It’s generally known that women orgasm less than men. A new study of 52,000 adults in the Archives of Sexual Behavior suggests orgasming isn’t an issue of gender—male vs. female, he vs. she—but an issue of sexuality. The researchers highlighted… Continue Reading
About a month ago, the Wall Street Journal published a story about Joel Nightingale Berning, a non-denominational chaplain at New York-Presbryterian/Columbia University Medical Center who has designed a communication board so that patients who are on ventilators can indicate if… Continue Reading
In case you’ll be in Dublin, Saturday January 21st, Cuchulain Oasis OTO will be hosting a lecture by Dr. Richard Kaczynski, ‘Sex and Sex Magick in the Victorian Age.’ The lecture will be presented at the Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square… Continue Reading
One of the more famed attractions of Philadlephia, PA – among those of a, ahem, “certain disposition” is the Mutter Museum. This was established as a medical research facilty WAY back in the day and thus if filled with skulls… Continue Reading
The U.K,’s Scarlent Imprint has announced the February 2017 publication of The Game of Saturn by Peter Mark Adams. This is the first book-length, scholarly study of the Renaissance’s Sola-Busca tarot. The publisher’s site states: “Beneath its beautifully decorated surface, its imagery… Continue Reading
We’ve been posting academic papers about BDSM generating altered states of consciousness – creating and properly using such conscious being an invaluable tool for ceremonial magicians. The decisively populist publication the Daily Mail has run a piece on the subject… Continue Reading
I have finally found an intelligent, mediated and informed statement in response to accusations connecting the Art work of Marina Abramovič with a version of Satanic hysteria. I think it is important that these types of issues are commented… Continue Reading
Massimo Introvigne (CESNUR) was a presenter at the American Academy of Religion’s Annual Meeting, held this year in San Antonio, Texas on November 18, 2016. He posted an illustrated version of the paper he presented, “The Fear of the Occult… Continue Reading
The Science of BDSM is an academic research team out of Northern Illinois University doing scholarly work on the functioning and application of BDSM. The team’s members include Kathryn Klement, Ellen Lee, and Brad Sagarin who have published numerous papers and… Continue Reading
Divination, Geomancy, and the Supernatural in Islamic Art from Allison Meier for HYPERALLERGIC Over 100 rare objects from the 12th to 20th centuries are used to explore the role of the supernatural in Islamic art at the Ashmoleon Museum in… Continue Reading