Smithsonian shares how the Ouija Board came to be: “In 1886, the fledgling Associated Press reported on a new phenomenon taking over the spiritualists’ camps in Ohio, the talking board; it was, for all intents and purposes, a Ouija board,… Continue Reading
Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World 21 January – 21 August 2016, free entry The University of Manchester Library Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. Experience how supernatural forces shaped… Continue Reading
John Michael Greer, editor of the new edition of Israel Regardie’s The Golden Dawn, will speak February 21, 2016 at William Blake Lodge in the Valley of Baltimore, Maryland. First published in 1937, The Golden Dawn has become one of the… Continue Reading
MANY HERBAL BOOKS focus on the clinical, holistic, and natural herbalist facets of herbalism. Some of these works touch upon folk magic and herbal esotericism from time to time, but there is a greater need for a volume more focused… Continue Reading
THERE ARE MANY herbal conferences around the world that mainly focus on the clinical, holistic and natural herbalist facets and idealisms of herbalism. Some of these conferences touch upon folk magic and herbal esotericism from time to time, but we feel… Continue Reading
Ordo Templi Orientis, in cooperation with Sekmet Books, is pleased to announce the publication of Success Is Your Proof: One Hundred Years of O.T.O. in North America. This collection of papers is drawn from the May 16, 2015, North American… Continue Reading
Smithsonian tells us that researchers believe Stonehenge was first built in Wales, but then dragged to Wiltshire, where it stands today. “Geologists found evidence of tools, platforms, ramps, food and fires at a site in North Pembrokshire, Wales about 180 miles from Stonehenge, writes Romeo.… Continue Reading
The winter 2015 issue of the academic journal Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft has just come out. It includes Ethan Doyle White’s 30-page article “‘An’ it Harm None, Do What Ye Will’: An Historical Analysis of the Wiccan Rede,” four pages… Continue Reading
Two design students in Copenhagen,Sergey Komardenkov and Vihanga Gore, have come up with a way to convert heat energy into electricity, rather than letting it go to waste. Smithsonian tells us: “Though Heat Harvest is still speculative, the technology to… Continue Reading
Vice interviews Australian photographer Tim Fenby about his experiences visiting Nanje, a town that still plays Maoist theme songs. “Over the last 30 years, most of China has increasingly embraced Western capitalism. But one town of 3,000 has firmly held… Continue Reading