The 9th Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism – SSWE9 – is taking place this week at Malmö University, Sweden, June 26–28. The conference’s theme is Western Esotericism and Practice. While no schedule of presentations has been… Continue Reading
Sunday New York Times Magazine ran a profile on visionary mycologist Merlin Sheldrake, which quotes him early on in the article, stating: ‘“If you had no head, no heart, no center of operations,” he began. “If you could taste with… Continue Reading
The latest issue of the journal Entangled Religions focuses on the topic ‘Western Learned Magic as an Entangled Tradition’. The magazine’s introduction states: ‘The articles assembled in this special issue of Entangled Religion represent the analytical fruits of a workshop on ‘Western… Continue Reading
Fasincating read, this! Sunday New York Times “Talk” columnist interview Roland Griffiths, one of the pioneers of medical use of psychedelics. The medicinal applications include treating depression in general, with a focus on treating depression in patients with terminal diagnoses.… Continue Reading
Germany’s Soul of Africa Museum features extensive online content that includes extensive materials regarding spirituality and magic. It’s mission statement is: “The Soul of Africa Museum considers itself as a open forum for intercultural encounter, and for the graphic exchange of… Continue Reading
Modern ceremonial magicians revere writing. Some create sigils using A.O. Spare’s formula, starting with a “sentence of desire.” Many pour over transcriptions, facsimiles and explanations of mediaeval grimoires or study gematria. So The Greatest Invention: A History of the World… Continue Reading
OK – I know y’all’re bibliophiles, so — how could you NOT love a news story in the Greek Reporter about the reputed oldest continuously operating library in the world! Article starts: “The oldest-to-date medical recipes from Hippocrates were recently… Continue Reading
Fosco Culto has aroused a wide interest in her paintings through her very particular style, expressing a deep and vital engagement with the Initiating Forces informing the currents of night-wandering & sabbatic Sorcery. Through her paintings, she captures the demonic… Continue Reading
New York Times Book Review reviewed When We Cease to Understand the World late last year. It discusses the experience of scientists who had breakthrough moments of insight and revelation including Karl Schwarzschild who developed the concept we now know as cosmic… Continue Reading
University of Melbourne, Australia will be sponsoring a conference examining Sir James Frazer’s The Golden Bough Friday, February 10 – Sunday, February 12, 2023. The organizers are calling for people interested in presenting to submit abstracts of proposed presentations (no more… Continue Reading