Ho ho ho! In the late 19th/early 20th century, proto-cultural anthropologists posited that the Winter Solstice was an acknowledgement of the Death of The Sun and accompanied by rites intended to aid our Star in rekindling. So, in the spirit… Continue Reading
In the small town of Holmavik, located on the western coast of Iceland, there is a museum dedicated to preserving the world of magic and sorcery. The Strandagaldur, also known as the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft, started out… Continue Reading
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