Earlier this year, the New York Times Book Review ran an essay by A.O. Scott contemplating the ways literary authors might incorporate even collaborate with artificial intelligences. Suddenly Scott connects this emerging trend with the “automatic writing” of the early… Continue Reading
If you’ve read this blog before, you’ve heard me hold forth about the influence of American utopian societies on the international occult revival of the 19th and 20th centuries. Occult pioneers like Pascal Beverly Randolph and Ida Craddock were part… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On November 9, 2024, e.v., the O.H.O. announced to the Areopagus that he had added Dr. Paschal Beverly Randolph to the list of saints of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica. Randolph’s… Continue Reading
This November 16-17, 2024, John M. Reynolds/ Lama Vajranatha will lead a seminar via Zoom on Soul Retrieval—Recalling Lost Fragments of the Soul and Averting Soul Loss times. The lectures will take place 10AM – 2PM EST on both Saturday… Continue Reading
Noted occult author and teacher Jason Miller just posted to his Strategic Sorcery blog about a way to cope at times of extraordinary stress. The essay begins: “I don’t generally talk politics here but I also cannot ignore that I… Continue Reading
Starfire Publishing has announced the Spring 2025 publication of The Collected Major Works of Frater Achad. The posted description says: The Collected Works of Frater Achad, collected and edited by Henrik Bogdan, is a sympathetic presentation of Achad’s rich body… Continue Reading
Philosophical Perspectives on Esotericism edited by Olli Pitkänen has been made available for free access by Taylor Francis & Company. The Abstract says: This volume offers the first systematic philosophical study of esotericism and late modern philosophy. It addresses fundamental… Continue Reading
This Sunday, November 10, Academia Ordo Templi Orientis will be hosting a one-day conference, “American Thelema: Antecedents, History, Interpretations.” This theme explores the influence of the Americas on Crowley, Thelema and OTO. The conference will take place at the Hyatt Centric… Continue Reading
Late last month, Time Magazine – of all publications – published a surprising essay, America’s Forgotten Occult Origins by Ed Simon. A short excerpt says: ‘Yet alongside the governor was a very different man, his 24-year-old son John Winthrop the… Continue Reading
Richard Kaczynski made the exciting announcement on FB that a critical edition of Aleister Crowley’s Sword of Song will be released next spring by Inner Traditions/Bear & Co. on April 8, the first day of the writing of Liber AL.… Continue Reading