William Keith's The Science of the Craft
Might also look into some of the more physics based approaches to Chaos Magick.
and of course, there is always text on practical alchemy.
Thanks for the suggestions. I had no idea where to begin and it looks like
the above titles will give me a couple of different angles from which to
tackle the subject. Much appreciated.
If that's a response to the wordiness of the sentence, I apologize. If to
"dude. you need a beer"
the subject, psychedelics may have been a better suggestion.