On August 15, 1040, Mac Bethad mac Findlaích killed King Duncan I of Scotland killed in battle, then succeeded him as King. Mac Bethad mac Findlaích, aka Macbeth, was immortalized by Shakespeare’s famous play. Interestingly, Macbeth himself was killed 17 years later,… Continue Reading
Wolf On a String sounds like the perfect beach read for any self respecting occultist. The protagonist, Christian Stern, travels to 16th century Prague to study thaumaturgy and instead winds up charged by the Holy Roman Emperor to solve a… Continue Reading
YES – we were away at Notocon from Thursday till late last night. Little behind the curve work wise. But we had kept posting thru Friday dinner time… knowing y’all were all swanning around Orlando with us and not looking… Continue Reading
Publication of The Green Mysteries, the forthcoming book by Daniel A. Schulke, has been delayed until November 1, 2017. This is due primarily to contracting a new printer for the work, as our former printer was unable to handle a… Continue Reading
Some more pearls of occult smartness from our old pal Inominandum “[July 29] is the feast of St Martha. This Patron Saint of cooks and homemakers is also a saint that Sorcerers call upon for influence and dominance. Some people… Continue Reading
Today is the anniversary of the 480 BC death of Spartan King Leonidas I at the Battle of Thermopylae. The battle is probably best known in popular culture through “300,” the 2006 movie and the 1998 comic series of the… Continue Reading
More video from last year’s Trans-State Conference, this of the presentation by Benedetta d’Ettorre on “Curating Trans- States.” The video’s description states: Can an exhibition be a medium to reach “trans-states”? Exhibitions are the medium for curatorial experimentation and a relative… Continue Reading
Here’s video of the Way Public Library‘s presentation of “Theatre of the Occult” featuring speaker Edmund B. Lingan PhD. In his lecture, Lingan explored the role of theater to the seeking of the occult during the 19th and mid-20th century.… Continue Reading
On this day in 1846, the United States Congress chartered the Smithsonian Institution using funds from the estate of James Smithson. The Smithsonian tells us, “The will left his estate to his nephew, Henry James Hungerford, and stated that if… Continue Reading
At times it feels like we’re making progress in getting the profane community to acknowledge our religio-philosophical perspective, perhaps even agree on the odd point. And at other times – the chasm between mainstreamers’ consensual reality and that of occulture… Continue Reading