In my personal opinion, one Great Work appropriate for self-described Thelemites is to determine their True Will (which I’d equate with the Buddhist concept of dharma – the central purpose to be addressed during a particular incarnation), freeing themselves from… Continue Reading
Somewhere in his writings, Magick Without Tears perhaps, the Prophet of the Lovely Star opined that artists are directly connected to the Divine influence of the Sephira Binah when they are creating (PS if you Google “Sephiroth” you get pages… Continue Reading
A MULTI-VENUE CELEBRATION OF THE 125TH BIRTHDAY OF AMERICA’S – AND HISTORY’S – GREATEST VISIONARY PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST. Venues paying homage include The Heritage Museum of Orange County, curated by Annabella Pritchard, The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick curated… Continue Reading
Austin Osman Spare was born December 30, 1888. For a time he fell under Aleister Crowley’s influence, and then fell out of it, though his occult perspective continued to inform his work. In the late 20th century he became a… Continue Reading
A masterwork by the ultimate outsider artist Henry Darger, hidden for years, exhibited online is being unveiled online in anticipation for 2022’s version of the Outsider Art Fair by the prestigious New York Gallery Ricco/Maresca. Darger is perhaps the… Continue Reading
This passed October, the fine artist publisher Taschen released the latest installment number in their Library of Esoterica series, Witchcraft, edited by Jessica Hundley and Pam Grossman. The publisher’s description says: Initiating readers in the fascinating and complex history of… Continue Reading
Writer James Tynion IV and artist John J. Pearson have created the 14th installment in The Department of Truth series. This one might tickle the fancies of a few of ye: “In 1946, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and eccentric… Continue Reading
Last week, Japan Today ran a feature about the opening of Japan’s first Tarot museum. The article begins: “Whether or not you believe in the fortune-telling and self-discovery powers of tarot cards, you have to admit that they can be beautiful… Continue Reading
So what rings youse guys’ bells? Classic Goth and Neo Goth music, horror movies, sci-fi, stories about the persecution of Witches… so, here’s a New York Times review of The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming, exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum.… Continue Reading
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting an exhibit titled “Surrealism Beyond Borders.” It looks at Surrealist artists from around the world and over a time span of some 70 years rather than focusing on the French artists… Continue Reading