The What Magic Is This podcast just posted a new interview with Dr. Richard Kaczyinski about…. what for it … Aleister Crowley! Their description of the episode says: “Without a doubt the one figure that comes to mind for many… Continue Reading
UK occult publisher Scarlet Imprint has announced that Richard Ward’s Born of Blood and Fire is now in production, and they are taking pre-orders. Their website says: Richard Ward’s Born of Blood and Fire is a study of the origins, history, practices,… Continue Reading
This passed August saw the publication of The Light Extended: A Journal of the Golden Dawn (Volume 3). You might recall that The Master Therion was a Golden Dawn initiate until he ran afoul of the schisming of founding member… Continue Reading
O.T.O Sweden has published the latest and final issue of it’s biannual journal, “Solståndet,” Volume 13. This issue features informative articles and striking artwork from within Sweden and from around the world, including the likes of Manon Hedenborg White, Mitchell… Continue Reading
Aleister Crowley considered himself a devoted Buddhist for a significant length of time, visiting Sri Lanka at one point to study with his Golden Dawn mentor Alan Bennett who’d entered a monastery there and said he struggled with the contents… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law In honor of Grady Louis McMurtry, who was born on this day, October 18, in 1918 – here is a slightly extended version of a short blurb I wrote… Continue Reading
Today is the Lesser Feast 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… Continue Reading
With his Plymouth Brethren upbringing, the Prophet of the Lovely Star was, in his own words, “deprived of all English literature but the Bible during the whole of his youth.” Crowley later bragged that even as a child he had… Continue Reading
Enrollment is open for a 13-week online course on Hekate, Goddess of Magic and Witchcraft and ancient Hellenic magic. It’s being taught by Jack Grayle, author of The Hekataeon. The course starts October 25th, 2021. The course will also have a… Continue Reading
Here’s a nice video presentation on the God Horus by Andrew Henry presented as part of his Religions For Breakfast YouTube series. While this talk does not mention that Horus is the Lord of our current Aeon it is packed… Continue Reading