“Sex is the sacred song of the soul; sex is the sanctuary of Self…” — Aleister Crowley, On Sexual Freedom “From the evidence of his drawings, notebooks, and illuminated prophecies, it is clear that Blake maintained a life-long commitment to… Continue Reading
Eleusyve Productions, who since 2001 have celebrated all seven Rites of Eleusis — Jupiter, Luna, Mercury, Venus, Sol, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn! — recently provided a “guest blog post” written by Aleister Crowley. Crowley discusses the rites: Their Origin and… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, February 22, is the Feast of Dame Doctor Anna Mary Bonus Kingsford. Born Anna Mary Bonus 16 September 1846 in Maryland Point, Stratford, she was one of the first English women to earn a degree in medicine. An animal… Continue Reading
Did Crowley truly see himself as solely male? Are we trying to see the path of the New Aeon from an Old Aeon perspective? Are we trying to force the New Aeon into models that don’t fit? “Was Aleister Crowley… Continue Reading
WOWZERS – this is probably old news to you hepsters out there but I just stumbled across this audio archive of lectures and readings recorded at the Naropa University at Boulder Colorado featuring the likes of unrecognized Gnostic Saint and… Continue Reading
Last Summer, The University of Chicago Press published Thomas Shippey’s Laughing Shall I Die, a look at the “Jomsvikings,” a group better known in this country by their un-prefixed appellation. Basing his research on contemporary literature by Scandanavians as well… Continue Reading
It’s no secret that Aleister Crowley was a fan of the philosophical writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and certainly elements of the latter’s thought have echoes in former’s canon… for better and worse. The New York Times recently reviewed two new… Continue Reading
Released in September of last year, Congo Tales is a collection of photographs depicting the stories and legends of the Mbomo people. While the images are recorded by outsiders, the stories themselves are reenacted by local volunteers. It provides an… Continue Reading
Opening January 31, Pamela Coleman Smith: Life and Work will exhibit through April 4 at Pratt Institute Libraries Brooklyn Campus. “This exhibition presents an overview of Smith’s life and multi-faceted career, showing books, prints, reproductions of illustrations and paintings, and… Continue Reading
The most recently issue of The European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism’s newsletter is out and available for free download! Here’s a few introductory comments from Editor Chris Giudice: Dear members of ESSWE, welcome to the Winter 2018… Continue Reading