Modern ceremonial magicians revere writing. Some create sigils using A.O. Spare’s formula, starting with a “sentence of desire.” Many pour over transcriptions, facsimiles and explanations of mediaeval grimoires or study gematria. So The Greatest Invention: A History of the World… Continue Reading
On this blog you’ve heard me prattle on numerous times about the interweaving of the Surrealist art and ceremonial magick scenes, best epitomized by the great artist and mage Leonora Carrington. Another key figure was Marcel Duchamp who utterly transformed… Continue Reading
Last week, news broke about a farmer in Palestine going about his business when he discovered a Byzantine-era mosaic floor in his field. ArtNet.com’s story begins: “A Palestinian farmer was in for a big surprise when he and his son… Continue Reading
This article on EGC bishop Harry Everett Smith was published last year, but I just stumbled across it today and had to share. It starts: “Art history can be a capricious affair: a complex chronicle constantly written and rewritten, based… Continue Reading
Boo-Hooray just published a catalogue of materials on offer relating to the work of seminal avant-garde filmmaker and Crowley acolyte. Their newsletter says: “Boo-Hooray is proud to present our latest shortlist, gathering photography and ephemera spanning a wide range of… Continue Reading
New York City in the 1960’s was home to an extraordinary socio-cultural milieu wherein the pioneers of avant-garde film, theater, literature and music mingled with cutting edge pop music artists, early advocates of Gay liberation and anti-racism and the nascent… Continue Reading
Harry Smith Archives’ FB page posted this thang which utterly blew my mind: “Discovered quite a strange throwback in the archives: Harry in a Sotheby’s World Mastercard ad. From left: Jack Smith, unidentified man, Harry Smith, Panna Grady, William S.… Continue Reading
The College of Psychic Studies – located at 16 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London, SW7 2EB – will be hosting the Creative Spirits exhibitionOctober 11th – December 10th 2022, 11am – 5pm Tuesdays – Saturdays (Closed Sundays and Mondays). The… Continue Reading
Theion Publishing has announced that they expect to open pre-orders for Sasha Chaitow’s study of the life and art of Joséphin Péladan, which will eventually be followed by more volumes devoted to the subject. Thelemites should dig that Crowley did spend… Continue Reading
Artist Ina Auderieth recently published her latest artbook, Liber Suggestionium. Her description is: “This Artbook accompanies the Major Arcana Set of the Conjunction Tarot. “It contains high resolution artwork of all the great arcana and the texts belonging to them,… Continue Reading