I've read most of Dion Fortune i like her books. I don't see how you can avoid crowley though. At the very least make it your best to read the following two things. In this order:
http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib3.html
Read part one out of lib4
http://www.hermetic.com/crowley/aba/aba1.html
Quote:
Book Four
by Frater Perdurabo and Soror Virakam
PART I
MEDITATION
THE WAY OF ATTAINMENT OF GENIUS OR GODHEAD CONSIDERED AS A DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN BRAIN Issued by order of
the GREAT WHITE
BROTHERHOOD
known as the A.'.A.'.
Witness our Seal,
N.'.'
Praemonstrator-General
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They are pretty much about the same thingbut they are considered fundemental aspects of mysticism. Only the first one is in typical crowleyian language, but it should be easy to decipher. The second one is more of a scholarly account of mysticism. If you read that you will probably know more about mysticism and yoga than most people who do yoga the exercise. You'll find out in the second read when it talks about asana which is only step 4 out of 8 to become a yogi.
I don't know I feel like we should have an entirely seperate thread I didn't really mean to shit on max's parade or anything i like parades.