opinion has some valuable information about witchcraft and its ties to psychic abilities. I am not about all of his spells and practices but a lot of the base information is useful.
Ok I think that is my finished list of everything I've been reading currently. .....yes I read a lot of books all at the same time I'm sorry. But that gives a pretty good spread of what I am into. Esoteric magic books, current events books, books about people and the mind, horror novels, fantasy novels, mythology, etc. I have like 5000 more books on my "to be read" list as well 😅 books on physics and world history mostly at this time but it varies.
If anyone has any books they think I'd like based on these please recommend! 😊
"Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment" by Daniel Kahneman. It's very dry. It's a math book. Sigh. But brings up important points about how seemingly trivial matters can have significant impact on important judgements people make, such as sentencing for criminals.
"Arthurian Myths and Legends" Edited by JK Jackson. It is not a modernized version of the myths but them in their more or less original form. So....written very old fashion-y biblical style. If you have trouble following that I wouldn't recommend this book. But otherwise it is pretty entertaining so far. Lots of smote-ing going on. Hahahah.
"Witchcraft" from the Library of Esoterica collection, by Jessica Hundley. I am adoring this book so far. The artwork in it is gorgeous and it gives a detailed history of witchcraft and its impact on the world and on women as well as details different elements of the practice.
"Encyclopedia of Spirits: the Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses" by Judika Iles. I love this book because it has such thoroughly researched accounts of the countless different spirits out there that can be difficult to find otherwise. It is a great reference book for spiritual practice and I love that includes ways to venerate each of the deities or things to look out for.
"On Sex and Gender" by Doriane Coleman. I am trying to educate myself more about issues of gender and this one I picked up because she is a sports and law expert. This is my attempt to read the side opposing trans individuals participating in sports according to their identified gender to see what the argument is because I just have no real knowledge about this topic. So far I am not greatly impressed by her argument but I can understand certain elements of it such as the consequences of what she calls a "sex blind" society.
Books I have been reading on racism have all detailed how racial blindness only perpetuates racist ideals by failing to address historical and systemic racism so I can understand why failing to have legally defined sexes may negatively impact women in the same manner, which is her major concern. However I think she is biased against transgender individuals despite what she says about supporting equality. After reading this book I am looking for books that argue the opposite side. I am also currently looking for books about transgenderism and gender in general to try and understand it better.
"Equal Rites" in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. This is just a fun read for me. My husband and I love Discworld, we read the first 2 books together (I've read others as well) and now we are on the third. They are hilarious and very well written books and I highly recommend them to any fans of fantasy.
The fiction book I just finished was called "The Starless Sea" by Eren Morgenstern. Her books are of the mysterious and magical aesthetic and I adore them. This one was fantastic and had me enthralled from beginning to end. She does such a good job of creating a sense of wonder.
"Dracul" by Dacre Stoker and JD Barker. Spooky fiction vampire book that is supposed to be I think a prequel to Dracula. It's engaging, I like it.
"The Kybalion" by....idk the Three Initiates? Interesting read about one esoteric school's thoughts on the nature of reality. I have picked up "The Hermetica" which is in the same vein as well but haven't started it yet.
"Jung's Map of the Soul" An Introduction by Murray Stein. I love this book because it summarizes many of Jung's works into an easy to understand and more readable format.
"Smithsonian History of the World Map by Map"-i am not too sure about this one because the information it includes or doesn't seems somewhat arbitrary as does it's organizational structure sometimes.
"Sister Maiden Monster" by Lucy Snyder. Really cool and creepy horror book that looks at what if a pandemic like covid turned people into monsters and the scientific reasons why they would. Like the pandemic in the book creates "zombies" that need a certain protein found in brains to survive or they become aggressive and out of control basically.
"The Hollow Kind" by Andy Davidson. Great horror novel. Reminds me of Stephen King but not as perverted. LOL. It creates a great sense of mystery that propels you to keep reading.
"The Salt Grows Heavy" by Cassandra Khaw. Short horror novel. I have NO idea what's going on in it currently, it is very bizarre, but it is very creepy and dark.
"Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magic and Manifestation" by Mat Auryn. In my opinion has some valuable information about witchcraft and its ties to psychic abilities. I am not about all of his spells and practices but a lot of the base information is useful.
Ok I think that is my finished list of everything I've been reading currently. .....yes I read a lot of books all at the same time I'm sorry. But that gives a pretty good spread of what I am into. Esoteric magic books, current events books, books about people and the mind, horror novels, fantasy novels, mythology, etc. I have like 5000 more books on my "to be read" list as well 😅 books on physics and world history mostly at this time but it varies.
If anyone has any books they think I'd like based on these please recommend! 😊
