Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy and beauty! There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! A feast for the three days of… Continue Reading
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… 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
This feast is a bit overdue, as September 8 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… Continue Reading
On this day in 1909, American explorer Robert Peary sent a telegram from Indian Harbor, Labrador, announcing that he had reached the North Pole five months earlier. In honor of this achievement, today we offer the following dessert recipes for… Continue Reading
Looking for family fun with your OTO siblings? On September 22 in the Valley of Baltimore, William Blake Lodge will host the Flying Spaghetti Monster Dinner, a fundraising activity for all ages! The meal is all-you-can-eat spaghetti, with garlic bread… 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… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, August 29, 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… Continue Reading
Yesterday, 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. In the recent Marvel film, Doctor Strange, Cagliostro is mentioned frequently; the… Continue Reading
One hundred eighteen years ago tomorrow (August 25), 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