“About 90% of Thelema, at a guess, is nothing but self-discipline.” —666 When discussing Thelema and O.T.O. some of the frequent topics that people like to cover are their occult shenanigans, what they talked about over breakfast with their Holy… Continue Reading
The journal La Rosa di Paracelso is soliciting proposals for articles for its second monographic issue: Diabolus in singulis est: The Devil, Satan and Lucifer. The themes the journal is interested in include: The idea of the Devil in authors of… Continue Reading
According to a survey of over 24,000 women, one in four YouPorn viewers identifies as female. Despite this, there’s still a stigma of shame associated with porn. While three in ten of these viewers feel that watching porn without their partner… Continue Reading
Of late, it’s seems like common occurrence that people holding a strong opinion, when offered fact-based data conclusively disproving said opinion…hold it all the more strongly. Earlier this year, the New Yorker ran a review of Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber’s new… Continue Reading
The American Academy of Religion has announced that it’s annual meeting will be held in Boston, Massachusetts November 18–21 at Hynes Convention Center, Fairmont Copley Plaza, Hilton Back Bay, Marriott Copley Place, Park Plaza Hotel, Sheraton, and Westin Copley Place. More… Continue Reading
This January, researchers at Imperial College London announced that the hormone kisspeptin can enhance activity in brain regions associated with sexual arousal and romantic love. In placebo-controlled trials, 29 healthy young men were injected with kisspeptin and their brains scanned using… Continue Reading
Henrik Bogdan recently posted a list of papers being presented at the workshop on Literature and Western Esotericism being held May 4-5, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden “Describing the Non-Communicable: Imagination, Dreams and Experiential Knowledge in Occultist Literature” Henrik… Continue Reading
Are men always risk takers, while women play it safe? Is it true that women seek long-term relationships, while men want no-strings ready sex? Do these generalizations even make sense, evolutionarily? In Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society,… Continue Reading
In February, Playboy Chief Creative Officer Cooper Hefner announced that the magazine is making a return to nudity. As Thelemites continue to fight against repression and superstition, this seems particularly relevant. Indeed, Aleister Crowley himself said,* “The sexual nature of a… Continue Reading
LendEdu, a consumer finance comparison site, asked over 3,800 young people ages 18 to 22 if they used Tinder — 72% of them said they did. When asked why, more than 44% of the users said they were swiping for “confidence-boosting procrastination,”… Continue Reading