In news relevant to the Halloween season, Atlas Obscura reports: “A surprisingly large number of academic studies—as in, more than one—have applied mathematical modeling to the concept of human-vampire co-existence. Using the depiction of bloodsuckers in various forms of media,… Continue Reading
Smithsonian reports that the earliest known draft of the King James Bible has been unearthed at the University of Cambridge by American scholar Jeffrey Alan Miller. “Forty-seven translators and scholars produced the King James Bible, which was first published in 1611.… Continue Reading
According to Culture24, treasured books from the lost Library of Tudor polymath John Dee will part of a special exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians Museum in January 2016. “Among the curiosities are Dee’s astrological textbooks; he was once… Continue Reading
The Samhain 2015 issue of The Green Book–writings on Irish gothic, supernatural and fantastic literature–includes Martin Hayes’ “Fry-Ups with the Poets and Prophets,” a look at the fraught relationship between W. B. Yeats and Aleister Crowley; the old G.D.… Continue Reading
Released under the Ibis Press and Nicholas Hayes imprint, a newly translated edition of The Sworn Book of Honorius (Liber Iuratus Honorii) is being released in May, 2016. Translated from the Latin by well-known esoteric scholar and curator of the Esoteric Archives,… Continue Reading
The call for papers for Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult at the Freud Museum, London is officially going out: Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson present: Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult: A Multi-disciplinary Conference 30 April – 1 May, 2016 at… Continue Reading
On September 26, 2015, The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture announced the publication of its latest issue (#13), dedicated to the subject “Esoteric Studies: Polish Contributions.” Put together by the Polish Society for the Study of Western Esotericism… Continue Reading
Teitan Press has just announced the release of Colin D. Campbell’s Of the Arte Goetia, in which Campbell examines the evolution of The Goetia from the proto-Goetia of Wier’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, through the first English translation in Scot’s Discoverie of… Continue Reading
A new study has been released regarding Ancient Egyptian Star Charts. The work presents a theory that the star charts painted on the insides of coffins represented a map to assist the spirit to traverse the sky and find a home in… Continue Reading
A pill to prevent HIV transmission appears to be effective, according to two recent studies. Of 657 test subjects in San Francisco, none were infected with HIV. In the UK, test subjects showed a lower risk of being infected. A number of… Continue Reading