Jazz icon John Coltrane was born on September 23. He would have been 93 this year. Gotta love those digits! More seriously, here’s a deep dive article looking at how Coltrane integrated mystic religious practice into his composing and performance… Continue Reading
Tickets have now gone on sale for the 2nd Annual Magickal Women Conference, to be held in South Kensington Saturday June , 2020. The event’s homepage explains: “In 2020 we are offering a two-day event, and on Sunday the 7th… Continue Reading
Here’s documentation of artist Monet Clark’s 4 minute performance, Völva Saga, the Prequel operatic wish sorcery https://youtu.be/dyNPxuSoZ4o. It’s part of an event with 40 other performances called 4 Waves: 40 Performance for the Hole at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco… Continue Reading
Ruhr University recently played host to a workshop led by Bernd-Christian Otto on “Western Learned Magic as an Entangled Tradition.” The University’s website explains “The workshop explores the textual-ritual tradition of ‘Western learned magic’ from an interdisciplinary, longue-durée and cross-cultural… Continue Reading
The UK’s Fulgur publishing house has just released Trans-States: The Art of Crossing Over edited by Cavan McLaughlin. This features select papers from the first Trans- States conference held in England in 2016. The conference was titled: “The Art of Crossing Over,”… Continue Reading
The Man of Earth members typically affiliate with the various types of Local Bodies: Encampment, Oasis or Lodge. According to Electoral College rules the requirements for each type of Body is: Camps: Financial records Mailing address E-mail Third Degree Master… Continue Reading
The Tanakh’s “Song of Songs,” “Canticle of Canticles,” “Song of Solomon” is among its steamiest sections – a beautifully erotic poem that makes no reference to JHVH at all. And yet when the Tanakh was being compiled in the second… Continue Reading
Liber CXCIV is subtitled “An Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order.” Most Americans think of “Constitution” as referring to a legal document that lays out fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to… Continue Reading
We’re seeing the sad news on FB that seminal American folklorist and performer John Cohen experienced his Greater Feast yesterday. I haven’t found any obituaries at major new sources yet but the people posting include many of his acquaintances and… Continue Reading
David Tibet is touting the “A Unique Vision: Outsider and Self-Taught Art” which runs 1 November 2019 – 16 February 2020. The gallery’s description says: “Over the last 2 decades, Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham has worked closely with the… Continue Reading