Sorry. I've never been to California, I stick on the East Coast. However it will be good too bounce some ideas around. I'm going through the works of Crowley for the third time (there's always more to understand with his work, as all is in the mind and as your perception changes through the years, so does reality.) You can torrent the complete works, along with hundreds of ebooks about alchemy, sacred geometry, any esoteric topic you could want. And there is a GREAT torrent with any tek for any substance you could want. If the Powers That Be (PTB) ask you why on earth a person needs so much 'forbidden' knowledge, just point to obscure scribblings and say "I'm writing a novel, wanna hear about it?"

They never want to hear about it.