"Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words, or images, to achieve changes in consciousness. The very language about magic seems to be talking as much about writing or art as it is about supernatural events. A grimmoir for example, the book of spells is simply a fancy way of saying grammar. Indeed, to cast a spell, is simply to spell, to manipulate words, to change people's consciousness."

- Alan Moore

 


These are our magic books, that changed our conciousness, in no particular order:


V for Vendetta - Alan Moore


Walden - Henry David Thoreau


Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell


Dune - Frank Herbert


Leaving the 20th Century  - Anthology


Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord


Revolution of Everyday Life - Raoul Vaneigem


Situationist International Anthology - Anthology


The Dispossessed - Ursula K. LeGuin


Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad


Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates


Art Works - Scott King


Love for Sale - Barbara Kruger


Hexen 2.0 - Suzanne Treister


Siddhartha - Herman Hesse


The Invisibles - Grant Morrison


Doom Patrol - the Grant Morrison run


Civil Disobedience - Henry David Thoreau


The Story of Crass - George Berger


Dead Kennedys - Alex Ogg


Up They Rise - Jamie Reid


Not Bored! Anthology - Bill Brown


Zen Without Zen Masters - Camden Benares


A Handful of Zen - Camden Benares


The KLF - John Higgs


Lipstick Traces - Greil Marcus


Chasing Eris - Brenton Clutterbuck


Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk


Hakim Bey - T.A.Z.


Allen Ginsberg - Howl


Zenarchy - Kerry Thornley


Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart


The Abolition of Work - Bob Black