Thelema, NOW! is back again in 2020EV! Our host with the most, Harper Fiest, talks to Peter Mark Adams. He previous book was “The Game of Saturn” and he just published “Mystai – dancing out the mysteries of dionysos.” The… Continue Reading
Last month, the New York Times ran an article discussing the recent discovery of The Book of Two Ways, a precursor to the better known Spells for Going Forth by Day popularly called the Egyptian Book of The Dead. Here’s an… Continue Reading
Gilgamesh is a lot of things — LITERALLY; most scholars agree that it’s a compilation of several ancient texts put into a relatively final form around 1200 BCE by the Babylonian scribe Sin-lequi-unninni. It is the first extensive written account… Continue Reading
Ea’s Duplicity in the Gilgamesh Flood Story (The Ancient Word) — the title rolls off the tongue, don’t it — is a new book by British scholar Martin Worthington that’s been misquoted as per its supported assertion that the first… Continue Reading
Archaology World reported on a recent find in Turkey of extensive mosaic work belying imperial Rome’s far-flung influence. The story begins: “In southern Turkey, a huge pool mosaic with complex geometric patterns was discovered, which reveals the Roman Empire’s far-reaching… Continue Reading
This is pretty durned meta! Several British newspapers including The Telegraph and Daily Mail boast headlines declaring: “Babylonian god used ‘fake news’ to trick Noah into building his Ark, claims new translation of 3,000 year-old tablet.” The article is actually… Continue Reading
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is hosting the exhibit “Ancient Nubia Now” until January 20. The Museum’s site says: “This exhibition of magnificent jewelry, pottery, sculpture, metalwork, and more from the MFA’s collection of ancient Nubian art examines power, representation,… Continue Reading
The Ministry of Antiquities of Egypt has announced the native archeologists have uncovered the mummified remains of a large animal, possibly a lion or lioness. An excerpt from the Washington Post’s news story on this event reads: “The ministry said… Continue Reading
The UK’s Scarlet Imprint publishing house have opened pre-ordering for Mystai by Peter Mark Adams. The work is an important contribution to our understanding of the rites of initiation into the Dionysian mystery cults. The publisher’s newsletter says: “In landscape format (210… Continue Reading
The London Times ran a feature on the effort to clean up and start the rehab work on the remains of Boleskine House. Among those volunteers who showed up was Keith Readdy, author of One Truth and One Spirit. The… Continue Reading