Well, if you want to understand them, then read the books that they've read, not the books they twisted with philosophy...
There are available pdfs of old occult books that are a must read for every occultist. And it's not Blavatsky or Hall. Those books are read by politicians, who want to make satanism seem like a great way of life.
These books explain the magic to the magician. No sugarcoating like the examples of books that you gave - straight demonic knowledge from the source. These writers knew perfectly well that they were contacting demons, and they even wrote the specific names and sigils of all the major 72 demons.
The Necronomicon or Al Azif (the available version).
Well, if you want to understand them, then read the books that they've read, not the books they twisted with philosophy...
There are available pdfs of old occult books that are a must read for every occultist. And it's not Blavatsky or Hall. Those books are read by politicians, who want to make satanism seem like a great way of life.
These books explain the magic to the magician. No sugarcoating like the examples of books that you gave - straight demonic knowledge from the source. These writers knew perfectly well that they were contacting demons, and they even wrote the specific names and sigils of all the major 72 demons.
The Necronomicon or Al Azif (the available version).
Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Agrippa.
Ars Goetia / Dictionnaire Infernal.
All books by Aleister Crowley.