“Also, take your fill and will of love as ye will, when, where and with whom ye will! But always unto me… Love is the law, love under will.” –The Book of the Law I:51, 57 “The Beast 666 ordains by His… Continue Reading
After his successful first photo project in which he captured people before and after drinking one, two and three glasses of wine, artist Marcos Alberti is back with a new photo series. This one, The Independent tells us, “…done in… Continue Reading
Gnostic Saint Sir Richard Francis Burton died of a heart attack 127 years ago today, October 20, in Trieste. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, Burton was an “English explorer, orientalist, scholar, linguist, sexologist, mystic and spy. He was… Continue Reading
Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift died 272 years ago today. Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver’s Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). Encyclopædia Britannica refers to him… Continue Reading
Born Elizabeth Virginia Wallace February 13, 1885, in Independence, Missouri, Bess Truman passed from her mortal coil 35 years ago today. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. The Truman Library website tells us:… Continue Reading
Would you like to sin With Elinor Glyn On a tiger skin? Or would you prefer To err with her On some other fur? Born Elinor Sutherland 153 years ago today, Elinor Glyn is probably best known for her romantic… Continue Reading
SlutWalk has become a global movement with grassroots success in over 200 countries, taking a stand against sexual injustice, victim blaming, and derogatory labeling. It began 2011 in Toronto, when a police officer told a crowd of college women that… Continue Reading
Seven hundred and ten years ago today, Friday, 13 October 1307, King Philip IV ordered the arrest of Jacques de Molay and scores of other French Knights Templar. The arrest warrant claimed that during Templar admissions ceremonies, recruits spat on… Continue Reading
Today is Crowleymas, the official unofficial celebration of Aleister Crowley’s birthday. Born 142 years ago today to a wealthy Plymouth Brethren family in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Edward Alexander Crowley is known to some as the “wickedest man in the… Continue Reading
173 years ago today, Henry John Heinz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of German immigrants. He founded the H.J. Heinz company in his birth city, producing more than 60 products. Probably the best known Heinz products is tomato… Continue Reading