Tomorrow is John Dee’s 492nd birthday. Known best for being Court Astrologer to Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I, as well as being responsible — with Edward Kelley — for the Enochian system of communication with Angels, John Dee… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, July 12, will be the 34th anniversary of the Feast of Major Grady Louis McMurtry, Gnostic Saint and first head of Ordo Templi Orientis following the death of Karl Germer, who celebrated his Greater Feast without specifying a successor.… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, July 11 is the feast for the birth of Saint Bardesanes (155-233 e.v.), also known as Bar-Daisan, a Gnostic Christian poet from the Syrian city-state of Edessa, possibly of the Valentinian lineage. According to the Invisible Basilica, “Most modern scholars have… Continue Reading
Clarke’s Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Given the record high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, might it make sense to find a way to use the greenhouse gas for the greater good? Fast… Continue Reading
Today, July 4, is Independence Day in the United States, celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Many Americans celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies.… Continue Reading
Today, July 3, is the Feast of Jim Morrison, musician, poet, and psychonaut, best remembered for his role as lead singer of The Doors. Morrison suggested the band’s name after reading Aldous Huxley’s account of drug experiences, The Doors Of… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, June 29, is the Feast of St. Simon Magus, who lived around 35 e.v. In Christian lore, he’s known as the magician who offered to pay the offered the disciples money for the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:9-24).… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, June 27, is the Feast of St. Andrea. According to The Invisible Basilica, St. Andrea (1586-1654 e.v.) “was a Lutheran pastor, and the author of The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz (1616), a light and sometimes humorous allegorical fantasy of the marriage of… Continue Reading
Today, 21 June 2019, is the Summer Solstice, and with it comes celebration. As you no doubt already know, it’s the longest day of the year; that is, we get more sun in these 24 hours than we will until the… Continue Reading
Today, June 17, is the Feast of Sir Marvel “Jack” Parsons, American rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and Thelemic occultist. Born Marvel Whiteside Parsons October 2, 1914 e.v., he was Master of Agape Lodge, O.T.O., in Oakland, California, from 1942… Continue Reading