By now everyone’s familiar with The Claypool Lennon Delerium’s homage to Jack Parson’s “Blood And Rockets” from their sophomore album South of Reality. Interestingly this is not Lennon’s first reference to Thelemic magick. In 2014, his band THE GOASTT: The… Continue Reading
My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy. It’s difficult to feel permission to give a lover criticism, even if it’s constructive. Spending intimate time with someone implies that one doesn’t want to hurt their feelings.… Continue Reading
The Black Flame Esoteric Conference is coming to Montreal this October and will feature presentations from folks regularly featured in this blog including Richard Kaczynski and Jason Miller. And then there’s Blondie’s former bassist Gary “Valentine” Lachman. The event’s site… Continue Reading
Hadean Press has just announced the publication of, Papa Legba: A Workbook by Ya sezi Bo Oungan aka Joseph Alexander Robicheaux, co-owner of the Botanica Macumba in New Orleans. Their site describes this volume thusly: “Papa Legba is the Haitian… Continue Reading
Illuminated is a documentary on THE archetypal occult group, Barvaria’s Illuminati (the hidden hand that responsible for losers not getting the riches and acclaim they feel they are owed) being produced by Praetorian Motion Pictures. Written and directed by Johnny… Continue Reading
Published last month, Magick at the Crossroads: Italian Folk Magic & the Old Religion is a book by Gianmichael Salvato. Amazon’s description says: “From the legend of the Holy Strega, Aradia — Queen of the Witches, and Daughter of Diana and Lucifer… Continue Reading
We blogged about the journal Magic, Ritual, Witchcraft earlier this week – this being the organ of the Societas Magica, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. We decided to dig up more details on said org. Their website says:… Continue Reading
Dr. Rich Kaczynski teased his presentation scheduled for Notocon next month on his FB feed: “If you like books, especially Crowley books, and especially especially RARE Crowley books, you’ll enjoy my NOTOCON talk in Cleveland. It’s about how Crowley’s lost… Continue Reading
The University of Pennsylvania Press, journals division released the 14th issue of Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft earlier this year; this is a triannual publication that comes out in the Spring, Summer, and Winter. The current issue addresses witchcraft in ancient cultures… Continue Reading
Tate acquires vast archive of British surrealist Ithell Colquhoun Collection of works by little-known painter will be largest by one artist in Tate’s archive Her name has largely slipped through the gaps of art history, and those who do know… Continue Reading