The Subversive Studies podcast posted an interview with author Manon Hedenborg-White regarding her book The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism. The podcast’s description of the interview states: “A discussion with Dr. Manon Hedenborg… Continue Reading
Noted in the Thelemic Seasonal Calendar as the Feast of Cattle, Little and Big, the first of May is also called Beltane or May Day. All three feasts celebrate life bursting forth in the Spring, some with religious observation, some… Continue Reading
from Richard Kaczynski’s FB feed: “Aleister Crowley, MAY MORN (published 100 years ago) “Crowley, when “May Morn” was shown in Greenwich Village in early 1919: “The painting represents the dawn of a day following a witches’ celebration as described in… Continue Reading
Here’s video of Jake Winchester presentation at the Occulture Berlin conference held last November, “Spirits in the Smoke.” Mr. Winchester discussed the history of suffumigations in necromantic ritual from the medieval period to the Golden Dawn. HAVE A LOOK SEE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnthfpZeZjA&fbclid=IwAR17LimSgRw0wPibwwgfH8NL1e90C2MCOOypE_7XQYdiQaF50A4KnvyMK4s.
“To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all.” — AL II:22 Today is the feast of Albert Hoffman, who died just 11 years… Continue Reading
In the near future, Oxford University Press Inc will be publishing The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism by Manon Hedenborg White. The posted synopsis states: “In the conventional dichotomy of chaste, pure Madonna… Continue Reading
Season 15, Episode 7 of the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures series is titled “Westerfeld House” and features interviews with filmmaker/Thelemite Kenneth Anger. Tune in tonight at 6PM EDST! The channel’s description states: “Zak and the crew head to San Francisco… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, 27 April, is the Feast of Sir Wilfred T. Smith. Wilfred Talbot Smith was born Frank Wenham 8 June 1885, the illegitimate son of a domestic servant and her employer in Tonbridge, Kent. He moved to Canada in 1907, where he began reading about Western esotericism. In January 1915… Continue Reading
Today, April 25, is the Feast of St. Manes. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, Manes was: Also known as Mani or Manichaeus; Persian philosopher and religious teacher, founder of the Gnostic religion of Manichaeism (see Chapter 201 of Liber Aleph). Crowley’s… Continue Reading
Today, April 23, is the Feast of Gnostic Saint Sir Richard Payne Knight. Wikpedia describes Knight as “… a classical scholar, connoisseur, archaeologist and numismatist best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery.”… Continue Reading