Today is the birthday 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 of… 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
New York based artist, Nicolas Bruno recently published his Somnia Tarot. His website says: “Explore the world of Tarot through the visions of Nicolas Bruno, an artist who transforms his dreams and nightmares into surreal imagery. “The Somnia Tarot was created by Nicolas… Continue Reading
Here’s an excerpt from Jason Miller’s Strategic Sorcery blog: That’s right. I said it. Magic is 100% relaible. So why do spells fail then? Why does my hip still ache? Why did I not win the power ball last week?… Continue Reading
Today is the birthday of the Prophet of the Lovely star who was born October 12, 1875 – the same year as the Theosophical Society was formed (as he loved to point out). The U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi… Continue Reading
Here’s Episode 75 of the Juju podcast. On this episode, Juju interviews Professor and author of “Black Magic” Yvonne Chireau about Hoodoo as scholarship, the quest for power through Africana magic, and reconciling what it means for Hoodoo to evolve… Continue Reading
Insider.com reports that Canadian parents are circulating a petition to removed a high school principal for her Instagram posts about being an Iron Maiden fan – though the petition was eventually updated to say that the issue was “openly displaying her… Continue Reading
Here’s an interesting bit of musing by Christopher Penczak about witches and magicians embracing the extraordinary. This excerpt gives you the drift: “There has been a trend to divorce the ‘woo woo’ or the seemingly unexplainable phenomenon of magick from… Continue Reading