For a lot of y’all, the most notable event of 2019 will have been the release of a new Tool album after a 13 year wait. I assume all hardore Toolians purchased or pre-purchased this asap. For the rest of… Continue Reading
So the Church of Scientology maintains its own online TV network! Who knew? I was reading a music trade mag and found a full page add for today’s debut of their new “Signature Performances” series, this episode being devoted to… Continue Reading
Tarantismo: Odyssey of an Italian Ritual is a book + 2xLP set examining the Tarantism ritual – a cure for women bit by spiders – said bite inciting madness and sexual abandon (there seems to be no such cure offered… Continue Reading
The Athenaeum Review has published an interesting paper by Diane Purkiss on the history of witchcraft proposing a narrative that contradicts current popular views on the subject. One excerpts states: “There are in fact so many problems with some modern… Continue Reading
Gilgamesh is a lot of things — LITERALLY; most scholars agree that it’s a compilation of several ancient texts put into a relatively final form around 1200 BCE by the Babylonian scribe Sin-lequi-unninni. It is the first extensive written account… Continue Reading
Philadelphia is a city with a rich occult history and contemporary scene. It’s the birthplace of member of the Order of The White Eagle, Ida Craddock, one time residence of Madam Blavatsky, home to a series of O.T.O. Bodies dating… Continue Reading
Here’s a bit from Jason Miller’s Magick Monday Newsletter: “The magical community is filled to the brim with people working to communicate with spirits. We believe that they may have things to teach that are worthwhile, and may be able… Continue Reading
Ea’s Duplicity in the Gilgamesh Flood Story (The Ancient Word) — the title rolls off the tongue, don’t it — is a new book by British scholar Martin Worthington that’s been misquoted as per its supported assertion that the first… Continue Reading
The UK’s Hellfire Book Club has announced its publication of Aleister Crowley’s The Vision and the Voice Liber CDXVIII Being the Visions of the Angels Of the 30 Aethyrs in four editions – each one more deluxe and expensive that… Continue Reading
UK publisher Scarlet Imprint is opening pre-order for An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke: The Magical Works of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis. The text was transcribed from British Library Additional manuscript 36674. It’s been edited by Phil Legard… Continue Reading