Yesterday, the National Grandmaster of the United States Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis posted:us Today is the 77th anniversary of the death of Aleister Crowley, who died at Netherwood in Hastings, East Sussex in 1947 at the age of… Continue Reading
Last week Frater Prabhasvara tipped us off to the of University of South Florida professor Davide, Tanasi’ research into the use of hallucinogenic drugs in Egyptian ritual practice during the Ptolemaic era. Here’s a link to his published research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-78721-8… Continue Reading
In honor or the centennial of his birth, The Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan is mounting the first ev er solo exhibition of the work of the late American artistic polymath Robert Frank. He is best known about amongst… Continue Reading
British occult publishing juggernaut Hadean Press has opened pre-orders for a new title, Jim Baker’s An Inquiry into Necromancy: Spirit Conjuration in Western Culture. The posted description says: An Inquiry into Necromancy: Spirit Conjuration in Western Culture is the successor to The… Continue Reading
In case you were wondering, the funeral stele of Ankh-en-ef-Khonsu is indeed on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, outside of Cairo. According to a post on FB by Paul Weston it’s at rear of the main upstairs… Continue Reading
We continue our jag of Randolph-philia contemplating what happened to our newest Gnostic Saint’s legacy after his passing in 1875. R. Swinburne Clymer’s Fraternitas Rosae Crucis claim Randolph as a member and to that end, publish very lovely editions of… Continue Reading
Recently canonized Gnostic Saint, Paschal Beverly Randolph died in 1875, the same year that the Theosophical Society was formally inaugurated and that the Prophet of the Lovely Star was born. Some occult history buffs may know that he was buried… Continue Reading
Frater Prabhasvara tipped us off to this amazing story that first appeared on the University of South Florida’s Newsroom page. The article begins: “A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug,… Continue Reading
Down Here is the first of a meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated three volume work, The Tarot of Marsilio by Christophe Poncet; a landmark inquiry into the origins of the Tarot de Marseille. Against the prevalent view in the academy, Poncet argues that… Continue Reading
Dave Light’s newly published The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering looks at the art and science of mountain climbing in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He includes a detailed and nuanced look at the… Continue Reading