Nano Prep

[nonionay]

Books which I am currently reading en masse:
(Feel free to add suggestions)

Heaven and Hell --Emmanuel Swedenborg
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell --William Blake
(And now I realize I should get The Great Divorce , by CS Lewis)

The Western Lands -- William Burroughs (I had to go buy this one, because the library copy smells like a moldy tent)
Naked Lunch --William Burroughs

Dhalgren --Samuel Delany

Diary of a Genius --Salvador Dalí
50 Secrets of Master Craftsmanship --Salvador Dalí
Selected Poems of Lorca and Jimenez
Poems of Saint John of the Cross

Alchemical texts from here.

Some book on the Mongols

I also got The Book of Thoth and a book of Thelemic rituals, and though I didn't get them specifically for Nano-inspiration, I'm sure they'll be helpful.

And I'm still reading Space Magic , David Levine's short story collection. I read one story every morning, since madness and mysticism isn't a good thing to pummel myself with right before a long stressful day at work.

Comments

[anarose13.livejournal.com]

Holy cow, do you sleep? I thought I read a lot, but that's seriously amazing! Where do you find the time?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, a bunch of them are really short (poems). And I haven't finished any of them. With the exception of Dhalgren, they're all broken into chunks that I can read bit by bit. Others, I only plan on reading bits of. Like Swedenborg, Most Pedantic Mystic EVAR. I could never get through him.