The BBC has published a story discussing a new exhibition at London’s venerable British Museum, “Feminine Power” that takes a look at female faces of the Divine in antiquity, as worshipped by diverse cultures. An excerpt reads: “Sulis is just… Continue Reading
Cambridge University Press’s journal, Antiquity, published a report on some of the largest examples of cave art found in North America. Many of these images were not readily discernible by the naked eye because they were created in relatively small… Continue Reading
Egypt’s Tourism and Antiquities Ministry issued a statement on Monday about recently undercovered ruins of a temple to Zeus found in Sinai. NPR reported: “Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the ruins of a temple for the ancient Greek god Zeus in the… Continue Reading
The New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is hosting an exhibit titled Pompeii in Color: The Life of Roman Painting. The posted description says: “Pompeii in Color: The Life of Roman Painting presents thirty-five frescoes from the… Continue Reading
Feminine Power: the Divine to the Demonic is an exhibition at the British Museum in London running May 19 to September 25. The posted description says: The first exhibition of its kind, Feminine power takes a cross-cultural look at the… Continue Reading
Dr. Justin Sledge of the Esoterica podcast recently interview Ellen Morgan and Keith Readdy of Boleskine House Foundation Interview about the site’s history and the current reconstruction project that the Foundation is understaking. The posted description says: “Boleskine House is… Continue Reading
Associated Press recently ran a news story about a new exhibit revolving around the huge Neolithic site we know as Stonehenge, being hosted at the British Museum in London. The exhibit brings together many of the discoveries that have led… Continue Reading
The Ancient Greeks are central to much modern magical practice. A significant amount of thaumaturgy is taken directly from, or at least influenced by the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri of late Antiquity. Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis took their name from the… Continue Reading
One could argue that moderne magick study and practice arose out of the primitive sciences of archaeology and anthropology as they existed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Archaeology unearthed evidence of the pre-Mechanistic concept of the world’s functioning, perpetuated… Continue Reading
The letters O.T.O. stand for Ordo Templi Orientis, the Order of Oriental Templars, or Order of the Temple of the East. O.T.O. This is a reference to the mediaeval Knights Templar, a order of Roman Catholic warrior monks organized to protect… Continue Reading