A trove of early Christian apocrypha have been translated and compiled by Tony Burke with the second volume New Testament Apocrypha More Noncanonical Scriptures having been recently published. LiveScience ran a story about this book and discusses some of the more interesting… Continue Reading
Another video of a presentation from the most recent iteration of the Trans States Conference for ya. This one is Timothy Grieve-Carlson’s talk “The Great in the Small: Comparative Ecologies of Revelation.” The posted description says: The Great in the Small:… Continue Reading
Scarlet Imprint co-founder Alkistis Dimech recently published an essay on the Witches Dance, which she claims as a catalyst for her own work in kinetic art. An excerpt says: “In this essay I trace the haunted kinaesthetic and psychic territories… Continue Reading
You know that a trend has become passe when, the New York Times “Metropolitan” touts it as the “next cool”… So, I know that many occultists feel comfy in archaic themed enviroments indulging in antient passtimes, consuming vintage victuals and… Continue Reading
HAU Books is offering a free download of Stephan Palmie’s translation of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s “The Mythology in Our Language.” This work comprises Wittgenstein’s remarks on J.G. Frazer’s “The Golden Bough,” a seminal work of cultural anthropology (a lot of it since discredited… Continue Reading
Last week, Science Magazine published a story discussing what seems to be the oldest documented story told by human beings. This is an account of volcanic eruptions in Australia some 37,000 years ago. The article ends: “Damein Bell, CEO of… Continue Reading
The BBC recently published a report on the South African government closing down some initiation schools due to deaths connected with ritual circumcisions. It’s noted that such tragic deaths are rare and that only certain schools are being suspended, largely… Continue Reading
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting “Another World Lies Beyond: Chinese Art and the Divine,” an exhibition of artworks that document China’s various views of the religious and supernatural spanning centuries. The exhibition runs through January… Continue Reading
Next month sees the publication in paperback of Michael Crowley’s Secret Drugs of Buddhism. Amazon’s description of this book states: Secret Drugs of Buddhism is the first book to explore the historical evidence for the use of entheogenic plants within… Continue Reading
Ruhr University recently played host to a workshop led by Bernd-Christian Otto on “Western Learned Magic as an Entangled Tradition.” The University’s website explains “The workshop explores the textual-ritual tradition of ‘Western learned magic’ from an interdisciplinary, longue-durée and cross-cultural… Continue Reading