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Author: Ixel Balamke

The Sacred Wood of Bomarzo

October 5, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

The Sacred Wood of Bomarzo is a park that was created in the 16th century by Prince Pier Francesco Orsini.  The park is a surreal collection of stone sculptures, which includes war elephant, giant fish, two giants dismembering each other,… Continue Reading →

Archaeology, Art

Rome’s New Metro C Line has a Museum!

October 4, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

For most Romans it seemed that the Metro C line would never be finished.  It seemed that the more they dug to create the new line, the more artifacts they found.  As a result the construction would have to stop… Continue Reading →

Archaeology

Thelemic Hurricane Relief Fund drive

September 22, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Like most us I watched hurricane Irma hit Florida and immediately I was worried about my Brothers and Sisters.  Here’s a way to be proactive and help your Brethren.… Continue Reading →

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99 Million Year Old Hatching Preserved in Amber

September 5, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

    Archeologists have just discovered a nearly complete bird, encased in fossilized tree sap, that has remained intact for almost 100 million years. The bird, which was just a few days old at the time of its death, is… Continue Reading →

Archaeology, Science

Listen to the Epic of Gilgamesh in Akkadian, the original language

September 4, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

It took 90 years to translate the Akkadian, the language of the ancient Mesopotamia, but in 2011, scholars at the University of Chicago finally published a 21 volume dictionary of Akkadian, the language used in ancient Mesopotamia. Unspoken for 2,000 years, Akkadian… Continue Reading →

Archaeology, Uncategorized

Amazons!!!

August 3, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

I confess that I grew up with Wonder Woman as my hero.   I wanted to grow up just like her especially living on Themiscyra, the mystical island where the Amazons lived.   The new recent movie did an amazing job to… Continue Reading →

Archaeology, Books

You have 5 minutes left to live – What would you do?

July 10, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

The above interesting photo from Pompeii is floating around the internet.   Many remains of human bodies have been found and in many different positions such as lovers in their last embrace, a lady holding her pet, two men kissing,  a… Continue Reading →

Archaeology

The Summer of Love

July 7, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

The BBC is basically the standard in what good TV should be.  It shouldn’t be surprising that their new documentary, “The Summer of Love, How Hippies changed the World” would be just as interesting and informative.   The surprising part of… Continue Reading →

Crowley, Film

Joséphin Péladan, The Occultic Roots of Moderism

July 5, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

The New Yorker magazine has always been around my house.  This past month much to my surprise, they featured one of the more interesting individuals in occultism, Joséphin Péladan.  Below is the first paragraph of the article. In the Paris of… Continue Reading →

Art, Occult History

Drinking the “Blood of Jove”

July 3, 2017Ixel Balamke Leave a Comment

  With our upcoming NOTOCON wine tasting, I thought that I would give a little 101 on Italian wines.   Just to give a few good reasons to buy Italian wines, they have the depth of minerals, high acidity, and well… Continue Reading →

Wine

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