Jerash, the present day capital of the Jerash Governorate, northern Jordan, was known as Gerasa in antiquity, and it thrived as an ancient Greco-Roman city that was given the moniker of ‘Antioch on the Golden River’. Now from the historical… Continue Reading
Chapter 1, line 51 of Liber AL vel Legis reads: “There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold; lapis lazuli & jasper are there” The Wall Street Journal recently ran an… Continue Reading
A Thelema, NOW! fav is BACK! None other than Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Genesis talks to Frater Puck about what s/he’s been up to lately! And Genesis has been busy. The main topic is the Rubin Museum “Try To Altar Everything” exhibition. But… Continue Reading
Lost Envoy is a new book edited by artist Jonathan Allen, which brings into public view the recently discovered hand-painted tarot cards by English artist and mystic Austin Osman Spare. It’s available directly from the publisher Strange Attractor press and in… Continue Reading
In October 2014 when this blog was inaugurated, one of the first postings included photos taken by the Grand Master of U.S. Grand Lodge of Ordo Templi Orientis of a marvelous, surreal, sculpture garden filled with images taken from the… Continue Reading
Yesterday, May 17 marked the 60th anniversary of the passing of artist and magician Austin Osman Spare. The Wikipedia article on him begins: “Austin Osman Spare (30 December 1886 – 15 May 1956) was an English artist and occultist who worked… Continue Reading
One of the presentations given at this passed weekend’s PsychArtCult conference in London was by dancer, choreographer, artist and writer Alkistis Dimech, “Dynamics of the Occulted Body.” After many years of study in multiple fields including aesthetic and historial she… Continue Reading
Scarlet Imprint just posted a series of pictures from the PsychArtCult conference held in London. Their site says: “Thanks to everyone who made the #psychartcult conference such a great success. Kudos in particular to Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson for… Continue Reading
2016 is the Centennial of Brion Gysin. http://briongysin.com/ states: BRION GYSIN, ARTIST, TRAVELLER, WRITER AND ALCHEMIST; ONE OF THE UNSUNG ENGLISH PAINTERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, EXPELLED BY BRETON FROM THE SURREALISTS, AND THE SEMINAL INFLUENCE WHO INTRODUCED WILLIAM BURROUGHS TO… Continue Reading
LAShTAL.com recently pointed out that Getty Images has recently added photos of interest to many occultists including a possibly previously unpublished picture of Aleister Crowley, shots of a young adult Kenneth Anger etc. Have a look! Getty Images: Recent… Continue Reading