NYU’s Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions has announced the FOURTH ANNUAL OCCULT HUMANITIES CONFERENCE. The Conference takes place Friday, October 4 through Sunday, October 6th at the Department of Art and Art Professions, Barney Building, 34 Stuyvesant Street.… Continue Reading
Running through August 18 at Los Angeles’ GETTY CENTER is Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World, a look at 13/14 century “bestiaries,” basically illustrated zoological encyclopedias featuring animals both actual and imagined – though many of the images… Continue Reading
Artvoice asks, “One of the revelations in the trial of Keith Raniere is that he insisted on his followers consuming his semen to download his energy and aura. Did Raniere actually believe it worked?” The article by Attorney Omar Rosales, author of American… Continue Reading
The seventh Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE), is scheduled for next week July 2-4 and is being held at the University of Amsterdam. The event’s website states: “The history of Western Esotericism… Continue Reading
“Witches have power on their own terms. They have agency. They create. They praise. They commune with the spiritual realm, freely and free of any mediator.” –Pam Grossman What is a witch, anyway? Why do more people seem to self-identify… Continue Reading
The Telegraph reported on Monday that a excavators discovered a marble head, probably belonging to a statue of Dionysos, near the remains of the ancient Roman Forum. A quote from the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum reads: “The face is… Continue Reading
Late last year, Three Rooms Press published Don’t Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg was MANY things including a patron of EGC Bishop Harry Smith. William S. Burroughs was not known as a working mage…… Continue Reading
Black Flame International has announced the speakers who’ll be presenting at its October conference in Montreal, which will run from October 11-13. The event’s site states: “A coterie of esotericists, magickal practitioners, and occult inspired artists are producing this unique… Continue Reading
Screenrant says, “Though many of Sabrina‘s magical elements are invented by the writers, several have roots in real mythology. This adds an air of credibility to the show, though sometimes Sabrina misses the mark entirely.” So what’s accurate, and what’s completely made up?… Continue Reading
Poetry reading of Concerning the Philosopher’s Stone by John Gower. John Gower (c. 1330 – October 1408) was an English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and the Pearl Poet, and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. He is remembered primarily… Continue Reading