Writer James Tynion IV and artist John J. Pearson have created the 14th installment in The Department of Truth series. This one might tickle the fancies of a few of ye: “In 1946, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and eccentric… Continue Reading
Last week, Japan Today ran a feature about the opening of Japan’s first Tarot museum. The article begins: “Whether or not you believe in the fortune-telling and self-discovery powers of tarot cards, you have to admit that they can be beautiful… Continue Reading
So what rings youse guys’ bells? Classic Goth and Neo Goth music, horror movies, sci-fi, stories about the persecution of Witches… so, here’s a New York Times review of The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming, exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum.… Continue Reading
Last week, Eric Purdue’s translation of Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy was published. Ya prolly knew this, but this is one of the foundational works of Western magical theory and practice. The posted description says: “One of the most important… Continue Reading
Here’s an excerpt from Jason Miller’s Monday Magick Newsletter. “Yesterday was Advent, the first day of the first season of the Christian year. Why do Sorcerer’s care? Well, if you do the Cyprian novena in September, meet the Devil during… Continue Reading
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting an exhibit titled “Surrealism Beyond Borders.” It looks at Surrealist artists from around the world and over a time span of some 70 years rather than focusing on the French artists… Continue Reading
We’re posted pretty frequently about modern ceremonial magick’s roots in 19th century Spiritualism (originally “Spiritism”) and this practice is still alive an well and gathering celeb believers. The New York Times recently ran a feature on Carissa Schumacher, a modern… Continue Reading
Liber Librae sub figurâ XXX, a Golden Dawn lection much beloved of the Master Therion says: “To obtain Magical Power, learn to control thought; admit only those ideas that are in harmony with the end desired, and not every stray… Continue Reading
You’ve heard me waffle on at length about the matrix of 19th century spirtualist beliefs that modern ceremonial magick emerged from. Well, I’m waffling on! Here’s an online copy of Dr. Hippolyte Baraduc The Human Soul: Its Movements, Its Lights, and the… Continue Reading
Carl Abrahamsson’s Trapart Books just published Nina Antonia’s “Dancing with Salomé – Courting the Uncanny with Oscar Wilde & Friends.” The publisher’s description says: “Dancing with Salomé” unmasks the occult aspects of Oscar Wilde’s celebrated tome The Picture of Dorian… Continue Reading