This was a new one on me, an early American labor union that was modelled on Freemasonry – the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor, founded by Uriah Stephens in Philadelphia in 1862. Wikipedia etc is scant on details… Continue Reading
University of Melbourne, Australia will be sponsoring a conference examining Sir James Frazer’s The Golden Bough Friday, February 10 – Sunday, February 12, 2023. The organizers are calling for people interested in presenting to submit abstracts of proposed presentations (no more… Continue Reading
Feminine Power: the Divine to the Demonic is an exhibition at the British Museum in London running May 19 to September 25. The posted description says: The first exhibition of its kind, Feminine power takes a cross-cultural look at the… Continue Reading
The Ancient Greeks are central to much modern magical practice. A significant amount of thaumaturgy is taken directly from, or at least influenced by the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri of late Antiquity. Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis took their name from the… Continue Reading
Bitter Winter Magazine recently published the 9th installment in Massimo Introvigne.’s series regarding the history of the facts and fictions concerning The Illuminati (of which I am not a member, incidentally). It begins: “Although the myth of the Illuminati is… Continue Reading
The Education Committe of U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis is hosting an online lecture by Fr. Tlacatecólotl’s on the magick of corn in Mesoamerican t raditions December 16 at 8PM EST, 7PM CST, 6PM MST, 5PM PST. Click to… Continue Reading
Today is the birthday of Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher dear to Aleister Crowley, and an influence on Thelemic philosophy and religion. The Stanford University’s posting on him includes this bit: “Nietzsche is arguably most famous for his criticisms of… Continue Reading
While most of England was on lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, archaeologist Matt Champion was working solo at Oxburgh Hall, a moated Tudor mansion in Norfolk. As part of the site’s £6 million (roughly $7.8 million USD) roof restoration project, workers had lifted… Continue Reading
The Magickal Women Conference is in full swing online. Their site states: “Our Summer Salons return in 2021, running on Sunday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm BST from 1 August through 26 September. These mini-events were a great success last year and… Continue Reading
Biblicalarchaeology.org ran news story concerning Lee M. Jefferson’s article Jesus the Magician? Why Jesus Holds a Wand in Early Christian Art exploring the possibility that early Christians considered Jesus of Nazareth a magician among other things. The story begins: “Did Jesus use a… Continue Reading