A common understanding of “myths” is that they are made up, fantastical stories by which people delude themselves or deceive others. There’s often the consideration that they are created by a power elite to control an underclass. And while that… Continue Reading
Last year, the New York Times Book Review ran a piece on a new book by Ray Kurzweil (a Google employee, dontcha know), The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge With AI. So… much of modern magic is about consciousness… Continue Reading
“HIs Tapes Roll On” is a song written and performed by Peter Stampfel about Gnostic Saint Harry Smith. Peter was a fixture on the Greenwich Village Folk revival scene of the 1960’s, performing and recording with the duo The Holy… Continue Reading
A favored catch phrase of mine is “Words Have Power;” To me its an obvious statement of magical tech that’s apparent mundanity is highly misleading – DAMMIT! So, here’s a NY Times book review about a tome examining the beginnings… Continue Reading
Legendary British/American Punk band The Mekons are releasing their first new album in many years. It’s titled Horror. A little bird has tweeted that the track, “The Western Design” references Gnostic Saint, Dr. John Dee. LIsten:https://open.spotify.com/track/3YZufZH40R3gEB05XS1ugo?si=8ffb31df954142b9 Here’s the video for… Continue Reading
The Last Dynasty by Toby Wilkinson a new publication that Bloomsbury Publishing describes as: “A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra.“ Since Thelema peopled its pantheon with… Continue Reading
U.S. Grand Lodge’s Thelema, NOW! podcast has posted its latest episode. In this one, the lovely Deja Whitehouse talks to host Harper Feist about her latest book, “The Lady and the Beast: The Extraordinary Partnership between Frieda Harris and Aleister… Continue Reading
The Penn Museum (the zippy nickname for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) in Philadelphia is offering an online course titled, The Deep Dig: Spells, Spirits and Sacred Magic. For what it’s worth, back in the 19th… Continue Reading
UK publishing powerhouse Hadean Press has opened pre orders for Darren Francis’ Laylah: The Life of Leila Waddell. The posted description says: Though Leila Waddell has become an iconic figure in twentieth century occultism, precise details of her life are… Continue Reading
Inner Traditions has published a critical edition of Aleister Crowley’s The Sword of Song edited by Richard Kaczynski. This edition presents Crowley’s preferred text, drawing on all existing draft manuscripts and margin notes from Crowley’s personal copies. It contains an… Continue Reading