Achad's or Bardon's Qabbalah books, Which should be read with Regardie's GoP Options

Hello folks!

I just finished reading Dion Fortune's book " The Mystical Qabbalah" and have just started reading Regardie's " Garden of Pomegranates". Since the latter book is so thick making it kinda hard to pack around at work and also keep it out of harm's way, I was looking for a pdf that I could print out and take to work not having to worry if it gets fuel on it and ,most importantly, complement "Garden's" and "Mystical's" take on the Qabbalah. The two that I am looking at are Bardon's " Key to the True Qabbalah" and Achad's "QBL". In y'all's opinion, which would tie in better with Fortune's and Regardie's
books or is it pretty much "six of one, half dozen of the other"?

Any guidance much appreciated

G.L.B.

I know I'm ressurecting an old thread, but it's been a while since I've perused the forums here. Without further ado, here are my two cents:

1)Read some books on the history of the Qabbalah. Gershom Scholem is perhaps the author to whom one should turn in this endeavour.

2)In choosing between Fr. Ahad and Bardon, I will second the voices which have weighed in favour of Fr. Ahad. While I have not read any books by Fortune, I have read Regardie's multiple times and agree that Fr. Ahad's text will be more in line with this than Bardon's.

3)Papus' book on the Qabbalah is decent, as is Godwyn's Qabalistic Encyclopedia (it has some textual errors, but nothing that will affect Hermetic use of the Qabbalah, since the textual errors are those found everywhere save Regardie, who seemed more than a little zealous for the Jewish origin of the tradition).

4)Once you have read through some basic books, you really should pick up a copy of the Sefer Yetzirah. If you can make sense of it, then you're ready to move on to more obscure texts (provided you're able to read Hebrew!).