This past April, Baphomet Chapter Rose Croix and Aurora-Eos Chapter Rose Croix, both chapters of O.T.O., sponsored a performance of Aleister Crowley’s The Rite of Mars at Alombrados Oasis O.T.O. in New Orleans. This performance was part of a series of… Continue Reading
I just received notice this morning of a call for papers from Canterbury Christ Church University for a conference titled “Re-Enchanting the Academy” to be held in Canterbury in the United Kingdom. This looks like a particularly interesting conference related… Continue Reading
I have been excited to start reading some of Manon Hedenborg-White’s analysis of gender within Thelema and O.T.O. as it comes into official publication. Hedenborg-White is a scholar from Sweden who has done extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the United States on… Continue Reading
The new Journal of Thelemic Studies is out, with an issue containing a wealth of essays on the Gnostic Mass from a number of luminaries within O.T.O. and featuring as beautiful cover art a painting of the Gnostic Saints by… Continue Reading
While many Thelemites celebrate the image of Mary Magdalene as Scarlet Woman, rarely is this honor given to Mary, mother of Jesus. Mary seems most easily understood as an object of ridicule and scorn to Crowley himself, as in his… Continue Reading
For quite some time, Aries has been a leading academic journal coming out of Europe with a focus specifically on esotericism. Hetorodoxology reports the new release of the current issue of Aries (15.1), with a specific focus on Ancient Esotericism.… Continue Reading
Recently, friend and scholar Douglas Ezzy sent me a copy of his new book Sex, Death, and Witchcraft: A Contemporary Pagan Festival. I have only begun reading it, though I have skimmed through the whole of it, and have anticipated… Continue Reading
The professor of my graduate seminar in the philosophy of religion offered an interesting syllogism once to demonstrate why an allegorical reading of the bible was the appropriate reading: 1) The bible is completely true and without contradiction, 2) the… Continue Reading
Religion Dispatches features an interesting interview with historian Matthew Sutton, who recently authored American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelism. Sutton’s webpage states that the book is: the first comprehensive history of modern American evangelicalism to appear in a generation.… Continue Reading
Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of the greater feast for the Marquis de Sade, and a number of media outlets published features in honor of the occasion. The Guardian featured a quiz on “How Well do you know the Marquis… Continue Reading