Mind UTTERLY blown! Famed avant-garde photographer/filmmaker Robert Frank (most of us know him from his association with the Rolling Stones, filming their instantly banned “Cocksucker Blues” tour documentary and contributing the photographs that comprised the cover of the “Exile On… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, July 12, will be the 33rd 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
Vol. 1, No. 4 of the Keep Silence edition of The Equinox is now available for purchase. Highlights include Liber III vel JVGORVM, Liber A vel ARMORVM, the poem “The Interpreter” complete with the accompanying photo of Leila Waddell (special… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, July 11 is the Feast 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 abandoned… Continue Reading
The Texts & Traditions Colloquium + the Mortlake Book Fair will take place in Seattle September 15-16. It’s being held at Green Wood Masonic Lodge 7910 Greenwood Ave North Seattle, WA 98103. The event site describes it as: “a weekend of… Continue Reading
London’s Ashmolean Museum will be hosting the “SPELLBOUND MAGIC, RITUAL & WITCHCRAFT” that opens August 31 and closes January 6,2019. The Museums site explains: “The Ashmolean’s autumn exhibition explores the history of a fascinating cultural phenomenon – magic. SPELLBOUND will… Continue Reading
Raleigh Supercon will take place in Raleigh, NC July 27-29. Among featured speakers will be Richard Kaczynski giving the presentation: FROM CHAOS TO CABALA: DEMYSTIFYING THE MAGIC(K) IN COMICS on Friday July 27, 2018 :: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. The events… Continue Reading
Here’s the Los Angeles Times’ review of the first three episodes of “Strange Angel.” I know we’ve posted ALOT about this coz… well, is the most mainstream exposure we’ve gotten since, er… The Beatles put the Prophet of the Lovely… Continue Reading
The University of Glasgow’s School of Critical Studies is hosting a workshop titled “Popular Occulture in Britain, 1875-1947” today. University of Gothenberg professor Henrik Bogdan will be speaking about the Prophet of the Lovely Stars World War I (NOT II!) pro-German… 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