The New York Times was one of many outlets that ran a story on the return of a mosaic that belonged to the Roman Emperor Caligula, notorious as one of the more licentious and cruel rulers of the Roman Empire.… Continue Reading
Asharq Al Aswat (among many other outlets) ran a story about archaeological finds in Egypt pertaining to a Christian Monastic community in the 5th century. Just for context sake I’ll point out that this is the same century when the… Continue Reading
I was reading the New York Times Book Review, a discussion of Paul Farmer’s Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds about the 2014 Ebola outbreak, which depicts that tragedy being primarily due to the lack of adequate medical care, and not the… Continue Reading
Plos.org recently published an article about a massacre that occurred in Croatia nearly 6,200 years ago. The introduction reads: “Violence on a massive scale has been present in human societies for at least 13,000 years as evidenced by numerous skeletons… Continue Reading
Weiser Antiquarian Booksellers has published Catalogue 260: Alchemy & Hermetica. This stuff sells quick so if ya wanna get in on this… MOVE QUICK! This includes goodies like: The Magus: A Complete System of Occult Philosophy. In Three Books, Containing the… Continue Reading
A recent academic paper by Idan Dershowitz makes a case for the manuscript fragments of passages from Deuteronomy written in paleo-Hebrew that were dismissed as fakes after their purchase in the 19th century by the British Museum actually being genuine.… Continue Reading
Inner Traditions will be releasing a new book by noted occult author Carl Abrahamsson next year Anton LaVey And The Church of Satan. The publisher’s description says: “Includes never-before-published material from LaVey, including transcripts from his never-released “Hail Satan!” video… Continue Reading
A goodly number of theorists hold that the tarot started as a deck of playing cards (I’ve got a friend in New Orleans who theorizes that the original cards and game referred to the activities of mediaeval ruling classes, gaining… Continue Reading
Joseph Peterson’s new translation of Elucidation of Necromancy (Lucidarium artis Nigromantice) who’s authorship is commonly attributed to Peter Albano, compiled alongside the Heptameron is now available for pre-order. The publisher’s description says: “Since it first appeared over 500 years ago, the Elucidation of Necromancy… Continue Reading
MyModernMet.com ran in interview with Nicholas Bruno who created his own tarot deck based on his dream journals and experience with the unsettling phenomenon of sleep paralysis. The article begins: “Like many people, photographer Nicolas Bruno is enthralled by tarot cards. Having… Continue Reading