Thread 24858870

Mind bending stuff, work designed to induce alternate states of consciousness, conspiracies, high strangeness, prose that reveals the underlying nature of reality

>>24858870 (OP)
>Wants /x/ approved books
>Asks /lit/
lel

>>24858890
Yes. U mad?

>>24858870 (OP)
>bog standard rugpulls and normal BPD/dark triad antics are mind-bending

nah

>>24858965
filtered

>>24858993

it's YA stuff my mad lad
fun read for what it is but you need to read a lot more short fiction to even have a case here

>>24859005
I cannot possibly imagine how you'd find it fun if you couldn't see the occult stuff. Otherwise its not that great.

>>24859013

maybe try re-reading it as a comedy

>>24858870 (OP)
>pic unrelated
The Magus is just a masturbatory exercise in self-exploration.

>>24859030
nah, ill stick to reading it as what it was meant for; a wink to travellers

Aberration in the Heartland of the Real cites Libra by Don DeLillo a lot. Apparently the author did a lot of exhaustive research into the assassination of JFK and the book is really keyed-in into the subject.

>>24858870 (OP)
I read like 80-100 pages of this when he sees the dead wife of whatever his name is rich guy(i forgot his name) when he calls over to his house. And that's kindof it. I remember it was conchis or whatever his name was. Does it get better? Because until then, I have to say "nothing really happened"

>>24858870 (OP)
>Mind bending stuff
>the magus
Did the BBC cuckholding scene awaken something in you? Because otherwise I can't see anyone being wowed by this tripe
Anyway, I would recommend the valis trilogy and early pynchon

>>24859989
VALIS made me feel ill. It's got bad juju.

>>24858870 (OP)
>the magus
>/x/
Hahahahaha

You smug pseud faggots completely ruined my thread by focusing on the book i posted instead of posting recs.

>>24859005
The Magus is not YA, come on.

>>24860210
Illuminatus Trilogy
Anything Pynchon
BEE novels
Umberto Eco, Name of the Rose + Foucaults Pendulum
Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife, Smoke Ghost

Pynchon does a lot with conspiracies

>>24858870 (OP)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy

>>24860210
Your fault.

>>24860319
>BEE novels
How the fuck are we supposed to know what "BEE" stands for?

>>24860351
Having seen the Christopher Walken movie is this worth reading?
>>24860353
By lurking moar newfag

Reality Transurfing

>>24860323
the war with the sorcerers was kino

>>24859989
>Did the BBC cuckholding scene awaken something in you? Because otherwise I can't see anyone being wowed by this tripe
Humiliation ritual is now part of the lexicon anon
Dont you think there is a deeper meaning to it? How deep do you think it goes?

I don't know if I fully understand what you're looking for, but for fiction, pic related is highly underrated as a weird text. I'd also add typical stuff like Borges, Philip K. Dick, Robert Anton Wilson, William Blake, etc.

I think I may understand what you're looking for more in nonfiction:
Cosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas is a good text on astrology and history, also a good starting point for someone who doesn't necessarily believe in astrology.

>Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee
>The Eighth Tower by John Keel
>The Goblin Universe by Fredrick Holiday
All of these books are basically theories of high strangeness itself.

Also because I read it recently and it's on my mind, Kabbalah and Criticism by Harold Bloom is a really interesting book. It's mostly about literature and influence, so you'd like it if you're interested in those topics, but it also serves as an interesting interpretation of Kabbalah itself.

>>24860353
Bret Easton Ellis, most known for American Psycho
His novels don't really have anything to do with ghosts or the occult, but they're full of nihilistic edgelord psychopaths and that stuff always overlaps with the paranormal crowd

>>24861480
>Also because I read it recently and it's on my mind, Kabbalah and Criticism by Harold Bloom is a really interesting book. It's mostly about literature and influence, so you'd like it if you're interested in those topics, but it also serves as an interesting interpretation of Kabbalah itself.
Nice rec, thanks.

>>24859902

The book is basically a maze, and then a rug pull happens 3/4 of the way through. You'll have to persevere.

>>24860210
Maybe next time choose a non shit book to start the thread