“Every man and every woman is a star.” –AL I:3 Yesterday, December 25, was the 2nd anniversary of astronomer Vera Cooper Rubin’s death in Princeton, New Jersey (coincidentally, yesterday was also Isaac Newton’s birthday on the Julian calendar). While Rubin… Continue Reading
What’s your relationship style? Are you a person with more secure attachments, or do you tend to avoid interpersonal closeness? Do you think that might affect your sex life? Researchers Kristen Mark, Laura Vowels, and Sarah Murray also wanted to… Continue Reading
Today is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The Weather Channel explains in more detail: Typically around Dec. 21 or 22 – though on rare occasions, it can be as early as Dec. 20 or as late as Dec.… Continue Reading
Guest presenter Soror Hypathia will be offering a series of lectures for OTO bodies in Europe. Among the many sessions being offered are OTO Initiation Symbolism, Ritual Construction, What I Did on My Magical Retirement, and Sex Magick and Overcoming… Continue Reading
Princeton University Press has published Newton the Alchemist a book by William Newman looking at Sir Isaac Newton, an exemplar of scientific thought and method, and his work in … ALCHEMY! The publisher’s site states: “When Isaac Newton’s alchemical papers surfaced… Continue Reading
Knowing that sex workers are at disproportionate risk of violence and sexual and emotional ill health, researchers Lucy Platt, Pippa Grenfell, Rebecca Meiksin, Jocelyn Elmes, Susan G. Sherman, Teela Sanders, Peninah Mwangi, Anna-Louise Crago wanted to find out why. To… Continue Reading
HeathenHarvest.org posted an interesting piece by Jason O’Toole about Jeanne Robert Foster aka Soror Hilarion. An excerpt reads: “Who was this Jeanne? Thelemites and sundry other occultists might know her only as one of the pack of Crowley’s ‘Scarlet Women’… Continue Reading
Today in “we guessed this, but peer-reviewed science makes for better citations,” researchers Brittany Croft et al. at Melbourne’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute learned more about how a baby’s sex is determined; it’s not just about the X-Y chromosomes, but involves… Continue Reading
The organizers of the Trans-States conference have announced the first confirmed keynote speakers for the second installment of the conference, “Trans- States: The art of revelation.” The conference will be held at University of Northampton, in the U.K. September 13… Continue Reading
Noted occultural commentator Erik Davis reports that work on his latest book is in its final stages. Sez he: “I am happy to report that High Weirdness: Drugs, Visions, and Esoterica in the Seventies is with the publisher, or I should say publishers.… Continue Reading