One major difference between the Abrahamic faiths and Thelema is the latter’s rejection of the idea of Original Sin and that Humankind is inherently flawed and sinful from birth (then, again Crowley did typify the very fact of manifest existence… Continue Reading
Part of a Thelemite’s pursuit of the discovery of their True Will and then subsquently devoting their lives to living it out, is to eliminate the distraction of myriad conditioned prejudices and preconceived notions of how their environment is functioning… Continue Reading
According to the “Liturgical Calendar for Thelemic Gnosticism” by Tau Polyphilus, today is the Feast of Osiris. Osiris is depicted as a human male with green skin, wearing the Atef Crown, wrapped in mummy’s bandages with his hands protruding, holding… Continue Reading
The Guardian recently ran a photo gallery on Great Britain’s oldest “folk” dance. The lead off reads: “The Abbots Bromley horn dance is an English folk dance whose origins date back to the middle ages and is performed annually on… Continue Reading
We have another installment of video from last year’s Trans-State Conference held in London. In this one Geoff Greentree speaks on “The Sweat LodgeThe Sweat Lodge – Ancient Technology in Modern Context.” The posted description says: “I have travelled extensively,… Continue Reading
Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence in the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library is a new exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library that investigates human kind’s search for transcendence via religion, the occult, philosophy, music, endorphins, sex, ecstasy i.e. most of the elements of theurgic… Continue Reading
In 1836 some boys out rabbit hunting found nine tiny coffins that were around 3 to 4 inches long in a small cave. Four of the coffins were stacked on top of four more with one stacked on top. Inside… Continue Reading
In Psychology Today, Michael Aaron, PhD, interviews Courtney Plante, PhD. about furry fandom. Dr. Plante “…is a research psychologist, co-founder, and lead analyst of the International Anthropomorphic Research Project (IARP)—a team of social scientists who study identity development, stigma, and inter-group/inter-species dynamics in the… Continue Reading
According to Mother Earth Living, “Ancient Celts ate and drank heartily during their traditional fire festival on the eve of May Day, which celebrated the return of the light half of the year. From the fulachta fiaolha (cooking pits of… Continue Reading
To my way of thinking, the turn of the 19/20 centuries was a fascinating, crucial time in the history of magick. Amidst Doinel’s revival of Gnostic religion and Yarker’s investigation into archaic Freemasonic ritual, Great Britain’s colonial initiatives brought Europeans… Continue Reading