The University of Wollongong in Australia has made the entire back catalogue of influential psychedelic magazine OZ available for perusal online – for free! Their site says: “OZ magazine was published in Sydney, Australia, between 1963 and 1969 under the… Continue Reading
Almost 150 years after the first identification of Neanderthal skeletal material, the cognitive and symbolic abilities of these populations remain a subject of intense debate. We present 99 new Neanderthal remains from the Troisième caverne of Goyet (Belgium) dated to… Continue Reading
Salon has posted a bit of punditry on the latest trend “Mysticore” (we should all enjoy our 5 minutes of being in vogue!). The basis premise is such: “All manner of magic is in the air, as the New Age movement’s… Continue Reading
The Thai Occult Book! From Timeless Editions of France. Release date – October 15, 2016. This is a limited issue hardback book of 194 pages, over 160 photographs and an in depth look at this subject through 70,000 words. Each book has a… Continue Reading
In a world that thought up and embraced something that is as pointedly ephemeral as snapchat finding traditions and institutions that go back 5 centuries or more…feels both surreal and precious. This piece looks at a Jerusalem-based tattoo shop servicing… Continue Reading
Thousands of years ago, stone constructions built as tombs may have served another purpose — one with an unexpected celestial connection. Astronomers suggest these ancient structures may have been used for observing the night sky and tracking the movements of… Continue Reading
The cottage was discovered near Lower Black Moss reservoir in the village of Barley, in the shadow of Pendle Hill. Archaeologists brought in by United Utilities to survey the area found the building under a grass mound. Historians are now… Continue Reading
It wasn’t until Europeans took over North America that natives adopted the ideas of gender roles. For Native Americans, there was no set of rules that men and women had to abide by in order to be considered a “normal” member… Continue Reading
As if the music of Ibeyi could get any prettier, someone went and made an entire ballet inspired by the Yoruba sounds of the Diaz sisters. That someone is the famed Italian choreographer, Mauro Bigonzetti. Bigonzetti returned to New York’s… Continue Reading
Artists Thomas Rousset and Raphaël Verona traveled across the Altiplano region of Bolivia for a very specific reason. They wanted to photograph the astounding spiritual diversity of the landlocked South American expanses, capturing portraits of the healers, witch doctors and… Continue Reading