Salem Summer Symposium Presents: the Salem Witchcraft & Folklore Festival A Celebration of Magical Education, Folklore, Community & Activism – Online Classes Only- Thursday August 12th -Sunday August 15th 2021. The event’s site says: Greetings All! After much deliberation, we… Continue Reading
The Guardian reported on a mathematician determining that Babylonians had discovered applied geometry by 1,700 BCE. The article begins: “An Australian mathematician has discovered what may be the oldest known example of applied geometry, on a 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet.… Continue Reading
Folk Radio (of all places) posted an article about venerable 18/19th century cunning man John Harries who has inspired a short film, The Cunning Man. Have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YZVxGF6qfs. The article begins: “Among the many manuscripts, you can peruse online… Continue Reading
A new edition of R.A. Gilbert’s The Golden Dawn Companion was published last month. The publisher’s description sez: “The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn epitomized the paradox of an intellectual élite who rejected orthodox religion and yet remained within… Continue Reading
David Chaim Smith posted on FB: Another excerpt from LFA Volume 6 (coming in 2022): “As contemplative practice expands its register, we throw ourselves into the blackness where our bearings are lost. There, mental toxins are purposefully consumed. This extracts the… Continue Reading
The Summer 2021 issue of Agapé, the official journal of U.S. Grand Lodge O.T.O., is now available. This and all previous issues can be found here.
Biblicalarchaeology.org ran news story concerning Lee M. Jefferson’s article Jesus the Magician? Why Jesus Holds a Wand in Early Christian Art exploring the possibility that early Christians considered Jesus of Nazareth a magician among other things. The story begins: “Did Jesus use a… Continue Reading
Tara Sanchez recently posted a Dark Moon Ritual calling on Hekate Eurippa: HEKATE EURIPPA DARK MOON RITUAL Set your sacred space in your normal way, this isn’t about fancy and fan-fair this is about raising energy and heartfelt devotion to… Continue Reading
The New Yorker addressed a number of recently published books addressing the Spiritualist movement of the 19th century, seeking to relate that to a contemporary resurgence in interest in necromantic communications. This topic, I’d suggest, should be of central interest… Continue Reading
The Praxis Behind The Obscure: Episode 21 interviewed veteran Chaos Magician Phil Hine, discussing his explorations into Tantra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZ4sA89ArA.