Magick books, Seeing if these books are good or not Options

Hey all. I have a question to ask. I am in the process of buying, or already have these books. I also have books here that I want. Kindly say if these books are good or not and explain.
1. Modern Magick Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts by Donald Michael Kraig
2. Everyday Magic by Dorothy Morrison
3. The Witch and Wizard Training Guide by Sirona Knight
4. Nocturnal Witchcraft: Magick After Dark by Konstantinos
5. Gothic Grimoire by Konstantinos
6. tarot by Lars-Kristian Holmsen
7. Necronomicon by Simon
8. Necronomicon Spellbook by Simon
9. Magick: Theory and Practice by Aleister Crowley
10. Summoning Spirits: The Art of Magical Evocation by Konstantinos
11. The Inner Temple of Witchcraft: Magick, Meditation and Psychic Development by Christopher Penczak
12. The Outer Temple of Witchcraft: Circles, Spells, and Rituals by Christopher Penczak
13. The New Encyclopedia of the Occult by John Michael Greer
14. Speak With the Dead: Seven Methods for Spirit Communication by Konstantinos
15. Vampires: The Occult Truth by Konstantinos
16. Contact the Other Side: Seven Methods for Afterlife Communication by Konstantinos
17. Nocturnicon: Calling Dark Forces And Powers by Konstantinos
18. The Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley
19. Magick Without Tears by Aleister Crowley
20. Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley
21. Goetia by(don't know)
22. The Greater Key of Solomon by (don't know)
23. The Lesser Key of Solomon by (don't know)
WOW!!! I didn't know I had that many. But please, say if they are good or not and explain. If anyone has any suggestions as to any other books, that would be great.
Thanks,
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This post has been edited by chaos_mage4: Jun 20 2005, 12:48 AM

Konstantinous
As an old Goth, Konstantinous makes me giggle. Reading his books reminded me of what I was like in high school. Some of his ideas are interesting but you have to read though an obscene amount of dogma to get to them. His recording methods in Speak With the Dead work unusually well, just don’t expect to get all the happy flowery responses he claims to. Keep an open mind

Crowley
I would suggest buying The Book of the Law and Magick: Theory and Practice. These will give you a good feel for Crowley’s style and should be enough to let you decide if the rest are worth it. He has an odd style and philosophy and some people simply find they can’t work within it

Goetia (Lesser Keys) and Greater Keys
Wonderful books full of rather challenging but rewarding spells. With some work and repetition I’ve drawn some impressive results from these…. But they can be some what dangerous. So if you get them be careful. Oh yeah the Goetia and the Lesser Keys are the same book trans. S. Mathers and edited by Crowley. The Greater Keys was trans and edited by S. Mathers.

Necronomicon
These are more amusing than useful every spell is very labor and money intensive. I have heard of people getting interesting results form it but most seem to feel it wasn’t worth the effort. They are, on the other hand, cheap, easy to find, and interesting if you plan on reading them for theory. If you hunt around on google you should find a free pdf version of both.

You might want to try to find a copy of Practical Sigil Magic by Frater U.D. (if you can find an affordable copy) and spend some time messing around on the Wikipedia it has all kinds of useful information especially for a beginner.

Frater Lux