Today, September 13, is the Feast of Dante Alighieri. Born Durante degli Alighieri in Florence, Dante was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. He is best known for the epic poem The Divine Comedy, which describes the three… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, September 13, is the Feast of Dame Leila Waddell, a violinist and famed Scarlet Woman of Aleister Crowley, a powerful historical figure in magick and Thelema in her own right. Waddell starred in the Rites of Eleusis at London’s Caxton… Continue Reading
Yesterday, September 8, was is the Feast of Saint Robertus de Fluctibus, aka Robert Fludd. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, “Fludd was a Kentish Anglican alchemist, Paracelsist physician, mathematician, astronomer, cosmologist, Qabalist, Rosicrucian apologist, and alleged 16th Grand Master of the… Continue Reading
Today, September 4, is the Feast of Saint Mosheh, better known in most Western culture as Moses. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, “Crowley considered him to be a Magus of A:. A:., whose Word was IHVH, which expresses the… Continue Reading
Today is the Feast of Saint Ulrich von Hutten, German knight, humanist, and scholar. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius: “Hutten was a contemporary of Rabelais and Paracelsus, and was a key figure in the German Reformation. He allied himself with… Continue Reading
Monday, August 26, was the Feast of Saint Krishna, and of Cagliostro. Cagliostro is best known as a late 18th century mystic, magician, Freemason, alchemist and a healer. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, Krishna is: “The eighth and principal Avatar… Continue Reading
On August 25 one hundred nineteen years ago, Gnostic Saint, German philologist, philosopher and critic Friedrich Nietzsche died after an extended illness including at least two strokes. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, Nietzsche was “Famed for development of… Continue Reading
Sunday, 18 August, was The Feast of Roderic Borgia, Pope Alexander VI. Pope Alexander VI, born Rodrigo de Borja 1 January 1431, was Pope from 11 August 1492 until his death on 18 August 1503. According to The Invisible Basilica of… Continue Reading
“And I believe in the Serpent and the Lion, Mystery of Mystery, in His name BAPHOMET.” Today, August 1, is the Feast of the Lion-Serpent. To celebrate, here are some quick facts about Baphomet: In the Egyptian cult of Hathor, the lion-serpent… Continue Reading
Monday, July 29, is the Feast of Sir Paschal Beverly Randolph. According to the OTO USA website “Dr. P. B. Randolph is either the author or the key Western transmitter of the core magical teaching of the Ordo Templi Orientis. Either way,… Continue Reading